In a little over a week, the most ironic theme cruise in kitsch travel history will hit the high seas. That’s right, the first ever Bruise Cruise will set sail aboard Carnival’s Imagination “Fun Ship” with some seriously cool human cargo, including 400 hipsters, 10 relevant indie acts (including Miami’s…
See the cut for a free download of A Totally Non-Ironic TBD Party Mix. When you shake ass to Salt-N-Pepa’s superfun 1986 sex song “Push It” while guzzling a gallon’s worth of rubyfruit jungle juice shots, you better really, really, really freaking mean it? Otherwise, don’t even bother showing up…
As if Sunday School for Degenerates wasn’t already a crazy-ass concept, Made Event’s decided to dial up the wonk to an an almost unsafe level. Step One: Expand the deviant dance marathon from 24 to 36 hours. Step Two: Book Richie Hawtin, Tiga, Adultnapper, and a ton of others. Step…
As far as Puerto Rican boy bands with American crossover appeal go, Davila 666 easily beats out Menudo with its balls-out ability to rock, though there’s definitely some overlap in the wearing of leather jackets, chaps, and accessories. Offering both clean garage pop and raw rock ‘n’ roll, Davila 666’s…
When we polled you, the reader, about what to call the week of events happening around Ultra, 67 percent of you decided Ultra Week would be the best moniker. For Google’s sake, we sort of agree with you, even if the name carries connotations of Ultra’s dominance.The Opium Group, meanwhile,…
If folk wisdom can be believed, a Latin person’s blood runs two or three degrees hotter than the normal core temperature of 98.6 fahrenheit. This condition is called la pasión and it explains why the American Airlines Arena becomes a 19,000-person sweat lodge every time someone like Marco Antonio Solis…
You may recall that on Friday Crossfade reported that the Fuego Cuban Music Festival was canceled a little over a week after it was officially announced. But it seems the matter isn’t so simple. The reports circulating indicated that the Homestead Miami International Speedway pulled the plug on the show…
Like many religious martyrs, Jimmy Edgar boldly embraced temporary celibacy, directing his creative energy to create XXX, his latest full-length album all about sex. This Sunday, Edgar will be in town to play LSD/DSL at EVE, presented by Schematic Records and Otto von Schirach’s Triangle Earth Records. The night will…
Hey, we’re no gang of psychics. But somehow we were right in our prediction about Friday night at Club Play being full of sexy women, lots of liquor, and hip-hop royalty. Cash Money was definitely in the building and Birdman even autographed an airbrushed portrait of himself.Sometimes we wonder if…
For those street heads whose chronic-sucking, crip-walking heyday is 15 years behind them, Queens-born Puerto Rican rapper Victor Santiago Jr. will forever be known as Noreaga. Partnered up with fellow NYC product Kiam Akasi Halley (AKA Capone), Santiago co-owned the East Coast rap game for a solid minute in the…
No WMC would be complete without a few yacht parties. And this March has, count them, four stellar lineups aboard the infamous Biscayne Lady.From big-room house heavyweights like Desyn Masiello to underground techno stars like Reboot, there’s a bit for everyone’s EDM taste here. The Lady sets sail in the…
Did you waste three hours of your life watching the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards last night? Well, congrats … You got almost 15 minutes of genuine entertainment out of the deal. For one, Bieber took a beating at the hands of Best New Artist Esperanza Spalding. For another, Snooki stalked…
See the full 24-photo Flogging Molly slideshow. Flogging Molly Seventh Annual Green 17 Tour 2011 With Drowning Men and Moneybrother Fillmore Miami Beach Saturday, February 12, 2011 Better than: A gallon of Guinness. Even though it’s a big boozy band of seven Irish punks, Flogging Molly is always on time…
Have you seen the very meta, ’80s-referencing music video for Dragonette and Martin Solveig’s hyperactive retro-house collabo track “Hello”? If not, see the cut immediately. All the dudes look like Bjorn Borg and all the ladies look like Christie Brinkley. The premise: Solveig (DJ Mag-ranked number 47) and fellow funky…
Read Crossfade’s interview with Matisyahu. Matisyahu With Adam Weinberg Knight Concert Hall at the Adrienne Arsht CenterFebruary 12, 2011 On Saturday night, the Adrienne Arsht Center was transformed from world-class concert hall to new-age synagogue as Matisyahu and his guitarist Adam Weinberg went unplugged for a packed house. A sold-out…
Unless you’ve been too busy lately to visit the interwebs, you know the name Keyshia Dior. Hell, we caught up with her last month for a little horseplay, so she’s no stranger to Crossfade. Keyshia started off with a starring role in Timbaland and Drake’s video for “Say Something,” and…
When Florida Memorial University does a homecoming show, they do it loooooong. The first performers came on at 7 p.m., and the last one didn’t leave the stage until close to midnight. Maybe the other attendees knew this in advance and so decided to conserve their energy, refraining from such…
Since they formed in 1990 and cut their teeth busking on the streets of Havana, Gema Corredera and Pável Urkiza have incorporated various sounds into their modern take on Cuban music. Their approach to music is known as neo-filin, a genre known for bringing together the feeling of ’40s bolero…
On Wednesday, February 9, FIU’s Biscayne Bay Campus got a little taste of Chicago rapper and actor Common. The speaking engagement was titled “The Effects of Hip-Hop on Modern Society.” But it took the form of a motivational speech on achieving individual greatness. Common opened up his lecture with an…
Cuban music aficionados and lovers of el cubaneo in general had reason to rumba in front of their computer screens last Wednesday when Fuego Entertainment dropped the news that it’d be producing the first-ever Fuego Cuban Music World Festival. But elation at the promise of this one-of-a kind music fest,…
Despite its girly name, the Pinker Tones is a 100-percent male band formed in 2001 by two dapper dudes from Barcelona, Salvador “Mister Furia” Rey and Alex “Professor Manso” Llovet. Also, if you’re expecting some kind of sonic cutesiness befitting pink, you’re off the mark again. There’s nothing especially twee…
It is a well-known fact that the Toronto of the mid 1980s is not the stalwart and vibrant community that it is these days. No, those were bleak times where heavily-armed, extremely polite Canadians wiled their days away with dreams of hockey glory and how to better their already pretty…
