No, Phoenix Is Not Playing $0.25 Concert in Miami

Does a $0.25 cover charge for some superintimate, semi-secret show at a small waterfront bar with French art-rock geniuses Phoenix sound too good to be true? Well, yeah. But fans weren’t about to hesitate clicking the “Buy Tickets” button when Live Nation and Ticketmaster suddenly sent out an app alert…

Fan Dies at Gathering of the Juggalos, Probable Drug Overdose

Photo by Daniel HillThe now-closed “drug bridge.” The Gathering of the Juggalos’ infamous “drug bridge” was closed on Friday, following reports of a fatal overdose. Ambulances were on the scene at Cave-in-Rock, Illinois around 2 p.m. local time, according to witnesses. The substance involved is believed to be heroin. Since…

Five Reasons Why The Killers Don’t Suck

Every hipster millennial had their Killers moment. These kids vehemently yelled “Mr. Brightside” in the shower, and then on the bus to school (since it was 2004, and Discmans were still in), they packed an extra set of Duracells for a habitual Hot Fuss morning sesh. Over the years though,…

Miami’s Ten Heaviest Current Metal and Punk Bands

Miami has a long history of putting out great, unique sounding heavy bands. In much the same way that the marsupials of the Southern Hemisphere have evolved with combinations of traits unlike those of any other mammalian group, Miami’s isolated heavies are a genus unto themselves. And now, in particular,…

Miami Booty Bass: Ten Best Acts of All Time

“Miami bass is the ghetto-style hip-hop that came out of Miami in the ’80s,” says DJ Jerry Pulles. From 1989 to 1994, he drove a van loaded with speakers and records from Miami Lakes to Hialeah to Carol City, playing house parties for his friends from American High. Later, he…

Trina’s “Ass Fat”: An Extremely Detailed Breakdown

Trina is Da Baddest Bitch. And that’s the way it’s been ever since her career first took off in the late ’90s. But it’s a decade and a half later. And the 34 year old’s got some stiff competition, what with all these bodacious youngins hitting the charts. In an…

Jay Z and Justin Timberlake Not Boycotting Florida, Says Live Nation

OK… So it’d been widely (and frantically) reported throughout the blogosphere that Jay Z, Justin Timberlake, and nearly two dozen other celebs had decided to join Stevie Wonder’s Florida boycott in protest of George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin. Yesterday, though, Crossfade helped cast doubt on this…