He’s got a “Fucking Problem” that’s a hit, and one that isn’t. But A$AP Rocky isn’t letting unlicensed samples ruin the LONGLIVEA$AP tour. “It’s just so hard to get things cleared, because you got to find people to clear samples,” Rocky said during a recent radio interview. The MC’s debut…
That Francisco Franco was a real buzzkill, eh? Not only was Spain’s authoritarian dictator responsible for over 200,000 deaths in the first two years of his 39-year reign, the son of a bitch barred Joan Manuel Serrat from performing in 1968’s Eurovision Song Contest and made sure that Joaquín Sabina…
Searching for the Afterman? Well, take a break … ‘Cause everyone’s favorite prog-rock supergeeks, Coheed and Cambria, have just announced a winter 2013 tour! And while we could all continue puzzling oh-so-intensely over the latest installment — Afterman: Ascension — in C&C’s sprawlingly conceptual multi-volume Armory Wars comic-book-and-concept-album opus …..
DJ-producer Morgan Geist has no special qualms about you calling his sound retro. After all, his work as Metro Area with Darshan Jesrani boasts unmistakable strains of vintage disco, P-Funk, and ’80s synth-pop. But when it comes to his latest incarnation as Storm Queen with vocalist Damon C. Scott, Geist…
Whether unloadin’ uhntz-uhntz at Ultra Music Festival or gettin’ totally Jacked on South Beach, this Dutchman always comes equipped with his own MIA club crew, including “the tall guy with the weird glasses and the big afro.” But like all true party pros, Nick Van De Wall (AKA Afrojack) is…
For three consecutive autumns, local musician and promoter Ricardo Guerrero’s annual end-of-summer local showcase — Death to the Sun — has ranked among South Florida’s best festivals for contemporary and/or experimental rock music. Just shy of reaching half a decade (and more than a couple months after the actual end…
Hibernus Mortis may be South Florida’s greatest death metal band of all time. And a big part of that has to do with a long tenure as South Florida’s only death metal band. While the Sunshine State’s Gulf Coast can tout a robust history of Cookie Monster deathcries and bangover-inducing…
Nouvelle Vague Presented by the Rhythm Foundation Grand Central, Miami Friday, November 2, 2012 Better Than: Watching a punk and/or new wave band cover Bossa Nova standards. When French musicians Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux sat down and drew the blueprint for Nouvelle Vague, we bet they had a “Eureka!”…
If Mitt Romney smoked a joint, nothing would happen. Because robots can’t get high. But Crossfade’s backing Obama. Like most Americans, we’ve smoked marijuana. And we’re not afraid to admit it. We also recently spoke to B-Real of Cypress Hill about why weed’s a good thing, why voting is important,…
Bobby Peru. Special Request. Hip Therapist. Wooly. Those are just a few of the guises that UK DJ-producer Paul Woolfoord has assumed over the years. And his sound is just as elusive as his artistic identity — straddling house, techno, UK hardcore, and bass. Nevertheless, in spite of his sonic…
Backed by DJ Eric B’s expertly sampled soul-funk-R&B ejaculations, late ’80s rapper Rakim was a true hip-hop innovator who broke from the first wave’s Mother Goose rhyme schemes and party-shout vocal delivery. The duo is regarded as one of the all-time greats. Rakim sans Eric B? That’s a slightly different…
Plan B From Outerspace With Holly Hunt, Crucial Taunt, and Andrew W.K. 2 Churchill’s Pub, Miami Wednesday, October 31, 2012 Better Than: Throwing a party on a Native American burial ground, moshing with mummies, and Trick-or-Treating at Britney Spears’ house. Miami has a tendency to turn every holiday into a…
There’s just somethin’ ’bout Kreay. The O-Town rapper has copped a lot of fame recently, leading up to her major label release and a big nationwide tour that she can only describe as “crazy.” Her travels will bring her to our very own LIV for a special performance on Wednesday,…
In the immortal words of hip-pop visionaries Loving My Friends and Others, more commonly known as LMFAO: “We’re in Miami, bitch.” In fact, we here at Crossfade are drink-all-day, play-all-night, party-rocking freaks who spend every Thursday-through-Sunday getting wasted in the megaclubs, wearing Vans, and stumbling in the sand with a…
You’d be hard-pressed to find a greater authority on house and techno — and the area where these two EDM genres overlap — than Steve Bug. As head honcho of the seminal Berlin imprints Poker Flat, Audiomatique, and Dessous, he’s emerged as one of the transatlantic scene’s foremost tastemakers since…
OWSLA Tour at Grand Central November 1
Glen Matlock’s Acoustic Anarchy Tour at the Vagabond November 2
Miami Live Music Month Kickoff Party at Grand Central November 3
Curren$y at Club Cinema November 3
Taking Back Sunday at Revolution Live November 7
Kreayshawn at LIV November 7
Black Moth Super Rainbow With Casket Girls, Ark IX, and Mr. Feathers The Stage, Miami Tuesday, October 30, 2012 Better Than: Having frotteurs dressed as unicorns, human fruits, and Batman characters rub against you in eerie silence. Last night, Sweat Records brought Black Moth Super Rainbow to The Stage shortly…
