When you hear “family reunion,” you might imagine a barbecue in a park attended by dozens of screaming children and an uncle who drinks too much. Some crappy boombox blasts radio tunes, piercing the boredom like a plastic spork through mac ‘n’ cheese. But what if we took away the…
Ten years into Crosstown Rebels’ run, there’s no denying the indelible mark that Damian Lazarus’ label has made on electronic dance music. In a way, a spot on the label’s roster has become a rite of passage on the underground house and techno scene, with the label having broken international…
As Miami prepares to welcome Miley Cyrus’ Bangerz Tour, New Times would like to honor the princess of twerk by providing a comprehensive guide for child pop stars looking to go rogue. So you’re a barely legal former kid wonder! Welcome to adulthood! Legal cigarettes, voting, and porn await! But…
Trippy visuals and live music go together like drugs and rock ‘n’ roll — or bpm and EDM. In the beginning (the ’60s, when else?), there were Ken Kesey’s Acid Tests, featuring San Francisco’s Grateful Dead and full-on psychedelic film projections splashed across the walls like shamanistic flower-power visions. Meanwhile,…
If you still need proof that Miami has grown an underground electronic dance music scene to rival those of international meccas like London and Berlin, look no further than the success of Underground Story. Five years ago, it was practically inconceivable for promoters to pull off an underground house and…
If there was one party during last year’s Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week 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 rooftop pool parties…
Reservations for the whole crew, please. Later this month, the Red Bull Guest House will be moving into the Gale Hotel for four whole days as part of those annual EDM shenanigans known as WMC and Miami Music Week. From March 27 to 30, the #RBGuestHouse (as it’s referred to…
“Floor is back.” Those were the words of the Miami sludge legends’ chief songwriter, vocalist, and guitar guy Steve Brooks when he spoke with Crossfade about the reunion of his cult ’90s and early 2000s crew. Formed in 1992, broken up by ’96, back together in ’97, near dormant till…
While uhntz-uhntz junkies across the Magic City are all pumped up and ready to rock their kandi masks at the 282 parties going down during Miami Music Week, Massive Ideas’ founder Anders Scherberger is hyped up for a different kind of bash: the grand opening of The Nest. Popping up…
Deadmau5 digs water sports? Who would’ve guessed … But it’s true. All week, the main Mau5, a mischief of look-alikes, and his buddies at Sea-Doo will be zipping around off the shores of South Beach to promote the new Spark personal watercraft. Now, it’s cool and everything that Deadmau5 enjoys…
Miami is the new Las Vegas. That’s something strip club magnate Dennis DeGori, a man who’s made a fortune in Sin City nightlife, recently told us. And though his new local venture, E11even Miami, doesn’t appear on Nightclub & Bar Media Group’s Top 100 2014 list (probably because it didn’t…
Ever wondered why Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week is held every March in the Magic City? Well, because it’s warm and sunny in the MIA while the rest of the country is digging out from under another late-winter snowfall. As we shake sand out of our pockets and…
EDM is big business. Over the last several years, electronic dance music’s popularity has spiked, especially in the United States. And so have the profits that could be made off its DJs, producers, nightlife brands, clubs, festivals, cruises… So naturally, Rolling Stone’s “50 Most Important People in EDM” is dominated…
Meet your new sifu. His name is Laidback Luke. And though he may be most famous as a EDM megastar, this friendly Dutch dude also happens to be a kick-ass kung fu fighter. At last year’s “Olympics of kung fu,” as Luke describes the world championships in Hong Kong, he…
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…
