Over the weekend, RL Grime brought his Void tour to the 305 for a sold-out show at the Fillmore Miami Beach. An all-ages affair, the crowd skewed so young that the college students in attendance were dignified elders by comparison. Despite their youth, the revelers dressed impeccably in proper EDM…
If we told you the place to be tonight is a three year old’s birthday party, would you believe us? There won’t be any balloon animals or clown magicians. Instead, be regaled by special performances from Migos and OG Maco. Eat your fill of pipin’ hot chicken and biscuits from…
Miami’s inaugural Rolling Loud Music Festival came loaded with primo stoner and underground rap talent, from Schoolboy Q to Juicy J, A$AP Ferg, Action Bronson, Curren$y, and Miami’s own Denzel Curry, as well as dozens of others. This is a city that’s inundated with hip-hop fans and culture, yet it’s…
She’s been blessed with a Rebel Heart. From “Like a Virgin” to Sex to asking Ultra Music Festival ravers to pinpoint the whereabouts of Molly… Madonna Louise Ciccone has always defied her detractors, her censors, her critics. And she’s never apologized. Now 56, she’s about to release a new album,…
Music makes everything sweeter. Lucky for us, we live in the Magic City. That means we’re never at a shortage of good concerts. So to add a little musical sweetness in your life, we’re hooking you up with SoFla’s five best shows. Check ’em out, from Sir Elton John’s classic…
The bucket hat. It’s been worn with such pomp by many of history’s greatest and most influential men. There was Bob Denver on Gilligan’s Island and Bill Murray in Caddyshack. But there is one actor who rapper Schoolboy Q insists wore it the best. “Homeboy from I Know What You…
The bucket hat. It’s been worn with such pomp by many of history’s greatest and most influential men. There was Bob Denver on Gilligan’s Island and Bill Murray in Caddyshack. But there is one actor who rapper Schoolboy Q insists wore it the best. “Homeboy from I Know What You…
What’s the last time you spent money to go see a band you’ve never heard of before? Never, right? Well, you’re not alone. Today, the money in the music industry’s in concerts and touring. Still, most people won’t spend their hard earned cash on a ticket unless they’re big fans…
When you think perks of being a DJ, you think about all the time you get to read books, right? Is that weird to you? It isn’t to Tiga, but then again, he’s always been a little different. The celebrated Canadian producer has been lucky enough to find success through…
Dance music’s obsession with trap beats is far from over, but just as in any relationship, you’ve got to spice things up. L.A.-based trap star RL Grime has been in the game for almost four years, and as much as he loves 808s and grimy drops, he needed something more…
Update: At 1 p.m. on February 27, 2015, it’s been confirmed Lisa’s car was found at Cooley’s Landing Marina. We’ll keep you updated as new information comes in. By Andrea Richard When Fort Lauderdale musician and piano teacher, Lisa “Noodles” Hayden-Gordon, was reported missing, her family, friends, and the South…
Curren$y’s cool just can’t be matched. Even if he tutored you himself. It’s effortless, as his raps about weed, cars, and women, with the occasional off-cadence flow. Still, many fans (who he has been able to amass since the inception of Lil Wayne’s Young Money Records, when the internet mixtape…
Ten bucks and a dream. That’s all you really need for a little fun in the Magic City. And to ensure that you have the greatest (cheap!) weekend ever, your party pros here at Crossfade are hooking you up with the best ragers Mr. Hamilton can buy. Just check out…
Hard forever. The Los Angeles dance music promoter already puts on Hard Summer, Hard Day of the Dead, Hard Haunted Mansion, Hard Red Rocks, Hard Miami, Hard NYC, Hard SF, Hard Arena Autralia, and even an annual rager at sea called Holy Ship! But it seems all that Hard-ness just…
It may be Steam Miami’s first Winter Music Conference, but the downtown club builds steadily upon old Vagabond tradition. The new leaders are veterans of the scene, and already, the week is slammed with showcases and old favorites. From Sunday, March 22, through Friday, March 27, it’s going to be…
If it weren’t for cocaine, strippers, weed, and liquor, Amos Larkins II may have never started making Miami bass records. Long since clean, sober, and completely drug and alcohol free, this is a story going back 25 years. He is now healthy, vegetarian, and practicing yoga and meditation daily. Larkins…
When LA punk-rap skate collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All first came to Miami for a very special Halloween performance in 2011, Lil Wayne was there, but Earl Sweatshirt was thousands of miles away. The most critically acclaimed of the OFWKTA crew was off at boarding school in…
Hundred Waters is magically enigmatic. Here’s a band that uses modern technology, meticulously produced synthesizers and pianos, to create a kind of music that could only be achieved at this moment in history. Yet it also sounds as though it should’ve been world famous 50 years ago. Think Nat King…
Four years ago, Ultra Music Festival made waves when it split from the usual date range of Winter Music Conference. Traditionally, the festival and the conference took place during the same week. In 2011, though, the two entities feuded and scheduled separate stretches during the month of March. Thus, the…
It can’t be easy to leave a good band just when they’re about to hit it big. And once that’s happened, there’s never a chance to get back in and enjoy what you helped start. Or is there? Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Rickey Medlocke has been living out that rare chance…
There’s still another month until Miami degrades into a giant Winter Music Conference/Miami Music Week mess, but the list of parties is already longer than the city is wide. We can tell you from experience that such a list is daunting, especially when it’s scattered around the Interwebs. How are…
“Oh, won’t you stay with me?” With his debut studio album, last year’s In the Lonely Hour, and his melancholic meditations on love desired, love consummated, and love lost, English pop crooner Sam Smith has emerged as an unlikely pop phenomenon. He’s moody. He’s brainy. And he doesn’t do choreography…
