Oh, Urban Beach Week. You came and left so quickly. We’re still coughing up your kush clouds, and they still taste like purple. We can’t get the image of your bubble-butt constricted by ill-fitting neon fishnets and your glorious bikini gut out of our minds. We only want to smoke…
Yay, it’s a short week! Just when you thought life couldn’t get any better right about now, check your calendar. It’s already Wednesday, and because you live in the non-stop party city of Miami, you can start your weekend as early as tomorrow. After all, it’s never too soon to…
Lil Wayne talked shit on The Heat? (payback’s a bitch) Otherwise, fuck it, they’re still #winning. (Well, except for last night.) But this is America, land of free speech, and he’ s still one of the most popular rappers in the world, even if he fell asleep at the club…
Children of the ’90s … Remember that awesome alt-rock group The Breeders? Kim Deal of the Pixies started it with her buds, and they had that sick, bass-driven hit “Cannonball.” Well, someone did the math, and that song, as well as the Breeders third album, Last Splash, turns 20 in…
Sorry to the thousands of tourists who paid around $80 each for the Lil Wayne & Birdman party at Mansion last night. We know you thought he would at least get on the mic for a minute and say wasup, rap a little, talk some shit, something. But he was…
Over the weekend at Bardot, the Gaslamp Killer honored America’s fallen soldiers with what has to have been one of the best performances the loungey hangout has ever seen. It was heart-pumping, body-shaking insanity from start to finish. The loud and proud no-shits-given artist wasn’t holding anything back. He slapped…
If you can make it through Memorial Day weekend in Miami, you can make it through practically anything, including the dreaded work week ahead of us. But if you’re still stuck in party mode and are in need of a little motivation, good music will do the trick. Here are…
DJ Khaled stands atop a platform on Mansion’s stage, fist in the air, microphone in hand, heavy gold around his neck. Thousands of dollar bills explode in a hurricane of currency, fat purple thunder clouds of Himalayan kush blow around his camouflage pant legs, oceans of Luc Belaire Rosé flow…
Everyone’s ’bout to get long-weekend wild. It’s almost Memorial Day in Miami. There are way too many megaclub and nudie bar parties. But “yeah, yeah, uh,” we’re still gonna attend ’em all. As Mr. Trinidad says: “Got new shoes, got new clothes … We got bad bitches and a ton…
Last night, the double-helix LED columns inside Story for Rick Ross and Birdman’s The H: The Lost Album, Vol. 1 release party cycled through a very swank array of trippy colors as a 7-to-1 ratio of tourist women to NFL ballers danced, drank, and partied till 5 in the morning…
Each and every year, we here at Crossfade spend Memorial Day honoring those brave men and women who’ve sacrifices their lives in service and defense of these United States of America. Then the sun goes down. The bricks of dolla dolla bills come out. And we hit up our favorite…
Sanchez is the anti-Pat Boone. Where the conservative crooner made early rock and roll “safe” in the ’50s by taking all the edge of out of songs like “Tutti Frutti,” Sanchez has made a career of refashioning the schmaltziest pop and R&B songs into dangerous, seductive dancehall and reggae. The…
People are really mad at Ultra Music Festival about this early-bird ticket debacle. Like, seriously … They’re ready to throw down their finger gloves and walk out of this relationship for the last time. The fans are tired of what they see as “the marketing tactics of a greedy business…
It’s Memorial Day weekend, y’all! And in case you’re wondering, here’s what that translates to: (a) a three-day weekend; (b) the official start of summer; (c) non-stop parties for the next 72 hours. The best part of it all, you won’t have to blow your entire life savings on endless…
Feed Me is a genius. In a bold move that shows wisdom, courage, soul, and respect for his craft, the beloved dubstep and hard electro DJ and producer announced his departure from the scene via Twitter, effectively quitting EDM. Citing the current scene’s lack of creativity and meaning, Feed Me…
Is Ultra Music Festival, like, the Guantanamo Bay of music festivals? It must be, because buying early-bird tickets is torture, bro. Alright, that was just for the LOLs. But if you looked at the sensational new Facebook page Boycott Ultra Music Festival, you’d think UMF was just the meanest …
If there were one word to describe el Sonero de la Juventud, it would have to be loyal. Víctor Manuelle has been singing the salsa since 1993. And unlike some of his Latin American counterparts who’ve changed up their style to transition into mainstream pop, the Puerto Rican salsero has…
Pop the Dom. Buss that wallet open. Hit the ATM. Repeat. If you’ve never done Memorial Day in Miami, here’s a warning: It’s going to get expensive. The bottles aren’t cheap. And neither are the hookups. But if you wanna party (or, you know, remember the men and women who…
Yngwie Malmsteen at Grand Central May 25
Best of the Best 2013, With Beenie Man, Beres Hammond, at Bayfront Park May 26
Cuba’s Danay Suarez and DJ EFN at Blackbird Ordinary May 26
Over a half-century ago, Mack Emerman created Criteria Studios in North Miami. In 1959, it was a modest single-room studio setup. But after forming a partnership with legendary Miami-bred producer Tom Dowd, Criteria became the headquarters for Atlantic Records South, blooming into a massive (and moneyed) operation that produced dozens…
