Do you remember when you turned 15? Think back … You’re in high school now. You’re free to apply for your restricted driver’s license, and that’s a step closer to freedom. Here in Miami, it probably means a quinceañera. Dude, it’s kind of a momentous occasion. Well, in clubland, where…
Alright, we didn’t quite heat up the court on Tuesday night. Spirits are down, but the game was close. We just need a little collective faith and musical healing so that we can help our team actually win the Finals. We’ve already heard all those incredible fan-made Miami Heat rally songs…
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For a semi-professional pothead, Nola spitta Curren$y is a surprisingly superproductive dude. Over the last 27 months, he’s somehow smoked endless amounts of kush while still finding the energy and personal motivation to drop five studio albums (2009’s This Ain’t No Mixtape and Jet Files, 2010’s Pilot Talk I and…
If rock ‘n’ roll was invented in America and then adopted by the Brits, who sold it back to us via the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, etc., then Germany did the same for deep house. Much of the EDM landscape of the last decade has been shaped by German…
What better way to celebrate Father’s Day than by taking the old man to a punk show? Surely, he’d appreciate the angry vocals, distorted guitars, and angsty lyrics over a showing of Green Lantern’s pussy CGI effects. Or maybe you can sit him at the bar for a cheap cold…
Mitt Romney’s bid for the U.S. presidency was off to a rousing start last week with ’80s hair-metal frontman David Coverdale going in on the Republican presidential hopeful. Turns out Romney used Whitesnake’s “Here I Go Again” at his campaign kickoff rally without the band’s approval. Something felt eerily familiar…
Does anyone ever get the feeling that, despite living in Miami, the only way to catch some good Latin music is overhearing it playing at ass-rumbling volume from your Cuban neighbors’ backyard while they celebrate whatever minor event they’ve decided to celebrate that night? In an industry filled with strange…
Packing massive tracks and trippy visuals, Dutch DJ and producer Sander Kleinenberg will be invading Arkadia this Thursday night as part of the weekly party hosted by Erick Morillo’s Subliminal Records + Friends. So Crossfade called Mr. Kleinenberg in Las Vegas to discuss the midweek gig, some of his favorite…
When 65-year-old glam god and gentleman pop star Bryan Ferry packs his bags, he doesn’t just bring sheet music. Really, go steal a quick glance at the Facebook photos from the first few weeks of his Olympia world tour … All handsomer-than-thou in an undone bow tie and disheveled suit,…
Have you ever dreamed of spending an entire weekend rollin’ with Flo Rida and DJ Irie, kicking it with Mr. Mariah Carey (AKA Nick Cannon), and shaking your ass for a good cause with renowned philanthropist and fictional character Carlton Banks? Well, get ready for Irie Weekend 2011 ’cause that’s…
Back in March, after running game out of Transit Lounge for eight straight months, the Rising hip-hop series and the tag team behind the enterprise (clothing kingpins Last Rights and rap producer Numonics) decided to take 90 days away from the grind to regroup, re-up, and reorganize. But finally, the…
We’re talking ZZ Top, and you will know them by their trail of beards. They’re from Houston, a city so city full of gold grills, candypaint, lean, slang, and pirates that it might as well be called Miami. And tonight, the Texas blues, rock, and boogie boys, put it down…
