For any fan true fan of hip-hop music, you have a handful of people to thank for your favorite genre: Run DMC, 2 Live Crew, Public Enemy, and of course A Tribe Called Quest. During its heyday, this quintessential rap collective released eight albums, earned serious Billboard success, and infused…
Worst! News! Ever! The Good Charlotte dudes just totally bailed on their trip to the Miami International Mall! For 12 whole days and 11 long nights (ever since Crossfade first told you about it), you’ve been feverishly dreaming about your date with celebrity bros and budding fashionistas Joel and Benji…
Despite what the new Furious Dudes album may say, Florida is awesome. You know the party line: We’re so far removed from the rest of the country that we can’t help but have our own distinct sensibility. That home-brewed style drips all over everything we produce, including music. Especially music…
The Grand Funk Railroad song “We’re an American Band” opens with the lines: “Out on the road for forty days/Last night in Little Rock, put me in a haze/Sweet, sweet Connie was doin’ her act/She had the whole show and that’s a natural fact.” A still-active, over-50 groupie, Sweet Connie…
The Latin Grammys are right around the corner once again with this year’s big show set for Thursday, November 11 in Las Vegas. And while you might not make it out to Sin City for all that catch the action as Vegas fills up with nominees and top acts –…
See the full Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer slideshow. The Jagermeister Music Tour With Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer Sunday, October 3, 2010 Bayfront Park Amphitheater, Miami Better Than: Watching the admittedly great current Sunday night TV lineup — that’s what DVR and the Internet are for! It added a little bit…
Can you imagine if LCD Soundsystem’s notorious crank-ass in chief, James Murphy, actually makes good on his promise to never record or tour again after the band’s current stint “standing in front of people doing things loudly” wraps on 11/11/11? Oh, there will be many moaning and misty-eyed fans of…
In the words of the movie Mean Girls, “That’s why her hair is so big — it’s full of secrets.” And when it comes to The Roots’ Questlove, we bet that ‘fro could tell some stories. After 20 years in the game, a Grammy, and a whole bunch of albums…
Go see the 34-photo Full Bleed party slideshow.With Lil Daggers, Beings, Ticks, and Feathers Saturday, October 2, 2010 Bar Better than: A mouthful of asphalt and/or a complimentary Pabst. Typically, there’s no reason a Miami partier would ever arrive early for anything. (The 305 formula: Reported start + Two hours…
Indiana-born, Berlin-based DJ/producer Troy Pierce is one of the great dark horses of contemporary techno. “Dark horse” meaning his rise through the international ranks in the last decade has been surreptitious, but also “dark” in the sense that he boasts one of the gloomiest and murkiest sounds in EDM. Louderbach,…
Poplife’s Aramis Lorie does a courtyard DJ set. Last night, the Adrienne Arsht Center’s young patrons, Green Room Society, hosted a preview of the brand new (and inevitably very blue) Bombay Sapphire Lounge. It’s officially opening to the public on October 19, but those attending Arsht performances can sneak a peak…
If you occasionally supplement your sloppy party regimen with a healthy dose of wholesome public service (only a small portion being court ordered), then we here at Crossfade have got a new assignment for you. Help ensure the enjoyment of fellow fun seekers as a volunteer at this year’s Miami…
Everyone knows that Conjunto Progreso is the baddest son band north of La Habana. After all, they were our choice for Best Latin Band in this year’s Best of Miami, and we don’t hand those puppies out to just anybody. But do you know the history of son? What about…
View photos of Big Freedia at the Vagabond here.Big Freedia Thursday, September 30, 2010 Shake at the Vagabond, Miami Better Than: Spending the whole night dancing, bumping and grinding with a lady who turns out to be a guy.Straight outta NOLA, a crazy transgender named Big Freedia took over Shake…
Widespread PanicThursday, September 30, 2010The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason TheaterBetter Than: Anything else happening on the beach.Whether or not Jackie Gleason would approve of flowerchild revivalists and legitimate long hairs toking up in his parking lot will remain a mystery. Unless, of course, his comedic corpse rises…
It’s every ’90s goth dream come true! English industrial trio Nitzer Ebb is coming to Miami. Unfortunately, we were just a glimmer in our daddy’s eye back when the band formed, but their tour archive says the last time they were in South Florida was ’92 at Hallandale Beach’s Button…
We’ve seen our fair share of guy-girl electro-rockers shaking it up in Miami lately, like The Golden Filter and Crystal Castles. So we can see why you might debate whether or not to bother with another one this Saturday. But Phantogram is one band you really gotta see.The Saratoga Springs duo is…
We always have to wait till Ultra or WMC to catch a glimpse of Paul Oakenfold in action. While we appreciate the Brit coming down to visit us every March, once a year just isn’t enough. Confession: Oakenfold was this humble reviewer’s gateway drug into the world of EDM. I…
Maybe Mr. Officer Ricky Rozay never flooded the streets with keys. But the facts don’t really matter. It’s been two years, a couple of months, and a pair of solo albums since the Carol City rapper (real name William Leonard Roberts II) got outed as a former Florida Department of…
Chileans have certainly made their mark on the international EDM scene — Ricardo Villalobos, Luciano, Alexi Delano and Nicolas Jaar were all born and/or raised in Chile, just to name a few. So was Alejandra Iglesias, AKA Dinky, a Berlin-based DJ and producer who’s been in the game for a…
With only a little more than a month until Lil Wayne gets released from Rikers Island, the Weezy buzz continues to build. Of course, it helps that while incarcerated, the reigning rap king has released more music than many of his free-man counterparts. The latest entry in the Wayne canon…
Jorge Elbrecht and Violens release Amoral November 2
