You know who gets a bad rap? Goth kids. Everyone picks on them because of the funny clothes and pale skin. But they’ve actually got great taste in music, y’all. That’s why today, we here at Crossfade are taking time out of our day to celebrate World Goth Day in…
Fact: Rick Ross is a jet setter, a 300-plus pound globetrotting A-lister with more stamps in his passport than the Secretary of State. Naturally, Ross is kicking it with all the other A-listers on the French Riviera this week for the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival. And last night, the…
When talking about Miami house, Murk is a name that reigns supreme. The seminal DJ-production duo of Oscar Gaetan and Ralph Falcon not only put Miami on the house music map in the early ’90s, but they also cut some of the biggest house classics, period. But what is Miami…
See also “Justin Beiber Announces Believe Tour, Wrapping Up in Miami on January 26, 2013.” If rumors are true, the world is nearing its inevitable end. Justin Bieber and Rihanna are “getting very friendly,” according to Media Takeout, and Selena Gomez is fuming mad. In fact, she allegedly “dumped” the…
See also “Top Ten Totally Ridiculous Celebrity DJs.” When he’s not bitching about the correlation of ecstasy and dance music on Twitter or Ultra Music Festival ticket prices, Canadian electro artist Deadmau5 rants about reality TV DJs from the comfort of a custom trailer on the set of his forthcoming…
Just when Downtown Miami’s dearth of Swedish dance-pop divas was starting to get a little embarrassing, Grand Central is here to save the day with an announcement of new additions to their summer lineup. Five new shows have been added for June: Just Blaze; Munchi; Digitalism; Flosstradamus and Drop the…
Party’s over, folks. Louis Bar-Lounge’s reign at the Perry South Beach ends for good tomorrow. According to Vanessa Menkes, senior vice president of communications for Opium Group, Louis’s closing is due to construction and redevelopment happening at the Perry. “The hotel is being remodeled and Louis is in an area…
Lil Wayne is willing to pick up the world and drop it on your fucking head. But in a pinch, a skateboard will apparently do the job. According to TMZ, Weezy and his entourage are being investigated for their second skateboard-related assault in two months. A fan who’d been denied…
Armin van Buuren. He spent four consecutive years atop DJ Magazine’s top 100 list of the most popular DJs on the planet, a feat no other jock has accomplished in the British rag’s history. Broadcasting to 26 countries and over 15 million people each week, his radio show, A State…
Toss a couple Dramamines into your party-time pill pack. On January 4, 2013, the second annual edition of Hard’s Holy Ship!! electronic music cruise will set sail from Fort Lauderdale’s Port Everglades for three nights of brain-busting beats. Tickets sold out in only 28 hours and now the hotly anticipated…
Just two months after he was the target of a drive-by shooting in Nashville, Young Buck has come under fire yet again. But this time, it’s Uncle Sam pulling the trigger and blowing smoke up Buck’s ass. According to TMZ, the Internal Revenue Service is demanding that the former G-Unit…
When Crossfade checked in with The Duke Spirit on Thursday, the London rock band was lost and on the run somewhere outside Daytona Beach. They finally arrived under cover of darkening skies, as the neon tubes buzzed on for the evening in Miami Beach. Crossfade tagged along to see what…
See also “Joslyn James’s Tips for Lube Wrestling, Ping-Porn, and Surviving Exxxotica 2012.” Crossfade exclusive! Joslyn James, Tiger Woods’ former mistress and porn star (Mama Fucked a Black Man, Shorty Iz Fuckin’ Yo Mama 2), will be contributing to a coffee table book in honor of Trayvon Martin. As the…
Robin Gibb, one of the co-founding brothers of British pop band Bee Gees and the voice behind disco megahit “Stayin’ Alive,” died yesterday in London after a two-year battle with cancer, according to his official website. He was 62. “Sunday 20 May, 2012 at 10:46 pm: The family of Robin…
See the full 36-photo slideshow of Rusko at the Fillmore Miami Beach. Rusko With DJ Sigma Fillmore Miami Beach Saturday, May 19, 2012 Better Than: Making out with a tree. Any talk about dubstep in its current, wildly popular and commercially viable form, always devolves into hand-wringing. But if anyone…
Yes, Joslyn James is Tiger Woods’ former mistress and a porn star, known for such stiffening cinematic feats as Men in Uniform Love Big Tits and Cougars, Kittens & Cock. That’s why she’ll be appearing at the Exxxotica expo all weekend. But Ms. James is also an athlete. And this…
See also “Jane’s Addiction’s Perry Farrell Comments on Tom Gabel’s Transgender Announcement” — plus the Fillmore’s full Facebook photo album from Jane’s Addiction in Miami. Jane’s Addiction With The Duke Spirit Fillmore Miami Beach Friday, May 18, 2012 Better Than: Remembering that Ritual de lo Habitual came out in 1990…
Under normal circumstances, partying with a porn star might mean all kinds of DP, TP, ATM, RTF, and money shots. It would also require a clean STD test, fresh bikini wax, and 60ml tube of spermicidal lube. But this weekend, the Exxxotica 2012 adult entertainment expo has come to town…
See also “Is 50 Cent Dying? Rapper Tweets Pictures from Hospital, Reaches out to Floyd Mayweather.” Just one day after having his colon stretched at a New York City hospital, according to Media Takeout, 50 Cent is following in Jay-Z’s footsteps and weighing in on President Obama’s decision to back…
There’s no question that Miami is a bustling electronic dance music hub. We’ve got the three-headed beast of Winter Music Conference, Miami Music Week, and Ultra Music Festival each year, plus a club scene that never sleeps. But let’s face it, the vast majority of artists headlining all these parties…
See also “The 15 Richest Musicians: From Jay-Z to Rihanna, Justin Bieber, and Dr. Dre.” At 11 a.m., you can buy a piece of Facebook. That’s when the social networking giant will start trading publicly on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker symbol FB. According to Bloomberg News, “the…
See also “Jane’s Addiction’s Perry Farrell Comments on Tom Gabel’s Transgender Announcement.” When Jane’s Addiction brings its rock party to the Fillmore Miami Beach tonight, it will be a homecoming show for the band’s frontman, Perry Farrell. “I moved to Miami Beach when I was about fourteen, shortly after my…
