Stuff is ’bout to get wild, weird, and out of control, party people. In just seven days, Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week officially kick off the spring uhntz-uhntz-ing season in Miami. There will be pool parties, beach bashes, EDM cruises, megaclub blowouts, afterhours throwdowns, and ragers that literally…
Whoa, bro. The world’s biggest DJ is finally about to drop a new studio slab? That’s right. And though he has continued to let loose a steady supply of Club Life mixtapes (not to mention a full-length as Allure), it’s been almost five years since Tijs Michiel Verwest, best known…
Pablo Alborán Fillmore Miami Beach Saturday, March 15, 2014 Over the weekend, fans filled the Fillmore Miami Beach for a sold-out night full of rhythm and romanticism as 24-year-old Spanish singer Pablo Alborán performed for the first time in the United States. Earlier this month, when we here at Crossfade…
It may be St. Paddy’s Day, but no four-leaf clover or pot of gold that you happen to find today will make Monday disappear. Good thing the luck of the Irish is favoring the Magic City and bringing in some pretty good shows, starting tonight — from up-and-coming rap genius…
Feeling pumped up this grand morning? Well, you should be ’cause it’s Friday! Come 5 p.m., you’re gonna throw all of your papers in the air, leap out of the office, and make a run to the closest bar for a much-deserved drink. But before you start making weekend plans…
Photo by Kevin McGee Avant-gardists, Zen gardeners, collectors of incidental and deliberate sounds, intake valve agitators, inventors of agoraphobic explosives … Many are the hats and coats that Kreamy ‘Lectric Santa has worn since its first kicks of musical discontent managed to connect with South Florida’s underground ass. The journey…
If there was one party during last year’s Winter Music Conference and Miami Music that everyone kept shouting out on social media, it had to be the Red Bull Guest House. In its inaugural edition, the event proved to be no joke, offering four days of endless rooftop pool parties…
Buckminster Fuller was a man full of fascinating ideas. The second president of Mensa is remembered for being an inventor, author, and most famously an architect who popularized the use of geodesic domes. In fact, Fuller thought the geodesic dome could solve the world’s housing problem because of its incredible…
VoicePlaces.com Last night, chaos broke loose on the interwebs as the owner of Main Events Talent Agency, Judy Blem, posted an angry text photo on the company’s Facebook demanding that World of Beer pay their bills. World of Beer, a popular bar that specifically notes live music as a key…
Rock ‘n’ roll is tough on those confronting the universal bummer that is aging. Physical requirements aside, there is a certain attitude needed to be a rock star, and lots of rock-‘n’-rollers seem to lose that edge as they grow older. And that’s fine — after all, there can be…
Last week, we here at Crossfade got five predictions for the biggest hits of Winter Music Conference, Miami Music Week, and Ultra Music Festival 2014 from none other than Pete Tong, BBC Radio 1 host and the world’s chief electronic dance music tastemaker. And with EDM’s biggest week coming up…
It’s been days since you’ve slept. The next party starts in less than an hour. And you’re desperate for a clean t-shirt, fresh flip flops, and some unused condoms. Obviously, though, South Beach clubs require their party people to display at least a modicum of style. So it’d be highly…
Who’s ready for some Ultraviolence? Well, before pop star Lana Del Rey finally releases the follow-up to her 2012 breakthrough album, Born To Die, she’s sending her “Young & Beautiful” self on a 22-city U.S. tour. This spring, Ms. Del Rey will flit from Las Vegas to Phoenix, San Fran,…
You don’t have to be an EDM junkie to know that Ultra Music Festival brings some of the best DJs on the planet to the Magic City every year. (Eric Prydz, Carl Cox, David Guetta sound familiar?) But one thing that’s got us beyond ecstatic about the 2014 fest is…
Need a dose of that old-school vibe for your rap track? Well, R&B singer Anthony Hamilton provides a fine, cost-effective alternative to pricey soul samples. “A lot of people want that old sound, that old grit.” he says, speaking by phone from his North Carolina home. “So they say, ‘Let’s…
Losing hope that Isaac Brock and Modest Mouse might ever deliver another collection of yawping indie-rock tunes? Well, “Be Brave.” Because, as Brock and band have repeatedly insisted: “We look forward to sharing our new music with the world.” Yeah, they haven’t released any new material since 2007’s We Were…
The Bawse doesn’t just drop bills. He drops bundles. A few years ago, Carol City rapper and Maybach Music Group mogul Rick Ross celebrated his 35th b-day by going on an infamous makin’-it-rain spree at Miami’s King of Diamonds, blowing $1 million on the nudie bar’s big-booty strippers. These days,…
Sure, the mamis of Calle Ocho may be the highlight of America’s largest pachanga, but the bros are just as enticing. And unlike the ladies who come out to the street bash just to shake their asses to some reggaeton, show off their pierced belly buttons, and eat arepas, most…
New York had its Cafe Wha? and Bottom Line. Los Angeles had the Troubadour. And while South Florida could never match either of those cities in terms of star power and mystique, it did have a venue that helped foster South Florida’s burgeoning folk scene in the 1960s and ’70s…
Calle Ocho. The only time of the year when all of Miami’s papi chulos y chongas interesting characters (two million, to be exact) gather en masse along a 19-block stretch in the heart of Little Havana. Sure, every year’s fest brings about its own surprises, but there are some things…
As Ray LaMontagne (sorta) sings on his latest single, Supernova: “I want you to be my gu-e-e-est.” After four years, the notoriously soft-spoken, extraordinarily private singer-songwriter and former shoemaker has emerged from his famous farmhouse with a new haircut and his next album. To celebrate this upcoming slab, titled Supernova…
Lord Jamar is a Five-Percent Nation hip-hop originator who is not afraid to crack on Kanye for his skirt, rip on Macklemore for his skin, or tell off anybody who he feels is forsaking the sacred science of hip-hop. He’s also got a problem with Rakontur’s Tanning of America, and…
