Diabetes, a literal hole in the heart, and severe brain hemorrhaging would almost certainly kill the common man. Poison’s Bret Michaels, however, is not your average Joe. “I feel really great,” Michaels recently told the Columbus Dispatch. “I’m about 90-percent back from the hemorrhage and the heart surgery. I feel…
It’s on! Guitar-slingin’ Petri dish John Mayer is supposedly dating Katy Perry. Hearing about this combination of America’s favorite sugar-frosted singer and Mayer is about as appetizing as munching on a strawberry Pop Tart that’s been used as a urinal cake. According to femalefirst.co.uk, Mayer has been squiring Perry around…
If a bar of soap were Justin Bieber’s mouth’s boyfriend, our skies would be a safer place. The Biebz was on a flight back from New Zealand when he and his fellow Biebonauts started spewing all sorts of nasty language. Even in doses of three ounces or less, the Bieb-Bop-a-Lula’s…
See also Crossfade’s interview with Eric Prydz and “Identity Festival 2012’s Five Most Exciting Artists.” Identity Festival is coming, and many of you are no doubt running around the city, calling everyone you know, trying to finalize all your “preparations” for Saturday, August 4. It’s an exciting chance to see…
When talking house music, Mexico is not the first place that comes to mind. But Guadalajara’s Balcazar & Sordo might be single-handedly changing that perception. Or at the very least, they’re at the top of a rapidly growing new wave of Mexican producers. The DJ-production duo has exploded practically overnight,…
We here at Crossfade ask: “Is it Friday? Are your pockets packed with crisp Washingtons? Do you wanna party?” And you answer: “Hell yes! And I need some booze and awesome tunes too. But, like, it can’t cost more than ten bucks. ‘Cause I’m basically broke today. Or all the…
How awesome would it be if there were entire orchards of fruit-bearing woody plants with full-grown human females dangling from the branches, instead of apples, oranges, or mangoes? Unfortunately, that’s just Crossfade’s kinky agri-sexual fantasy. And even though it might seem that local pop-hop crooner Cris Cab and famous homie…
Solos are boring. Encores are predictable. And opening bands suck. Thankfully, Grand Central and Idle Hands Bookings have cooked up a wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am showcase that dumps a cinder block on the accelerator and let’s that bad boy ride right off the edge of the circle pit. And did we mention that…
See also “Identity Festival 2012’s Five Most Exciting Artists.” Before even being given the go-ahead to speak with Eric Prydz, the London-based Swedish DJ-producer, we are told that any questions about his fear of flying are “off the table.” This is somewhat disappointing, considering his phobia is well known. It…
Heartbeat got no rhythm? Drop dead when you don’t dance? Need a musical defibrillator? The Revivalists can bring you back to life with radio-friendly rock. These six New Orleans dudes are fresh from playing at the Green Parrot in Key West, and they’re catching some rays on South Beach before…
Maybe you’ve never heard of Stryke, AKA Greg Chin. Admittedly, the local DJ-producer has been somewhat off the hype radar lately. But ask any true veteran of Miami house and techno, and they’ll say Stryke is one of Dade County’s foremost EDM innovators. Since the mid-’90s, the Jamaican-born Chin has…
Don’t you want to dress like Joel Zimmerman? The skinny, mouthy man — better known as Deadmau5 — is the EDM rat king of hoodies, baggy shirts, and baseball caps. And now you can cop some official Mau5-approved clothes. Teaming up with sporty, punky streetwear brand Neff, Zimmerman has created…
See also “Miami Subs and Pitbull Announce Brand Revamp, World Expansion.” Sí, Mr. Worldwide (formerly Mr. 305) is a one-man multinational corporation. So when he isn’t peddling low-calorie Voli Vodka at South Beach liquor stores or hawking Sheets Energy Strips to Walmart shoppers in the most remote parts of Alaska,…
Are you a fine female who’s a lil’ confused about your place on the nice/naughty spectrum? Just take Miami pop-hop guy Cris Cab’s “Good Girls” quiz! Of course, a real chick is never all nice or naughty, good or bad, sweet or slutty. But no doubt, kind and decent ladies…
Maybe all those never-ending rainstorms that soaked South Beach through most of July have finally freaking disappeared. Or, maybe not, and August will be just as flooded by the Sunshine State’s infamous summer showers. But one thing’s certain: Whatever the weather, it’s always cool and sweaty inside SoBe’s clubs. At…
Vans Warped Tour 2012 at Cruzan Amphitheatre July 28
Earth First Journal Benefit at Churchill’s Pub August 1
Motley Crue and Kiss at Cruzan Amphitheatre July 27
Tonight We Unite Tour With the Casualties at Grand Central July 27
Six Best Club Parties on South Beach July 26-August 1
Teepee Releases New Single, “Time Meant Nothing”
Jon Bon Jovi and the Kings of Suburbia at Hard Rock Live July 26
