Sol Ruiz’s New Album Promises Postcolonial, Horny Cuban Blues

​”Playing in Cuba was more than just a gig,” says postcolonial and quirky acoustic songstress Sol Ruiz. “It was spiritual. It brought meaning to my existence.” In keeping with the passionate reverence she expresses toward performing music in the ancestral homeland that she has long been barred from visiting, everything…

Kid Sister’s Gonna Kiss and Tell at Grand Central on February 4

Ever since the internet turned every last drip-drop of intellectual property into the featured item at an ever-extending, all-you-can-download digital buffet, nobody’s even sure if concepts like “underground” or “mainstream” exist anymore. But Chicago electro-hop diva Kid Sister straddles the line like the best of them. After cutting her chops…

¡Mayday! Announces Release Date for New Album Take Me To Your Leader

No doubt, those ¡Mayday! homies ain’t afraid to hustle. As we here at Crossfade reported last Thursday, the 305’s raddest hip-hop collective is already prepping for Tech N9ne’s Hostile Takeover tour, an insane sked of 90 shows in 99 days with Machine Gun Kelly, Krizz Kaliko, Prozak, and Stevie Stone…

Miley Cyrus Loves Penis (Cake)

Miley Cyrus is proving she’s a gangster, a down-for-whatever type of Disney-princess-gone-wild. Over the weekend, the 19-year-old daughter of country music legend Billy Ray Cyrus went down on a massive cock cake during boyfriend Liam Hemsworth’s birthday party at an L.A. club. Photos obtained by TMZ show Miley seductively posing…

Grand Central Park Opens Tomorrow With Cherry-Popping Concert by Elastic Bond

Let’s get high with a hobo. Grand Central Park’s having its proverbial cherry popped tomorrow night with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and inaugural concert by bilingual alt-electro group Elastic Bond. The five-acre, multi-use recreation space was designed to generate a pedestrian-friendly environment in Overtown. But when the Bond hits the stage…

Is Tiësto the Led Zeppelin of Electronic Dance Music? Take Our Poll

Bold beats and even bolder statements — that’s the product of Tiësto’s new web series, In the Booth. From his arena shows to outdoor festivals, college tour and beyond, the online, HP-backed and Intel-sponsored reality mini-series is yet another example of how EDM has gone mainstream. In the Booth premiered…

Jacuzzi Boys Headed to Europe for 26-City Tour

Admittedly, we were nervous about Jacuzzi Boys’ upcoming European tour. But we quickly changed our tone when Hardly Art assured us it’d be a land-based trek. Phew, what a relief. European tours can be a real bummer. Shitty guides recklessly leading you into dangerously shallow waters, shoddy safety regulations …..

Top Five Second Saturday Art Walk Parties in Miami

Art sucks. Get drunk. Music sucks. Dance harder. The lights are too bright. Turn them all off and let the bass drown your body till your heart rattles in your ribcage. Throw your phone against the ground, quit paying your internet bill, never trust a wireless modem, and check out…