R. Kelly Single Ladies Tour James L. Knight Center, Miami Sunday, October 21, 2012 Better Than: A night at the strip club. From The-Dream to Trey Songz, an entire generation of R&B stars have found fame retracing R. Kelly’s footsteps. Bu it’s doubtful that any of his acolytes could pull…
Nobody balls harder than the Y100 Jingle Ball. Earlier this week, we here at Crossfade posted a leaked copy of the annual holiday concert’s 2012 talent roster. The rumored superstars: Justin Bieber! Flo Rida! Psy! Ke$ha! Enrique Iglesias! One Republic! Fun.! Afrojack! Zedd! And six other superawesome pop phenoms! Now…
Dirtybird might just be the most fun-loving collective in electronic dance music with its BBQ parties, ass-clapping bass music, and lively gang of artist pals who are always down for laughs. But among the Dirtybird boys — Justin and Christian Martin, Claude VonStroke, Worthy, etc. — one character stands out…
As executive director of the Rhythm Foundation, Laura Quinlan is more than a little familiar with world music stereotypes. “Guys sitting around the fire playing their digeridoos,” she offers, playfully. “Full-moon drumming.” In fact, parodies of international folk’s hippie and/or New Age contingents have practically made the term world music…
Ferny Coipel answers the phone with an enthusiastic, “What’s up, brother?!” that sounds like a cross between Cheech, Chong and Hulk Hogan. Though we suspect the Humbert guitarist and Hialeah Fest coordinator is the kind of guy who is perpetually stoked on life, his enthusiasm may be partially attributed to…
Ky-Mani Marley’s first name means “Adventurous Traveler.” He is the son of Bob Marley and Jamaican table tennis champion Anita Belnavis. He was born in Jamaica. But he grew up in Liberty City. The new label that he’s created is Konfrontation Muzik, and his album of the same name is…
Halloween is when babies in reflector vests go, “Twick or tweat,” and smiling neighbors ask, “And what are you supposed to be, little girl?” The night before Halloween, however, is when the freaks come out. It’s when the paint-huffers with missing fingers limp down the street in search of discarded…
American-Swedish threesome Thieves Like Us borrowed its name from a 1984 song by New Order, quite fitting because the outfit offers up the same sensitive type of electronic indie pop as the iconic ’80s band. Add to the members’ mixed nationalities that Thieves Like Us first formed in Berlin, then…
The Flight Facilities dudes make funky, chilled-out disco for a hip, EDM-loving generation. That’s what we know about them for sure. Everything else — where they’re from, who they are, how they got their name — is subject to change depending on who you ask. That’s because they’re more interested…
Unashamed Tour, With Lecrae and Trip Lee at Fillmore Miami Beach October 21
Die Antwoord at Culture Room October 22
Minus the Bear at Revolution Live October 22
Ricochet Bar and Lounge’s Three-Day Anniversary Party October 23
Kim Kardashian has all but moved into her $10-million Miami mansion with Kanye West. The two have been spotted all around the MIA, fighting photographers and touching each other’s asses, though generally escaping the grabby hands of mere peons. But if you’re the kind of “mere peon” who can afford…
How are your nerves, beat freaks? No doubt, you’re feeling frazzled and fried … Especially after watching Ultra Music Festival’s early-bird tickets go up in a puff of uhntz-uhntz, i.e. totally sell out. Just 48 hours ago, you were sooo epically stoked when UMF organizers managed to generate unprecedented hype…
DJ-production outfit Visionquest and its eponymous label are pretty much the biggest thing in underground EDM right now. But as the foursome told Crossfade ahead of WMC 2011, it all started with four friends from Michigan who shared a penchant for psychedelic mind expansion, esoterica, and Berlin techno. Now Lee…
Even though the high point of both the Lemonheads and the Psychedelic Furs’ careers is a song from a movie, these bands are as decade-defining as the films that their hits soundtracked. The Lemonheads’ cover of “Mrs. Robinson” was invented to coincide with the ’90s VHS release of the ’60s…
He’s an R&B genius. He’s also a filthy freak. Lately, though, this oh-so-nasty man — known to the authorities as Robert Sylvester Kelly — has been tryin’ hard to behave himself, donning formalwear, smoking fancy cigars, talking about true romance, penning a thoughtful personal memoir titled Soulacoaster, and just generally…
That adorable Midtown girl named Ricochet is celebrating her very first birthday. And Daddy — business guy and nightlife impresario Alan Roth — is so proud to see his baby turn 1 year old that he’s letting the little lady spend three whole, mostly unsupervised, and certainly wild nights with…
If you’re a true house head, then Lisa Shaw needs no introduction. Since the mid ’90s, this beloved Canadian-born singer has put her soulful golden touch on records by deep house luminaries like King Britt, Q-Burns Abstract Message, Fred Everything, and Andy Caldwell. Of course, Shaw is also a prolific…
UPDATE Oppa! Jingle style! Y100 Jingle Ball lineup has been confirmed! Thanks to the Internet, nothing is a secret. Were you drunk leaving a club this weekend? That little gem is probably on some bouncer’s Instagram as we speak. Are you sexting your nanny? A screenshot of that will be…
Even in Florida, you gotta be an adult to get a lapdance. (Well, unless you’re that teenage kid who was banging a 26-year-old Baby Dolls stripper for two weeks.) So … What exactly will be goin’ down when 2 Chainz brings “Dem Strippers” to an all-ages show at the Fillmore…
