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…
If you were riding north on Biscayne Boulevard this morning, looked over, and saw a goldtoothed, tattooed Cuban on a scooter talking on his cellphone while smoking a cigarette at 45mph, that was Aholsniffsglue doing a Crossfade interview about Get Low XXIX, “the 28th or 29th” edition of the monthly…
For years, Boise Bob and his Backyard Band have brought swampy, raucous, hootenanny energy to the people of Miami and Fort Lauderdale. And this Friday, they’ll be playing washtub basses, fiddles, and banjos at Churchill’s Pub’s American Roots Festival where hillbilly heritage and knee-slapping will be celebrated openly. “We play…
Today is Dave Coulier’s birthday. And unless you’ve been hiding out in the Tanner’s basement with Jodie Sweetin and a meth pipe for the last two decades, you oughta know that Alanis Morissette’s biggest single, “You Oughta Know” is allegedly about Dave Coulier, AKA Uncle Joey from Full House. “Cut…
The Weird World of Blowfly at O Cinema September 29 to October 2
Five music and food pairings in honor of Peter Bjorn and John’s All You Can Eat tour
Rock the Bells presents Black Star at the Fillmore Miami Beach September 27
Trina at Mansion September 22
Rey Ruiz at the Fillmore Miami Beach September 22
Blink-182 at the Cruzan Amphitheatre September 23
Digable Planets’ Doodlebug at the Loft at Grand Central September 23
Slick Rick at Eve September 24
Peter Bjorn and John’s All You Can Eat tour at Bardot September 23
Trey Songz at King of Diamonds September 24
Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with Forward Motion Records CEO and Dreaming in Stereo frontman Fernando Perdomo. The musician’s mother, Araceli Perdomo, died last night after a five-year battle with ovarian cancer. She was 66 years old. Like her son, Araceli Perdomo was a local celebrity. She was a popular…
Truth or Dare bylaws clearly state that a person who’s dared to do something must oblige. If they don’t, they’re labeled a pussy for life. Last night, Kings of Leon bassist and Truth or Dare purist Jared Followill ran his SUV into a neighbor’s home after being challenged to fucking…
Ready to get big, bad, and brassy? Hot 8 Brass Band when the fourth monthly edition of the Crossfade music series hits The Stage on September 29. Hot 8 is a nine-man fiyah brigade that boasts tubas, trumpets, and plenty of percussion. This trip to Nola begins at 10 p.m…
Cameron Crowe’s rock doc Pearl Jam Twenty, which premiered last night at a packed Tower Theater, fittingly begins with aerial shots of Seattle. Then it quickly cuts to footage from a local television interview of the band when it was just starting out. Frontman Eddie Vedder sits with his band…
A little casual, late-night browsing of Esquire’s website (no, we don’t only read Perez and TMZ) led to quite the startling discovery: The cologne-drenched men’s magazine has named two of Miami’s favorite dives, Jimbo’s and Churchill’s Pub, to its list of The Best Bars in America 2011. This list’s curious…
See the full 35-photo Chromeo at Fillmore Miami Beach slideshow. Night Falls Tour Chromeo With Mayer Hawthorne and the County, and Sammy Bananas Fillmore Miami Beach September 20, 2011 Better Than: Cornichons on a ham sandwich. Chromeo loves Chromeo. And Chromeo should love Chromeo because Chromeo is one of the…
Even if nobody’s exactly sure how to pronounce this Parisian threesome’s name, the consensus among international fans is that a dOP show is not to be missed. Producers Damian Van de Sande, Clement Zemstov, and MC-vocalist Jonathan Illel have taken the underground EDM scene by storm over the last couple…
