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May 21, 2012
Hard's Holy Ship!! 2013 Lineup Announced: Justice, Boys Noize, Diplo, and 33 Others
Toss a couple Dramamines into your party-time pill pack. On January 4, 2013, the second annual edition of Hard's Holy Ship!! electronic music cruise will set sail from Fort Lauderdale's Port Everglades for three nights of brain-busting beats. Tickets sold out in only 28 hours and now the hotly anti ... More >>
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May 11, 2012
Nickelback's Chad Kroeger and Avril Lavigne! The Five Worst Pop Collaborations
Did you guys just feel that rip in the space-time continuum? Literally the two shittiest musical artists of all time, Nickelback's Chad Kroeger and Avril Lavigne, are in the studio, making an album together. These two Canadian hacks are combining their talents as the world's most-hated musicians t ... More >>
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April 12, 2012
Flosstradamus at Mansion April 13
Did you guys just feel that rip in the space-time continuum? Literally the two shittiest musical artists of all time, Nickelback's Chad Kroeger and Avril Lavigne, are in the studio, making an album together. These two Canadian hacks are combining their talents as the world's most-hated musicians t ... More >>
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April 5, 2012
Flosstradamus Release Free "Fantasy" Remix, Play Mansion on April 13
Yes, Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week are over. But that doesn't mean the uhntz-uhntz is dead and gone. On Friday, April 13, Mansion is bringing the party back with Flosstradamus. If you didn't catch J2K and Autobot at last month's Fool's Gold showcase, don't miss this chance to see the ... More >>
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February 15, 2012
Major Lazer Get "Pon De Floor" at LIV Tonight for Dirty Hairy's Three-Year Anniversary
Remember when we told you that LIV was among the highest-grossing nightclubs in America? Well, the reason this glossy Miami Beach joint gets so damn paid is because it books really dope backup acts like Major Lazer in case of an emergency. Originally, A-Trak was scheduled to appear tonight at L ... More >>
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February 6, 2012
Kid Sister With Riff Raff at Grand Central in Miami, February 4
Kid Sister With Riff Raff Grand Central, Miami Saturday, February 4, 2012 Better Than: Babysitting a real infant. The spunky, enigmatic, and clearly grown-up Kid Sister is still trying to break out of the underground. The real little sis of Flosstradamus's Joey Young, she got her start workin ... More >>
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November 3, 2011
Diplo at LIV November 9
Kid Sister With Riff Raff Grand Central, Miami Saturday, February 4, 2012 Better Than: Babysitting a real infant. The spunky, enigmatic, and clearly grown-up Kid Sister is still trying to break out of the underground. The real little sis of Flosstradamus's Joey Young, she got her start workin ... More >>
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October 25, 2011
Diplo, Dinosaurs, and Jamaican Dancehall at LIV November 9
FacebookDiplodocuses were some of the gnarliest dinosaurs in North America. They were friendly, survived on a diet of mostly tree branches and water plants, and generally kicked it prehistorically 'round Utah and Colorado. But the Diplodocus is also the inspiration behind one of electro music's ... More >>
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June 30, 2011
Ladies First
FacebookDiplodocuses were some of the gnarliest dinosaurs in North America. They were friendly, survived on a diet of mostly tree branches and water plants, and generally kicked it prehistorically 'round Utah and Colorado. But the Diplodocus is also the inspiration behind one of electro music's ... More >>
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June 13, 2011
Best of Miami 2011: Best Live Music Venue
In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 16, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.Best Live Music VenueGrand Central697 N. Miami Ave.Miami 33136305-377-2277grandcentralmiami.com
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May 5, 2011
Escoria Films' Pepe Billete Talks Cuban Translations of Live, Rick Ross, and Major Lazer
El tipo más suave de Miami!Well, it was bound to happen. After springing out of nowhere with some serious observations on '90s retreads Live, local hip-hop boss Rick Ross, and those swell white kids behind Major Lazer, we finally managed to track down el Cubanito behind the glory. Pr ... More >>
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April 27, 2011
Five Dumbest Dance Styles of the 21st Century
Tecktonik: Helping Eurotrash not get laid since 2002.Humanity has come a long way since the Stone Age when we were dancing around fires like deranged sex-crazed monkeys. Or has it?It seems like every new decade's dance styles become more and more bizarre and less and less inhibited. In fact, thes ... More >>
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April 25, 2011
La Pinguería Continues With the Cuban Interpretation of Major Lazer
