Right now, Miami is being swarmed by art fairs, galleries, and artists from across the globe. Of course, we’re talking about Art Basel Miami Beach. A side benefit to all this arty international activity is the influx of awesome music to entertain all the jetsetters. And naturally, Crossfade is keeping…
The Herd is stampeding toward SoFla. Almost 22 years ago, East Coast fusion rockers Donna the Buffalo led a mass gathering of its friends, fellow bands, and followers — nicknamed The Herd — to Ithaca, New York for the inaugural Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival. In the intervening decades, this annual…
Bust out your top hat and tails, Basel-ites. For the fourth consecutive year, chi-chi Parisian nightclub Le Baron will be hosting its Art Basel Miami Beach week pop-up party at the Delano Hotel. As the photo evidence from last year’s opening night attests, this ultraexclusive arty party always attracts a…
In 73 days, the Caribbean’s largest gathering of jorts, horn-rimmed glasses, mustaches, and tank tops will convene aboard the Carnival Imagination for a three-night “tropical rock ‘n’ roll vacation” known as the Bruise Cruise. With shipboard entertainment provided by some of the biggest names in indie garage rock and Fucked…
If there’s one way to tell the true old-school house heads from the posers, it’s by measuring the natural spike in their serotonin levels whenever Dubtribe Sound System hits the airwaves. That’s because the beloved San Francisco duo has been pulling heartstrings and expanding minds with their soul-warming deep house tunage…
Man, no one loves to give away massive amounts of cash like the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Last night, the foundation held its annual Knight Challenge Grant award ceremony, dropping a $2.9 million jackpot on 31 local South Florida arts organizations, including the Bas Fisher Invitational, Coral…
Have you seen local psych-garage crew Lil Daggers’ new music video for “Dead Golden Girls”? Well, according to the Dagger dudes’ official post-shoot press release (you know, a single sentence and animated GIF of good ol’ gluttunous Garfield, issued via Tumblr), the vid was shot in a “fucked up fire…
Whether you’re an affluent jet setter or an artistic street kid, Art Basel Miami Beach and the plethora of satellite fairs, gallery exhibits, and public instillations attached to the four-day festival offer a little something for everyone. For Crossfade, it’s music. Some of the most amazing shows happen during Basel…
Over the weekend, Miami Seaquarium was swarmed by Care Resource’s friends and supporters for the 2011 edition of annual HIV/AIDS fundraiser White Party. As always, the dress code was “white.” But this year, bare chests (both bearishly hairy and totally depilated), sexy suspenders (usually preventing flashy underwear from falling down),…
When disco-pop dude Penguin Prison isn’t dancing or doin’ time, he’s apparently waddling over to Occupy Wall Street to shoot music videos, shout down the bankers, and express solidarity with the Ninety-Nine Percent. His new vid is called “Don’t Fuck With My Money.” And just like Mr. Penguin, we live…
Check out Crossfade’s blogs on other awesome Basel week events like YACHT, Salem, James Murphy’s Special Disco Version, Yelle, and GZA. It might seem like a really rad idea to spend the next four days scorning sleep, sucking down free shots, and shuttling at top speed between endless arty parties,…
Is this really the end of Judas Priest? Apparently, it’s not. According to lead screamer Rob Halford, the Epitaph Farewell Tour is merely the band’s last non-stop worldwide trek before he and his metal minions enter semi-retirement. Still, though, as we here at Crossfade have shouted lo’ so many times,…
Every Art Basel, someone’s throwing a party at a strip club. A few years ago at Goldrush Miami, a bunch of scenesters put on a fete that featured free tequila shots and Miller High Life. If memory serves, the door was guarded by a password. That was a hot time…
Earlier this month, Crossfade’s sister blog West Coast Sound kicked up lots of controversy and a massive comment thread with a list of the World’s Douchiest DJs. And predictably, it was hotshot commercial EDM megastars like Tiësto and Paul Oakenfold who made the cut. Now we here at Crossfade have…
Your real prom was a total fucking nightmare. The dress (or tux) sucked. Your date was late. There was no limo. You got busted trying to steal a bottle of Sambuca, some porn, and a marijuana cigarette from your older brother’s stash. You smelled bad. You looked worse. You drank…
Behold Black Friday! No doubt, the day after Thanksgiving belongs to the Devil. The sun becomes a black hole. Unrepentant gluttons suffer atop overflowing toilets. And endless legions of zombified shoppers stalk the malls and big-box stores in search of awesome deals that might set them free from Satan’s eternal…
The Cost is one of those bands that you might hear amid, like, a dozen others and think, “These guys … Maybe they get it.” This is a band of babies. Each member is under the age of 23. They haven’t released any music. They’ve only recorded a few tracks…
Did you spend your morning elbowing middle-aged women in the gut at Best Buy while fighting over the last XBox 360? If you did, you are going to hell. You are not a good human being. You are a brainwashed byproduct of hyperconsumerism. Nevertheless, we hope Just Dance 3: Exclusive…
For many fans of the Black Eyed Peas, last night was a sorrowful occasion. It was the quartet’s final concert together as a band before a “break,” not a breakup. At least, that’s what Taboo told New Times. But everyone knows that a “break” is usually code for breakup. Most…
See the full 36-photo Black Eyed Peas at Sun Life Stadium slideshow. Black Eyed Peas With Cee Lo Green, T-Pain, Jason Derulo, and Sean Kingston Sun Life Stadium Wednesday, November 23, 2011 Better Than: A nice nap on the beach that ends in a blistering burn. In the history of…
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