While Australian electro-rockers Cut Copy technically “kicked off” the tour for their latest album, Zonoscope, at this year’s Ultra Music Festival, rest assured they are coming back to give Miami a proper show in a non-festival setting. On September 30, the band returns to South Florida to rock Grand Central…
The morning after some serious partying, you wake up totally confused because your lips are pasted shut and you’ve literally been dreaming about the sweat on a glass of cold water. Yours eardrums are KO-ed from last night’s bass, and it sounds like your guitar tuner got stuck on E…
Miami MC Parable is in fight mode. His new mixtape, VS, sees him trading hooks with artists like Llamabeats, throwing jabs at producers like the Miami Beat Wave, and stepping razors against DJ Guilletine. Soon, Parable will be crisscrossing the nation on a promo tour that’ll take him from the Bring…
There’s only six months until the next round of apocalyptic hysteria, when the clock will strike midnight on January 1, 2012, and everyone will piss their pantaloons in transcendental excitement. Nothing will happen, another 11 months and 21 days will pass, and then it’ll be time for the serious 2012…
For year-round residents of Miami, the difference between yuletide in December and Christmas in July is really just a matter of degrees. Say 76°F versus 86°F. Wintertime is the eating season and Summertime is the mating season. The former means jeans and an ironic t-shirt while the latter means cutoffs…
Our lives are boring. There’s a reason we hit snooze five times every morning. We get up, go to work, do laundry, go to bed, and wake up to do it all over again the next day. By the time Friday rolls around, hard liquor can’t even correct our rut…
Eminem’s new video for “Space Bound” has been generating quite a bit of internet chatter. While the video’s intense finale (which depicts the rapper committing suicide) has garnered a little attention, most of the buzz has revolved around the video’s leading lady, porn star Sasha Grey. MTV reported mixed reactions…
Xperimento, named New Times’ Best Fusion Band this year, blends the band members’ Latin roots with the American culture that they all grew up with into a style they’ve dubbed, “Latin reggae urban soul.”Crossfade recently got a chance to talk to the band, who will be playing at Jazid on…
See the full 18-photo slideshow of The Blow at the Florida Room. The Blow With Melissa Dyne The Florida Room Saturday, July 2, 2011 Better Than: Red Hot Chili Peppers from the in-house DJ. Upon entering the Delano Hotel’s Florida Room, the divide between the indie-loving hipsters and the members…
It’s always fun when a band chooses an ironic name. Like the Uruguayan rock ensemble No Te Va Gustar (You’re Not Going To Like It), with whom we couldn’t disagree more wholeheartedly. NTVG’s style is fundamentally catchy, and heavily reminiscent of ’90s bands out of neighboring Argentina’s better known scene,…
You’ve probably heard Dirty South’s remix of Diddy and Skylar Grey’s “Coming Home” being dropped by one of the ever-rotating superstar DJs on the Beach. Or maybe you’ve heard it straight from the man himself, as he frequently makes the rounds of Miami. Either way, the Australian DJ-producer is back…
Like any self-made millionaire, Rick Ross possesses a keen sense of what it means to be an American patriot. So when the Maybach Music mogul decides to celebrate the independence of this great nation from a bunch of white boys in red coats, he makes damn sure to plan a…
James Zabiela The Vagabond Friday, July 1, 2011 Better Than: A lumberjack convention. But also kinda like one, as you will find out below. It was a wet, steamy night, the kind you might think the Miami nightlife set would enjoy. But it seemed to keep the crowd thinner than…
When someone says Venezuela, you probably don’t immediately think hip-hop. After all, the South American nation has long been knows for its salsa. Oh, and a strange, insane little dictatorial ferret who’s more than just a little bit acquainted with Castro’s backside.But don’t tell Cuarto Poder that Venezuela and hip-hop…
Animal Tropical and Ice CreamWith Slashpine, People, Shiboleth, and New Theory Villa 221Thursday, June 30 Villa 221 is a rambling Old Florida estate converted into a labyrinthine nightlife compound capable of functioning as: (1) a club via thumping music and dance floors; (2) a bar with multiple depots on both floors…
Khaela Maricich has no problem sharing the most personal details of her life with the public. Over the last week alone, she’s told the world about the embarrassing dance move she performed at a New Year’s Eve Party, her admiration for Tina Fey, and how when she went to Denmark…
We sent out a million invites to come party with Crossfade last night. (OK, as accounted by Facebook, the actual number was 1223.) And 124 of you said, “No,” about 60 answered, “Eh, maybe,” and a whopping 938 didn’t even acknowledge the question! What the fuck’s wrong? Don’t you like…
This morning, we got the nasty news that the doors to Bar at 28 NE 14th Street will never reopen again. It sounds dramatic, because it is dramatic. It’s all sad over there, and closed. Saying goodbye is hard! There are plenty of 305 folks who will now never step…
No Latin band has tugged as many heartstrings, quite as hard as the Mexican rock band Maná. In a 20-year reign, the Grammy Award-winning group has traveled all over the world, flooding arenas and selling out shows from Guadalajara to Berlin. Currently kicking off its latest international tour, Maná will…
Yesterday afternoon, we reported on the looming protests over the announcement that swag-style rap group Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All would be performing at the Pitchfork Music Festival. The controversy greatly recalls the Eminem Dialogue of the early 2000s in which the platinum certified rapper came under fire…
Read Crossfade’s full review of U2’s 360° Tour at Sun Life Stadium. Did you think the only things keeping Bono and The Edge busy these days were the careful monotoring of their Metamucil doses and the writing of mediocre music for Broadway adaptations of comic books? Well, you’re way wrong…
Before you start anything in life, you will more than likely hear the phrase, “There have been many that have come before you.” And we have to wonder if that’s how NBC’s The Voice felt coming onto the TV scene. There have been many singing competition shows. And some have…
