Subject: Kid Cudi

• Miss Face Mixtape Download

  October 13, 2008

• Crookers Coming to Heathrow November 8

  October 16, 2008

• Italian DJ Duo Crookers Hits Heathrow Lounge this Saturday

  November 3, 2008

• Q&A with Crookers

  November 6, 2008

• Over the Weekend - Crookers, Rufus Wainwright and Coldplay

  November 10, 2008

• Bump 'n' Grind 2008: A Look Back at This Year's Club Bangers

  Back in my days over at Miami Nights, I liked to close out the year by looking back at all the music I discovered where I spend most of my time -- in nightclubs. It's always interesting to see what makes it big the following year, because downtown club in particular tend to be ahead of the curve. So maybe I should call this list the Club Hits of 2009?But feel free to argue with me -- in fact, I encourage it. I love a good "You're music list sucks!" argument.10. M.I.A."Paper Planes (DFA Remix)"(X

  December 24, 2008

• Saturday Night: Candyland 13 at SoHo Studios

  Photo by Logan FazioCandyland 13Soho Studios, MiamiSaturday, December 27, 2008Better Than: I expected.The Review:Culture and other similar promotions groups, in an effort to shrug off the nasty mainstream perceptions of the Nineties dance scene, like to call their large-scale events music festivals. But let's be honest about Candyland 13, held this past Saturday at the cavernous Soho Studios in Wynwood. If an event has such a name followed by a numeral, takes place in a warehouse decorated in so

  December 29, 2008

• WMC Preview: Q&A with Nick Catchdubs

  photo by Ian MeyerSo you wanna be a hotshot DJ with your own hip record label? It's not as easy as you might think. But it can be done. And if you're Nick Catchdubs of Fool's Gold, it can be dynamite! New Times caught up with the ever-explosive head-spinner on the eve of another Winter Music Conference blow-out and asked him to share some of the secrets of his and A-Trak's killer success. What advice would you give to a young gun interested in launching a label? We started Fool's Gold with a rea

  March 24, 2009

• Head Spins: DJ Lennox

  February 12, 2009

• Head Spins: DJ Affect

  January 8, 2009

• Crookers

  November 6, 2008

• Head Spins: Induce

  June 12, 2008

• Nick Catchdubs

  March 20, 2008

• Theophilus London at Rokbar May 19

  Ben RowlandTheophilus London: 2009's Kid Cudi?Just when I thought the hipster-hop genre was dead, in comes up-and-coming Brooklyn MC Theophilus London to save the day. London has been on the cusp of breaking it big for that last year or so and has received plenty of accolades from publications likes The Fader and Urb, which featured him in its Next 100 list. He also received plenty attention at this year's SXSW where he performed alongside Solange Knowles at the Fader Fort.Also making music jour

  May 12, 2009

• MP3 of the Day: "Fountain of Youth" by Purple Popcorn, Playing White Room This Friday

  ​The local hard rock-rap band Purple Popcorn does, in fact, rock, but has gotten most of its recognition from stomping all over pop hip-hop. In the early days of its formation two years ago, the band pummeled both Soulja Boy's "Crank That" and Chris Brown's "Kiss Kiss," and in so doing added some much-needed weight to both tracks. More recently, Purple Popcorn did the same thing with Kid Cudi's "Day N Nite," though why they did so is anybody's guess. Thankfully, these days the band is after mo

  August 26, 2009

• MP3 of the Day: Shut It Down Mixtape by Pitbull and Logan de Gaulle

  ​Last week, you totally blew it, missing the jumpoff for Dade County hustler Pitbull's impending album Rebelution. (I mean really ... Where is your civic pride? The guy carries the keys to our city.) You missed a backdoor taste of club bangers like "Calle Ocho," "Hotel Room Service," and "Krazy" -- not to mention a crunktastic Lil' Jon cameo. Plus, there were Hornitos and unitarded vogue girls and gentleman thugs in black tie. You know, it was a Thursday.  Anyway, you missed it all and no

  August 27, 2009

• Another Huge DJ Booking For Broward: Sharam at Gryphon This Saturday

  via myspace.com/sharam​Sharam Tayebi - known to the dance community as just Sharam, for short - first made a name as half of the progressive house duo Deep Dish. As an individual producer, though, Sharam's style has sort of been the yang to partner Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia's ying. While the Dubfire excursions have been darker and more minimal than the usual Deep Dish oeuvre, Sharam has kept it big-room-friendly. To get an idea, he was responsible for that remix of Eddie Murphy's "Party All The

  September 16, 2009

• Wednesday Blog Watch: More on Alligator Alley's Closing, Fresh Basil Crew Wakes Up, and More

  via freshbasilcrew.comCop this new mix from Sweet Dick Vega on the Fresh Basil Crew blog.*While Crossfade attended the Friday-night edition of Alligator Alley's closing party, Mood Vane went to the Saturday-night jam, featuring Stonefox. Check out a couple photos, a bittersweet recap, and a little local-scene name-dropping here.*I had high hopes for the Fresh Basil Crew blog when it started, with its clean, bright layout and interestingly curated music selection -- but then there was a period th

  October 28, 2009

• Diesel U:Music with Santigold, Kid Cudi November 17 at Paris Theatre

  Santigold: She's a lady.​Last time Santigold (a.k.a., Santi White, formerly Santogold) was in Miami, she played at Ultra Music Festival back in March. Unfortunately, she was relegated to an early slot on the first day of the festival, so she played to a sparse crowd. We missed her set all together because it never crossed our minds that the festival organizers would waste her talent by putting her on so early. As we were picking up our press passes, we could hear Santi singing "Creator" from a

  November 6, 2009