Just like Afrobeta’s Cuci Amador and Tony Smurphio, we here at Crossfade wanna know … Do you party? For the last 72 hours, we’ve been shakin’ ass (and sometimes Scraping Teeth) while snorting skinny lines of pure white SoBe sand off scratched-up slabs by some of our favorite local music…
Gentleman, it’s time to get Jacked. Coming at you live and direct from the aged barrel of golden delicious god-nectar, Gentleman Jack Rare Tennessee Whiskey is going on tour with Art, Beats + Lyrics. Not to mention plenty of the good stuff. With eight stops across the country, Jack Daniel’s…
See also “Beacon Thinks the Electric Pickle Is “Amazing,” Supports a Ban on Death Ray Guns.” Katy Perry sings catchy songs, likes candy, wears fun outfits, and will cure your acne via mail order. But if Katy Perry is the one thing keeping you from enjoying Katy Perry’s music, Beacon’s…
See also “The 15 Richest Musicians: From Jay-Z to Rihanna, Justin Bieber, and Dr. Dre” — plus “Ten Richest DJs: From Pauly D to Deadmau5, Swedish House Mafia, Skrillex, and Tiesto.” These days, Elton John isn’t the only one treating Madonna like a “fairground stripper.” Despite the 53-year-old pop star’s…
There are far too many electronic dance music artists blowing up because of sheer hype these days. Too many bedroom producers stitching tired old samples and DJ tools and saturating the market with unremarkable dancefloor fodder. But every once on a while, we’re treated to flashes of genius, like those…
Welcome to the “cone,” y’all. Meteorologists agree that tropical storm Isaac may or may not pose a serious threat to Florida. And state officials are urging residents to prepare for a hurricane, but again, it’s totally up to the individual. After all, nobody knows what’s going to happen. But it’s…
Every metal crew strives to be faster (or slower), harder, and more evil than the last. But is there any bludgeoningly heavy band that’s more dynamic than Today Is the Day? We think not. Since the band’s inception circa 1992, its lone constant and chief songwriter, Steve Austin, has been…
After wildin’ out to the brutal, punk-y, funky, bass-y, fuzzy strains of only ten Best Miami Bands of All Time (i.e. Scraping Teeth, Frank Williams & The Rocketeers, Iko Iko, ANR, Miami Bass Warriors and Nuclear Valdez, The Goods, Locos Por Juana, Cynic, Avenue D), our ears are already freakin’…
See also “Jennifer Lopez, Enrique Iglesias Announce Summer Tour ” — plus “The Real J.Lo: Diva? Mom? Millionaire? Look-Alike From Miami?” Enrique Iglesias doesn’t strike us as the type of dude who’d coordinate his outfit (a slim-fitting, three-quarter sleeve baseball t-shirt, and designer jeans) to match his fully loaded, cherry-red…
Spoiler alert! Y’all watch the final episode of the The Franchise last night? Well, we’re miserable, quite possibly the saddest sacks of sunflower seeds in Major League Baseball. But the Marlins’ front office is confident that 2013 will be the year of the Fish. Sure … Until then, it’s goose…
The ¡Mayday! dudes have a message for Miami, and it’s “Bitch, I’m back … Again.” Ever since joining the Strange Music army, these rap warriors have been patrolling the countryside (from Pigdick, Arkansas, to Shitshoe, Utah, and everywhere in between) on a roadwar for the musical soul of America. The…
See also Crossfade’s review of Peaches at Grand Central in September 2011 — plus the full 30-photo slideshow. Hold on to your tits, kids. ‘Cause Peaches is coming to town. Yes, the world’s nastiest electroclash sex god will be whipping out her chick dick and cumming all over the crowd…
DJ Jesse Perez Talks Mr. Nice Guy Records and New Release “Miami Is My Town”
Iggy Azalea as Part of the Sneaker Pimps Tour at Grand Central August 24
Stripped: The Show at the Village of Gulfstream Park’s Martini Bar August 29
Rokbar Miami Reopens on South Beach
EL-P and Killer Mike’s Into the Wild Tour at Grand Central August 23
Santana at Hard Rock Live Hollywood August 24
Respectable Street’s 25th Anniversary Block Party August 25
Shaun Reeves and Russ Yallop at Mansion August 23
Breaking up sucks. But the best way to get over that shitty someone is getting back up on it with someone else. No, we don’t mean jump right into another relationship. That’d foolish and it won’t heal anything. What a freshly broken heart needs is a strange, meaningless sexual encounter…
After becoming big stars among the Biscayne Corridor’s Senior High and Junior College demographics (not to mention landing spots on tastemaking scene showcases like Death To The Sun 2011 and the most recent edition of Sweatstock), proggy pop-punk power trio Toad Eyes is taking an indefinite hiatus. The cause turns…
