Somewhere between YouTube, a Canadian rapper named Pat Stay, a competition called Jump Off, and American hip-hop conglomerate Grind Time Now, the world of battle rap was forever changed. Whereas snaps were traditionally served off the top of opponents’ heads, now the raps are written and heavily researched on the…
Stumbling upon Perez Hilton’s most recent video post about Kim Kardashian, we exclaimed, “Sweet, another sex tape!,” removed our pants, and hit the play button. For the first 23 seconds, we were really digging it. Sweaty and scantily clad with a face full of smeared makeup, there’s Kim K., dressed…
Newsflash! South Beach is a cesspool of Sodom and Gommorrah-style excess! While most Americans are collecting pennies from public fountains, replacing the ground beef in their Hamburger Helper with cat food, and crapping their pants in fear of the dreaded double-dip recession, SoBe residents (and the superrich jetsetters they schmooze,…
Thanks to a raging bitch named Irene, the Identity Festival’s originally scheduled Miami stop got canceled. Or, as the official ID Fest statement said: “Due to the potential effects of Hurricane Irene, the Thursday, August 25 date of the Identity Festival presented by Skullcandy is being postponed. Details regarding a…
The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards served as R&B megastar Beyoncé’s formal announcement of her pregnancy with hip-hop mogul Jay-Z. With an heir to Hova’s thrown on the way, Crossfade can’t help but wonder: Will the baby have Beyoncé’s booty? Jay-Z’s lips? Both? Will this kid be a performer? Wouldn’t…
MTV hosted its annual Video Music Awards on Sunday night in Los Angeles. And while Crossfade’s invite got lost in the mail, one local did manage to walk across the red black carpet.We aren’t talking about Rick Ross or Pitbull. No, we’re talking about someone a bit easier on the…
Identity Festival organizers promised to reschedule last week’s canceled Miami show and they’ve kept their word. The festival is set to try again on September 30 at the Klipsch Amphitheater at Bayfront Park.Unfortunately, if you were hoping to check out Cut Copy’s performance at Grand Central, it looks like you’re…
Back in May, we caught up with Israeli EDM sensation Guy Gerber ahead of his North American tour date at the Electric Pickle, and got the scoop on his new mystery album with Sean “P. Diddy” Combs.Gerber first hooked up with Diddy when the latter commissioned remixes for his Last…
Just a few days after Lindsay Lohan filed a lawsuit against Pitbull for disparaging her name on summer hit “Give Me Everything,” Mr. Worldwide announced plans to perform the song at the MTV Video Music Awards. It was a subtle way of saying, “Suck it, bruha.” Then last week, Pit…
When Miami isn’t being threatened with monsoon rains, catastrophic flooding, and 180-mph winds by monster-sized hurricanes raging through the hot summer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, it’s a nice place to have a pool party. On the last day of every weekend, Ryan Evans, Ruen, and an entourage of cabana…
As federally mandated by the United States government, the first Monday of every September is set aside for the celebration of the unionized labor movement and all of the lives lost in the workforce’s never-ending war with The Man. Of course, we’re talking about Labor Day. And all across the…
“We are badass. We are some the freshest people in the country, some of the most colorful, smartest and funniest.” This is how Psychic Mirrors frontman and mastermind Mickey de Grand IV describes Miami. He speaks with serious authority, as he’s been playing music and touring since he was 12…
If you’ve been paying any attention to Crossfade’s occasional pre-show coverage of the MTV Video Music Awards, you’ve no doubt taken note of the fact that we consider Music Television to be a soul-sucking celebreality wasteland and its marquee annual event, the VMAs, to be a total joke that only…
See the full 30-photo Jacuzzi Boys’ Glazin’ Record Release slideshow. Jacuzzi Boys Glazin’ Release Party With Loose Stools, Snakehole, and The Jameses Churchill’s Pub Saturday, August 27, 2011 Better Than: Pricey perspiration therapy at a hippie health retreat. Getting drunk. Eating cheap. Forgetting to take our vitamins. We’re pretty much…
Pablo MilanesAmerican Airlines ArenaAugust 28, 2011(Definitely) Better than: the tiny protest outside.There’d been so much raging hysteria and controversy swirling through Spanish-language talk radio and TV news in the days before Cuban cantautor Pablo Milanés’s concert, that I was genuinely freaked out. At first I was all like, ugh, whatever,…
Folky Brooklyn-based crew Grizzly Bear has made quite a name for itself since debuting in 2004 with Horn of Plenty. Meanwhile, our very own Morningwar is also generating some very noteworthy buzz. And only a part of that has anything to do with Grizzly Bear.After all, Morningwar has spent the…
Working with bands such as Angels of Light, World of Skin and, most famously, Swans — not to mention what he describes as enough collaborators to fill a small stadium — post-punk pioneer Michael Gira has been experimenting with sonic extremes for over three decades. In the days following the…
We here at Crossfade had massive plans to spend last night swagging out with Metro Zu, O’Grime, and Chalk at The Stage. And if you paid close attention to the party scenario laid out in last week’s epic interview with the Zu crew and the O’Grime guys, you know that…
Remember the good ol’ Satanic Panic of the 80s? It was an exciting time when children everywhere were constantly on the brink of performing ritual abuse as instructed by devil-worshipping cult leaders. Or at least that’s what the media — from daytime television to afternoon talk shows and late-night specials…
Matisyahu With Trevor Hall Fillmore Miami Beach Thursday, August 25, 2011 Better Than: Eating animals (Matisyahu is vegan. Yay!) Even before he took the stage, Matisyahu’s presence at the Fillmore was electric. The crowd — made up of people ranging from teens to 40-somethings – buzzed and smiled as they…
Fresh off a 65-city tour with new label Strange Music, ¡Mayday! return to Miami as great, conquering hip-hop heroes. And now that they have rocked more crowds than Stonehenge, their sound is sharper than a samurai sword. Will they play Stuck On An Island in its entirety, test out new…
If you’ve got good memories of getting drunk on the cheap, dancing in the dark, and ripping off your clothes at the old Buck 15 at 707 Lincoln Lane, then you’ll be stoked that the momentarily homeless South Beach party spot has already locked down a new location. The street…