Y sigue!Last week, we brought you a double dose of YouTube hilarity with Cuban interpretations of Rick Ross and Live. And today, it is our utmost pleasure to present el Cubanito's take on Major Lazer. Let's just say he's got a different interpretation of Diplo and Switch's colorful, on-the ... More >>
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March 25, 2011
Hard Miami at Grand Central, March 24
Photo by Daniel De Las CasasDiplo live at Grand Central.View photos from Hard Miami at Grand Central.The line stretched around the block. And inside, it was already packed. Numbers-wise, Hard Miami was a resounding success. On Wednesday, Poplife announced that the event was sold out, so dem ... More >>
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March 24, 2011
Diplo Takes on Reggae, Chris Brown, KPop and Hard Miami at Grand Central Tonight
Diplo's about to set it on fire!Ahhhhhh, Diplo. Miami loves nothing more than a good ol' Florida boy who can DJ big bass and has a tattoo of a manatee holding a machine gun on his chest. Mr. Wes Pentz was here only a couple of weeks ago with his hybrid dancehall outfit, Major Lazer, at the Ma ... More >>
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March 7, 2011
Take the Nine Mile Trek to Marley Fest at Bayfront Park Amphitheater This Saturday
Follow Stephen and the rest of the Marley clan to the Nine Mile Fest.Hidden in the rolling, bright-green Dry Harbour Mountains of St. Ann Parish on Jamaica's north coast, there's a tiny rural village called Nine Mile. You will find it by following the narrow road from Brown's Town and counting ... More >>
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January 10, 2011
Major Lazer and the Marley Family Headline Nine Mile Music Festival March 12
Major Lazer's Switch and Diplo.Man, Winter Music Conference is only two months away. But while your club kid cousins are off doing the WMC thing, getting loopy on funny drugs and dancing away their inhibitions, you're gonna be sucking on sweet sticky ish and nodding your dreaded head to righteo ... More >>
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December 24, 2010
Our List of Miami's Best Concerts of 2010
No, crazy conductor Lenny Bernstein didn't make the cut. (For one thing, he's dead.)Maybe you're the kind of high-minded individual who enjoys the occasional night out at the opera. Or maybe you spend every Saturday night losing your mind to murder thrash in an abandoned Coconut Grove bomb shel ... More >>
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December 23, 2010
Diplo at Grand Central December 23
No, crazy conductor Lenny Bernstein didn't make the cut. (For one thing, he's dead.)Maybe you're the kind of high-minded individual who enjoys the occasional night out at the opera. Or maybe you spend every Saturday night losing your mind to murder thrash in an abandoned Coconut Grove bomb shel ... More >>
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December 22, 2010
Major Lazer at Grand Central, May 15
Photo by Ian WitlenSkerrit Bwoy hittin' the Henny.As we wrap up 2010, Crossfade looks back at the best live performances of the year. View the full list of Miami's Best Concerts of 2010.Major LazerMay 15, 2010Grand CentralCrowd control issues aside, Major Lazer's Skerrit Bwoy put on one hell of a ... More >>
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December 8, 2010
Diplo Bringing Holiday Cheer to Grand Central December 23
DiploDiplo has a lot to be grateful this year. The Mad Decent label head's career shows no signs of slowing down. And his Major Lazer side project with Switch is still going strong following the release of a new EP, Lazers Never Die, and a mixtape with La Roux. Even M.I.A.'s self-implosion this ... More >>
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August 26, 2010
Mixtape Of The Week: DJ EFX - Studio Session
DJ EFX has been heavy on the South Florida mixtape scene and definitely left a mark on creating highly demanded instrumental mixtapes - as well as "Best Of" mixtapes. And more recently over the past couple years, EFX has been driven in the "Music Video DVDs" market that not a lot of people dive ... More >>
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August 24, 2010
Annie Mac Returns to Miami September 23 at Electric Pickle
Annie MacWhat is up with all these WMC-quality bookings outside of Conference? Jeez! Couple that with the amazing indie-rock shows happening at the Fillmore Miami Beach, and we haven't seen this sort of amazing musical cornucopia happening, well, since we've been old enough to go out.Now add to a ... More >>
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July 8, 2010
Electric Zoo Festival: Full Final Lineup Announced
The Electric Zoo festival, which launched just last year, is New York City's somewhat latecoming answer to Detroit's Movement Electronic Music Festival and Miami's own Ultra -- better late than never, right? 2009's successful inaugural event at Randall's Island Park in Manhattan summoned over 26, ... More >>
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June 7, 2010
MP3: Meet Hooray For Earth, Grand Central's Opening Act For the Pains of Being Pure at Heart This Saturday
