Furious Dudes Talk Broken Ribs And Being The Ultimate Party Band

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.”…

Talib Kweli Is Coming to Bardot July 3

​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…

Battles Making South Florida Return at Grand Central October 27

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…

Blond:ish Gets Ambitious at Arkadia June 24

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…

Johnny’s Miami Opens Thursday in Former Urbanite Bistro Space

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…

20 Photo Highlights From Big Night In Little Haiti, June 17

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…

Miami’s Five Best Electronic Dance Music Labels of 2011

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…

Video: Lady Gaga’s “Edge of Glory” Goes For Simplicity

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…

Ian Carey Don’t Remember Last Night at SET

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…

Pop Booties and Bottles With Meek Mill at Lapdance Tuesdays

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…

U2 Releases Last-Minute Block of Field Tickets for Miami Show June 29

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…

Rock Of Ages Builds the Sunset Strip in Downtown Miami

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,…