Reports are all over the interwebs about legendary soul-funk man Sly Stone being homeless and living in LA’s Crenshaw hood. But we’d like to point out (as he probably would too) that Sly lives in a van, a pretty big one, and that having a mobile home is way better…
According to Yelle’s official Safari Disco Tour forecast, party music peeps all over Planet Earth — specifically Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Spain, France, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and Colombia — are about to get swept up in a perfect storm of French electro, fun times, and poppy weirdness. In the…
Topping the list of artists we’d never expect to see at the Fillmore Miami Beach, Korn just announced a November 9 engagement at the house Jackie Gleason Live Nation built. Thirteen years ago, Jonathan Davis and company released its big breakthrough album, Follow the Leader. It debuted atop the Billboard…
If you’ve never heard of moombahton, then clearly you are not one of the Miami bass scene’s cool kids, because that’s all they’ve been raving about lately. So what is moombahton? In order to understand this wacky new electronic dance music style, you have to go back to the fall…
Sandwiched between The Script’s Science & Faith Tour and Ballet Etudes presents Giselle: A Gala in Honor of Dagmar Moradillos, the Fillmore Miami Beach continues its eclectic lineup with a Grammy-winning rock en Español superstar. Andrés Calamaro is one of Argentina’s biggest musical success stories. He broke onto the scene…
When it comes to being unhinged party animals, even the most debauched cool kids can’t compete with their dogs. Hipster pets are the wildest creatures on Earth, indulging every beastly urge (running naked in the streets, pissing in public, sniffing buttholes, having strange sex in the park, slurping psychedelic green…
When Cut Copy’s sophomore album In Ghost Colours dropped in 2008, the Aussie electro-rock crew suddenly became an indie critics’ darling. The record was selected by Pitchfork as the fourth best album of 2008 and the 61st best album of the decade while Village Voice’s annual Pazz & Jop poll…
OK, on three, blurt out your favorite musical genre. One… Two… Three… Mexican emo soft rock! OMG, we’re twins. We’ll totally be running into one another at the Fillmore Miami Beach when Camila rolls through town next month. Remember the trio’s magical performance at this year’s Billboard Latin Music Awards?…
One of the biggest drags about living in South Florida is the fact that we don’t experience a change of season. Save one … The dreaded hurricane season. It’s bad enough we can’t look forward to the leaves changing colors. Or being able to feel the nip of winter in…
Peter Bjorn and John All You Can Eat Tour Bardot Miami Friday, September 23, 2011 Better Than: Fancy food and show tunes. All hopped up on carbohydrates, squeezed into their best mature and sexy hipster gear, and still stuffed full of gourment grilled cheese, several hundred music-and-munchie fanatics flocked to…
Almost exactly 12 months ago, Miami music scene veteran and Dreaming in Stereo frontman Fernando Perdomo founded his very own label, giving it the most appropriate moniker — Forward Motion Records — that he could conjure up. “The label is very aptly named,” Perdomo says. “It’s all about small victories…
Odd Future Records had zero intention of ever signing anyone. Period. But when the opportunity to lock down Young Nigga came about, the L.A.-based crew couldn’t help but offer the dude a deal. That’s right … OFWGKTA has signed an outsider. A press release sent out moments ago states: “While…
Yesterday, we posed a simple question: Should we all forgive Chris Brown for slugging Rihanna and spewing homophobic slurs? One commenter, Linda Green, told us we look like the “the biggest clown in town,” and suggested we “get of [sic] chris [sic] dick.” Solea74 was also quick to voice an…
Wracked with unbelievable hunger in anticipation of Peter, Bjorn, and John’s All You Can Eat tour stop at Bardot, we here at Crossfade have spent a totally ridiculous chunk of time fantasizing about tuneage and food pairings like “Young Folks” and Seared Foie Gras, Encrusted With Pop Rocks; “Nothing To…
Phew, eight more hours and it’s over. The never-ending workweek is finally coming to a close. No more headaches brought on by that disgusting stench creeping from the office fridge. No more copy machine jams, TPS reports, or creepy corporate dudes evaluating your performance. After you punch out, the next…
With Neon Indian and Yelle already slated to visit the city during the week of Art Basel Miami Beach, you can bet there’s still plenty of music to be announced over the next couple of months.Of course, being at the center of the action on all this Basel tomfoolery, Electric…
Roy Neil Hunter looks like he’s 17. But that’s OK, since the main mastermind behind the band Meat is merely a fresh, young 24. This musician has played in other Miami bands with mouth-watering names like Strawberry Dirt, Sparkling Purple Mango, and Ice Cream. We’re honestly starting to think these…
A little known fact about Crossfade is that we’re degenerate gamblers. We’ve been dropping mad bills on Magic City Casino’s maquinitas ever since the joint introduced Vegas-style slots. But aside from free parking and a few comped dinners, we haven’t won shit. Really, though, who cares? Win or lose, Magic…
Gibbor Green may be only 13 years old. But this little crooner knows what he’s doing and where he’s going. With 8,961 likes on Facebook, this eighth grader is not your typical middle-school kid. Green is more stylish than a tiny Andre 3000, he’s got a sweet set of pipes,…
File this under “Fuck yes!” Mr. Worldwide, Pitbull, wants to get wild with you, and “2,500 of his closest friends” on the inaugural Club 305 Cruise. Earlier today, Armandito Christian Perez tweeted in the third person, “Pitbull wants you to join him on the party marathon that will be @Club305cruise.”…
Lady Gaga wants to meet with President Obama. Following the news that 14-year old Jamey Rodemeyer committed suicide after years of bullying, Gaga tweeted, “The past days I’ve spent reflecting, crying, and yelling. I have so much anger. It is hard to feel love when cruelty takes someones [sic] life.”…
More big ups to big-timers who hail from the 305. Creative studio Elastic People earned themselves a Latin Grammy nod last week in the category of Best Music Video for their directorial work on Ricky Martin’s “Lo Mejor de Mi Vida Eres Tu,” the lead single off his most recent…
