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50 Best Miami Bands of All Time: From 50 to 46

Welcome to Miami. The beach is bangin'. Ditto the babes of both sexes. And the music is the effing best, bro. But while the rest of America might want to limit the MIA's music scene to its coked-out clubbers, horny Calle Ocho party crews, and ass-blasting rappers, Dade County has always been rife ... More >>

Borscht Film Festival's Post-Movie Party With ANR, Afrobeta, and Animal Tropical at Villa 221

Photo by Ciara OsorioAnimal Tropical's Jose Castello.​After spending three hours sitting on our asses for Saturday night's Borscht Film Festival screenings at the Adrienne Arsht Center's Knight Concert Hall, we here at Crossfade needed a fucking drink. Now don't get it twisted ... We totally lov ... More >>

Washed Out's Ernest Greene Talks Chillwave, Hip-Hop, and Weird Mishmash

​Sampling tracks and random sounds from the '70s, '80s, '90s -- and even voicemail messages -- seems the norm for Washed Out's Ernest Greene. But it won't always be that way. "The new album is slightly [more rock-based]," Greene says. "There's just more live drum sounds. There's a bass guitar. So ... More >>

Washed Out Chills Out at Eve January 21

Washed Out contemplates whether he'll survive the chillwave backlash in 2K11.​We are sure 2011 will usher in the death of chillwave. But there are still a few great artists that have come out of the musical movement, including Ariel Pink, Panda Bear, and Toro y Moi. Not to be outdone, Georgia' ... More >>

John Hancock's Antenna Death

​To close out the year, Crossfade is picking out its favorite albums by 305 artists. Read the full list of Miami's Best Albums of 2010 here.John HancockAntenna Death (St. Ives/10K Islands)The end of 2010 again belonged to Awesome New Republic. On the strength of its latest full-length, Stay K ... More >>

10K Islands, Discosoma Records, and ANR Get Holidazed at Churchill's December 16

Jeffrey Martin/photosbyjeffrey.com10K Islands' Will Suter.​The man behind Miami-based record label 10K Islands, Will Suter, is a full-time business man. He's also a part-time jetsetter. "I technically live in Washington, D.C.," he explains. "But I also stay in New York and Miami." And while it se ... More >>

Harboring Surf Rockers

A guide to the inaugural Miami Music Festival

Miami Book Fair: David Hajdu

​Take a look at the biographical blurb and accompanying author photo on the back cover of David Hajdu's latest book, Heroes and Villains, and you'll discover that not only is Hadju a professor, but he looks like one. Smiling wryly behind frameless spectacles, the 54-year-old prof (and music critic ... More >>

Sources Say, "Meh"

Resurrecting the Champ gets journalism right, and that's a grind

Dark Defiance

A journalist, a kick-ass story, a suicide

Out of Step

Sweat Records takes indie culture out of the clubs and into your speakers

WMC Events

Listings, listings, listings

1984 and Counting

Media attempts to find a face for terrorism -- and to fashion a response -- evoke George Orwell

Letters to the Editor

Letters from the issue of June 1, 2000

Boxed Ears

John Adams gleefully ignores the boundaries of composition

Night & Day

October 8 - 14, 1998

First Draft

Her name is Ivonne Lamazares. You've probably never heard of her. Cuban immigrant, good student, dedicated teacher, devoted wife and mother. Oh, and something else. She just might be the world's next big thing in literary fiction.

Prophet and Loss

Fools for Love

To Live and Cry in L.A.

Meditations on the L-Word

Janet, Donna, Hillary, and Me