If there’s one thing Miami doesn’t lack, it’s flashy, expensive parties. So Eyal Agai, AKA Pirate Stereo, and his Slap & Tickle crew are taking a cue from the gritty underground. “I used to go to a bodega in Boston that sold high-end sneakers out the back,” Agai says. “This…
Exactly 150 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln delivered an address unto the American people (although it’s historically accepted that Secretary of State William H. Seward wrote it) calling upon the citizens of the United States to take the last Thursday of every November as a day of reflection and gratitude…
Say it ain’t so, papo. A year and a half ago, DJ Laz, a Latin booty bass pioneer and 22-year radio vet, shocked fans and listeners by abruptly leaving his longtime home at Power 96, “Miami’s Party Station.” That was April 2012. But less than 30 days later, Laz announced…
Everyone wants to be a “god” or “lord” nowadays. But Carol City rapper Lil Champ FWAY gets straight to the point on his latest effort, the eight-track mixtape Real Nigga SHXT, calling out those posing as being “about that life.” Crossfade got a chance to chat with FWAY a little…
Beware Miami, there’s a hipster grinch out thieving in the clubs. On Friday night, professional photographer Teajay Smith Piersall was robbed of $1,500 worth of camera gear, stolen from a bag at her feet in Churchill’s Pub. UPDATE Thanks to DigUnderRock.com, the music community, Facebook, and Churchill’s security tapes, she’s…
Being a player takes determination, focus, a mean poker face, flawless planning, and a beard that rivals Grizzly Adams’. Fortunately, for Emanuel Alvarez, the latter is in full effect before and after No-Shave November. Better known to many as Glocky Davis, the 25-year-old rapper’s mellow persona can be partly attributed…
Some people feel bad for the music industry, but we don’t. There may be more illegal downloads than ever. But there are still plenty of super-rich musicians sitting on golden thrones, dining on the hopes and dreams of others and little sandwiches with no crust. OK, just because they’re wealthy,…
Have you ever gotten drunk and thought, “Man, burrrp, I wish I could go back to prom and do it all over again. I would really, hiccup, show them.” Well, if you sobered up, you might realize going back to your real prom is a horrible idea, but taking part…
“All these megastar house DJ/producers seem to come from Holland. Is it something in the water?” We can finally put that tired-ass question to bed, because an entire documentary has been dedicated to the incredible significance and domination of Dutch artists in dance music. Dutch Influence takes an inside look…
Everyone knows you can’t trust a rumor. Or a Reflektor. Last month, though, while still tingling from Arcade Fire’s two-night stand in Miami (and wooed by Win Butler’s breathless promises of “be back soon”), we here at Crossfade allowed ourselves to be seduced by Internet siren calls, originating from “Arcade…
In this social media-driven age, it isn’t rare for a producer’s face to be all over your Twitter/Facebook/Instagram feed as tracks flow out by the dozens every day, feeding that need for the epic drop. But not Miami’s Nuri. Aside from his profile picture on Twitter, the producer’s face is…
From the moment the cat’s paw jams an AK47 thumb drive in the laptop, O’Grime’s new “B.A.N.D.” video is a masterpiece of tacos, women, guns, drugs, and money. O’Grime’s L. Rey and Niko Javan have created their own universe, mythology, and language, and invited Lofty to join them for a…
“Open up your thighs, and look inside for a deep surprise.” On any given night, hearing those words broadcast over the loud speaker of a club might be the cue to either get the fuck out or grab up your lose dollars and make it thunderstorm. But Sunday, November 10,…
Tom Anderson Productions is a Miami record label that’s dredged the depths of South Florida’s dive-bar freeform music scene, digging up tuneage that would have otherwise remained completely obscured. Miami-based visual artist and Renaissance man Domingo Castillo founded the label in 2009 as a digital-only publishing house that used separate…
Still wondering, “What is 11?” Well … Exactly 11 days ago, we here at Crossfade noted that a new nightclub named E11even Miami would be taking over the old Goldrush strip club spot in downtown Miami. At that point, the address and the January 2014 opening date were the only…
“What is 11?” That’s the mysterious tagline for a new club that’s apparently set to take over the old Goldrush nudie bar property at NE 29 NE 11th Street (just across the street from Space) in Downtown Miami. It seems (based on the official trailer) that this new nightspot will…
On his song “hYena,” Miami’s Nik SB raps: “All my bitches do drugs and I love ’em for that/Especially when she pop two of her sex appeals/Or Ms. Sims’ first name for the extra thrills/I know her brother praying that she change/But what he expect when she watched him sell…
If you absolutely abhor Miami’s hipster culture, you can probably blame the defunct nightclub Soho Lounge for its existence. At the turn of the century, it was the center for the kind of Miami nightlife “cool” that was soon co-opted by the rest of downtown and, eventually, South Beach. Classic…
Vernon Harginy, also known as VURN, sits at the table outside of a Five Guys in North Miami with fellow Pro Club rapper B.Way. Initially, his silence is as strong as the bars on songs such as “Bang” and hYena.” But then he cracks a chuckle when Crossfade poses the…
Miami New Times and New Times Broward Palm Beach have an immediate opening for an assistant web editor. This position combines journalism with social media marketing and analytical data management to increase the audience for New Times on its desktop and mobile applications. The assistant web editor assigns and edits…
Life’s a stage. But you still need talent. And getting paid is another thing. Ever since he first picked up the mic and aptly took on the nickname Broadway before making the change to B.Way, the Miami rapper born Kareem Brown has looked at every day as a chance to…
What do you get when you cross a Miami house music legend like Murk’s Oscar G. with a next-generation Miami house wunderdude like Lazaro Casanova? You get the dance floor-quaking Miami powerhouse of Futro. The homies Oscar and Lazaro have been working together on and off for a few years…
