WMC and MMW 2015: The Parties Announced So Far

There’s a great boom gathering in the distance, and it’s the impending drop of thousands of DJs descending upon our shores for the Winter Music Conference/Miami Music Week season of 2015. Doesn’t it start on Monday, March 23? Nah, it gets going the week before. How will you ever keep…

Book Club: In Parenthesis With David Jones.

The first gunshot of World War I bulleted through the air in 1914, yet a hundred years later, we continue to examine it with both fascination and horror. The Wolfsonian-FIU (1001 Washington Ave., Miami Beach) is in fact dedicated to veterans of all wars but was founded specifically to commemorate…

Ultra 2015 Confirms Phase One Lineup

UPDATE Ultra 2015 just revealed its Phase Two lineup and the fest’s set times. Remember that time when we told you about the rumor that Avicii, Afrojack, Die Antwoord, Deep Dish, Loco Dice, Röyksopp, and Kygo were going to be at Ultra Music Festival 2015? We were right. Ultra has…

Kanye West & Paul McCartney and Four Other Strange Musical Collaborations

Bon Iver, Jamie Foxx, Chief Keef, Hudson Mohawk, and now, Paul McCartney. That’s just a partial list of Kanye West collaborators. Ever since the Chi-Town don rapped “call him Kwah-li or Kwey-li, I put him on songs with Jay Z,” fans have known to expect left-field musical partnerships, and that’s…

Holy Ship! 2015’s Miami Pre-Party Set Times

Holy Ship! 2015 sails tomorrow. The January embarkation of the dance music cruise is just around the corner. (And it will uhntz-uhntz out to sea in February too.) But tonight, it’s all about that pre-party madness. The official bash pops off at Space with back-to-back headlining sets from Justin Martin,…

Six New Year’s 2015 Resolutions for Miami’s Music Scene

Wow. Much year. Many new. Miami turned a corner in 2014. The Heat may have failed to three-peat, but there’s a certain positivity in the subtropical air that can’t be denied. Even as some of our most treasured music and nightlife establishments disappear into the abyss of time, there are…

Ultra 2015: Rumored Phase One Lineup Leaks

UPDATE Ultra 2015 just revealed its Phase Two lineup and the fest’s set times. There’s a rumor going around that Porter Robinson is going to be at Ultra Music Festival 2015, along with Axwell & Ingrosso, Röyksopp, Steve Angello, Loco Dice, Avicii, Die Antwoord, and dozens of others. A flyer…

Electric Kingdom Live on WVUM Turns 20

Electronic music is the sound of the future, so it makes sense that one of WVUM’s longest-running weekly radio programs is Electric Kingdom Live. “Most specialty shows are focused on a specific genre, but Electric Kingdom is focused on a format,” says Kunal Chohan, 20. He currently hosts the 20-year…

Fire in the New Year

We have only a few short days left before we say goodbye to 2014. It was a trying year for many of us, but it wasn’t without special moments and smiles. Let’s give it the sendoff it deserves and welcome 2015 with open eyes, minds, and hearts. There’s no better…

Ten Albums You Didn’t Know Were Recorded in Miami

Miami is slowly building a name for itself as one of the great music cities in the U.S., but the 305 has been an under-the-radar favorite for decades. Pop, rap, R&B, and rock superstars come to Miami to escape the spotlight and the grind. They can get their party on…

Miami’s Eight Dumbest Music Moments of 2014

Srsly, Miami, wtf? If you lived 2014 in the 305, you definitely saw a lot of strange headlines related to music. As we put this bizarre year behind us and look toward the future, we think it’s important to reflect upon the past. And because we at Crossfade relish absurdity,…

Defense is the Best Offense

We all know the entertainment industry is controlled by the Illuminati, but the problem with a secret society is, well, it’s secrecy. What if you could get inside industry minds and arm yourself with the knowledge of how to protect your art, interests, and potential wealth opportunities before the triangle…

A Very Miami Christmas: Win Free Tickets!

Screw being merry. This holiday season, we’re getting very Miami, and what’s more Miami than a show with !Mayday!, Afrobeta, and Artime? The only thing that could make such an evening even more authentically 305 would be getting in for free. Well, we’re making a list and checking it twice,…

Big Freedia Talks Bounce, Bad Twerkers, and All Things “Asstastic”

Yeah, yeah, yeah, Miley Cyrus gets a lot of credit for bringing twerk to the masses. But Diplo told ladies to “Express Yourself” before pop’s most ratchet princess ever cranked up that booty. And hell, the Ying Yang Twins sang “Whistle While You Twerk” in 2000. Still, no one’s got…

Giraffage: “I Don’t Want a Label Telling Me What Kind of Songs to Make”

When we saw Giraffage open for Porter Robinson’s Worlds tour, he completely blew us away. Sure, we were familiar with the San Fran producer’s quirky-yet-sexy style, but it’s a whole lot different for someone to rock a 3,000-capacity venue when, up until then, he’s mostly played small, dark clubs. Giraffage’s…