Let us pray that the Pope of Mope does not fall ill again. Because, dear devoted, intelligent fans, the beloved Steven Patrick Morrissey has just announced a 2014 U.S. tour. And blessed be us … He’s actually coming to Miami. Last year, Morrissey was forced to cancel a bunch of…
Holy Ship!!!! During our time aboard the 2014 EDM cruise, we here at Crossfade spoke with Destructo, AKA Gary Richards, the captain of all things Hard, who indicated that his annual high-seas voyage just might attempt to expand with two cruises for 2015. “I want more people to be able…
It was an incredible shock to family, friends, fans, and fellow DJs when Mark Leventhal, a well-known Miami club figure and father of three, was suddenly seized last month by a terrible brain infection. Immediately hospitalized in the intensive care unit at Jackson North Medical Center, Leventhal was initially unconscious…
Deep Dish is back. Last month, Dubfire and Sharam, legendary house music production partners who’ve been focused on solo stuff since 2006, began a mysterious “countdown to Miami” via DeepDish.com. There were no other details. But it seemed obvious that a reunion was coming. And at the time, we here…
A hotel reservation on South Beach always costs crazy money. But during Winter Music Conference, Miami Music Week, and Ultra Music Festival (when citywide occupancy hits 90 percent), room rates skyrocket even higher. Especially if you’re looking to bed down with Swedish superstar Avicii on SoBe. In 2013, a Miami…
Get Hard, beat freaks. ‘Cause Destructo (AKA Los Angeles DJ, producer, and superpromoter Gary Richards) has just announced this year’s Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week party plan. For the third straight WMC/MMW season, Hard Miami will throw down two full nights of fist-pumping and hump-dancing at downtown Miami’s…
Love is a mysterious thing. So this V-Day, if you finally meet some sexy stranger who makes your palms sweat, knees shake, and the tip of your tongue tingle, please don’t waste time asking a million questions, like, “Is this forever?,” “What if we don’t like the same music?,” or…
The clock tower’s chiming. The smiley faces are turning into rage faces. The dancepocalypse is truly upon us. In just seven days, trap lords RL Grime and Salva will unleash fire, brimstone, and bass on Miami’s most cataclysmically inclined club freaks. Now … It’s true that this low-end doomsday at…
It’s been two weeks since Mark Leventhal — a four-decade veteran of the club scene, well-known South Beach DJ, and father of three — fell “gravely ill,” in the words of his sister Amy, with “an infection that is affecting his body and his brain.” Following the onset of this…
As Toro y Moi, AKA one-man electro-pop wonder Chad Bundick, points out: “You’re working double just to have a life.” Those lyrics from “Come Alive,” his new collabo track with Chromeo, are proof that the self-described indie soulster truly understands existence as a cultured individual in a Great Recession world…
“I’m ready to fight this thing.” That’s how Bingo Players’ Paul Baümer took on his unexpected and devastating cancer diagnosis last summer. But sadly, though he showed great courage and admirable resilience, the Dutch DJ-producer passed away on December 17, 2013. Now, in Baümer’s memory, the fight continues. And next…
It’s never boring when Boys Noize is ’round. The German party boy, EDM producer, and label head is always full of surprises, whether throwing down aboard the Holy Ship!! EDM cruise, dropping a new collab with Snoop Dogg at Ultra Music Festival, or raging his way through Winter Music Conference…
There are certain DJs who’ve long denounced trance, even though the genre helped turn them into international superstars. But not Markus Schulz. The German-born, Miami-based dance music veteran (and America’s Best DJ titleholder) says, “It shouldn’t be a dirty word.” Perhaps Schulz is comfortable with the label because he’s always…
“Special music must be made by special people.” That’s how label head Damian Lazarus explained the nature of a Crosstown Rebel for Crossfade a couple of years ago. And proving the true character of his crew hasn’t changed, Lazarus just announced the 2014 lineup for his annual Winter Music Conference…
Remember that bizarro nightmare where the sky was burning, the air smelled like scorched flesh, and a deranged pair of necromancers turned you into a puppet that did a weird seizure dance? Well, that was actually a Skinny Puppy show. And next week, the pioneering industrial band’s cEvin Key and…
The beat is back. For the 12th straight year, the Heineken TransAtlantic Festival will be unleashing a multilingual flourish of edgy international tuneage on our city’s most adventurous music fans. In its last few editions alone, this Miami New Times’ Best Festival winner (sponsored by everyone’s fave Dutch brew and…
It’s officially Ultra season, beat freaks. Just yesterday, the EDM fest announced its Phase Two lineup, adding Chance the Rapper, Miami’s own DJ Craze, as well as the Diplo and Skrillex collab Just U, and 50 other acts to the party plan. But already the Ultra Music Festival peeps have…
What’s that barely audible uhntz-uhntz, bro? Just Ultra Music Festival oh-so-quietly releasing 2014’s Phase Two lineup, exclusively via its official iPhone and Android apps. Of course, though, we here at Crossfade are never too far from our cellular devices. So we snagged UMF’s adds for you. Just check the cut…
It’s the kid, King James! We here at Crossfade have occasionally shouted out LeBron’s skills as a part-time rapper. ‘Cause whether poppin’ a million mollies like Trinidad or freestylin’ over “Niggas in Paris,” homie’s flow has always been solidly adequate. And now, with a cover of “Back That Azz Up”…
Now in its sophomore year, Miami Beach’s Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame has announced its 2014 nominees. In all, this latest class counts 24 singers-songwriters and composers who represent, in LSHOF members’ estimation, “the greatest Latin talents from all over the world in every genre. ” Among the shortlisted: Miami’s…
Stumble down to The Vagabond. It’s almost time to dance. Among the few, true mainland fixtures of Miami’s Winter Music Conference week, this NE 14th Street nightspot perennially provides a WMC lineup loaded with classic house legends like Frankie “The Godfather of House Music” Knuckles, David Morales, Hector Romero, Little…
Squeal, noise junkies! The transcendent din of INC 2014 is almost upon us. Soon, there will be sabotaged guitars buzzing in the toilet, a sextet of howling amps getting kicked around the mosh pit, and maybe even obsolete electronics in flames. But as any International Noise Conference vet will gleefully…
