Overtown once rocked with the sounds and soul of musicians such as Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie. A hotbed of music and culture, Overtown’s heyday has passed, but not entirely. This neighborhood just northwest of downtown Miami is being revitalized, with help from Amy Rosenberg and the Overtown…
On September 21, 2011, at 11:08 p.m. in Jackson, Georgia, a death row inmate named Troy Davis, convicted 20 years ago for the murder of off-duty Savannah policeman Mark MacPhail, was executed by lethal injection. For decades, though, Davis, his supporters, and many justice advocates had proclaimed the prisoner’s innocence…
Calle 13’s Residente and Visitante are nominated for ten Latin Grammys this year, an impressive stat for a group that in the past five years has gone from the viral diatribe of “Fuck The Dear FBI” to filling stadiums in Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Chile, and wherever else they play.Lead vocalist…
Hypothetically speaking, would y’all get mad if Rihanna took her top off –for the sake of art — on your property? Neither would we. But for one Irish farmer, the 23-year-old superstar’s boobs were too much to handle. Rihanna was on a Bangor, Ireland wheat farm yesterday filming naughty bits…
The actual demise and cosmic destruction of Langerado Music Festival rained upon South Florida clubs with a thousand little shiny nuggets of musical opportunity. Thus, Bardot landed London indie group Yuck, a five-piece band consisting of boys and girls who conjure throwback ’90s rock with a heavy edge and low-fi…
Reports are all over the interwebs about legendary soul-funk man Sly Stone being homeless and living in LA’s Crenshaw hood. But we’d like to point out (as he probably would too) that Sly lives in a van, a pretty big one, and that having a mobile home is way better…
If you’ve never heard of moombahton, then clearly you are not one of the Miami bass scene’s cool kids, because that’s all they’ve been raving about lately. So what is moombahton? In order to understand this wacky new electronic dance music style, you have to go back to the fall…
OK, on three, blurt out your favorite musical genre. One… Two… Three… Mexican emo soft rock! OMG, we’re twins. We’ll totally be running into one another at the Fillmore Miami Beach when Camila rolls through town next month. Remember the trio’s magical performance at this year’s Billboard Latin Music Awards?…
Odd Future Records had zero intention of ever signing anyone. Period. But when the opportunity to lock down Young Nigga came about, the L.A.-based crew couldn’t help but offer the dude a deal. That’s right … OFWGKTA has signed an outsider. A press release sent out moments ago states: “While…
Yesterday, we posed a simple question: Should we all forgive Chris Brown for slugging Rihanna and spewing homophobic slurs? One commenter, Linda Green, told us we look like the “the biggest clown in town,” and suggested we “get of [sic] chris [sic] dick.” Solea74 was also quick to voice an…
Wracked with unbelievable hunger in anticipation of Peter, Bjorn, and John’s All You Can Eat tour stop at Bardot, we here at Crossfade have spent a totally ridiculous chunk of time fantasizing about tuneage and food pairings like “Young Folks” and Seared Foie Gras, Encrusted With Pop Rocks; “Nothing To…
More big ups to big-timers who hail from the 305. Creative studio Elastic People earned themselves a Latin Grammy nod last week in the category of Best Music Video for their directorial work on Ricky Martin’s “Lo Mejor de Mi Vida Eres Tu,” the lead single off his most recent…
Truth or Dare bylaws clearly state that a person who’s dared to do something must oblige. If they don’t, they’re labeled a pussy for life. Last night, Kings of Leon bassist and Truth or Dare purist Jared Followill ran his SUV into a neighbor’s home after being challenged to fucking…
Ready to get big, bad, and brassy? Hot 8 Brass Band when the fourth monthly edition of the Crossfade music series hits The Stage on September 29. Hot 8 is a nine-man fiyah brigade that boasts tubas, trumpets, and plenty of percussion. This trip to Nola begins at 10 p.m…
A little casual, late-night browsing of Esquire’s website (no, we don’t only read Perez and TMZ) led to quite the startling discovery: The cologne-drenched men’s magazine has named two of Miami’s favorite dives, Jimbo’s and Churchill’s Pub, to its list of The Best Bars in America 2011. This list’s curious…
Miami Police are still investigating a shooting that left one dead, six wounded, and sent hundreds of people stampeding to safety early yesterday morning at Nocturnal nightclub in downtown. New Times reported yesterday that 26-year-old Brandon Marquis McGhee was shot and killed inside the popular afterhours club, but that no…
“Live fast, die young, and look good in your grave” is Mickey Avalon’s motto. He’s got that brash, absurd, and sleezy L.A. white rapper style that attracts a party crowd serious about their trucker hats and lipstick-stained, cut-all-up tank tops. Avalon was originally discovered by former MTV VJ Simon Rex…
Debuting today: a new website where you can find the best Miami has to offer, New Times style.Voice Places is just getting started. But it offers a multitude of choices for a good time — from almost 6,000 restaurants to 100 bars and hundreds of retail stores. There are links…
Can we all just agree to dub this the year of Mr. Pauer? His career, years in the making, has all led to this point. And because when it rains, it pours, he’s been reaping the fruits of his labors, notching one milestone after another throughout 2011. It started with…
This week, the queen of electroclash, Peaches, spoke with Crossfade over the phone. We were a little starstruck, so we couldn’t even get the tape recorder working properly.But we did ask her whether she’s prepping new music, which it seems she isn’t, telling us that the world will probably hear…
Rolling Stone Magazine. There was a time when landing the cover meant you had officially arrived as a relevant rock ‘n’ roller. But the print industry’s dead and it’s all about the internet. In the digital age, you’ve officially arrived when Rolling Stone premieres your music video on its website…
When a band chooses a name as romantic and whimsical as Sirens and Sealions, you might expect a stage show that leans heavily on harps and incense. But this Miami band isn’t really a gang of hippies. So while tonight’s album release party at The Stage will involve lots of…
