Jorge Moreno’s “Thank You” is a gently unfolding, deceptive pop-rock paean to life’s simple pleasures. Its earworm tendencies come on slowly. The more you play the track, the more it reveals new flourishes — a roots-rock guitar lick here, a Beatles-esque wall of backing voices there. It also pays off…
When Bono busted up his back last year, U2’s 360° Tour was forced to a dead stop. The Irish crooner-slash-crusader needed emergency surgery and time to mend. So the band canceled a bunch of dates, including the Miami gig. Eventually, all shows were rescheduled. But as StubHub headquarters told Crossfade…
There’s been a lot of excitement around New Times HQ in the lead up to the first edition of Crossfade presents The Local at The Stage scheduled for this Thursday, June 30 at 9 p.m.. We’ve spent countless hours picking the perfect party dress. We’ve blown our rent on “party favors.”…
Alongside Mos Def, Talib Kweli was Black Star, a duo that created the soundtrack — via hand-me-down cassette — to this writer’s late-’90s college days. Somehow, their socially conscious, Afrocentric hip-hop totally articulated how we felt as a nerdy, suburban white girl driving through the streets of South Beach. So…
We are less than a week away from the inaugural Crossfade-sponsored The Local at The Stage concert series, and New Times HQ is buzzing with preparation. To prepare, we figured it would be a good idea to give you, faithful Crossfade readers and The Local attendees, a preview of the…
Crossfade was doing some casual afternoon lurking when the Events section of the Nightdrive blog slapped us in the face with some pretty cool news. According to the Miami promoters-slash-bloggers, math-rock mutant-pop ensemble Battles will be making its return to South Florida. The listing offers little information aside that the…
Rick Ross is the Boss. And he’s got a personal stockpile of greenbacks almost as huge as the Federal Reserve’s cash stacks. So needless to say, Mr. Ricky can afford to celebrate American independence and excess in a bling-bang way that’d make even the fattest capitalist shine bright and star-spangled…
Britney Spears, our favorite almost-30-year-old, meltdown-prone mom is trying to keep her music videos sexy. It isn’t working and here are some lowlights from her new vid for “I Wanna Go.” Robots. People keep turning into androids. The video ends with a guy giving her a handful of seashells before…
Crossfade has received word that Best of Miami 2011 Readers’ Poll winner Bar will be closing after July 4. The news comes as a shock, even though there have been previous rumors of the venue’s closure.Sources tell us that it wasn’t OHWOW’s choice to close. In fact, it was hoping…
Alfred Hitchcock populated his films with blonde women, believing that film audiences would be more suspicious of brunettes. But when you see two platinum manes bouncing up and down behind Arkadia’s decks this Friday, you should suspect that this fair-headed DJ duo is conspiring to do evil things with their…
See photos from the Johnny’s Miami Grand Opening. For as long as Crossfade’s been partaking in Miami’s nightlife, NE 14th Street has always been dominated by hipster venues: I/O Lounge, PS 14, and White Room and later the Vagabond, Bar, and Eve. Well, the neighborhood is welcoming a new tenant…
If you didn’t already know it, Crossfade loves pretty much anything local act Panic Bomber produces. We’ve adored him ever since he dropped his demo, Calling in Threats, in 2008. And even though the Bomber, real name Richard Haig, admitted early on that the demo was a response to Miami’s…
One of the worst parts of being a celebrity is being constantly watched. See, a normal person at a normal party can get really wasted and almost no one will notice. But when you’re a celeb, there’s no dancing with your head down. Or, there might be dancing with your…
In just a few days, the Magnum Band of Miami celebrates its 35th anniversary. On Friday night, though, the band got the party started a little early with a free set at Rhythm Foundation and Little Haiti Cultural Center’s monthly Big Night In Little Haiti event.A festive crowd heated up…
July draws near, and with it, one of the biggest events for Latin music in the US. LAMC, or the Latin Alternative Music Conference, is an annual industry powow featuring events of all sorts — panels, cocktails, and of course, a whole shitload of live shows by some of the…
Don’t let us hear you say that Miami doesn’t have a kick-ass underground electronic music scene, because we are absolutely brimming with homegrown talent.And the best thing is that it’s still a relatively young scene. If there is this much forward-thinking creativity happening now, we can’t wait to see Miami…
No wacky costumes. No crazy concepts. No iconic dance moves. Lady Gaga’s new video for “Edge of Glory” is an anomaly in her kooky visual catalog. Germanotta hasn’t looked this “regular” since her “Just Dance” days.And while her little monsters seemed pissed off they didn’t get a video of epic…
As the bass player and lead vocalist for Bulletproof Tiger, Kris Huseby is a master of the gruff voice and the heavy hand. When Los Tigres play live, Huseby lives for that moment when his creations connect with people. After a Chicago basement show, a few kids came up to…
In a shocking turn of events, a DJ has paired up with a rapper to drop a track that is completely different from all other house music — and we sincerely hope you understand sarcasm.Truth be told, Ian Carey’s “Last Night,” featuring Bobby Anthony and Snoop Dogg, isn’t bad. The…
Yo, it’s the second night of the week, AKA Lapdance Tuesday, again. And as always, there’s gonna be booties and bottles popping at Cameo. But tonight, you get to bust a nut, knock back some stiff stuff, and blow those stacks of cash with Maybach Music Group homie Meek Mill…
Do you love U2 so much that you’ve been seized by sweaty nightmares of getting stuck outside Sun Life Stadium’s gates on the evening of June 29, ticketless and tearful? Well, Bono heard your midnight screams! Tomorrow morning at precisely 10 a.m., a last-minute block of general admission field tickets…
A few years ago, Jason Handelsman wrote: “The outskirts of Miami’s Overtown hood are becoming a gentrified version of the Sunset Strip in LA.” And now it’s actually happened. New Line Cinema is shooting the film adaptation of a hit Broadway musical called Rock Of Ages entirely in South Florida,…