via dovecoterecords.comWhile most of the big-deal shows rolling through town lately have tended towards the loud and brash, this Saturday at Grand Central marks an evening for gentler souls. In honor of Poplife's anniversary, the party returns to its Anglophilic indie-loving roots for a show head ... More >>
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June 3, 2010
Rhyme and Reason
via dovecoterecords.comWhile most of the big-deal shows rolling through town lately have tended towards the loud and brash, this Saturday at Grand Central marks an evening for gentler souls. In honor of Poplife's anniversary, the party returns to its Anglophilic indie-loving roots for a show head ... More >>
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May 26, 2010
Major Lazer, La Roux Lazerproof Mixtape Available for Free Download (UPDATED WITH LINK)
Free music is the best music in our book. And it's even better when the music is actually good. If you are smart you probably already know that the Major Lazer (Switch and Diplo) and La Roux mixtape Lazerproof was released today as a free download via Mad Decent. You also may or may not know that ... More >>
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May 17, 2010
Concert Review: Major Lazer at Grand Central, May 15
Photo by Ian WitlenSkerrit Bwoy and Mimi taking the lead for Major Lazer.Click here to view all the photos from this event.Major LazerGrand Central, MiamiSaturday, May 15, 2010Better than: Dealing with TSA at Miami International Airport in order to actually catch a flight to Jamaica.It was almost tw ... More >>
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May 14, 2010
Around Town: Exxotica, Michael Franti, Wyclef Jean, Prefuse 73, and Major Lazer
Is this the final cultural push before Miami goes silent for the Summer? This weekend has a series of multi-day events that will leave you scrambling to decide what to do. There's a porn expo, Haitian music fest, Mexican film festival, hip-hop conference, lesbian beach parties, and the opening we ... More >>
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May 14, 2010
Major Lazer: A Visual Primer
Major Lazer: Switch and Diplo.Music aside, visuals have played an important role in the Switch and Diplo side project, Major Lazer. From the '80s Saturday morning cartoon-style of Jamaican zombie comando Major Lazer himself to the odd-ball music videos. The man responsible for most of the music ... More >>
Music
May 13, 2010
Major Lazer: Does Switch and Diplo's new side project exploit Jamaicans?
Major Lazer: Switch and Diplo.Music aside, visuals have played an important role in the Switch and Diplo side project, Major Lazer. From the '80s Saturday morning cartoon-style of Jamaican zombie comando Major Lazer himself to the odd-ball music videos. The man responsible for most of the music ... More >>
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May 12, 2010
Trouble Andrew Announces the Trouble Gang Mixtape featuring Diplo, Santigold, Spankrock, Amanda Blank, Lil Jon and Many More
You've all had more than enough notice about the Major Lazer show on Saturday at Grand Central. But here's something a little different: Major Lazer's Diplo's collaborated with Trouble Andrew for his Trouble Gang Mixtape, which also features Santigold, Spankrock, Amanda Blank, Lil Jon, and Timbal ... More >>
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May 11, 2010
Felix Da Housecat at Grand Central Friday
Felix Da Housecat: The DJ with nine lives.Seems like Grand Central's opening weekend is going to be a busy one. We already talked about Thursday night's grand opening as well as Saturday's massive event with Major Lazer. Well, you might as well camp out at venue the entire weekend because it was ... More >>
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May 11, 2010
Skerrit Bwoy Teaches the Art of Daggering Just in Time for Saturday's Major Lazer Show
In order to prepare for Saturday's Major Lazer concert at Grand Central, Skerrit Bwoy and Fader have conveniently released an instructional video explaining daggering. If you aren't familiar with daggering it's basically simulated sex (at least, we hope so) on the dancefloor. It's definitely not for ... More >>
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May 7, 2010
Shuttle Opening for Major Lazer at Grand Central May 15
Jamaican me crazy Major Lazer!We are only about a week away, but we're pretty sure you haven't forgotten that Major Lazer is bring its crazy mix of dancehall-meets-electro to Grand Central May 15. If that wasn't awesome in itself, Poplife has announced that Passion Pit drummer Nate Donmoyer, AKA ... More >>
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April 19, 2010
Major Lazer Returns to Miami May 15 at Grand Central
Switch and Diplo, along with Major Lazer himself.If you missed Major Lazer during Ultra Music Festival you are in luck. The Diplo and Switch side project along with Skerrit Bwoy is coming back to Miami on Saturday, May 15 for a live performance at Grand Central. We were told about the news during ... More >>
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April 16, 2010
Black Bobby Drops Major Blazer Monday
