“Mr. Worldwide! Pharrell! Daft Punk! Let’s ‘Get Lucky’!” The other day, a Pitbull remix of the lead single off Daft Punk’s new studio album, Random Access Memories, popped up on the Interwebs, thanks to YouTube user kevvy9gorillazfan and a guy named DJ Pup Dawg. But unsure of the clip’s authenticity,…
Miami, beware. A killer is on the loose. He’s been known to murder decks, waste lames, and strangle wannabes. When he executes a mix, he’ll destroy your idols and obliterate the competition. Behind the decks, he’s a dancing maniac with a wild head of hair. Yes, the crazed Gaslamp Killer…
Yngwie Malmsteen is a six-foot, three-inch guitar monster from Sweden. He left the dark and bitter cold of Stockholm at age 19 and moved to L.A. for a record deal, got famous, and drunkenly crashed a Jaguar E-Type V12 convertible into a tree, breaking the steering wheel with his head…
It may not be the weekend. But who says you have to wait until Friday to party like a rock star? We’re in Miami. And that means we could party like rock stars every single day of the week if we wanted. Here are Crossfade’s six best parties on South…
Well, the world has spoken. And Miami’s great for music. Rather, the English young men’s lifestyle brand Complex Magazine has spoken, and it thinks Blackbird Ordinary and the Electric Pickle are two of the best concert venues in the whole United States of America. Not only do our mighty musical…
These days, the rap game is kind of soft. It’s all over-glorified Hokey Pokey dance steps, 808 tics, and bull-shit braggin’. Most of the time, these MCs are just mimicking the gestures of gangsters gone by. Still, there was a time when rap was real, and Ice Cube is one…
PALO! may only have one album to their name (and a second one underway), but their ritmo y sazón has made a large impact in Miami’s local music scene for the past decade. The guys and lady of the Afro-Cuban funk band was the brainchild of Steve Roitstein, who after…
Can you even believe it? Bloc Party’s breakout debut, Silent Alarm, was released almost a decade ago. The band’s survived the EDM explosion and still have a dedicated army of fans eagerly awaiting its next release — which is coming pretty soon, it seems. But what might be even more…
Sure, we all look forward to the weekend… But when artists such as Duke Dumont, Baauer, and others of the caliber are the ones putting on a show almost every other day of the week, chances are the unthinkable may happen: you’ll likely catch yourself looking forward to, say, Tuesday…
There’s something wonderful happening to pop music over in the U.K. Underground dance music styles like deep house, garage and bass are breaking through the roof and taking over the charts, in much the same way they did during the ’90s. DJ-producer Duke Dumont is the prime example of this…
Some songs just never die. You could run them into the ground at 100 mph, but they’ll be right there around the corner, waiting to be dropped in the very next set you hear. Some of them have been around for decades. And some of them are new, but feel…
It’s not often you get the chance to go back in time. Well, technically speaking, the laws of physics might make this impossible. But that’s just one more reason why the Digitalism show at Bardot was so special. When Jens “Jence” Moelle and İsmail “Isi” Tüfekçi took the stage (because…
Since 1955, Haiti has offered the world a uniquely danceable and infectiously sexy music known as compas, konpa, and kompa. The Kreyol language has only been standardized in written form since 1979, so there are several ways to spell everything. But what has hindered Kreyol’s literal documentation has strengthened its…
Innasense was founded in 1990 by A Man Named Scratch, last seen in Belize after saying, “Screw the tour! Let’s stay here forever.” (He did, however, help the band win its coveted 1991 Best Reggae Band award from Miami New Times.) Today, the group still soldiers on with core members…
Walking up the stark stairwell toward the Garret’s dance floor, we asked the legendary DJ Craze just where in the hell he got the idea to make a pig his label’s mascot. He said it all comes back to something Klever once said. “I don’t play that fast food music,”…
Before David Guetta had everyone singing “Sexy Bitch” and Swedish House Mafia soothed with “Don’t You Worry Child,” there was Digitalism. Circa 2006 and ’07, this German duo of Jens “Jence” Moelle and İsmail “Isi” Tüfekçi rode a wave of progressive dance music that took over indie dance nights across…
Alejandro Sanz La música no se toca Tour With Carlos Varela American Airlines Arena, Miami Thursday, May 9, 2013 Last night, thousands of Latin music fans had an amazing night at the American Airlines Arena, leaving rapt and satisfied, thanks to Alejandro Sanz and his conquering desire. See also: -Alejandro…
Why hello there, Friday! We’ve been waiting for you all week. And now that you’re finally here, we’re throwing a two-day bash especially for you, one that consists of music, concerts, and booze. The best part? It won’t cost us more than 10 bucks. In your honor, Friday, here are…
Derrick Boyd may have blipped across your radar a couple years back with his dark deep techno releases as Dead Seal. But Tone of Arc, Boyd’s collaborative project with girlfriend and vocalist Zoe Presnick has definitely showcased the San Francisco producer’s talents to the world this past year. It’s pretty…
When you think about mom, what do you see? Do you see her lovingly tending to you, sick in bed? Is she secretly buying the toy that she said you couldn’t have at the mall? Maybe she’s screaming to hurry and get up already or you’ll be late for school?…
Some people go to the club expecting cheap, vapid entertainment. You know, Top 40 sing-alongs they can remember the lyrics to even after that sixth vodka and Red Bull. But others go to the club expecting a musical education. And underground house and techno lovers looking to get schooled couldn’t…
The infectious sound of los timbales and bongos fuse with the keyboard as sax and vocals crescendo. In a matter of seconds, a seductive melody reverberates through the room causing the party people to involuntarily and uncontrollably shake their asses. They have caught Palo! fever. For the past decade, this…
