Ryan Cabrera Gets Lasik Surgery in Sunrise

Who knew that sorta kinda famous people were flocking to Sunrise, Florida, to have their eyesight fixed? Well, apparently, Millennium Laser Eye Center is home to one Dr. Cory Lessner, AKA the Lasik Surgeon To The Stars. And just recently, the doc performed a “much-needed” procedure on Ryan Cabrera, a…

Afro Kumbe Kick Off 2011 With Not One But Two Gigs This Friday

Mark Kondrat, Itagui Correa and Javier “Lakambre” Delgado are collectively known as Locos Por Juana, or in their DJ set incarnation, Afro Kumbe. Already, these three dudes are off to a busy start this year, wasting no time in getting AK in front of Miami’s craziest crowds. This Friday, they’ll…

Steven Blush’s American Hardcore Slideshow at Sweat Records January 13

Ten years ago, Steven Blush wrote a book called American Hardcore: A Tribal History. His motive: “I’m documenting the American hardcore punk music scene because it’s being forgotten. Its history is evaporating as the participants die off or find religion or repress their memories of those dynamic days.” And as…

We Got a Date With Good Charlotte at Aventura Mall January 15!

Three months ago, we here at Crossfade were so, so, so stoked about our date at Macy’s with Good Charlotte’s Joel and Benji Madden that we wrote a blog about it. We were gonna get some one-on-one time with the twins, an exclusive look at their Mad Picks clothing collection,…

The Goo Goo Dolls at the Orange Bowl Halftime Show, January 3

The Goo Goo Dolls The Orange Bowl at Sun Life StadiumMonday, January 3Better than: Watching Sugar Ray’s Mark McGrath host an episode of Don’t Forget the Lyrics.It’s been a long time since Dizzy Up the Girl. And the fact that the Goo Goo Dolls have been out the mega-mainstream market for…

The Adolescents Rip Into Respectable Street This Friday

More than a decade before Weezer’s “Blue Album” toasted undone sweaters, surf boards, and Happy Days, the Adolescents’ highly influential debut was well known for its cerulean cover. Springing up from the ashes of Agent Orange and Social Distortion during the affectionately turbulent days of the Southern California hardcore scene…

Avicii Brings Swedish Big-Room Beats to LIV This Saturday

Rookie DJ-producer Tim Berg (AKA Avicii) is only 22 years old. But his resume already reads like that of a seasoned industry heavyweight. In 2008, after topping BBC Radio 1 luminary Pete Tong’s Fast Trax poll, the Swedish prodigy dropped his breakthrough release “Manman” on Tong’s Bedroom Bedlam label. And…

Free DJ Mix by Steve Bug, Playing Electric Pickle on Friday

Celebrated German DJ-producer and label magnate Steve Bug is back in Miami on Friday to jump-start 2011 for local techno heads, courtesy of LINK. In case you live under a rock and have yet to hear of Bug, he’s been one of electronic dance music’s prime movers and most influential…

Nicki Minaj Signs Boobies and Says Bye-Bye to 2010 at Mansion

When the hypemongers start tossing around loaded phrases like “Nicki Minaj,” “All-Pink Everything,” and “New Year’s Eve,” your mind instantly floods with hot and luscious fantasies of cartoonish proportions. Example: You imagine slipping through gates that look like Nicki’s pillowy, slightly parted, frosted lips. You imagine getting drunk on gallons…

Loco Dice Gets Pure Gangsta at Space This Saturday

With a name like Dice Corleone on his birth certificate, you know Loco Dice has to be pure gangsta. Which makes it kind of fitting that the international techno sensation was originally a hip-hopper. Born in Tunisia and raised in Germany, Dice started out as rapper, playing support slots for…

The Queers’ Joe King Talks Auto-Tune Bullshit and Keeping It Punk

When Portsmouth, New Hampshire’s the Queers roll into Churchill’s on January 15, punk rock fans can count on the crew to give us what we want. We can pretty much guarantee that we’re gonna get to sing along to hits like “I Can’t Stop Farting” and “Teenage Gluesniffer”. We contacted…

Usher Ends Another Sexy Year at the American Airlines Arena

See the full 25-photo slideshow of Usher at the American Airlines Arena. For the 19,600 lovely females (and their reluctant boyfriends, husbands, brothers, fathers, etc.) who turned Usher’s New Year’s Eve concert at the American Airlines Arena into a swooning, screaming, sweating mass of fandom, the coming of 2011 was…

Free DJ Mix by Matt Tolfrey Playing Space Tomorrow

British DJ-producer Matt Tolfrey has staked his place on the international EDM scene since launching his esteemed Leftroom imprint in 2005. Home to acclaimed artists like Glimpse, Inxec, and Marc Ashken, Leftroom brings a deep and forward-thinking flair to tech-house. Since Leftroom’s launch, Tolfrey has gone on to host a…

Nicki Minaj’s Pleasure-Filled, Electric-Pink NYE Wonderland at Mansion Tonight

Way back in the beginning of 2010, you harbored this strange delusion of spending a pleasure-filled night with the best (lady?) rapper alive, Nicki Minaj. You imagined romping through a semi-private, electric-pink wonderland of gooey cotton candy and warm shag carpet. You imagined trading verses. You imagined getting über-expensive booty…

Five New Year Wishes for the Miami Music Scene

The Miami scene can be described as a “Babe in the Woods.” Or at least a babe with a mustache and guayabera. So yes, we admit it: Our city is only now growing out of relative infancy and moving into musical toddlerhood. But maybe, bands and fans, we should just…

Roaring ’20s NYE at Transit With ¡Mayday! and ArtOfficial Tonight

Happy New Year, party people! You’ve seen Boardwalk Empire, right? Well, if you’ve watched bug-eyed Steve Buscemi partying it up in the prohibition era and thought, “That’s my kind of party,” then Transit Lounge’s shindig is the place for you. Because the Little Havana hangout is bringing back the roaring…