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…
Yes, Chvrches’ Lauren Mayberry is a lovely lady from lovely Glasgow with a lovely voice. So it’s only natural to develop a crush. But please, save yourself some embarrassment … And do not ask her to marry you via Twitter. That foolish mistake has already been made by many an…
The music industry is a male-dominated business. And though punk rock disturbs the status-quo, it’s no exception to paternal rule. That being said, it is one of the most open and inviting genres in music. With the right attitude, anyone can be a punk rocker, and plenty of ladies have…
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 last time Cut Copy performed outside Ultra Music Festival (which the Aussie outfit has played three times), it was for a couple of back-to-back concerts at Grand Central. The band sold out one night. So the venue took a gamble and booked the band for a second evening. The…
Get giddy. Glaswegian indie-pop outfit Belle & Sebastian have announced a short, seven-city 2014 North American tour. “So since we’re in Austin in October,” the band teases in its official announcement, “we thought we’d drop by and say ‘hi’ to some of you good people in Florida, Atlanta, LA, and…
As half, along with Morgan Geist, of seminal NYC production duo Metro Area, Darshan Jesrani helped spawn some of nu-disco’s most timeless groovage. With its sleek, modern interpretation of vintage disco and boogie sounds, the pair’s eponymous 2002 debut long-player is widely considered one of the decade’s best dance music…
Trash Talk is undoubtedly one of the most hyped bands in (and out of) hardcore right now. The Cali crew is the product of spending most of this past decade in a van, traveling across the country to crush audiences, night after night. However, recent years have seen the group…
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…
Ben Katzman, a South Florida native now based in Boston, got his start in the music world at a young age, booking his friends’ bands in high school. “We were 16 still, and we knew what it was like to have no one really care about you.” He recalls when…
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!”…
When we were kids, our dads made us listen to a lot of classic rock and heavy metal. Of course, electronic producer Eats Everything of the Dirtybird crew has his own priorities. “I’d been playing techno into my wife’s belly all the way through the pregnancy,” says the proud father…
Since 2002, Jona Bechtolt has been churning out tunes under the name YACHT. But it wouldn’t be until six years later, when Claire Evans turned the solo project into a duo, that the band became a DFA classic. Mixing symbolism and religious iconography with catchy hooks, YACHT fits well with…
The time has come, as the men of Cut Copy insist, to “Free Your Mind.” Or, well, at least win free tickets to the Aussie outfit’s sold-out show with L.A. neo-disco duo Classixx at downtown Miami’s Grand Central next week. To paraphrase the ever-wise CC guys: “When you can’t go…
“Gonna be a crazy one.” And that’s a promise from the Trash Talk dudes. Tomorrow night, those Cali hardcore punks (AKA Spencer, Sam, Lee, and Garrett) are throwing a totally no-charge, all-ages rager at downtown Miami’s Grand Central, with the homie Left Brain of Odd Future. Oh, and it also…
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…
The limo is loaded. The road-trip tunes have been recorded. And it’s time to hit the highway. With three whole months till the August 26 release of his latest garage-y psych-rock opus, Manipulator, the ever-frenetic Ty Segall is getting restless. Dude does not like downtime. So naturally, he’s crashing the…
Rob Base is a hip-hop pioneer whose hits with the late DJ E-Z Rock have sold so far out of this world that even aliens in outer space know that “it Takes 2 to make a thing go right.” He went from winning rap battles at nightclubs in the Bronx…
The weekend may come to an end, but in the Magic City, the music never stops. That’s why artists like New Zealand’s the Naked and the Famous, Sweden’s Little Dragon, and other international superstars make their way to the 305 just to put on a show for us beautiful people…
It’s a blessing and a curse. It’s a tourist trap and an aging icon. It’s a wonder of the world and a wonder that it isn’t under water. Love it or hate it, South Beach is the jewel of Miami, and it’s not going anywhere just yet. The bridge acts…
Behold The Violet Flame. Yes, it’s true that Erasure’s Vince Clarke and Andy Bell have offered only a glimpse of their impending Richard X-produced slab of synth-pop. (A single is set to be released in July.) But once summer’s fizzled, the entire opus will be revealed. And the English dance-pop…
Asked to sum up New Jersey’s the Everymen in a single sentence, singer and six-stringer Mike V says the band’s got “the hips of the E Street, the balls of Rocket From the Crypt, the heart of the Replacements, the soul of Reigning Sound, [and] the livers of Guided By…
