Don’t sweat it. Just let loose, grab that microphone, and do your thing. Open-mic nights are the missing link between the karaoke bar and throwing your own concert. They’re a place to pour your heart out to complete strangers. A place where first timers and old timers share the…
Miami’s Champion Sound and Soul Amazing are here to remind us that the 305 moves to more than SoBe’s commercial EDM beats. Our city’s scenesters bump it to alternative hip-hop, leftfield disco, and future bass too. And what better place for a local sonic smorgasbord than Wynwood underground dance music…
You’ve got to strive to survive on Kendall Drive just to stay alive. More people live in the massive area known as Kendall than anywhere else in Miami-Dade County. And since the founding of Crazy Hood Productions over 20 years ago, it has been a home for real hip-hop. Now…
Can you smell that, Miami? The freedom! That’s America! That’s the red, white, and blue! Fourth of July is just around the corner, and we have a patriotic responsibility to celebrate America’s birthday the right way. Let’s face it, there are few cities in the U.S. that compare to the…
They say nothing worth having comes without hard work, and that’s certainly true for Telescopic Thieves’ Mario De Los Santos. Despite a ten-day (and counting) workday streak, he’s forgoing sleep tonight to invade Slap & Tickle at Bardot and celebrate the release of his new four-song release, Quiet Hearts, on…
The Audio Junkie concept is simple: “a journal that captures a culture immersed and obsessed with audio.” But it’s also complex enough to keep the project’s masterminds, Greg and Eddy Alvarez, talking at the same time. And when not finishing one another’s statements, they tap into nearly identical sentiments, like…
A few months ago, we got the heartbreaking news that one of Miami’s most beloved nightclubs, The Vagabond, was no more. The closing, which pretty much happened overnight, left downtown Miami’s hipsters and cool cats looking for a new place to party. Meanwhile, many people feared that the end of…
Musically, it’s been a sometimes erratic ride for the last 40-plus years, but Miami has remained at the forefront of Latin rock in the U.S.
Alex Caso has been a man of different names in South Florida’s music and DJ scenes. Alternately known as DJ Cookieheadz and/or Sad Tiger, he was the synth/keys player in the Waterford Landing and one of the early figures of Pop Life’s success. A man with an enviable collection of…
Yesterday, Louis Salgar, a Miami punk musician and bartender, was shot and killed at his home in Miami. And his car was stolen. Hours ago, Palm Beach Police found a gray Honda Accord in the bushes near the Breakers Hotel after receiving an early-morning call from a security guard about…
The Bawse got beef in the Motor City. Over the weekend, Rick Ross was set to headline Hot 107.5’s Summer Jamz concert at the Chene Park Amphitheater in Detroit. But according to the promoters, when big homie rolled up in his tour bus, he was turned away by “100 individuals…
“RIP, brother.” Family, friends, bandmates, and barmates are mourning the loss of Louis Salgar. Yesterday at approximately 3 p.m., the 31-year-old punk musician and bartender was found dead in his home at NE Eighth Court and 85th Street just east of Biscayne Boulevard. He was shot and killed, according to…
Miami is no friend to underground clubs. They open. They flourish. They close. So when we here at Crossfade wrote about The Nest for the club’s grand opening during Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week, we were hopeful, but we also suggested not getting used to the new pop-up…
Photo by Christopher Victorio The Clark County Coroner is investigating the death of a 24-year-old who collapsed outside Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas Saturday morning. An autopsy was being conducted this weekend, but results aren’t yet available to the media, an official at the coroner’s office told us. If…
The Crumbs have been around for almost 20 years in one shape or another. Fronted by Raf Classic, whose Latin-inflected nasal snarl is widely recognized as one of the best voices in the realm of punk rock ‘n’ roll, The Crumbs have been relatively quiet since he relocated to Los…
Sure, two high-school girls can make a “Chonga Song” with an old PC and a USB mic, and go viral. But there’s still nothing like a professionally recorded song produced with quality gear and a dedicated engineer in an acoustically sound environment. Miami’s great musical history is proof. Outside of…
¿Que es un “Tipo Tropical”? Well, just ask Cuban puppet and Miami media mogul Pepe Billete: “Imagine it like this … If you went to sleep tonight and were visited by the morronga fairy and tomorrow you woke up with five additional inches added to both the length and diameter…
Is Weezy squashing his beef with the Miami Heat? Last year, the Young Money maniac declared war on King James and crew during an NBA All-Star Game weekend concert. “Fuck LeBron! Fuck She-Wade! Fuck Chris Bosh! Fuck all them niggaas, man. And, and, and,” Wayne cackled. “I fucked Chris Bosh…
Dan Destructo has lived through five decades of punk rock, witnessing its ebb and flow from the skewering environs of Venice Beach, Florida. Now relocated to the Los Angeles area, his long-running outfit No Fraud has proudly released a 17-track collection of some demos recorded in 1984. While Destructo and…
The Moz is oh so sick. Again. When the post-punk crooner announced his 2014 U.S. tour, we here at Crossfade joked about his recent history of repeated concert cancellations caused by food poisoning, extreme flu, and other health issues. “Let us pray that the Pope of Mope does not fall…
Listennn! Rap superproducer, local radio personality, and Miami Heat superfan DJ Khaled has an NBA Finals prediction: “It’s over! We winnin’ tonight! And we’re winnin’ in the next game!” Oh, and big homie’s also got a message for the San Antonio Spurs: “You cheaters! They don’t love you no more!”…
With Churchill’s Pub sold, the future of Miami’s most legendary rock establishment is uncertain. It’s hard to imagine that the new owners will shoot themselves in the foot by making radical changes. Shit, leave the bathrooms alone, save yourselves some cash. Meanwhile, Tobacco Road could be facing relocation next year…
