Gunplay is not one to hold his tongue. The Maybach Music rapper offered so much colorful commentary during the interviews for our recent two-part feature (“How Miami’s Coke-Sniffin’, Po’ Pimpin’ Maniac Joined Rap’s Power Circle” and “Gunplay on His Swastika Tattoo, Starting Escort Agency, Rebranding Himself as Don Logan”), we…
We’ve gotta give props to the folks at Kontrol Miami. All summer long, they’ve managed to run a successful underground EDM night at Mansion, the same club that purportedly kicked DJ Dennis Ferrer off the decks mid-set for not playing “commercial enough” back in February. Given the chance, the promoters…
See also “Dan Hosker, Famed South Florida Punk and Holy Terrors Guitarist, Dead at 46.” In 2008, Miami New Times contributor José Dávila wrote a feature story entitled “The Holy Terrors Rise Again,” chronicling the return of a “raging art-punk quartet” that he called “the defining soundtrack for those living…
Usually, Surfer Blood is all about beach-y, positive vibes. On March 31, though, the band’s singer-guitarist John Paul Pitts was booked by the Palm Beach County Sherrif’s Office on a domestic battery charge after a confrontation with his then-girlfriend. As reported this afternoon by Pitchfork, the indie rocker was originally…
See the full 31-photo slideshow of Meek Mill at Fillmore Miami Beach — plus “Meek Mill on Dreams & Nightmares Debut: ‘The Dream Is Gettin’ Paid for What I Love, The Nightmare Was Makin’ It to This Point.'” Meek Mill’s Dreamchasers Tour With Casey Veggies, DJ Drama, and cameos from…
He’s perhaps the most unrecognizable face in modern R&B, often photographed while hiding amid dark shadows. But Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye’s music is anything but unfamiliar, especially if you’ve stumbled across a indie music blog over the past year. With three mixtapes, a co-headlining spot at the Coachella Valley Music…
See Crossfade’s concert review, “Avicii Totally ‘Le7els’ Miami at American Airlines Arena, June 8.” Even though Avicii’s spent the entire summer luring underage uhntz-uhntz addicts to arena raves all across America, he isn’t gonna take a beat-freaking break. Nope … This Swedish DJ, producer, and Ralph Lauren poster boy is…
See also “Miley Cyrus to Tyler The Creator: “My ‘Barber’ Couldn’t Even Come Close to the F#$% Job That Is Your Face.” So much of today’s music industry is image. But what happens when a pop star totally hates the way that she’s been played out by her PR people?…
Brooklyn-based alt-rapper EL-P is admittedly not that “fucking brilliant,” but he’s comfortable being a perfectionist. “When I do my records, I’m trying to push myself and say everything the right way for me at the time,” he recently said in an interview with our sister paper Phoenix New Times. “I’m…
Oh, Flo Rida loves you. He’s tossing ’round extravagant compliments like, “Your body is so versatile!” And he’s shouting out eroticized orders like, “Back it up! Move this low! Push it on me!” And he’s even stroking your self-esteem with observations like, “You know… Your ass is amazing!” Huh? What?…
Mazel tov! Action Bronson — Crossfade’s pick for best fire-spitting, pasta-cooking mound since Mount Vesuvius — has just signed to Warner Bros. via Vice Records. This year’s Warner company Labor Day picnic is sure to get weird when Action partners up with new labelmate Kylie Minogue for the three-legged race…
See also “Vince Neil Falls at His Vegas Strip Club: An Extremely Detailed Breakdown.” Can you think of anything less arousing than Girls, Girls, Girls, a Vegas strip club where Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil runs around like a horny lil’ piggy smearing his fake tan all over the highly…
Christopher VictorioStevie Wonder at Outside Lands.The following is a dispatch from Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco, from our sister paper, SF Weekly. See more Outside Lands Music Festival news. Stevie Wonder, in theory, is an American artistic treasure. He’s more than our Beatles or Rolling Stones; he’s our Dickens…
The 305 has always been about bumping and grinding to ass-clapping booty bass music. And it ain’t gonna change if homeboy Jesse Perez gets his way. The DJ-producer and dirty mastermind behind Mr. Nice Guy Records has been busy releasing sleazy, bass-infused jacking house grooves on the local scene for…
See also “Dan Hosker: Memorial Services for Local Punk Hero Scheduled for This Friday in Hollywood.” R.I.P., Dan Hosker. Back in May, Hosker — a famed South Florida punk who’d done guitar duty in legendary local crews like Harry Pussy, The Holy Terrors, and Laundry Room Squelchers — was involved…
See the full 36-photo slideshow of Fake Blood at Grand Central. Fake Blood With Damaged Goods and Mike Deuce Grand Central, Miami Saturday, August 11, 2012 Better Than: Parties with the Manson family. Not everything that’s hard is dubstep. And just because it’s dark, doesn’t mean it can’t be funky…
See also “R. Kelly Announces Love Letter Cruise, Sailing From Miami on October 1, 2012.” The R. Kelly Love Letter Cruise is cancelled. Almost exactly eight months ago, we here at Crossfade encouraged “you and your boo [to] visit some of the most exotic ports of call in the Caribbean…
Christopher VictorioMetallica at San Francisco’s Outside Lands festival.The following is a dispatch from Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco, from our sister paper, SF Weekly. See more Outside Lands Music Festival news. Metallica, headlining Saturday night of the Outside Lands Music Festival in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, proved just…
Photo by Christopher VictorioNeil Young and Crazy Horse at the Outside Lands Music Festival.The following is a dispatch from Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco, from our sister paper, SF Weekly. See more Outside Lands Music Festival news. While he’s putting everything into a solo, Neil Young’s face looks like…
See also “WMC is back with Ultra but still needs a makeover” and “WMC and Ultra’s complicated breakup.” We’ll admit, we’ve let Winter Music Conference’s organizers have it the last few years. But it’s not because we are choosing sides. We really hope they wake up and realize they need…
Until earlier this morning, the electronic dance music scene lacked synergy. But Ultra Music Festival founder and CEO Russell Faibisch and Ultra Music president Patrick Moxey have since rectified the situation. In a joint statement released by both parties, Ultra Music Festival and Ultra Music (a pair of entirely independent…
See also “Diplo, ‘Mr. Express Yourself,’ Announces Expression Session Party at LIV Miami.” So, as you should know, Diplo will be coming to LIV for a special expression session on Wednesday, October 3. But what exactly is expressing yourself? Does Diplo want you to write an epic poem about love…
