Florence and the Machine Announced as Opening Act for U2’s Miami Stop June 29

When middle-aged rock stars start breaking their backs like Bono, it’s hard not to wonder whether fans should request a mandatory retirement cutoff for all arena-level entertainers. But following emergency surgery in May and the cancellation of a bunch of tour dates including this summer’s original Miami stop, U2 actually…

Richie Hawtin’s Miami Tickets and Arkives Boxset Now Available Online UPDATED

Exactly 40 days ago, Crossfade broke the news about Plastikman’s Richie Hawtin’s scheduled invasion of Miami. (UPDATE Due to some press release confusion we made the mistake of assuming the DJ would be performing Plastikman material. Sorry.) And we also talked some shit about the fact that “buying a Richie Hawtin release…

Ricky Martin To Release English and Spanish Singles Tomorrow

Big news out of Ricky Martin’s camp: The Puerto Rican superstar has been locked away in the studio, hard at work on his latest record since the beginning of the year, as Crossfade reported here. It seems that fans won’t have to wait much longer to hear the first of…

Rachel Goodrich Drops Self-Titled Sophomore Album February 2011

It’s confirmed: Rachel Goodrich’s follow-up to her 2008 debut, Tinker Toys, will be released February 21. The Greg Wells-produced album, features 10 new tracks along with “Light Bulb.” (It’s unclear whether it’s a reworked or remastered version different from the one that appeared on her debut.)Unfortunately, it seems Rachel Goodrich…

Randy Franco Benefit Show at Fox’s Lounge

Over the last few years, Fox’s Sherron Inn has become a bastion for the neglected hipsterati and outside culturists who live way too far from the trendy downtown and South Beach strips. Clad in his signature black slacks and black button-down, Randy Franco was a good friend and always-smiling fixture…

Crocodiles Cancel Its November 3 Show at Grand Central and Rest of US Tour

Only this morning, Crossfade hyped the upcoming Crocodiles concert at downtown cool kid club Grand Central with a hyperactive blurb about the San Diego band’s recent single “Kill Joe Arpaio” and the Arizona sheriff’s angry, Twitter-driven counterattack. This evening, though, we received an unfortunate piece of news via email that…

Get Minimal This Thursday at the Awarehouse

“Less is more,” proclaimed German-American modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, describing the aesthetics of minimalism. A post-WWII movement rooted in the European avant-garde, minimalism reduces form down to its bare elements, fusing aesthetics and functionality with elegant simplicity. You can see it in the stark formalism of Bauhaus…

Drake’s Big Booty Birthday Bonanza at King of Diamonds Tonight

In order to officially achieve the rank of grown motherfucker, one must scratch three very specific things off the eternal To-Do list: (1) Make out with Nicki Minaj; (2) Earn an awesome nickname ending in -zy (e.g., Jeezy, Weezy, Kanyeezy); and (3) Celebrate a landmark b-day in the company of…

Crystal Castles Return to Miami For Ultra Music Festival 2011

This has to be some kind of record. It’s October 21 and we already know at least one act confirmed to appear at Ultra Music Festival 2011. Today, Crystal Castles’ publicist sent out a press release confirming a North American spring tour which includes a March 26 stop at Ultra.The…

Rapper, DJ, and Violinist LMJ Gets Technicolor in “Theme Song”

Local rapper/songwriter/DJ LMJ isn’t afraid of hip-hop orthodoxy, something that’s clear right down to his choice of footwear. Can you imagine any of your run-of-the-mill, testosterone-fueled street dudes proudly rocking these Adidas JS Wings sneakers by Jeremy Scott? No, and that’s a clue to the candy-colored, futuristic vision into which…

Local Motion: The Axe and The Oak’s Record Store Day 2010 EP

The Axe and The Oak Record Store Day 2010 EP (Self-Released) myspace.com/axeandtheoak For all the moments I have personally felt agonized over this trio’s “eternal studio tinkering,” I’d like to first apologize for not jumping on this review as soon as I got the disc this past Record Store Day…

Time Warner Cable Launches Alcanza la Fama Singing Contest

Are you a singer? Are you Latino? Do you watch American Idol and say, “I could whoop their sorry asses!” If the answer to all of these questions — or at least the first two — is yes, then Time Warner Cable and the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts,…