“I have a massive chubby right now,” says Futurebirds guitarist Thomas Johnson. The group is spending Friday afternoon with the media, posing for pictures atop picnic tables and answering questions about its latest record, Baba Yaga, a day after ripping the tits off This Tent. “We love playing festivals.”…
Egyptian Lover is “bringing back the old school.” So just “be ready to dance.” As a foundational figure in Uncle Jamm’s Army during the ’80s, the Electro Pharaoh (born Greg Broussard) helped erect the pyramids of L.A. hip-hop. And three decades later, he’s still engineering “all-new electro/old-school collectors’ item[s],” like…
The word “trap” has two meanings in the music world. Birthed in the early 2000s, it was bass-y, kick drum-ridden, synth hi-hat Southern hip-hop, all about the venue (a trap) for drug deals and the lifestyle of a bagman. Now, though, trap rap is often befuddled with the mechanical, schizy…
Most of the club rats getting down to electro and booty bass these days are too young to remember the scene’s old-school pioneers like Egyptian Lover, AKA Greg Broussard. After all, most of us were still learning how to crawl (or hadn’t even been born yet) when Broussard was already…
So it’s the weekend and all you wanna do is drink, dance, and drink some more. But there’s one little detail stopping you from having the best weekend ever: you’re broke. But just because your pockets may be a little on the empty side this weekend, doesn’t mean you can’t…
Three decades ago, Afrika Bambaataa found the perfect beat when he made the “Planet Rock.” And it was that beat-breaking track that bridged the gap between hip-hop and electronic music. But there’s more to the Godfather of Hip-Hop than “Planet Rock:” Bam is credited for coining the term hip-hop because…
Who’s actually surprised the Miami Heat made the NBA Finals again? The Indiana Pacers were doomed before halftime in Game Seven of the Eastern Conference Finals, because the level of intensity put forth by LeBron, Bosh, D-Wade, and the rest of the boys was redonkulous. And now the San Antonio…
Just get up and dance. That’s the Electrofunky philosophy of Afrika Bambaataa, AKA the Godfather of Hip-Hop. And for the last four decades, Bam’s been fighting for the right to “Peace, Unity, Love and Having Fun.” He reinvented hip-hop with “Planet Rock.” He founded the Universal Zulu Nation to combat…
Bonnaroo veterans will agree that only two things can truly disrupt the euphoria at the Tennessee summer music festival — inclement weather and Kanye West (read Bonnaroo 2008). But for Bonnaroo virgins, the great outdoors — a 700-acre farm, in this case — might be rather intimidating. “I’m hearing that…
From the very beginning, Crookers hasn’t been like other dance music producers. His first hit, a remix of Kid Cudi’s “Day ‘n’ Nite,” didn’t even have a hook, just some blaring sirens and attacking synths, but it was a game-changing chart-topper. Yes, Crookers is really weird. And that’s what makes…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention blames solanum. In Miami, early reports after an alleged outbreak in 2012 suggested bath salts. And in Brad Pitt’s forthcoming film, World War Z, it’s a global pandemic. Yes, zombie attacks are on the rise and pose a greater threat to Western civilization…
The 305’s musical tastes are as diverse as the masses who live here. We’re a bunch of EDM beat freaks, salsa fanatics, Rasta lovers, hip-hop heads, hardcore punks, and indie obsessives. But we can all agree that music brings us together. This is especially true for Afrika Bambaataa’s Zulu Nation,…
Cedric Gervais is the French-born DJ and producer best known for inciting a worldwide search for that girl Molly. But here in Miami, he’s just part of the family. Gervais moved to our city when he was just 15, originally planning to continue traveling across America, but like so many…
Grizzly Bear at the Fillmore Miami Beach June 18
Cedric Gervais was born in France, but he’s been a local Miami DJ since he was 15 years old. More recently, he’s become a worldwide superstar, thanks to an infectious brand of pop-dance and a girl named Molly. He’s celebrating a birthday this week, and he’s more than stoked to…
“Read more books” or “Fall in love.” We can’t help you tick these things off your summer checklist. But if “Get freaky” or “Get really freaky” are on there, good news: Cherub’s on the way. Nashville’s reigning electro-pop party freaks, will be coming to Miami, in part because they are…
Sometimes, you gotta live life on the edge and do something crazy like pull an all nighter club-hopping and fist-pumping on SoBe… And make it to work on time the next morning. Your body may hate you for it for doing it, but inside, you’ll feel like a total rebel…
With the exception of Rachel R., an “Elite Squad” member on Yelp, epicures and live-music enthusiasts alike will appreciate that Bonnaroo’s Food Truck Oasis is back for a third straight year. Highlighting some of the South’s finest meals-on-gastronomically-custom-wheels, the Oasis lineup is nearly as impressive as the festival bill itself…
The breadth of DJ-producer Uros Umek’s achievements during the course of his two-decade career simply cannot be overstated. Not only did he help kick-start the local electronic dance music scene in his native Slovenia after the fall of the Iron Curtain but he went on to conquer the global techno…
Hey, kids. In just two more days, print copies of New Times’ 2013 Best of Miami issue will plop onto street corners, loaded with 330 winners across categories such as “Best Hot Dog,” “Best Strip Club,” and “Best Place to Go Stoned.” But today, we here at Crossfade got a…
Jesse & Joy’s Latinos Imparables Tour With La Santa Cecilia Revolution Live, Fort Lauderdale Sunday, June 9, 2013 Mexican pop band, siblings, and Latin Grammy winners Jesse & Joy, performed this Sunday at Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale as part of their first tour across the U.S., called Latinos Imparables…
Just like rock ‘n’ roll, once used by the counterculture to liberate minds and stick it to The Man before selling out to MTV, electronic dance music was also once a music of spiritual liberation and transcendence. Then it became “EDM” and commercial Top 40 radio fodder. This was back…
