These days, being a rock star isn’t about mystery, aloofness, and fuck-the-world attitude. Thanks to the inescapable ever-presence of the internet and the slow death of the music industry, the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle has become a sterile, never-ending cycle of virtual fan friendship, high-speed schmoozing, and $9.99 album sales…
In those hot and heavy post-disco years, otherwise known as the early ’80s, the party people of the world were dying for sexy music that didn’t suck. They desperately needed to shake some ass. But platform boots, full-body jumpsuits, and lite ‘n’ cheesy fluff just wasn’t gonna cut it. So…
Try, if you can, to imagine a grosser Burning Man. Not that the annual, drug-fueled New Age neverland orgy isn’t gross. It is. But in addition to the week-long, middle-of-nowhere mass discharge of bodily fluids onto crystals, Burning Man also has mind-boggling works of art and provides a unique, thoroughly…
Is anything truly weird anymore? In 2011, headlines read like a Best of The Onion calendar and everyone is fucking through their cell phone. So what’s got the power to grab you by the nose hairs, wipe your brain, and make your eyes turn into bloodshot question marks? When Crossfade contacted…
The Sunday Coolout is a weekly radio show hosted by local DJs Sire Esq. and Maneuvers, who you may know from their Champion Sound party.Ostensibly a jazz show, the Coolout actually offers a rich variety of contemporary music and special guest DJs.Personally, we can’t think of a better way to…
You gotta hand it to the internet … It is a consistently — no, dependably — weird place. The internet is society’s Id. It’s the only place where the minutia of our droll everydays — what we ate, where we’re going, what we’re thinking — are filed right next to secret…
Another big show announcement: Vocoder-obsessed duo Chromeo announced they’ll be performing at the Fillmore Miami Beach on September 20 as part of the LG Ones to Watch Tour.Oddly enough, they’ve been “ones to watch” basically since their first release, 2004’s She’s In Control. Their latest album, Business Casual, featured club…
While Australian electro-rockers Cut Copy technically “kicked off” the tour for their latest album, Zonoscope, at this year’s Ultra Music Festival, rest assured they are coming back to give Miami a proper show in a non-festival setting. On September 30, the band returns to South Florida to rock Grand Central…
There’s only six months until the next round of apocalyptic hysteria, when the clock will strike midnight on January 1, 2012, and everyone will piss their pantaloons in transcendental excitement. Nothing will happen, another 11 months and 21 days will pass, and then it’ll be time for the serious 2012…
Our lives are boring. There’s a reason we hit snooze five times every morning. We get up, go to work, do laundry, go to bed, and wake up to do it all over again the next day. By the time Friday rolls around, hard liquor can’t even correct our rut…
We sent out a million invites to come party with Crossfade last night. (OK, as accounted by Facebook, the actual number was 1223.) And 124 of you said, “No,” about 60 answered, “Eh, maybe,” and a whopping 938 didn’t even acknowledge the question! What the fuck’s wrong? Don’t you like…
Before you start anything in life, you will more than likely hear the phrase, “There have been many that have come before you.” And we have to wonder if that’s how NBC’s The Voice felt coming onto the TV scene. There have been many singing competition shows. And some have…
If you’ve been following our blog, you know that Bulletproof Tiger does it for the titties, Furious Dudes just wanna party, and Secret Arms is using satanism to piss you off. So what’s your motivation to joining us for the kickoff of the Crossfade Music Series tonight at the Stage?…
Adam Huss is no stranger to the local music scene, having tenured in the wildly popular Dreams You Die In. He’s also known to hardcore kids across the US as a solid booker from The Alley days. After a lengthy absence from local music, he’s back with a new outfit,…
You may have noticed quite a bit of coverage for this LAMC thing on Crossfade lately. Like this, this and this. But we’ve got a good reason. Going strong for over a decade now, the Latin Alternative Music Conference is the biggest of its kind, a sort of mecca for the indie…
Do you really, honestly, genuinely need a fucking reason to come party with Crossfade at the Stage tomorrow night? OK, fine. Here’s a bunch: (1) It’s totally free; (2) I thought we were friends; (3) What the fuck else you gonna do on a Thursday?; and also (4) Furious Dudes!;…
Early this morning, gossip website TMZ published a scandal involving South Florida-based rapper Rick Ross that is certain to rock the respective foundations of Miami, hip-hop, and the infinitely reverberating reblogging axis. The story was published in the early a.m., a clear strategic attempt to maximize coverage by inspiring a…
You know Toto Gonzalez (AKA Mr. Pauer) from around town. He’s not so much a local music act as an institution. A DJ, producer, party promoter and founder of Latin music and lifestyle website Fabrika, Mr. Pauer has played a big role in helping to bridge the gap between our…
Yesterday, Crossfade published a blog reviewing Pitbull’s new Planet Pit app for the iPhone 4: “Is Pitbull’s New Planet Pit App Worth Its $9.99 Price Tag?” But we accidentally purchased both the iPad-only version of the app, and another official Pitbull app, this time for the iPhone, that used an…
On Wednesday night, Bar tweeted: “As of this afternoon, BAR on 14th Street has permanently shut down.” So the Jacuzzi Boys goodbye party has been canceled. Everyone’s slowly coming to terms with the fact that the space at 28 NE 14th Street, currently known as Bar, will soon be closing…
You’ve been enjoying Suénalo right here in the MIA for years. And they just won New Times’ pick for Best Latin Band in this year’s Best of Miami issue. But New York is only just about to learn the true meaning of Afro-Latin-baby-makin’-descarga-funk. After all, we can’t be stingy. We…
On April 9, local rap crew ¡Mayday! announced: “It’s official – ¡MAYDAY! has signed to Tech N9ne’s indie powerhouse – Strange Music!!!” Almost exactly a month later, the six-man team hit the road with its new boss, Tech N9ne, and a few other members of Strange Music fam for the…
