If you’re a fan of classic alt rock, then rejoice, because Black Francis and the Pixies are making music again. The band, who until last June hadn’t released a new song in nine years, is now touring and will be self-releasing a series of four-song EPs throughout the year. The…
Screw Friday, the real party starts tonight in the Magic City. So slip on your stilettos, grab your girls, and head out to South Beach for some hardcore rap from Yo Gotti, “forward thinking house & techno” from Fur Coat, and a neon paint throw down at Mansion. Here are…
Living the PLUR life, wearing kandi, and listening to that tiki-tiki music may be all the rage right now. But there’s one pachanga that cranks up más volumen que Ultra Music Festival, Winter Music Conference, and Miami Music Week combined. And it’s called Calle Ocho. Every year, two million cubanos,…
Did you know that Laidback Luke isn’t just an EDM hotshot? He’s also a kung-fu champ with a serious collection of shiny awards for excellence with his fists and feet. “It’s true,” he recently told Crossfade, “that I actually won five medals, four gold and one silver, at the championships…
As the esteemed host of BBC Radio 1’s Essential Mix and Essential Selection programs, Pete Tong has kept a finger pressed on the pulse of global dance music for the better part of two decades. Though broadcasting from the old continent, where electronic dance music dominates the mainstream airwaves, Tong’s…
In just three years, Spain’s Pablo Alborán has become a pop phenomenon. It all started with a video recorded at his house and posted to YouTube in 2010. The clip reached one million views and he became a near-instant celebrity. Since then, the 24-year-old singer and songwriter has released three…
Yo, punx. The homie Moguai has been shredding all across the continent for the last three months. And so far, he’s hit up party cities in spots like Cali, Colorado, Texas, New York, Arizona, even Canada. Finally, though, bro’s bringing his Punx Up the Volume tour to the FLA this…
Hey, you party people. Yeah, you. It’s almost time for Ultra Music Festival again. And guess who’s back to blow our minds? Why, it’s our favorite Aussies, Empire of the Sun’s Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore. They dazzled the Ultra crowd in 2011, playing tracks off their debut album, Walking…
EDM is big business. Just ask all the corporations cashing in on the Winter Music Conference, Miami Music Week, and Ultra Music Festival action later this month. But at its best, electronic dance music also has the power to bring communities together and give back — even in South Florida…
Trippy visuals and live music go together like drugs and rock ‘n’ roll — or BPMs 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,…
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 take away the…
Carnaval on the Mile With Asaf Avidan, Black Violin, Brass-a-holics, Grupo Fantasma, and others Miracle Mile, Coral Gables Sunday, March 2, 2014 “It’s just me playing music. I’m not going to ask anyone to holler. I’m not going to ask anyone to make noise. I’m just going to play some…
“Yo, VIP,” and also general admission peeps, “Let’s kick it!” That’s right … New Times’ Brew at the Zoo is back with a brand-new announcement. For the 2014 edition of our annual sudsy romp at Zoo Miami, we’ve enlisted Vanilla Ice to “rock a mic like a vandal, light up…
If you still need proof that Miami has grown an underground electronic dance music scene to rival 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 techno night…
Swamp Stomp Music Festival With Bright Light Social Hour, Roosevelt Collier’s Phunk Phactory, and others Tobacco Road, Miami Saturday, March 1, 2014 Better Than: The sound of alligators and mosquitos lurking in the dark. As you look toward the sky from the Tobacco Road parking lot and see the multitude…
Nothing ruins your Friday like realizing it’s only Monday… Now after you’ve come to terms with your rude awakening, take a seat on your black office chair, and check out Crossfade’s pick for the five best concerts this week. When you’ve got JT’s “Suit & Tie” and other shows to…
Ragers, raves, getdowns, throwdowns, pool parties, boat parties, beach parties, club parties, street parties … Yep, it’s already time to get set for another bout of Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week madness. Now, at the moment, with the ten-day blitz still over a month away, the WMC and…
Need some chill time? Maybe two days worth? Lucky for you, it’s almost time for Coral Gables’ annual Carnaval on the Mile, the most chillaxed music fest in the MIA. “We try to keep it upbeat,” co-festival director Carlos Garcia recently told Crossfade. “You won’t see a lot punk or…
Young John Waste was a 14-year-old kid when he became a New York City punk rocker. He got into the life after going to a Plasmatics concert and seeing a chick named Wendy O. Williams “blow up a car, shake her pussy, and wear whipped cream on her nipples on…
Stoked because it’s Friday, but bummed because you have nothing but pennies and lint in your pocket? Don’t worry, you won’t have to spend your weekend watching El Chacal blow his trumpet on Sábado Gigante with your Abuela. We’ve got you covered with the ten best music-related things to do…
Cuban poet and political figure José Martí once wrote, “Perhaps the enemies of liberty are such only because they judge it by its loud voice.” That was about 60 years before communism would begin its reign over the island, depriving the Cuban people of so many basic rights, including that…
Memo to the Bawse … Lay off rhymes about Gangster Disciples, rape, Trayvon Martin, and most every serious sociopolitical subject. Yes, big homie, you’ve got that deep, syrupy voice. And a smooth, supremely confident flow. And a way with vaguely meaningful gansta-life metaphors. But you definitely lack the nuance and…
