If you’re a true house head, then Lisa Shaw needs no introduction. Since the mid ’90s, this beloved Canadian-born singer has put her soulful golden touch on records by deep house luminaries like King Britt, Q-Burns Abstract Message, Fred Everything, and Andy Caldwell. Of course, Shaw is also a prolific…
A tragic scene at a local car wash has left one man dead and his killer on the loose. As already noted by Miami New Times’ Riptide, Miami rapper Bizzle (born Robert Labranche) was shot and killed last night by an unidentified assassin at NW Seventh Avenue and NW 54th…
UPDATE Oppa! Jingle style! Y100 Jingle Ball lineup has been confirmed! Thanks to the Internet, nothing is a secret. Were you drunk leaving a club this weekend? That little gem is probably on some bouncer’s Instagram as we speak. Are you sexting your nanny? A screenshot of that will be…
Even in Florida, you gotta be an adult to get a lapdance. (Well, unless you’re that teenage kid who was banging a 26-year-old Baby Dolls stripper for two weeks.) So … What exactly will be goin’ down when 2 Chainz brings “Dem Strippers” to an all-ages show at the Fillmore…
Hardcore is a truly North American phenomenon. Sure, Scandinavia, Japan, and Latin America have all left serious imprints on the genre. But guess where the punk rock subgenre was invented? California. And straight edge? Washington D.C. And then there’s Boston, arguably the United States’ capital for old-school tough-guy HC. Yeah,…
Scott Storch has been making hot beats for over a decade. His skills once made him a wanted man by hip-hop and R&B acts. But now his dead-beat ways have got him wanted by the cops. And that’s not exactly the kind of hot drop you want as a big-time…
“Dance music has officially taken over America! This is it, dance fans! The moment you’ve all been waiting for!” Those were the superpsyched words that kicked off Ultra Music Festival’s “so big, so crazy, so intense” announcement today. But then … We here at Crossfade (like all y’all epically dedicated…
Damn … Peaches is a freak. And not just in the ass-blasting, titty-shaking, cock-rocking, gender-fucking way. This lady’s got, like, two dozen boobs with nipples that look like homeless decapitated Barbies. Just check the cut for a ten-photo recap of Peaches in a boob suit on South Beach. See also:…
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are getting into some pretty freaky sex practices. You know, watching each other’s sex tapes. And now, public paparazzi beating. How much kink can Kimye take? At least, it seems to be getting Ms. Kardashian off. Just check the cut to see the grin on…
Crazy glue that uhntz-uhntz-ing ass to your computer chair, beat freaks! ‘Cause in exactly an hour, Ultra Music Festival plans to “announce something so big, so crazy, so intense that it will knock you off your seats and leave you thinking ‘WTF.'” UPDATE Ultra Music Festival 2013 is expanding to…
Punk rock is a big tent. What other genre manages to link seemingly disparate entities like British rude boy skinheads with screamo-haircuit mall goth in Nebraska? And the best part: All these highly segregated factions bicker, sometimes to the point of physical violence, over whose interpretation of punk ethos is…
Matt & Kim work so hard … They got too sick to play Miami. Last night, the perpetually psyched indie duo canceled their show at the Fillmore Miami Beach because Matt lost his voice. But opening act Oberhofer’s still ready to rock, playing a last minute booking at The Stage…
Sorry, Admiral Ackbar. It’s too late for your warnings. The kids cannot escape. America’s youth is addicted to the drug-dealing music. And they ain’t fina stop twerkin’ till they dead. Or in jail. OK, it’s not that serious. But Friday’s performance by Flosstradamus at Grand Central proved that trappin’ is…
Is Gunplay guilty of pulling a gun, just to jack a cell phone and chain from a Tax Place employee? Is this how Don Logan goes down? Is this the end of the Human L.A. Riot? On Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Play (born Richard Morales Jr.) surrendered to Miami police on…
Art is cool. But the coolest part is the free booze and tiny extravagant hors d’oeuvres. Remember that Basel week when the punks raided a truckload of Campari and then drank it all in the parking lot next to The Stage? Well, this weekend’s gallery get-togethers might not yield any…
Justin Bieber is a fucking cock tease. Remember when we here at Crossfade totally called the impending leak of sexy-time pics and vids following the news of Justin Bieber’s stolen laptop? Well, we were 100-percent right. But it’s just gotten even more complicated and convoluted. Yesterday, after some alleged Bieber…
French producer Wax Tailor (AKA Jean-Christophe Le Saoût) usually gets pigeonholed into the the trip-hop and downtempo music categories. But the epic proportions of his work more often than not put him in a category all his own. This is a guy who writes lofty concept albums and music for…
There aren’t enough Johnson Family Vacation residual checks to pull Bow Wow out of the financial web of shit he’s spun for himself since dropping “Lil” from his name. The Atlanta-based rapper-tuned-actor is just one parachute pantsuit away from inheriting the world’s worst money manager award from MC Hammer, failing…
Cat Power Grand Central, Miami Thursday, October 11, 2012 Better Than: Manhattan after a nuclear war. For Chan Marshall, better known as Cat Power, the weight of her gifts has proven a heavy burden to shoulder over the years. And as such, most fans understand that purchasing a ticket to…
It’s gettin’ “Hot in Herre.” Last night, as reported by Crossfade’s sister blog with the Riverfront Times, Nelly tour bus was raided by cops in Sierra Blanca, Texas. The rapper/actor/non-profit philanthropist’s ride was stopped at a border patrol checkpoint. A police dog detected the presence of narcotics. And, uh, they…
Rihanna’s under-boob tattoo has made a comeback. Earlier today, the singer surprised her fans by revealing both the release date and cover art for her forthcoming record. Appropriately titled Unapologetic, RiRi’s seventh studio album will hit shelves on November 19, MTV reports. But even more exciting is the fact that…
“Fucking badass!” That’s how Cubed, the bass player and so-called “15th Level Wizard of Sound Manipulation” for local groove crew Space Between Words, describes his band’s latest project: Magnetron Studios. “It’s in the heart of the South Miami art district,” SBW singer and guitar guy Steven Weingarth adds. “We partnered…
