There’re only a handful of gin joints tough enough to survive prohibition, government raids, homeless squatters, and the crack epidemic. And Tobacco Road is one of them. For 100 years, this charmingly grimy bar has served up cheap booze to all types of folks — rich, poor, popular, gay, straight,…
Last week, Miami soul queen Betty Wright opened up about her recent collaborative album with the Roots, Betty Wright: The Movie; her unlikely friendship with Lil Wayne and Birdman; and the meaning of Mother’s Day, which she’ll honor this year with a co-headlining show at the James L. Knight Center…
It began as a bakery, a presumable front for a Prohibition-era speakeasy complete with hidden rooms and rumrunners. And after 100 years at 626 S. Miami Avenue, Tobacco Road’s still in the booze business. Sadly, however, the city’s oldest bar may be in jeopardy. Carlos J. Mattos, founder and president…
Twelve is a strange age. It’s a year full of awkward changes and uncomfortable levels of self-awareness. Pretty much no one’s got their shit together. Unless we’re talking about Space. This mainland nightclub has spent the past decade-plus perfecting its party mojo, working hard to become the embodiment of the…
Tupac may be dead, but his temper lives on forever. After Allen and Albert Hughes fired Pac in 1993 from their seminal film, Menace II Society, Shakur spearheaded a physical attack on Allen. A few years ago, the brothers opened up to Complex magazine about the infamous altercation. “Tupac hit…
Nicki Minaj is cool and everything. But when it comes to raw rapper women, there’s an even newer bad bitch in town. The sexy and slick-witted Australian import Iggy Azalea has been going viral with “Pu$$y”, her hit single and music video. Recently signed to Interscope, T. I. is even…
See Crossfade’s pre-concert interview with Ziggy about the Marley clan, taxes, and country music. Ziggy Marley Fillmore Miami Beach Wednesday, May 9, 2012 Never under any circumstances leave a car door unlocked on South Beach while grabbing a slice of pizza with your girlfriend after an awesome concert at the…
What’d you get momma for Mother’s Day? Exactly. It’s just around the corner and you’ve yet to buy your mom a gift. It’s crunch time, yo. You can either (a) buy flowers from the back of a utility van on the side of Red Road in Hialeah; or (b) you…
Mana at American Airlines Arena May 11
Miami Rapper J. Nics Releases SNAS: The Product
Wilco at Fillmore Miami Beach May 15
Betty Wright’s Mother’s Day concert with Monica at the James L. Knight Center May 13
A Flock of Seagulls at Grand Central Miami May 11
Buika at Fillmore Miami Beach May 12
Ne-Yo at Fontainebleau Miami Beach May 11
Chris Cornell at Fillmore Miami Beach May 16
It took six mixtapes, a fake Cuban accent, and a sizzurp high before Future landed a record deal with Epic. Now the Atlanta-based rapper is one of the Dirty South’s most promising artists. “I’m just coming out, but if you go anywhere in the South,” he says, “I get that…
Futurologist writer Alvin Toffler’s theories were a major influence on the pioneers of Detroit techno. In fact, legendary producer Juan Atkins credits Toffler’s term “techno rebels” as the inspiration for the name he gave the electronic music style that he helped create in the early ’80s. Another futurist Toffler theory…
Billy Joel says “some folks like to get away” from New York and “hop a flight to Miami Beach or to Hollywood.” He, on the other hand, prefers a Greyhound bus ride on the “Hudson River line,” which may explain why Joel’s dumping his Miami Beach mansion located on luxurious…
See also “Jane’s Addiction’s Perry Farrell Comments on Tom Gabel’s Transgender Announcement.” Wearing a low-cut dress and a matching black head wrap, Against Me! singer Tom Gabel looks remarkably feminine in the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine. Soon, the 31-year-old punk rocker will begin taking hormones and undergo electrolysis…
See the full 21-photo slideshow of Beach House at the Fillmore Miami Beach. Beach House With Zomes Fillmore Miami Beach Tuesday, May 8, 2012 Better Than: Hitting the snooze button … Forever. Beach House is from Baltimore?!? If The Wire had been set in Beach House’s Baltimore, it’d be about…
The Aggrolites are a skinhead reggae band from Los Angeles. With a faster pace than the ska and rocksteady that came before it, the style got its name from its old-school UK fans, the black Jamaican rudeboys and white mod factory workers who pioneered the original skinhead subculture. We spoke…
