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Manchester

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Four Summer Music Festivals Featuring Local Miami (and Local-ish) Acts

    Constant intrascene belly-aching aside, a few local (and local-ish) acts are managing to squeeze out of South Florida geographical isolation this summer for big stages. A number of major national festivals are featuring homegrown talent on the bill. And rightfully so. Here's a quick rundown of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2012

    Crazy P's Danielle Moore on Blowing Up This Year: "We Have a Fresh Energy!"

    UK disco-house crew Crazy P has been rocking the scene for two decades. But in 2011, they finally started to get massive international recognition for their irresistibly groovy vocal tuneage. Fronting the band is charismatic chanteuse Danielle Moore, who joined Crazy P founding members James Baron ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    Crazy P's James Baron Names the Soundsystem's Five Essential Jams

    Crazy P​It's a definite testament to Miami and the Electric Pickle's status as international dance music mecca, that Wolf Lamb chose the venue for its 2010 winter DJ residency. It was a season full of memorable parties, and it also spawned the critically acclaimed Wolf Lamb vs. Soul Clap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Who Wants Free Tickets for Star Slinger at Bardot Tomorrow?

    ​He's a redheaded remix wizard from Manchester and his name is Star Slinger. Over the last couple of years, the Slinger's reworked about a billion tracks by big indie names like Broken Social Scene, Washed Out, Deerhunter, Toro y Moi, and Childish Gambino. And now he's dropped his debut si ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2011

    Top Ten Guilty Pleasures of '90s Dance

    Haddaway: If it's wrong to love him, we don't want to be right.​If you're a clubland regular, then you've probably noticed what a major comeback the classic '90s dance sound has made in the last couple years. You can hear it from the jacking house revival of underground acts like Hercules & Lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    Death On The Balcony's Paul Hargreaves Talks Disco, Success, and the Magicbag Label

    Death On The Balcony​We here at Crossfade pride ourselves on breaking new international talent ahead of their debut Miami performances. And UK disco-house sensations Death On The Balcony are one act we've been following closely all year in anticipation of its first apperance this side of the pond. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    Ten Electronic Dance Music Legends We Wish Had Come to Miami in March

    Aphex Twin, if you're reading this, please come to Miami!​WMC and Ultra Week have come and gone. There were mind-blowingly awesome DJ lineups and there were majorly overrated ones. Sure, March has never disappointed. But there's no denying how bloated and commercial certain chunks of the EDM in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Trus'Me Talks Manchester, Eclectic Influences, and Working the Dancefloor

    Trus'Me​Manchester has been the breeding ground for Joy Division, New Order, the Smiths, Chemical Brothers, and Autechre, among many others.And David Wolstencroft (AKA Trus'Me) is another proud Mancunian. Since the late 2000s, the DJ, producer, and Prime Numbers label chief has been banging out so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    Get Grimey With UK's MRK1 and Virus Syndicate at Vagabond This Thursday

    DJ-producer MRK1​If you still haven't spent a night at Get Low, Miami's premier dubstep night and our pick for Best Monthly Party of 2010, we gotta ask: What's wrong with you? Now whatever your excuse, this Thursday is your next chance to get a dose of bowel-rattling bass at the Vagabond wit ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 6, 2011

    Going Viral

    DJ-producer MRK1​If you still haven't spent a night at Get Low, Miami's premier dubstep night and our pick for Best Monthly Party of 2010, we gotta ask: What's wrong with you? Now whatever your excuse, this Thursday is your next chance to get a dose of bowel-rattling bass at the Vagabond wit ... More >>

  • Music

    September 16, 2010

    Brit band James at Culture Room

    DJ-producer MRK1​If you still haven't spent a night at Get Low, Miami's premier dubstep night and our pick for Best Monthly Party of 2010, we gotta ask: What's wrong with you? Now whatever your excuse, this Thursday is your next chance to get a dose of bowel-rattling bass at the Vagabond wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    Meatless in Miami: Vegetarians in Popular Song

    ​A couple of months ago, Sweat Records booked L.A. punk rock duo No Age. I knew they're vegan, so I made sure we were stocked with an array of sumptuous goodies to feed them. After their insanely high-energy show, the fact that they could replenish with local songstress Raffa's vegan chili nearly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Vincenzo Plays Electric Pickle Tonight

    ​For going on two decades now DJ/producer Vincenzo Ragone has been a staple of the international underground EDM community and one of its most endearing artists. With roots in Hamburg's early hip hop scene, he got taken by the acid house explosion of the late '80s and released his first house reco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    WMC 2010: Q&A with UK Legend DJ Greg Wilson, Playing Electric Pickle on Wednesday

    ​Few figures in the international dance music scene can wear the title of legend as aptly as Greg Wilson. The British DJ boasts a career spanning three decades, going back to the birth of house and his early days as a DJ at Manchester's seminal club The Hacienda, and he carries on the authentic mi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    Astari Nite Celebrates Its EP Release This Friday

    photo by kara StarzykIf it is true (as surely it must be) that in the world of pop music there is nothing truly new under the sun, then surely a budding pop star has no choice but to steal from the best of everything that's come before. Okay, so stealing from everything might make for a bit of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    Buzz Bake Sale Preview: Manchester Orchestra

    Borrowing an opening bit from Coffee Talk with Linda Richman, Manchester Orchestra is neither from Manchester, nor a real orchestra. Okay, talk amongst yourselves. They're actually a five-piece rock band from Atlanta, who just released their second album. And they kick serious ass. Their debut, I'm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    Q&A with DJ Ralph Lawson of 2020Soundsystem, Playing LIV on Saturday

    ​In this age of laptop-toting faux live electronic dance music acts, an actual band employing actual live instrumentation and vocals is a rare thing, especially when said band is delivering funked-out dancefloor bangers like 2020Soundsystem. The musical brainchild of Leeds-based DJ and esteemed 20 ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 5, 2009

