Glen Matlock may be a Rick Kid, but he certainly isn’t some “middle-class mommy’s boy.” Last year, the former bassist and co-founding member of legendary punk band Sex Pistols took a cheap shot to the nuts when ex-bandmate Steve Jones trashed his rock ‘n’ roll brother. In an interview with…
You know that terrifying wet dream where you’re, like, a totally boner-worthy brain-eater locked inside a superchic warehouse space with a thousand other sexy zombies? There’s blood and gore smeared all over the floor. The walls are rattling at 69 BPMs. And every undead perv in the place is humpin’…
Gunplay is free, homie. Well, sorta … After surrendering to Miami police on an outstanding armed-robbery arrest warrant and getting his day in court with Judge William Thomas, then spending 12 days behind bars, the Maybach Music maniac has finally posted bond. And all it cost was $150,000. See also:…
Rhythm Foundation’s 25th Season Celebration Featuring Gilberto Gil New World Center, Miami Beach Sunday, October 21, 2012 Better Than: Tim Robbins’s CD collection in High Fidelity. Last night, the Rhythm Foundation kicked off its 25th season of international music by hosting an intimate evening with world-renowned Brazilian guitarist Gilberto Gil…
The savage lands of Dade and Broward counties can be a wild place at times. The Chevys roar like lions, and bass pounds from their trunks like a foot drop from an elephant. Nigerian-American rapper Uzi was born and raised in South Florida. And all his life, he’s had to…
R. Kelly Single Ladies Tour James L. Knight Center, Miami Sunday, October 21, 2012 Better Than: A night at the strip club. From The-Dream to Trey Songz, an entire generation of R&B stars have found fame retracing R. Kelly’s footsteps. Bu it’s doubtful that any of his acolytes could pull…
Whether serving as the multimillionaire cofounder of Def Jam Records, shouting down injustice at Occupy Wall Street, or stumping for the President of the Unites States of America, Russell Simmons — the rap legend, media mogul, and dedicated vegan — never stops reppin’ the people. That’s why we here at…
When Bobby Johnston, better known locally as Bobby Load, passed away yesterday, it seemed a particularly unfair piece of bad news for a segment of Miami’s rock veterans. Following the old cliche of bad things happening in threes, Johnston’s death marks the third loss in as many months for the…
Nobody balls harder than the Y100 Jingle Ball. Earlier this week, we here at Crossfade posted a leaked copy of the annual holiday concert’s 2012 talent roster. The rumored superstars: Justin Bieber! Flo Rida! Psy! Ke$ha! Enrique Iglesias! One Republic! Fun.! Afrojack! Zedd! And six other superawesome pop phenoms! Now…
Dirtybird might just be the most fun-loving collective in electronic dance music with its BBQ parties, ass-clapping bass music, and lively gang of artist pals who are always down for laughs. But among the Dirtybird boys — Justin and Christian Martin, Claude VonStroke, Worthy, etc. — one character stands out…
The DJ Mag Top 100 comes out today. But pretty much no one cares. Like, it’s just an excuse for the machine to rip off more commercial consumers and demand bigger dollars for their predictable set performances, bro. These are producers. They’re not even DJs. You know who lives above…
As executive director of the Rhythm Foundation, Laura Quinlan is more than a little familiar with world music stereotypes. “Guys sitting around the fire playing their digeridoos,” she offers, playfully. “Full-moon drumming.” In fact, parodies of international folk’s hippie and/or New Age contingents have practically made the term world music…
Today, the Miami punk scene marks the second loss of an icon in a little over three months. Just this past August, Dan Hosker of the Holy Terrors passed away some three months after a major late-night car accident. Sadly, this morning, he’s followed by another, equally influential contemporary: Bobby…
Gaga’s lady parts might be crawling with critters. But at least she’s got a hit. Two of the most visually striking musical performers of the contemporary era are in a real-life underground vs. mainstream battle, and the subterranean freaks might actually be winning. Die Antwoord picked a fight with Mother…
Ferny Coipel answers the phone with an enthusiastic, “What’s up, brother?!” that sounds like a cross between Cheech, Chong and Hulk Hogan. Though we suspect the Humbert guitarist and Hialeah Fest coordinator is the kind of guy who is perpetually stoked on life, his enthusiasm may be partially attributed to…
Ky-Mani Marley’s first name means “Adventurous Traveler.” He is the son of Bob Marley and Jamaican table tennis champion Anita Belnavis. He was born in Jamaica. But he grew up in Liberty City. The new label that he’s created is Konfrontation Muzik, and his album of the same name is…
EDM is the biggest thing on the planet and everyone loves a joke. So when you put your favorite DJs together with five-second rounds of Photoshop, everyone wins! Hell, you could even use MS Paint. Let’s be real, we’re all just button-pushers at the end of the day. We here…
Halloween is when babies in reflector vests go, “Twick or tweat,” and smiling neighbors ask, “And what are you supposed to be, little girl?” The night before Halloween, however, is when the freaks come out. It’s when the paint-huffers with missing fingers limp down the street in search of discarded…
Fiendin’ for O’Grime? Good .. ‘Cause L.Rey and Niko are back in the kitchen, fuckin’ with the fridge and cookin’ up an superpotent batch of promethazine-spiked “neo gothic trap” shit. The final product’s gonna be a mixtape called Fur Coats and Uzis. And it’s slated to hit streets in November…
Wow, it’s the weekend already? What the hell even happened these last few days? We here at Crossfade still feel kinda drunk from last Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. But that’s just how it goes. Like they say, the best cure for a hangover is another four days full of…
American-Swedish threesome Thieves Like Us borrowed its name from a 1984 song by New Order, quite fitting because the outfit offers up the same sensitive type of electronic indie pop as the iconic ’80s band. Add to the members’ mixed nationalities that Thieves Like Us first formed in Berlin, then…
About four years after Jimmy Brooks graduated from Degrassi Community School, Aubrey Drake Graham can finally say he’s got a high school diploma. Without it, the Canadian superstar managed to have a successful child-acting and rap career. ‘Cause you don’t need basic algebra to hang with Lil Wayne, and you…
