Footrprintz is multi-intrumentalist producers Clarian North and Adam Hunter. The Montreal natives are currently their city’s most hotly-tipped house and techno crossover act, thanks to 2011’s auspicious Utopia EP on Visionquest, a label beloved by the techno heads with a taste for left-field dance-pop. After all, Footprintz’s North and Hunter…
“Yo Skrill, College Drop it hard!” Or, uh, something like that … It came out yesterday that Skrillex got all up in the studio with Kanye West, and as far as Skrill knows, he worked on a track that will be West’s “first song” on the follow-up to Yeezy’s 2010…
Just two weeks ago, Joel “Deadmau5” Zimmerman was crowned the rat king of hooded sweatshirts, oversized graphic t-shirts, and flat-bill ball caps when he launched NeffMau5, an exclusive, collaborative clothing line with swag sport punk brand Neff. “The people involved are the people I see at my shows, so it…
Hell yeah, America! We’re going into the final weekend of the 2012 London Olympics neck-and-neck with China in the overall medal count, proving one Olympic sport at a time that the U-S-of-A rocks the shit out of athleticism. Seriously, did y’all catch the women’s gold-medal soccer match? We’re so nasty…
As you should know, Afrojack protégé R3hab is coming to rock the house at LIV this Saturday. And we here at Crossfade sent him some need-to-know questions. We were desperate for the scoop on why R3hab’s got a number “3” in his name. But he refused to tell us. It’s…
See also “25 Diplo-Certified Ways to ‘Express Yourself.'” Spread your legs, arch your back, work it down, and make it clap … Diplo is coming to town. Oh yeah, Mr. Express Himself will be hitting the flashing lights of LIV for a crunked-up edition of the weekly Dirty Hairy on…
See also a four-step guide on “How To Piss Off the DJ” from Love Hate Lounge’s DJ Self Born. Yo, club rats … The Miami Ink guys have cashed out of Love Hate Lounge on South Beach, leaving DJ Self Born (the guy who started the most successful night, the…
Only in America will you get sneakers and “Pu$$y” for $20. And only an Australian dude can make it happen. A decade ago, Aussie Peter Fahey embarked on a mission to combine two of his passions — footwear and music. The result: The Sneaker Pimp Tour, a mishmash of “limited,…
SAFE Miami is turning five years old this month. Now that may mean something to you if you’re a regular Crossfade reader, because we’ve been following the electronic dance music tastemakers and promotions veterans since the beginning. And it’ll definitely mean something to you if you’re a regular on the…
See also “Miami Ink Guys Cash Out of Love Hate Lounge on South Beach; DJ Self Born Takes Over.” DJ Self Born is the proud new franchisee of Love Hate Lounge on South Beach. But he’s been in the game for decades, doin’ work in his native Chicago and touring…
It’s been about 100 years since that quintessentially American art form known as jazz music was invented by a mostly nameless gang of raw and adventurous trumpeters, trombone blowers, clarinetists, tuba men, guitar guys, bassists, piano players, and drummers in New Orleans. In the 1910s, though, our Magic City (less…
Blitz, bitches! This weekend, the Miami Dolphins open the preseason with a game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Tickets cost as little as $45 while admission to LIV nightclub at Sun Life Stadium starts at $200. Now it’s obviously the ultimate way to watch NFL action. But the major drawback…
Rock of Ages Tour at BankAtlantic Center August 9
Maybach Music’s Gunplay Talks Rick Ross, Triple C’s, and Medellin
Six Best Club Parties on South Beach August 9 to 15
Meek Mill’s Dreamchasers Tour at the Fillmore Miami Beach August 13
Neon Trees at Revolution Live August 10
Buraka Som Sistema at Grand Central August 9
The Drive Tour at Grand Central August 14
See the full 45-photo slideshow from Summer of Weirds 2012 at Churchill’s Pub. Summer of Weirds III With Xela Zaid, Sharlyn Evertsz, Ed Wilcox, The Jellyfish Brothers, Rose Quartz, Mr. Feathers, Crucial Taunt, Luma Junger, and This Heart Electric Churchill’s Pub, Miami Tuesday, August 7, 2012 Better Than: Taco Tuesday…
See also “Rick Ross, Big-Booty Strippers, and 3,000 Ballers at King of Diamonds in Miami (NSFW).” Rick Ross is a fucking boss. But y’all already knew. What you may not know, however, is that the Maybach Music MC outsold some of the music industry’s biggest names to claim the top…
See also “Kanye West Calls Kim Kardashian “Perfect Bitch,” Plus Five Other Adorable Rap Pet Names.” Kanye’s a sweetheart. And when he calls someone a “bitch,” it’s cute. In fact, it’s an honor. Yesterday, we mentioned that Yeezy debuted his latest Kim Kardashian love song, “Perfect Bitch,” this past weekend…
