See also “Explosions in the Sky: The Stories Behind Each Song on Their New Album” If you’re an Explosions in the Sky fan, you’re probably blowing up your water wings right now, in preparation for Grand Central filling with tears this Wednesday night. When Crossfade suggested to EitS guitarist Munaf…
Longtime Miami resident and impossibly beguiling indie hero Chan Marshall is back with the first Cat Power album of original material in over six years. The album, parts of which were recorded in Miami, will be released on September 4. It’s called Sun and will probably be amazing because, well,…
Amicable or not, divorce sucks. That’s why experts say that having a strong support system –friends, family, counselors, whoever — is vital following a break-up. For Marc Anthony, after his separation from former American Idol judge Jennifer Lopez, that post-split support system may have included the 44th President of the…
See also “Chris Brown and Drake Allegedly Fight Over Rihanna Inside New York City Afterhours Club.” Before you start a club fight with Drake, consider the warning YMCMB honcho Birdman has for Chris Brown: “Drake is one of us. So if you fuckin’ with Drake, you fuckin’ with us. Period.”…
The South Beach Music Exchange won Miami New Times’ award for Best Musical Instrument Store in 2010. And if you’re drunk and wanna buy a guitar at 2 a.m. on a Tuesday, it’s still the city’s top all-hours music store. Marty, who runs the place, is a night owl. And…
After driving recklessly while behind the wheel of a $1.7-million Bugatti on South Beach and then failing a field sobriety test, you’d think Flo Rida would want to squash his reputation as one of hip-hop’s wild ones. But instead, the 32-year-old Carol City native turned that rep into Top 40…
See the full 38-photo slideshow of Digitalism at Grand Central — plus Crossfade’s interview with Digitalism about new DJ-Kicks album. Digitalism Grand Central, Miami Saturday, June 16 Better Than: Being at Pawn Shop or Studio A. If you went to parties like Revolver, Poplife, and Spiderpussy during the mid-2000s, you…
On the shore of Lake Michigan in the small city of St. Joseph, indie poppers Los Campesinos! enjoy a few days of rest and relaxation before embarking on the latest leg of their North American tour. The day after Crossfade speaks with the band’s guitarist, they’re scheduled to co-headline Chicago’s…
See also “Ace Hood’s Fisker Karma and Seven Other Hip-Hop Eco-Whips.” Get ready for the Heat’s return to Miami for the NBA Finals’ Game 2 tonight by listening to Broward’s own Ace Hood and “Elite,” his tribute to El Fuego. The video consists of a bunch of playoff highlights (and…
See the full 35-photo slideshow of Afrojack at Mansion. Afrojack With Shermonology, Quintino and R3hab Mansion, Miami Beach Friday, June 15, 2012 Afrojack is like the USPS. Neither rain nor sleet nor snow can stop him from bringing the heat to his home away from home. Thankfully, that happens to…
In the 1980s, Mr. T was the toughest dude on television. Homie even got then-First Lady Nancy Reagan to sit on his lap and discuss ways to battle the crack epidemic. And in 1984, he dropped Mr. T’s Commandments, a kid-friendly record that encouraged children to stay in school and…
San Francisco has been an electronic dance music hotbed for decades. The Bay Area is home to beloved house labels like OM and Dirtybird, along with such luminaries as Dubtribe Sound System, Miguel Migs, and PillowTalk. And on the more experimental tip of the city’s dance music scene is DJ-producer…
Did y’all catch 2012 Masters golf champ Bubba Watson falling apart yesterday during the first round of the U.S. Open? Homie’s tied for 92nd at eight strokes behind the leader, Michael Thompson. The poor guy couldn’t buy a decent shot, choking helplessly on national television as shit went from bad…
The future is born a trillion times a second when the present meets the past through subatomic intercourse. Our universe is the climactic product of this union. And our physical reality is its explosive fury, travelling at lightspeed through every molecule on Earth. Of course, humanity doesn’t possess many means…
Unlike with a lot of bands who play ten-minute guitar songs, if you start seeing things when listening to Explosions in the Sky, it isn’t necessarily because of drugs. “We find images for reference points,” guitarist Munaf Rayani tells Crossfade. “Sometimes melody isn’t even introduced until an entire story is…
See also New Times’ recap: “Heat Let First Half Lead Slip Away, Lose Game 1 .” Still got a little tenderness between the legs? On Tuesday night, the Miami Heat took a thunderous pounding to the crotch in Oklahoma City, losing Game 1 of the 2012 NBA Finals by a…
Mr. Feathers is a creature from the future. Since 1994, he has taken the elements of Miami Bass, and chopped them into his own brand of anti-music. His new album Knife Cream Sundae is out on Otto Von Schirach’s Triangle Earth Records. And tonight, he’ll be celebrating its release with…
Sometimes South Florida can feel like too much dance music, not enough rock ‘n’ roll. But all that is about to change, thanks to Crossfade’s sister blog County Grind and the next installment of its totally awesome live music series. Last time CG took over Fort Lauderdale’s Green Room, it…
Chris Brown says that when you “party [with] a rich nigga that hate,” bottles get thrown and chins get busted open. According to TMZ, Team Breezy and rapper Drake’s entourage allegedly got into an afterhours scuffle at a New York City club last night. It was a bottle-throwing bout that…
Break out your rubber underwear and alien-eye sunglasses, beat freaks. ‘Cause if the official video trailer for Afrojack’s Jacked 2012 Summer Tour is even 69% accurate, this Dutch dude’s two-night stand at Mansion is guaranteed to be a serotonin-soaked stroboscopic freakfest of totally epic proportions. There will 12-inch glowsticks, furious…
Recently, Ace Hood was back in town shooting the video for his feature on DJ Absolut’s “Untouchable.” And like most ballers, Ace was driving a sick whip. But what’s notable is he was driving a Fisker Karma, a hybrid that can get 52 miles per gallon. Between money and marijuana,…
Win free tickets for Afrojack’s Jacked Summer Tour at Mansion. The Marlins are barely over .500 and still six games back in the NL East. The Heat trail the Oklahoma City Thunder by a game in the NBA Finals and the Dolphins just signed Chad Ochocinco. Clearly, there’s a lot…
