Alfred Hitchcock populated his films with blonde women, believing that film audiences would be more suspicious of brunettes. But when you see two platinum manes bouncing up and down behind Arkadia’s decks this Friday, you should suspect that this fair-headed DJ duo is conspiring to do evil things with their…
Last week, Crossfade had a casual chat with Mr. Jason Friedman and Ms. Eleanore Everdell of Brooklyn boy-girl band The Hundred in the Hands. The topics ranged from THITH’s namesake (“A Native American battle from the 1800s,” Friedman explained) to collecting printed matter, defying this hyperdigital age, and returning to…
Over the course of nearly 20 years, the four members of Caramelos de Cianuro have managed to secure themselves as the chief proponents of rock in their native Venezuela. Moreover, they’ve established themselves as representatives of Latin rock on the whole — or Rock en Español, as it’s widely known…
See photos from the Johnny’s Miami Grand Opening. For as long as Crossfade’s been partaking in Miami’s nightlife, NE 14th Street has always been dominated by hipster venues: I/O Lounge, PS 14, and White Room and later the Vagabond, Bar, and Eve. Well, the neighborhood is welcoming a new tenant…
It may strike you as odd that an artist who plays multi-stringed instruments — like the tres, a six-stringed Cuban guitar, and the cuatro, a four-stringed Venezuelan guitar — goes by the name Nil. But that doesn’t mean Mr. Lara is synonymous with nada. His heyday was back in the…
If you didn’t already know it, Crossfade loves pretty much anything local act Panic Bomber produces. We’ve adored him ever since he dropped his demo, Calling in Threats, in 2008. And even though the Bomber, real name Richard Haig, admitted early on that the demo was a response to Miami’s…
One of the worst parts of being a celebrity is being constantly watched. See, a normal person at a normal party can get really wasted and almost no one will notice. But when you’re a celeb, there’s no dancing with your head down. Or, there might be dancing with your…
The LINK crew has been busy all year booking some of the biggest stars on the international techno scene at venues like Space and the Electric Pickle. And earlier this month, LINK auspiciously kicked off its new Summer Sessions with world-renowned DJs Heidi and Bill Patrick at TreeHouse, a newer…
It’s been 235 years since the Founding Fathers won us our freedom from all those evil, red-clad limeys. The war is so over. And yet Brit club-killer Fatboy Slim (AKA Norman Cook) seems to be plotting a counterattack for this Fourth of July. Admittedly, Crossfade is frazzled. And you should…
In just a few days, the Magnum Band of Miami celebrates its 35th anniversary. On Friday night, though, the band got the party started a little early with a free set at Rhythm Foundation and Little Haiti Cultural Center’s monthly Big Night In Little Haiti event.A festive crowd heated up…
July draws near, and with it, one of the biggest events for Latin music in the US. LAMC, or the Latin Alternative Music Conference, is an annual industry powow featuring events of all sorts — panels, cocktails, and of course, a whole shitload of live shows by some of the…
The Big Man has died. On June 12, Bruce Springsteen’s good friend and longtime E Street Band saxophone player Clarence Clemons suffered a massive stroke at his home in Singer Island, Florida. He was immediately rushed to the hospital, where two brain surgeries were performed to stop cranial bleeding. In…
Boregore With Caligula, Juan Basshead, and MC Jumanji Fillmore Miami Beach June 17, 2011 Better Than: My high school graduation, which just happened to be at the same place. A full moon brings out the untamed and feral-minded, and the kids were ruthless last night at the Fillmore Miami Beach,…
Killer Mike With Eric Biddines, Fusik, and Dynas As part of The Rising Hip-Hop Concert Series PAX Miami June 17, 2011 Better Than: Last weekend’s Lil B performance at Eve. Performing Arts Exchange, PAX for short, is a new live music venue showcasing reggae, hip-hop, and Latin fusion with a…
Whatever you call your male parent — pops, dad, father, papa, man-whose-seed-enabled-my-existence, the-reason-I’m-so-fucked-up — and whatever your relationship is with your one or two dads, we all appreciate a good song about daddyness.In honor of Father’s Day, which is this Sunday (go buy a card or something), and to celebrate…
Don’t let us hear you say that Miami doesn’t have a kick-ass underground electronic music scene, because we are absolutely brimming with homegrown talent.And the best thing is that it’s still a relatively young scene. If there is this much forward-thinking creativity happening now, we can’t wait to see Miami…
No wacky costumes. No crazy concepts. No iconic dance moves. Lady Gaga’s new video for “Edge of Glory” is an anomaly in her kooky visual catalog. Germanotta hasn’t looked this “regular” since her “Just Dance” days.And while her little monsters seemed pissed off they didn’t get a video of epic…
As the bass player and lead vocalist for Bulletproof Tiger, Kris Huseby is a master of the gruff voice and the heavy hand. When Los Tigres play live, Huseby lives for that moment when his creations connect with people. After a Chicago basement show, a few kids came up to…
According to the Emerald Isle’s Central Statistics Office, the average Irish male can expect to prowl around Planet Earth for about 76 years, 9 months, and 18 days. Do you know what that means? It means that U2, as a band, is totally middle aged. (Formed in 1976, the bombastic…
There’s nothing in the world like a good treehouse. We blazed one with a guy named Rasta who had a badass tree mansion somewhere in South Dade. It was tricked out with air conditioning, a fish tank, and a 60-inch plasma screen TV. The only Treehouse we know that’s cooler…
At the X Factor taping in Coral Gables yesterday, judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, Antonio “L.A.” Reid, and Nicole Scherzinger seemed in character. Simon’s still unnecessarily mean, Paula’s still unnecessarily nice, L.A. is still talking about producing something, and the Pussycat Doll is still very pussy-ish. We wish we could…
Despite the name, Brooklyn band The Hundred in the Hands isn’t a great, big, sprawling indie-pop orchestra. It’s just two people — singer-keyboardist Eleanore Everdell and guitarist Jason Friedman — and a whole arsenal of sequencers, pedals, and assorted black boxes. In September 2010, this duo dropped its debut self-titled…
