These days, you can’t go outside without hearing the sickeningly familiar strains of “Le7els.” But before that sweet melody had the scene on fire, the go-to track of the moment was a little edgier. Congorock is the Italian electro monster behind massive anthem “Babylon,” which he never even thought would…
Yes, John Lydon (AKA Johnny Rotten) is still a total asshole. Last week, we here at Crossfade attempted to conduct a phone interview with the Public Image LTD frontman and former Sex Pistol. But unfortunately, Johnny seemed to be stuck in one of his legendarily shitty moods. After only a…
Ferry Corsten is a trance powerhouse. While the world of EDM is shiny and new to young Americans, bro is packing decades of experience. When these little ravers were just dropping balls, Corsten was already well versed in dropping beats. So by now, he’s terribly jaded, right? Maybe he’d be…
Gargle a celebratory gallon of blood and wipe your ass with a snapshot of God, “another of history’s biggest assholes,” because Gwar has a new Scumbag. Less than a year after the sudden death of guitarist Cory “Flattus Maximus” Smoot, the satirical heavy metal freaks’ quest to find a replacement…
Gucci Mane is one of the greatest rappers of the past ten years. But his performance at the Sex on the Beach convention, witnessed by no more than 60 people, looked like a scene out of Spinal Tap, except instead of an outdated rock band in a bowling alley, the…
It happened again. Just one year after puking on stage in the Philippines, Justin Bieber dedicated part of his show in Arizona to vomiting in front of a large crowd of screaming 12 year olds. According to ABC News, Biebz was in Glendale on Saturday night for the kickoff of…
We’ve said it before and, goddamn it, and we’ll say it again: Today’s rappers are softer than baby thighs. Biggie and Pac were actual gangbangers. Ol’ Dirty Bastard freebased so much crack cocaine that he changed his name from Big Baby Jesus to Dirt McGirt to Osirus and back again…
Metric With Half Moon Run Fillmore Miami Beach Friday, September 28, 2012 Better Than: Ugly people playing boring music badly. The last time Metric played in Miami, it was at an outdoor show on the beach during Art Basel. Paired with the band’s outsized sound were exceptionally large easy chairs…
Kendrick Lamar With Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, Stalley, Fly Union, and others Fillmore Miami Beach September 27, 2012 Better Than: Sitting at home reading other people’s Tweets about BET’s Music Matters Tour with Black Hippy boss Kendrick Lamar. We arrived at the Fillmore Miami Beach about 30 minutes after the advertised…
Cody Chesnutt Ricochet Bar & Lounge, Miami Thursday, September 28, 2012 Better Than: The ten-year wait to hear these new songs. Last night, Crossfade’s favorite bearded soul crooner/advocate for cranial safety, Cody Chesnutt played an intimate solo show at Ricochet. He previewed stripped-down, delicate versions of songs from his upcoming…
Just when you think you know someone, because they’ve literally grown up in the public eye, you find out that they’re one of four wives to an Arab millionaire and a secret Muslim! Well, that’s what the National Enquirer is saying about Janet Jackson in its latest cover story. And…
What’s better than spending Art Basel Miami Beach weekend with Kanye West getting absolutely no sleep, dressing extra-weird, partying superhard, guzzling gallons of electrolyte-loaded H2O, and delving hella deep into a Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy? Well, the UR1 Festival … ‘Cause you’ll get to kick it with Kanye and several…
Better Than: Dead Kennedys without Jello, The Misfits without Danzig, and the last 25 years of Bad Brains. Last night, Downtown Miami dance hall Grand Central hosted yet another righteous punk show. In fact, this might’ve been the best rock concert that we’ve ever seen at the club. See also:…
South Beach nightlife has long been ruled by commercial dance music and VIP club culture. And some locals have fought back with parties catering to underground house and techno. (See LINK Miami’s nights at Treehouse and Kontrol Thursdays at Mansion.) But few locals know the trials and tribulations of keeping…
M83 Wednesday, September 26 Fillmore Miami Beach Better Than: Dreaming … IRL. A “nightmare” is the word Anthony Gonzalez used last night at the Fillmore Miami Beach to describe M83’s disastrous appearance at Ultra Music Festival in March. But if Ultra was a nightmare, than the band’s performance at the…
When Evan Lamb lost $60,000 worth of guitars and sound equipment to a brazen early-morning gas station van-jacking, we never thought he’d find his gear. But yesterday, a fence with a conscience contacted Lamb and returned the goods during a 5 a.m. transaction near the airport. The cops were none…
Cody Chesnutt’s fans are used to an explosive and eccentric live show during which the bearded soul crooner dons a matador’s cape and dances his sexy dances with audience members. And that army helmet he wears? There’s more revolutionary power under there than under all the helmets at a Critical…
Kendrick Lamar at the Fillmore Miami Beach September 27
Fiona Apple at the Fillmore Miami Beach September 30
’90s Music Revival Nirvana-Style Breakthrough
Metric at the Fillmore Miami Beach September 28
Pretty Lights at the Fillmore Miami Beach October 2
