Who is Mikey Steel, and why should you care about his birthday? He was born in the mountains of Kentucky. His momma was a black bear and his daddy was a mountain lion. They lived off pork fat and whiskey and grew weed by the ton in their backyard. As…
The oldest liquor license in Dade County belongs to Tobacco Road. B.B. King has played there, John Lee Hooker has played there, and more blues legends than you can roll a barrel of whiskey at have too. It’s the type of place where you can swing your wang dang doodle…
Seth Putnam, the 43-year-old founder of long-running shock-rock grindcore band Anal Cunt, died yesterday of a heart attack. Kim Kelly, Anal Cunt’s PR rep, released a statement via Tumblr, that eulogized the notorious vocalist and preemptively defended the often instigative and offensive Putnam from critics who might enthusiastically cry, “Good…
The upstairs lounge at Grand Central is one of those projects we’ve been hearing about since 2010. Awhile ago, venue reps told us that they would be opening a more intimate hangout in the second-floor loft where live acts and DJs who weren’t necessarily suited for the cavernous space downstairs…
Have you ever had one of those really fun nightmares where everyone’s dancing at superspeed while eating loads of bad drugs, shrieking like overloaded human synths, and playing 32-bit video games in rubber underwear? Well, you’ve obviously never passed out at 5 a.m. with Borgore’s “Nympho,” “Gloryhole,” or even his…
Do you remember when you turned 15? Think back … You’re in high school now. You’re free to apply for your restricted driver’s license, and that’s a step closer to freedom. Here in Miami, it probably means a quinceañera. Dude, it’s kind of a momentous occasion. Well, in clubland, where…
For a semi-professional pothead, Nola spitta Curren$y is a surprisingly superproductive dude. Over the last 27 months, he’s somehow smoked endless amounts of kush while still finding the energy and personal motivation to drop five studio albums (2009’s This Ain’t No Mixtape and Jet Files, 2010’s Pilot Talk I and…
Does anyone ever get the feeling that, despite living in Miami, the only way to catch some good Latin music is overhearing it playing at ass-rumbling volume from your Cuban neighbors’ backyard while they celebrate whatever minor event they’ve decided to celebrate that night? In an industry filled with strange…
Back in March, after running game out of Transit Lounge for eight straight months, the Rising hip-hop series and the tag team behind the enterprise (clothing kingpins Last Rights and rap producer Numonics) decided to take 90 days away from the grind to regroup, re-up, and reorganize. But finally, the…
A few months ago, Crossfade initiated an intense letter-writing campaign in an attempt to bully (er, woo?) a bunch of our favorite indie bands into booking Miami shows. And while certain targets of our stalker-ish affections, like Fleet Foxes, have steadfastly ignored our pen-and-paper threats (er, pleas?), there are other…
Next Friday, The Legion of Psychedelic Doom presents Funemployment, a Thursday night rager featuring a packed lineup and open mic. The evening features Orlando garage goofs Slippery Slopes and a wide sampling of notable indie/punk/assorted local acts, including riot grrrl-ish trio Snakehole, black metal post-rockers Slashpine and no-pop ensemble Meat…
West Palm Beach may have Surfer Blood. But Miami’s got Jacuzzi Boys and Crossfade wouldn’t have it any other way.The trio has been churning out tracks since 2007. And after releasing their debut album No Seasons in 2009, we’ve been left wanting more. Finally, the band has announced that its…
Think it’s kinda redonkulous that the Dirty South’s king of cartoon rap, Ludacris, has been tapped to host the afterparty for a classy Saturday night with the Florida Marlins, Arizona Diamondbacks, and America’s pastime? Well, you’re wrong ’cause Mr. Chris Bridges and baseball go together like Conjure Cognac and Crackerjack…
Argentine pop star Diego Torres is a patriot, a proud citizen of the Western Hemisphere, and a total soccer junkie. Just last week, Torres debuted a catchy little ditty called “Creo en America” (“Believe in America”), a feel-good, finger-snapping slice of Pan-Americanism that he helped write specifically for the Copa…
Finding commercial success through advertising can be a bitch. Dirty Vegas knows this well. The British trio’s popularity exploded after the track, “Days Go By,” off their self-titled debut, was featured in a 2002 Mitsubishi commercial. It reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the…
If you haven’t already met spacey soul singer Miguel (or pirated his debut album All I Want Is You), here are some fun facts. He was born 24 years ago in San Pedro, California. He’s got black hair, brown eyes, stands 5’7″ short, and weighs 135 pounds. He is half…
The Internet has always been a cesspool of rumors, misinformation, and innuendo. But the rapid rise of the blogosphere, the Facebook boom, and the viral proliferation of Twitter have cranked up the online noise to about a billion decibels. And the latest debunked bit of web bullshit: Some hearsay that…
Pour us another IPA. All this ass kickin’ is making us thirsty. By ass kickin’, we mean basketball. And by thirsty, we mean drunk. What can we say, Miami loves a team that wins, and right now The Heat are putting butts in the seats at bars and clubs all…
It’s been almost three months since Crossfade got word that Langerado was being resurrected for the 2011 music festival season. Straight away, the organizers made it clear that the fest’s lineup wouldn’t be announced till June 1. And while that annoyed the hell out of us (because we’re impatient jerks…
There is finally a lineup for the upcoming Hard Cruise — now cleverly named Holy Ship! — departing from Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale on January 6, 2012 and returning on January 9. The four-day cruise will travel Port Lucaya in the Bahamas and a private island.Official lineup includes Fatboy…
Ever since Fedde Le Grand dropped his robotically hypnotic electro-house hit “Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit” back in the summer of 2006, the Dutch beat technician’s been doing his best to top it. And yeah, he’s taken a few solid shots with tracks like 2007’s “The Creeps,” 2009’s “Scared…
Jason Webley isn’t your normal folkster. And you might be asking yourself, “Well, what the hell’s a ‘normal’ folkster, anyway?” Damned if we know. But he sure as hell isn’t it. The singer-songwriter forgoes the requisite Martin acoustic, the upright piano, or even the quirky but not entirely commonplace fiddle…
