Proper rock band etiquette dictates: Thou must rock hard, do drugs, and have crazy tour stories. After Crossfade last spoke with Joshua Xmas, lead singer and guitarist of Dyslexic Postcards, he and his band embarked on the Might As Well Get It On Tour in support of their first EP,…
After the news of Lindsay Lohan’s lame-ass lawsuit against Pitbull leaked across the interweb late last week, it didn’t take too long for Mr. Worldwide to respond. No, he didn’t talk shit via Twitter. He didn’t toss off an expletive-filled Facebook rant. And he didn’t organize a mass album burning…
For the last five months, the local 305 division of the Trece army has been stuck on high alert, awaiting the arrival of its commander-in-chief René Pérez Joglar, AKA Residente, and sergeant-at-arms Eduardo José Cabra Martínez, AKA Visitante. It all started on April 7 when Crossfade relayed a Calle 13…
Finnegan’s River is honoring Labor Day, our federally granted 24 hours of rest, with a music festival guaranteed to distract you from any lingering work preoccupations and chill you the hell out. The three-day fest is beefed up with killer representation of the best pop, reggae, hip-hop, and Latin fusion…
TMZ is reporting that Birdman’s baby, Weezy “F”, is being sued by rapper Rich Rick over the beat to Wayne’s recent ex-lax-smooth single “How To Love.” The beat was part of a recording suite cooked up by rap production team Drummer Boyz, and spanning instrumentals written from 2006 to 2009…
Go RSVP for the Crossfade Music Series via Facebook and invite all your homies and hoochies. Whatever the haters may say, we here at Crossfade aren’t just a gang of mindless party people. We are also pop philosophers. And lately, we’ve been asking ourselves some pretty deep questions, like, “What…
No two names are more Miami than Gloria Estefan and Otto Von Schirach. So when we heard that the king of Miami’s electronic underground and the international queen of the Miami sound got together on a track, we were seriously shocked. On paper (or sound systems), it doesn’t seem to…
Now that she’s all grown up and unemployed, former teen movie star and fake blonde Lindsay Lohan has been desperately scrambling to find a reliable revenue stream. (You know, so she can continue to support her nasty peroxide habit.) And apparently, after a whole lotta scheming with a top-notch legal…
Danny Daze started out like every Miami DJ: spinning at South Beach clubs and downtown joints, trying to earn a buck. But deep down, there was an electronic music artist waiting to come out. And now, whether it’s under his own name, DiscoTech, or Señor Stereo, Daze seems ready for…
Our very own weirdo genius Dino Felipe is getting ready to hit the road. And he needs our help, i.e. $$$. Hence, a Kickstarter campaign. At the end of September, he and his sidekick This Heart Electric (AKA Ricardo Guerrero of “Miami Venues Suck Dick” fame) plan to load their…
For a while there, Kanye West was the least popular man on Earth.But his career didn’t start off that way. In fact, if you told Crossfade that the fresh-faced and manic MC who released that crazy-ass “Jesus Walks” single would one day be the bonafide sultan of swag, we would…
Considering Lucenzo’s superlucrative connections to the 407’s Don Omar and the 305’s Pitbull (not to mention his obvious appreciation for babes in bikinis and dancing aboard million-dollar boats), it’s kinda shocking that the French-slash-Portuguese singer, songwriter, and producer hasn’t already docked his party yacht at the Port of Miami, skipped…
Too busy chasin’ that chedda (i.e. money) to notice our annnouncement that O’Grime and Metro Zu will be droppin’ swag, Swishers, and dirty bills as part of the August edition of the Crossfade music series at The Stage? Shit, kid. Wipe them $$ out your eyes ’cause we got your…
Last night, 21st-century leading lady Anne Hathaway was on Conan to promote the third Chris Nolan-directed Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, in which she plays quintessential femme fatale, Catwoman. We’re big fans of Batman, Tim Burton’s Batman Returns and Michelle Pfeiffer’s incredible psychosexual interpretation of the role. (Sorry, Halle!) So…
No one thing speaks of this city’s loyalty, questionable taste, and absolutely undeniable radness like Luther freakin’ Campbell. Miami loves Uncle Luke wholeheartedly and unconditionally. One of the patriarchs of our 305 family, he could start a dogfighting ring and we still might forgive him. Singing about how we want…
Do you remember the Alternative Revolution? Well, you’re old. Grunge is ancient fucking history. And all those ’90s babies born during the reign of George H.W. Bush are grown up and getting naked for Playboy. OK, so maybe they’re not all posing without clothes in old Hef’s gentleman’s mag. But…
After twelve years of live mixing the weekly WNYU radio program Beats in Space, never once missing a night, Tim Sweeney has hosted pretty much every big name in electronic music. Sweeney started the Tuesday night affair as an 18-year-old college freshman. With ambition, smarts, and commitment, Beats in Space…
Stalwart South Beach record store Uncle Sam’s Music has announced a free, all-ages, and unplugged Matisyahu in-store performance that’ll take place a few hours before the Hasidic reggae superstar’s gig at the Fillmore on August 25. As the biggest name in the history of Jewish riddim’, the MC is known far…
With similar holy praise and spiritual righteousness, Matisyahu scratches the Haile Selassie out of reggae music and gives it up to G-d. Born Matthew Paul Miller, the musician made it all the harder for us to say his name when he started using the Askenazi version of it. This former…
We’ve all wanted to “Crank That” in the young men’s section at Macy’s, right? Or maybe you belong to the camp that’s got a headful of skeezy fantasies about weird fun with Soulja Boy and Kat Stacks in the change rooms. Either way, go get a taste of that “Pretty…
UPDATE: Crossfade has received word from Grand Central that The Knocks show has been canceled. Brooklyn-based electro-pop duo and production team The Knocks took its name from those early days when the constant broom-thump of neighbors in adjacent apartments communicated a rhythmic command to “shut the fuck up.” Now, though,…
Hailing from a Land Down Under, the men of Art vs. Science have quickly claimed both commercial and critical success in their native Australia.Now, the trio is looking to replicate its achievements in America. The band’s US invasion kicked off in March with the release of the Magic Fountain EP,…
