Miami is a geographical anomaly. It’s the only place in the world where you have to travel north to get to the South. Yet as culturally removed as the Magic City is from America’s soul-food region, any self-respecting rock ’n’ roller from Florida knows he can’t front on some Lynyrd…
Claude VonStroke, the Claudefather of Dirtybird records, the big guy behind the ghetto-booty-tech madness that defies genre limitations, is enjoying some highly-deserved time in the spotlight. He’s built his empire from the ground up for years, and 2013 has seen him reap serious benefits. But it wasn’t always that way…
Being a PLUR warrior isn’t just something you do at 2 a.m. in a dark club, it’s a 24/7 job. You’ve got to awaken people to a higher consciousness and use your powers for good at every moment possible, even if it means marching on a couple hours of sleep…
Drugs are bad, mmk? Almost everyone does them, but it’s totally not rad to depict people having a drug-fueled good time in your music video. Especially not if you’re signed to PMR Records. England’s Disclosure is a couple of cool bros who probably do drugs, but when they put drug…
How many different ways can you wear white? It’s not the most exciting color in the crayon box, but get tens of thousands of ravers together in the same brilliant monochrome, and you’ve got an experience that’s anything but bland. Sure, Sensation: Ocean of White’s got a strict all-white dress…
What 46-year-old man do the ladies want to just reach out and fondle? Who sings the dirtiest, freakiest things with a voice sweeter than sugar and smooth as molasses? What American icon can be caught in scandal, time and time again, yet still sell 38.5 million records? There’s only one…
The Breeders With Beach Day Grand Central Miami Wednesday, October 9, 2013 Break out your jelly shoes, your well-worn flannel, your youthful discontent — the ’90s are back. It’s not just some fashionable truth. The classic music of the ’90s is still relevant. And that’s cause for celebration. Some of…
Modern R&B is little more than pop music for throwing money at strippers, but one strong-willed woman still has the nerve to bring real soul. India.Arie stays true to her earthy spirit and holds it down for music fans who want to hear something real that sticks to the bones…
Remember childhood scavenger hunts with friends? Nothing matches the excitement of following a map, collecting and deciphering clues, and anticipating a mysterious and wonderful prize. But why should the fun stop when you’re all grown up? Why not take the hunt across the whole damn 305? CitySolve says you never…
City life is wild. After zigzagging through clogged streets, you spend all day crouched over some desk until your nerves are so frazzled you end up spitting hot coffee in the poor cleaning lady’s face. Unless, of course, you’re the cleaning lady. Face it — you’re an animal. You need…
Imagine 10,000 people descending upon American Airlines Arena, every single one of them dressed entirely in white and ready to dance for hours. Inside, they find themselves transported into another world filled with pyrotechnics, giant plastic marine animals, and all manner of spectacular things. Now, add some of the best…
We here at Crossfade recently sat down for a chat with famed rap-groupie-turned-author Kat Stacks and learned that the woman born as Andrea has been taking control of her life and spreading her wings. She’s branching out and storming the world with her full, unbridled self. Of course, the next…
The creative process is one of the scariest things a person can endure. Opening yourself up, either alone or with a group of friends and fellow artists, it can blow up in your face. Or, you could make history. The Breeders were kind of lucky in that regard. Their third…
As much fun as we had banging hard at III Point’s Point Bass show with DJ Shadow and XXYYXX, that shit was, like, only half as fun as the Point Blank bash, presided over by James Murphy and the incomparable Jamie XX. The Sound Stage at Mana Wynwood was flooded…
Back in December, DJ Shadow had kind of a weird experience in Miami. He took the booth at Mansion, just to be kicked off for not playing enough big-room house music. It’s been this great thing for hipsters to lament and bitch over, but with the inaugural III Points Festival,…
Miami’s growing Wynwood Arts District is one of the most exciting things to happen to 305 hipsters since Critical Mass. But would you believe it? A lot of out-of-towners still have no idea the cultural enclave exists. The fast-approaching III Points – Music, Art, and Technology Festival is looking to…
The ’90s might be back, but the ’80s will never die. Celebrate everyone’s favorite flashy decade with all your best friends at the 80s Flashback Festival. DJ Oski and his buds are turning back the hands of time this Saturday at Tobacco Road (626 S. Miami Ave., Miami), and every…
The III Points people are being secretive about the performances, but anything Young Turks puts its name on has to be good. That’s the label reppin’ the XX, SBTRKT, John Talabot, and more, so you know they know good music. And we’ve been told Gigi’s will supply the scrumptious barbecue…
III Points Music, Art, and Technology Festival October 3 to 5
In the 1920s, some intellectual turd purportedly told Earnest Hemingway that he couldn’t write a compelling story in less than a few hundred words, and Hemingway was all, “Watch this.” He drank something stiff, no doubt, and turned out a most heart-wrenching tale in six words: “For sale: Baby shoes,…
Everyone in this world is ruled by two emotions — fear and love. They can keep you in check or drive you insane. But without them, you wouldn’t even know you’re alive. Artists and musicians are no different, though it seems songwriters are more inclined to pen anthems in love’s…
As the world waits with bated breath to see what America’s favorite twerk monster will do next, we can say with near-absolute certainty that it will be something to do with weed smoking — not that there’s anything wrong with that. In the past, lil’-no-more Miley Cyrus has been shifty…
