The ’80s and ’90s were a fun time for punk rock in South Florida. And though there wasn’t a major publishing house putting out every single local album recorded, we were fortunate enough to have a few individuals who took it upon themselves to scrounge up some dough, enter into…
Most of the seminal acts from the ’90s rave era are now but relics of the past. Few remain active on the scene today, and even fewer have continued to cultivate their sound to parallel electronic music’s evolution in the new millennium. Nightmares on Wax, the pioneering project from UK…
So what if it’s only Wednesday? When you live in the Magic City, every night is a party … Especially Hump Day. Just check out the six best club bashes going down this week from porn star-turned-DJ Jessie Andrews at Bardot to “Bad Boy-gone-clean” Ma$e at LIV to the “Queen…
Pop stars. They’re so rich it makes our brain hurt. The rest of us toil day in and day out for a yearly salary that these pretty-faced bastards would spend on shoes. Still, we all want to watch these guys live the lives that we never will, which in turn…
Who said cassettes were dead? Definitely not Patrick Garcia and Michelle Grand, founders and owners of Miami-based record label Cheap Miami. “We started Cheap Miami around two years ago in the summer,” says Garcia. “I envisioned it as a small project. I was looking to work with bands that I…
To quote Juan Blanco: “Yo trabajo duro.” Yep, those are some lyrics from former White Stripes frontman and Third Man Records jefe Jack White’s new single, Lazaretto, the title track off his latest solo slab. But why is Señor Blanco dabbling in Spanish? Well, he’s coming to Miami for a…
The massive outpouring of grief from the international dance music community when Scott Hardkiss passed away in March 2013 was a testament to the beloved legacy of Hardkiss. The legendary San Francisco DJ-production threesome, including “brothers” Gavin and Robbie Hardkiss, was instrumental in kick-starting the U.S. rave scene in the…
Jenny Lewis certainly knows a little something about the art of performance. A former child actress born to show business parents, she’s been in the spotlight since she was a toddler, first as a child actor and later at the helm of indie-pop sensations Rilo Kiley with then-boyfriend Blake Sennett…
Things sure aren’t perfect here in the land of the free, but we’re still happy to bravely drink our weight in alcohol and wear almost nothing on the Fourth of July … Because isn’t that the whole point? Our founding fathers celebrated life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And…
Aloe Blacc hardly needs an introduction after 2013’s “Wake Me Up” — produced with Avicii and first introduced live at Miami’s Ultra Music Festival — peaked at number one in over 20 countries. Though that hasn’t been Blacc’s only commercial hit, he’s hardly a manufactured pop act. In a way,…
Katy Perry’s The Prismatic World Tour Capital Cities and Ferras American Airlines Arena, Miami Friday, July 3, 2014 Fun Fact: A Katy Perry concert is a strange thing. When we told people we were going to see the diva that is KP, we got a few different reactions — pure…
Partied like our founding fathers did back in 1776 this weekend? There’s a cure for that. Find it at the five best concerts going down this week from Fabolous making it rain at KOD to Tim McGraw “Lookin’ For That Girl” at the Cruzan Amphitheatre to Ray LaMontagne playing “Supernova”…
Don’t try to pigeonhole Ray LaMontagne. While critics have been quick to compare him to any number of rarified and rootsy icons — the Band, Van Morrison, Tim Buckley, and Steven Stills among them — his only muse is the inspiration that strikes from within. “I always let the songs…
Daedelus With Y Diz and Galactic Effect, Telescope Thieves, Lautlos, Tyord, and members of Telekinetic Walrus and the Pride of Ions The Nest, Miami Thursday, July 3, 2014 Good morning, 305ers. It’s now officially the Fourth of July, our annual exaltation of everything American. But late last night, while visions…
Hark! What’s up with that ear-shredding distortion and the scream of a thousand bald eagles? It’s America’s birthday. And though sexy, expensive pool parties are a thing that could be done in Miami on this glorious Fourth of July … Well, we here at Crossfade would also suggest Audio Junkie’s…
Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! In honor of 238 years of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” we’re gonna exercise our right to party and celebrate the Fourth of July with the ten best things to do under $10 this weekend, from Audio Junkie’s three-day Independence Day Bash at Gramps to…
Don’t sweat it. Just let loose, grab that microphone, and do your thing. Open-mic nights are the missing link between the karaoke bar and throwing your own concert. They’re a place to pour your heart out to complete strangers. A place where first timers and old timers share the…
Miami’s Champion Sound and Soul Amazing are here to remind us that the 305 moves to more than SoBe’s commercial EDM beats. Our city’s scenesters bump it to alternative hip-hop, leftfield disco, and future bass too. And what better place for a local sonic smorgasbord than Wynwood underground dance music…
You’ve got to strive to survive on Kendall Drive just to stay alive. More people live in the massive area known as Kendall than anywhere else in Miami-Dade County. And since the founding of Crazy Hood Productions over 20 years ago, it has been a home for real hip-hop. Now…
Does listening only to dance music make for a shitty DJ? Should kids really be wasting their youth on songs without lyrics? Is Guy Gerber a genius, or just a really big Spinal Tap fan? We spoke to the forward-thinking Israelite about working on his new album, 11:11, and the…
Who would have known Katy Perry and Juicy J would make such a great pair? By now we’re all too familiar with their guilty-pleasure hit of the year. We think just maybe their match-made-in-heaven shtick could extend well beyond the trap hook of “Dark Horse.” Juicy J is the only…
It was five years ago that a then-relatively obscure DJ threesome by the name of Droog put its hometown of Los Angeles on the underground dance music map by launching what would become one of the global scene’s most hotly tipped house and techno labels. “The basic idea behind [Culprit]…
