The largest Miami band packed into the smallest live music venue in town on Saturday night. Psychic Mirrors handed over 40 minutes of groove to a packed room of music fans. We counted 12 bandmates working hard together to bring the funk to Bardot. Although, it’s possible there were only…
See the full 18-photo Manu Chao at Klipsch Amphitheater slideshow. Manu Chao La Ventura Tour Hosted by Rhythm Foundation Klipsch Ampitheatre at Bayfront Park September 9, 2011 Onstage, Manu Chao is the gift that keeps on giving. With four encores and boundless energy, the diminutive multilingual artist and his three-man…
See the full 25-photo Hunx and His Punx at The Stage slideshow. Hunx and His Punx With Lil Daggers and the Coathangers The Stage September 9, 2011 Better Than: A golden shower in our butts. Seth Bogart is a corporate whore. And for the record, he wasn’t wearing any underwear…
There have been good times, plenty of booze, and a few flashes of craziness. Back in June, we kicked off Crossfade Presents The Local at The Stage with a wild punk rager soundtracked by Furious Dudes, Bulletproof Tiger, and Secret Arms. Next, we took a midsummer trip to the country,…
With Langerado acts like Arctic Monkeys and Ghostland Observatory rebooked at Broward venues, we suspected it was only a matter of time before Miami got some of the other defaulted acts. First one announced: Das Racist at Grand Central, which was confirmed yesterday by Poplife’s Jake Jefferson via Facebook.The October…
The Guns N’ Roses will never reunite. But Axl’s other band, Guns N’ Roses, is still touring. And they’re kicking off the 2011 US leg of the Chinese Democracy tour right here in Florida. In the band’s 26-year history, 21 different dudes have shuffled through GNR’s revolving door. And aside from…
Miami’s a city full of ballers. Poppin’ bottles with celebs on South Beach, makin’ it rain dolla, dolla bills at King of Diamonds, and dropping stacks of Benjamins just ’cause it’s the motherfucking weekend. That’s how we roll. Alright, that’s a bunch of bullshit. Crossdade’s never made it rain, those…
Following his nasty, shocking split from America’s favorite Latina ice queen, salsa-pop singer and semi-serious actor Marc Anthony’s been in the news a lot. Of course, when we say news, we mean that his bony face has been splashed all over tabloid rags, celebrity gossip websites, and supposedly reputable entertainment…
Few artists on the international EDM scene have undergone as many career permutations as UK veteran Richard West, AKA Mr. C. The guy is a veritable chameleon. And over the course of three decades, he’s shifted gears numerous times.Today, Mr. C remains a force to be reckoned with. You can…
Psychic Mirrors 12-Inch-Single Release at Bardot September 10
Willy Chirino’s My Beatles Heart at the Arsht Center September 10
Hunx and His Punx at the Stage September 9
Swans at Respectable Street September 14
Immigration’s off his back. And that nasty attempted murder charge … Chalk it under pardoned. Not only is Slick Rick on top of the world, he’s straight touring it. The Ruler’s Back, bitches! So Let’s Get Crazy. Charlotte, Salt Lake City, the dude’s been everywhere. And later this month, the “Liberace of…
Miami loves Dixon.In fact, the whole world loves him. The veteran Berlin DJ-producer was ranked the seventh top DJ of 2010 by Resident Advisor, placing him right behind the likes of EDM demigods Ricardo Villalobos and Richie Hawtin.So what makes Mr. Dixon so special? His Innervisions imprint, for one. Since…
Gary, Indiana’s favorite wardrobe malfunction is bringing her pasties to South Beach. Early this morning, Crossfade received a very excited press release from New Times Best Flack 2011 winner Woody Graber. The subject line simply read, “JANET JACKSON @ THE FILLMORE,” followed by the most exclamation points we’ve ever seen…
If you’re at all in the loop of what’s been going on in the international EDM underground this year, then there’s little chance you’ve missed the meteoric rise of producer Eric Estornel, AKA Maceo Plex. And if you attended the now-legendary 2011 edition of Crosstown Rebels’ Get Lost party during…
Wyclef Jean Sun Life Stadium September 3, 2011 Better Than: Being president of Haiti. Or at least, that’s what Wyclef tells himself. The last Super Saturday concert I went to after a Florida Marlins game at Sun Life Stadium, the lead singer of KC and The Sunshine Band pulled out…
Seth Bogart is unapologetically horny, and he’ll be at The Stage this weekend. As the flamboyantly fabulous frontman of Hunx and His Punx, the onstage banter between Bogart and the crowd often consists of boner references, pee fetish pillow talk, and the occasional loose pubic hair in someone’s mouth. He…
The human senses can be very deceiving. For example, if you were to roll up to a show featuring Providence Rhode Island’s Dropdead — say, at Churchill’s Pub on December 4 — and take a quick whiff of their van (and maybe a taste test of the Food Not Bombs…
If you ain’t a total b-ball junkie, you might not know there’s a 19-year-old Lithuanian phenom named Jonas Valanciunas who’s been going hard in the paint, snatching down rebounds like Moses Malone on steroids, and dunking with impunity on the entire motherfucking European continent. But on June 23, 2011, homie…
Have you’ve seen (or, well, heard) Nine Types of Light? It’s the new-ish album by Brooklyn’s TV on the Radio and it’s so blindingly brilliant that if a weak-eyed, sensitive-eared indie kid such as yourself isn’t very, very, very careful (i.e. UV-shield sunglasses and silicone), he or she could end…
