Ne-Yo at Fontainebleau Miami Beach May 11
Ne-Yo at Fontainebleau Miami Beach May 11
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Chris Cornell at Fillmore Miami Beach May 16
Future Brings Auto-Tuned Southern Rap to Fort Lauderdale on May 29
It took six mixtapes, a fake Cuban accent, and a sizzurp high before Future landed a record deal with Epic. Now the Atlanta-based rapper is one of the Dirty South’s most promising artists. “I’m just coming out, but if you go anywhere in the South,” he says, “I get that…
Prosumer to EDM Fans: “If You Care About a Record, Share the Excitement With the DJ!”
Futurologist writer Alvin Toffler’s theories were a major influence on the pioneers of Detroit techno. In fact, legendary producer Juan Atkins credits Toffler’s term “techno rebels” as the inspiration for the name he gave the electronic music style that he helped create in the early ’80s. Another futurist Toffler theory…
Happy B-Day, Billy Joel! Leave Miami! Singer Selling Miami Beach Mansion for $14.75 Million
Billy Joel says “some folks like to get away” from New York and “hop a flight to Miami Beach or to Hollywood.” He, on the other hand, prefers a Greyhound bus ride on the “Hudson River line,” which may explain why Joel’s dumping his Miami Beach mansion located on luxurious…
Against Me!’s Tom Gabel Is Transgender, Beginning Life as a Woman
See also “Jane’s Addiction’s Perry Farrell Comments on Tom Gabel’s Transgender Announcement.” Wearing a low-cut dress and a matching black head wrap, Against Me! singer Tom Gabel looks remarkably feminine in the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine. Soon, the 31-year-old punk rocker will begin taking hormones and undergo electrolysis…
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Beach House Made the Fillmore Miami Beach Feel All Tingly, May 8
See the full 21-photo slideshow of Beach House at the Fillmore Miami Beach. Beach House With Zomes Fillmore Miami Beach Tuesday, May 8, 2012 Better Than: Hitting the snooze button … Forever. Beach House is from Baltimore?!? If The Wire had been set in Beach House’s Baltimore, it’d be about…
The Aggrolites Talk Skinhead Reggae
The Aggrolites are a skinhead reggae band from Los Angeles. With a faster pace than the ska and rocksteady that came before it, the style got its name from its old-school UK fans, the black Jamaican rudeboys and white mod factory workers who pioneered the original skinhead subculture. We spoke…
Miami’s DJ Stingray the Tribal King Invades The Vagabond Miami on May 12
While you may think you’ve seen all that electronic music has to offer, there is Ray Sabater, Miami’s own DJ Stingray the Tribal King. For 30 years, Sabater has used drumming in his live performances, incorporating a variety of percussion instruments, from the tambourine to congas. So when you come…
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Justin Bieber Disses Reading, Writing, Education: “I’m Really Not Into That Stuff”
Justin Bieber may be a high school graduate. But don’t think that means he’ll be reading books anytime soon. The 18-year-old tween-pop heartthrob recently told the Daily Telegraph that he reluctantly completed his education, earning a high school diploma after passing a test. “[Finishing high school] was something my mom…
Miami’s Lazaro Casanova Drops LAX EP With Matt Tolfrey and Nikko Gibler on Culprit LA
Miami is slowly but surely emerging as an underground EDM capital. And it’s thanks in no small part to locals like Lazaro Casanova who are building musical bridges to sister cities such as London and Los Angeles. No music scene is an island, and collaboration between artists and labels is…
Florence and the Machine Extend Tour, Announce September Show in South Florida
Under dark clouds and a “monster-sized extraterrestrial spider looming over center field,” Florence Welch performed that catchy song from the Eat Pray Love trailer to close her opening set at last year’s U2 concert at Sun Life Stadium. The boisterous reception following the final note of “Dog Days Are Over”…
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Five Ways to Impress Drake, Win Opening Slot on Club Paradise Tour
See Crossfade’s review of Drake’s Club Paradise tour in Miami. Drake is a really sweet guy. Yesterday, the YMCMB member announced he’s teaming up with OurStage and the Real Hip Hop Network to give one lucky up-and-comer the chance to open for 20 dates on Drake’s ongoing Club Paradise Tour…
Mayer Hawthorne Picks a Six-Song Miami Playlist: Little Beaver, TK Records, and More!
Win free meet-and-greet tickets for Mayer Hawthorne’s Miami show at Grand Central. Before he was a soul-powered party starter, Mayer Hawthorne was a hip-hop producer with a love of finding obscure records for his samples and DJ sets. So leading up to his show on May 8 at Grand Central,…
Ana Tijoux, Chilean Rapper, Talks Chile Student Protests and Miami Bass
Born to a French social worker momma and a Chileno father escaping a tyrannical regime, Ana Tijoux is a golden-era hip-hop superfan, rapid-fire lyricist, musical activist, party girl, and pop star. Her youth was spent running wild in the streets of Paris to a rap soundtrack. But at the age…
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Alesso Unleashes Swedish Uhntz-Uhntz at LIV Miami on May 23
If Swedish music were a piece of furniture, it’d be a Bestå/Framstå set-up, Ikea’s top-of-the-line entertainment storage combo. Like the Bestå/Framstå, Swedish acts come in several sizes and variations — ABBA, The Cardigans, The Tallest Man on Earth, Lykke Li, and Peter, Bjorn and John, just to name a few…
La Casa de Maná: The Mexican Crew’s Drama y Luz World Tour Rules Latin Pop-Rock
Win free tickets to Maná’s concert at the AAA on May 11. In 2006, Latin pop-rock powerhouse Maná had been recording and touring non-stop for more than 20 years. And it was time for a break. So the band took a five-year hiatus to prepare 2011’s Drama y Luz (Drama…
Did Shakira Get Shafted? Her $60-Million Distribution Deal With Live Nation
See also “Shakira’s ‘Addicted to You’ Video May Result in Sex Rehab.” A couple of weeks ago, Shakira walked away with four Billboard Latin Music Awards, including Female Artist of the Year in both the songs and album categories, all despite the fact that her last record, Sale el Sol,…
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Rock Legends Cruise 2013 Lineup: Foreigner, Kansas, Blue Oyster Cult, and Shuffleboard
It’s a classic rock theme vacation of titanic proportions. And fittingly enough, it’s going down on a cruise ship. The Rock Legends Cruise II is a four-night celebration of 1970s rock ‘n’ roll with the likes of Foreigner, Kansas, Blue Oyster Cult, Molly Hatchet, and Foghat that’ll be departing from…
Flock Of Seagulls’ Mike Score Talks New Wave Hair and Aliens
Mike Score is the mastermind behind A Flock Of Seagulls. Inspired by Bowie and Alice Cooper, he combined science fiction, hairspray, girl pants, makeup, guitars, and synths to start his band in 1979. Then he led his Flock around the world. Crossfade asked the man himself about the journey in…
Stevie B: The King of Freestyle is Still Hungry and Still Humble
Miami in the ’80s was coked up, flashy, and fueled by freestyle. It is considered the greatest decade by some longtime Miamians, especially the type of folks who made a killing laundering Colombian booger sugar money while avoiding serious jail time by ratting on their friends. For them, life was…
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Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs at the Electric Pickle in Miami, May 5
See the full 20-photo of Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs at the Electric Pickle. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Electric Pickle, Miami Saturday, May 5, 2012 Better Than: The dinosaur DJs of Ultra Music Festival. It’s always exciting at the beginnings of things. One of the greatest joys of being a music…