    Not that Sacha

    ​In this age of laptop-toting faux live electronic dance music acts, an actual band employing actual live instrumentation and vocals is a rare thing, especially when said band is delivering funked-out dancefloor bangers like 2020Soundsystem. The musical brainchild of Leeds-based DJ and esteemed 20 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    Sasha Plays SET on Sunday

    ​Welsh DJ/producer Sasha (born Alexander Paul Coe) is that rare breed of artist that has managed to balance massive commercial success and notoriety with artistic integrity throughout his long-standing career. I won't go into too many details about his myriad accolades through the years, which inc ... More >>

  • Music

    October 22, 2009

    Drop the Lime

    ​Welsh DJ/producer Sasha (born Alexander Paul Coe) is that rare breed of artist that has managed to balance massive commercial success and notoriety with artistic integrity throughout his long-standing career. I won't go into too many details about his myriad accolades through the years, which inc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 22, 2009

    Drop the Lime...Into My Drink

    ​Welsh DJ/producer Sasha (born Alexander Paul Coe) is that rare breed of artist that has managed to balance massive commercial success and notoriety with artistic integrity throughout his long-standing career. I won't go into too many details about his myriad accolades through the years, which inc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    MP3 of the Day: "Devil's Eyes" by Drop the Lime, Playing White Room This Saturday

    ​Brooklyn's Drop the Lime has been nothing if not prescient. Those last few years, while everyone was running around to overly processed, overly happy so-called "blog house," the DJ/producer born Luca Venezia carefully stuck to his own thing. In the face of all that neon glare, Venezia and his Tro ... More >>

  • Music

    September 24, 2009

    The Happy Mondays

    ​Brooklyn's Drop the Lime has been nothing if not prescient. Those last few years, while everyone was running around to overly processed, overly happy so-called "blog house," the DJ/producer born Luca Venezia carefully stuck to his own thing. In the face of all that neon glare, Venezia and his Tro ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 30, 2009

    So Irregular

    ​Brooklyn's Drop the Lime has been nothing if not prescient. Those last few years, while everyone was running around to overly processed, overly happy so-called "blog house," the DJ/producer born Luca Venezia carefully stuck to his own thing. In the face of all that neon glare, Venezia and his Tro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2009

    No Regular Play Perform at The Bunker this Saturday Night

    ​No Regular Play is the Brooklyn-based production duo of Nick DeBruyn and Greg Paulus (originally of indie darlings Beirut). Part of a new American generation of EDM producers rooted in more instrumentalist-based music forms, their experimental genre-bending take on house and techno defies all exp ... More >>

  • Music

    March 26, 2009

    Diplo's World Beat

    Thank this DJ/producer for the growing global funk at WMC.

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2009

    WMC Preview: The Ting Tings

    Since their inception two years ago, the Ting Tings have enjoyed unbridled success, laying siege to charts and hearts in both the UK and the United States. So much so, that even a reporter could become nervous when speaking for the first time to one half of the British outfit, drummer/vocalist/produ ... More >>

  • Music

    November 27, 2008

    Head Spins: DJ Ed Whitty

    South Beach's smiling Irish tech-house heavy.

  • Music

    August 7, 2008

    3 One G

    South Beach's smiling Irish tech-house heavy.

  • Music

    July 10, 2008

    Hooked on Peter

    New Order's bassist speaks about the band's final live DVD.

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2008

    Over the Weekend - The Cure, Wynwood and Bonnaroo

    New Order's bassist speaks about the band's final live DVD.

  • Music

    February 14, 2008

    Punks Have Hearts Too

    Classic punk ballads for hardened hearts.

  • Music

    January 17, 2008

    The King Is Back

    Chameleonic DJ, musician, and now label impresario King Britt plays at Shine.

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2007

    Ian Svenonius Interviews Shaun Ryder, So Good it Hurts

    Chameleonic DJ, musician, and now label impresario King Britt plays at Shine.

  • Music

    November 8, 2007

    Live Transmission

    A slew of Joy Divison reissues

  • Music

    October 11, 2007

    Tripping on Madchester

    Smile! Acid house is back

  • Music

    October 26, 2006

    Everything's Gone Green

    The Monday Photo exceeds New Order tribute-band status

  • Music

    October 6, 2005

    Peter Hook

    The Monday Photo exceeds New Order tribute-band status

  • Dining

    August 11, 2005

    Remember, It's Just a Firkin Pub

    The Monday Photo exceeds New Order tribute-band status

  • News

    July 15, 2004

    Between Something and Nothing

    Cocaine case no-actioned; pigeons are rats with wings

  • Calendar

    March 11, 2004

    On the Record

    Erstwhile Smiths spin in Miami

  • Music

    April 22, 1999

    Rotations

    Erstwhile Smiths spin in Miami

  • Music

    June 12, 1997

    It's Alright, Ma

    Erstwhile Smiths spin in Miami

  • News

    April 24, 1997

    News of the Weird

    Erstwhile Smiths spin in Miami

  • Music

    March 20, 1997

    Rotations

    Erstwhile Smiths spin in Miami

  • Music

    September 12, 1996

    Why the Glory?

    Erstwhile Smiths spin in Miami

  • Music

    November 9, 1995

    Rotations

    Erstwhile Smiths spin in Miami

  • Music

    November 10, 1993

    Rotations 30

    Erstwhile Smiths spin in Miami

  • Music

    August 26, 1992

    Don't Press Release Your Luck

    Music industry flacks bombard dizzy critics. Now it's your turn.

  • Music

    July 8, 1992

    Rave New World

    Raindance could very well shine as the event of the summer. Maybe even the event of peace.

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