Opulence is the exact word to describe the Fontainebleau Miami Beach. The 60-year-old institution is one of the most historically and architecturally significant hotels in Miami. Home to the ever-lavish megaclub LIV, this decadent playground capped off its 2014 with a performance from R&B visionary The Weeknd and a closing…
J. Cole brought in the new year at the Delano Hotel on South Beach, but didn’t really offer anything new, despite coming out with a brand-new album just three weeks ago. The North Carolina-bred rapper took the mic at exactly midnight, wishing a happy 2015 to the mostly young and…
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…
Miami’s DJ EFN, Garcia, and the Crazy Hood Film Academy are blazing a trail of hip-hop statesmanship across the world. Their first film, Coming Home: Cuba, won awards at several film festivals and locked in a TV deal with Diddy’s broadcast network, Revolt. Now the guys are prepping a new…
Poppin’ bottles of bubbly at fancy parties that you can’t even afford, while fist-pumping alongside shwasted celebrities (or drunk divas who think they’re famous), that’s just another New Year’s Eve in Miami. But if you wanna celebrate NYE like a diehard 305er, staying home and counting down alone isn’t even…
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…
Two crisp $100 bills. That’s the cost of celebrating 2015 with six DJ sets, “dancin’ till dawn, complimentary champagne and cocktails, booty bass bowling, and roller disco.” But you’ve got friends like Discobox, Crew Love, Basement Miami, and Crossfade. So tomorrow night, when Soul Clap, Pillow Talk, No Regular Play,…
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…
Twelve’Len is an indie-pop trio from Miami. They are Zach Fogarty, John Falco, and Lavares Joseph. And together, these three spin smooth, organic sounds coupled with bright melodies and crisp vocals that make for a mesmerizing listening experience. The Twelve’Len guys just released a song called “Apple Tree,” from their…
Usher is one lonely guy. “I’m looking for a #GoodKisser this New Year’s Eve,” the lover boy announces on his Facebook page. Sure, he may be looking for that special lady (or ladies) to lock lips with on the 31st, but how exactly can one find “Love in This Club?”…
Brownsville rapper D-Mac has a message for all racist cops and his peers in music — and he put it in a music video called “The Code.” Using Black Panther imagery, sampling a Fred Hampton speech, and staging his scenes in the shadows of skyscrapers and on the front porch…
With hotly tipped sonic envelope pushers like David August, Adriatique and Stimming on its roster, it’s no surprise Hamburg’s Diynamic Music would emerge as one of this decade’s most esteemed labels among discerning international house and techno lovers. At the label’s helm since first launching in 2006 is DJ-producer Mladen…
Rise and shine, party people… The last week of 2014 is upon us. And in celebration of the past 12 months, we here at Crossfade are hooking you up with a little music to help end the year with a bang. So hit up the Magic City streets and get…
It was a Wednesday night. And we attended a pop-up show in Wynwood, starring Miami’s own Austin Paul. The next day, we hung out with Austin on Miami Beach and he showed us an unreleased video for his most recent release “The Garden.” Oh, and we saw a dolphin swim…
Near and far, Phish heads across the country and around the world will be flocking to Miami for the 2015 edition of the band’s annual New Year’s Run. Followers of the foursome have found themselves spending the past few years’ NYE at Madison Square Garden. And yes, traveling to South…
For many locals and tourists, overpriced bottles and $80 cover charges at South Beach clubs are losing their appeal. Low-key venues like Trade and Treehouse, once industry hangouts, are becoming the new nightspots. According to Hugo Bianco and Danny Tory, two of the minds behind the city’s most popular underground…
Grab your neon shades, sailor hats, and matching bikinis… Holy Ship!!!! 2015 just released its January set times and full cruise schedule. That’s right, in just over one week’s time, EDM beat freaks from across the globe will gather aboard the MSC Divina for the fourth consecutive, three-day rager setting…
By Jason Roche Just when we think there is nowhere left to explore in the world of metal, a flood of excellent releases both reinforce what we already love about the genre, and push the boundaries of what we know it to be. Below, we celebrate the top 10 heavy…
Christmas may be over, but that doesn’t mean the presents have to come to an end. And while you’ve likely blown all your cash on that Santa R2D2 yard ornament for your Star Wars obsessed brother or that cow figurine collection for your best friend, now is the time to…
Kerrang. Uhntz-uhntz. Ba-boom. Pop-a-da-da. Tiki-tiki. We live in a city where the rock, punk, house, techno, EDM, reggae, rap, bass, and Top 40 never stop. There are secret club shows. Pyrotechnic pop tours. Quiet nights at the theater. Sweaty trips to the pit. And massive music festivals that absolutely overrun…
Neutral Milk Hotel’s got a gift for you. A decade and a half after splitting in 1999, the legendary lo-fi indie folk outfit reunited to tour the world in 2013. And that jaunt hasn’t stopped for two years. Now, though, as NHM reveals, “dear friends we love you but it’s…
The forecast… A torrential downpour of neon goo. In just a few hours, Life in Color, the “World’s Largest Paint Party,” will unleash Kaskade, Diplo, Borgore, Juicy J, Nervo, Carnage, Chainsmokers, a dozen other DJs, its goo guns, 200-person paint cannons, and entirely new pieces of party artillery on thousands…