If you haven't heard about Black Bobby, now its time to pay attention. This Harvard grad and D.C. transplant is doing some pretty amazing stuff. He gave up the corporate life in New England and moved down to Miami to pursue a music career. Why Miami? Who the hell knows and who cares.Well, in hono ... More >>
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April 13, 2010
Countdown to Sweatstock: Score a Free Preview Three-Song Pack From Black Bobby
via blackbobby.comSweat Records' Sweatstock this Saturday, celebrating the store's five-year anniversary and coinciding with Record Store Day, requires mandatory attendance from anyone who gives a crap about the local music scene. The all-day event features some of the best South Florida artists ... More >>
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March 31, 2010
WMC 2010: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
We are sort of stretching this since Winter Music Conference wrapped up Sunday, but it just took a while to finally sit down and process everything we did over the course of last week. But here it is, our final call on all the great and not-so-great things that we experienced last week.Photo by Sant ... More >>
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March 29, 2010
Concert Review: Major Lazer at Ultra Music Festival Day 2
Photo by Ian WitlenMajor LazerUltra Music Festival at Bicentennial Park, MiamiSaturday, March 27, 2009Better than: Ninety-nine percent of the acts at Ultra.Making fun, party music is a difficult thing to do. No, seriously. You can either go the obviously route and create straight-up track about p ... More >>
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March 28, 2010
WMC 2010: Major Lazer, Sasha & Digweed, Bassnectar, Rusko, and Crookers at Ultra Music Festival (Videos)
Crossfade would like to bestow the best performance at this year's Ultra Music Festival to Major Lazer -- hands down the most engaging and energetic set we witnessed in the span of two days. The album, Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do, was easily the most ambitious and progressive dance album t ... More >>
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March 23, 2010
Switch Talks Major Lazer, the New Album, and the Ultra Fest
Left to right: Switch, the Major, and DiploWhat do you need to know that you don't already know? Over the last few years, Switch (real name Dave Tayor) has become one of the most massive masterminds of mash-up music in this new-ish millennium. He and Diplo (real name Wesley Pentz) were the guys b ... More >>
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February 9, 2010
New Mad Decent Podcast Features Rusko, Playing Ultra on March 27
Out of all the big-name dubstep producers, Rusko is probably the one with the most obvious sense of humor. His tracks are bass-heavy, sure, but they're also full of quirky, high-end samples, and generally harbor less of that sense of impending doom that permeates the work of people like Skream. A ... More >>
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January 8, 2010
Passion Pit, Caspa Added to Ultra Music Festival 2010 Lineup UPDATE
Photo by Chrissy PiperPassion PitHere comes the Ultra Music Festival shuffle! You have to remember nothing is concrete even on the day of the festival (Bloc Party canceled last year at the last minute). According to an official press release from Ultra's organizers, indie-rock band Passion Pit ha ... More >>
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January 5, 2010
Ultra Music Festival 2010 Phase 1 Lineup Announced UPDATE
I rarely ever take flier handouts while walking at night around South Beach, but for some reason as I was leaving Klutch I took an Ultra flier from a guy. Honestly, the first thing I felt was exhaustion because I don't know if I can handle the fact that Winter Music Conference is already creeping ... More >>
Music
September 17, 2009
Head Spins: DJ Ruen
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September 17, 2009
Dialed In: Last Week's Top Ten From FIU Radio
Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists on South Florida's campus radio stations. Click here to view the top tracks from previous weeks.Top Ten Albums for the Week of September 6-12English indie band Wild Beasts topped Radiate's charts this week.Florida International ... More >>
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June 29, 2009
Moving Units: Top Five Albums at Local Independent Music Stores
Moving Units is a column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling music at South Florida independent record stores. Click here to view past top sellers.Top Sellers for the week of June 22-26via Amazon.comRadio-Active Records sold out of all Michael Jackson albums on Friday, making his hits the top of ... More >>
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February 26, 2009
Diplo Talks Hollertronix, Mad Decent, and the Future
Moving Units is a column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling music at South Florida independent record stores. Click here to view past top sellers.Top Sellers for the week of June 22-26via Amazon.comRadio-Active Records sold out of all Michael Jackson albums on Friday, making his hits the top of ... More >>
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