A media titan who made billions buying up everything from Graceland to American Idol, is poised to become the Tsar of Miami Beach nightlife. New York businessman Robert F. X. Sillerman has made a significant investment in the Opium Group — owners of Mansion, Set, Mokai, Cameo, and Opium at…
Venues on Lincoln Road come and go like Sunday morning hangovers. Just take Vice Lounge, a restaurant and club at 330 Lincoln Road that’s been closed for about a year now. The good news: If you wanna gamble your life savings on the volatile nightlife market, It’s now up for…
Mansion hasn’t been on the best terms with the underground lately. But the South Beach nightclub’s newest import should bring a smile to the face of even the most discerning EDM aficionado. DJ Craze will be bringing his champion style to the decks for a new monthly residency, kicking off…
Matisyahu at Arsht Center January 18
Krisp Releases New Album on Sweat Records’ Label, Sutro
Chopstick at Delano Hotel January 22
Six Best Club Parties on South Beach January 17 to 23
Go Hard. That’s right … Destructo (AKA Los Angeles DJ, producer, and superpromoter Gary Richards) is comin’ back to the 305 for Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week with another absolutely epic edition of Hard Miami. Just like last year, Destructo and crew will be unloading two consecutive days…
Whenever we here at Crossfade manage to slink out from behind our grimey laptops, take a shower, slip on some clean jeans, escape the office, and empty our bank accounts, there’s only one reason … A hard-core, seven-day beach party. These are the six best club parties on South Beach…
The beat-freaking season has officially begun … Today, Robbie Rivera revealed the nine-act Phase One lineup for Juicy Beach, his annual Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week throwdown on the sweaty ‘n’ sexy sands of South Beach. Uhntz-uhntz-ing into Nikki Beach Miami on March 21, Robbie will be will…
According to the Internet, a ten year anniversary is to be celebrated with diamonds. Because “a marriage that lasts ten years is as durable and beautiful as a diamond.”Now, “durable” and “beautiful” may not be the first words one associates with Frank “Rat Bastard” Falestra’s annual International Noise Conference, which,…
Up until a few months ago, Miami felt empty. The shortage of Afro-Caribbean rhythms in a city built by Afro-Caribbean immigrants was downright shameful. We had become the Big Mango tree without roots. But then Tumbao happened, and Afro-Caribbean beats found a permanent home at the intersection of I-95 and…
Today, Sonny Moore turns 25. It’s been 25 years of dreaming, hard living, rule breaking, game changing, love, laughter, angry lyrics, highs and lows — and of course, lots and lots of bass dropping. Moore, famously known the world over as American dubstepper Skrillex, has always had a fanatic love…
London’s hot soprano crooner Ellie Goulding found a lot of success with her debut album, Lights, especially Stateside with her single by the same name. But that kind of multiplatinum, worldwide success doesn’t come easy. To thrive like Ellie, an artist must approach their career with tons of determination and…
Ultra Music Festival may have caught a little flak for expanding its Miami presence to two weekends, but nothing can stop UMF from total world domination. Did you know the Ultra brand takes its good time to four continents? There are Ultra fests in Brazil, Chile, Spain, and even Seoul,…
Jorge Villamizar is unloading an arsenal of his best work with an intimate gig at Bardot.
It’s been a hell of a year for the Suol label, scoring international chart-topping success on the strength of an uncompromising A&R vision and formidable string of releases. And the man behind it all is DJ-producer, tastemaker, and all-around musical badass Chopstick, AKA Chi-Thien Nguyen. Suol can only get bigger…
“The sun is shining, the breeze is softly blowing, and we’re thinking of you.” Those far-out good vibes come courtesy of your friends at the Virginia Key Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance, who’ve just announced the 2013 lineup for their second annual South Floridian celebration of Cajun, country, blues,…
On April 19, 2002, Alice in Chains lead singer Layne Staley’s body was found in a Seattle apartment by his mom, dad, and city cops. According to the autopsy, he had OD-ed on a combination of heroin and cocaine approximately two weeks earlier. Most grunge fans and rock observers assumed…
A lot’s happened in the 15 months since Kim Kardashian filed for divorce from NBA power forward Kris Humphries. Humphries went from E! to ESPN, averaging 11 rebounds per game in the 2011/2012 season that helped secure a lucrative two-year deal with the Brooklyn Nets worth $24 million. He also…
Yo, listen up. Cassidy has a public service announcement, and it’s mad serious and relevant to your lifes. When you see a hot-ass mami and she’s shakin’ her jelly, you’ve got to get in it. But you can’t be lovin’ them guts raw, dawg. Like Snoop said: “Ain’t no pussy…
Beat freaks are notoriously giving. They’re the digital age’s equivalent to the free-loving longhairs of yesteryear. Reincarnated hippies, if you will, in little more than neon short-shorts and camelback backpacks. As such, DJ-producers have become some of the YouTube generation’s biggest rock stars. But above all, they’ve become some of…
