Miami’s 50 Best Bands of All Time

Pop that pussy. Rhythm is gonna get you. Shake that booty. Now mosh, pogo, and headbang. From 2 Live Crew, Miami Sound Machine, KC and the Sunshine Band to Harry Pussy, Load, and Charlie Pickett, we here at Crossfade have compiled Miami’s 50 best bands of all time. Just check…

50 Best Miami Bands of All Time: From 5 to 1

Can you hear that throbbing beat? It’s just the sound of Crossfade finally reaching a poundingly hot Latin-pop climax after two weeks of counting down the raddest bassers, freestyle stars, rappers, punks, rockers, and noiseniks in our subtropical city’s music history. To loosely quote Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound…

The Guava Rugelach Festival’s Jewish Flamenco: A 16-Photo Recap

Cool hued lights and serene music made for a peaceful atmosphere at this weekend’s Guava Rugelach Festival. Ladino singer Susana Behar, flamenco guitarist Jose Luis Rodriguez, and dancer Niurca Marquez’s worldly fusion, exploring the roots of Spanish and Jewish music culture, left the crowd awestruck. Accompanists Ariadne Barbe-Villa on the…

G5ive Monday Nights Will “Put Your Pussy to the Taste Test”

“Honey, I’m just going to pop out to catch some stand-up comedy, live funk music, and spoken-word poetry.” “Are you sure you’re not going to the strip club again?” “Does that sound like the sort of thing that would happen in a strip club?” “So you’re not going to be…

French Horn Rebellion Takin’ Back at Grand Central on September 14

The French horn doesn’t get enough love, man. It’s really a beautiful instrument. But it’s been all but forgotten in our modern uhntz-uhntz-ing age. And it almost never gets you laid in band class. Damn, trumpets get all the ass. Two brothers from Brooklyn learned this the hard way. They…