Flying Lotus and Zola Jesus Cancel on Windish Agency’s Basel Party

Bad news, Baselites. If you were stoked about seeing tripped-out experimental pop-hop producer Flying Lotus during Art Basel Miami Beach … It ain’t gonna happen. After the hugely anticipated UR1 Fest got postponed, we here at Crossfade — just like you, FlyLo, Zola Jesus, and Dan Deacon — made plans…

Fleetwood Mac “Never Break the Chain,” Announce 2013 Reunion Tour

Cancel whatever plans you’ve already made for Saturday, June 8, 2013, because Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, and Stevie Nicks are getting the band back together. Fleetwood Mac announced a 34-city North American reunion tour yesterday, curbing any and all Rumors that “The Chain” had been broken. “This band…

DJ Tennis Talks Dark Pop and Basel Life and Death Label Showcase

Life and death. Mortality. Pretty heavy subject matter for dance music, right? But then, it’s not really conventional dance music that’s being put out by the Life and Death label. This is heady, brooding, emotional stuff. It might be carried by that uhntz-uhntz beat, but it will bend your mind…

Jahfe for the People: Words of Wisdom From Sasha Sanon

Jahfe is the greatest reggae band in South Florida. When the group’s in show mode, it gigs about 17 nights a month at venues throughout the tri-county area. The crew also tours internationally, playing some of the biggest festivals around the world. And Jahfe takes the sound of Miami everywhere…

Chris Brown Reactivates Twitter Account, Smokes Weed with Rihanna

Breezy’s back! After about a week without degradation and demoralization at the rate of 140 characters or less per insult, Chris Brown has reactivated his Twitter account. And he’s on the hunt for a new woman to textually batter. Brown originally fled Twitter on November 25 after promising to “shit”…

Lee Fields and The Expressions with Ketchy Shuby at The Stage, December 1

Lee Fields and The Expressions With Ketchy Shuby Presented by Sweat Records and M.O.  The Stage Miami Saturday, December 1, 2012 Better Than:Ray starring Jamie Foxx; Watching re-runs of Soul Train on YouTube; and Barack Obama singing Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” at the Apollo Theater. This past Saturday night,…

Story’s Epic NYE 2013 Week: Swedish House Mafia, Avicii, Tiesto, Deadmau5

Story Nightclub, the newest premiere party destination on South Beach, hasn’t even opened its doors. And yet this joint has already announced an absolutely epic end-of-year lineup. The new hot spot, formerly Amnesia, is going in on 2013 mad hard, pushing a full week of non-stop superstar DJ action. Seriously,…

Psychic TV Announces Basel Week Concert at The Vagabond Miami CANCELED

CANCELED Psychic TV will no longer be playing at The Vagabond Miami during Art Basel Miami Beach week. However, Merchandise is still currently slated for the show. Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (born Neil Andrew Megson) is a trailblazing freak. Since the late ’60s (following the founding of COUM Transmissions, the performance…

Ten Best Music-Related Things Under $10 To Do in Miami This Weekend

The Art Basel Miami Beach drums of war pound an ominous rhythm as our checking accounts commit Hari Kari because of the holidays. So are you, like Crossfade, a Friday-night professional with more moths in your wallet than bills? Take a look at our ten best music-related activities under $10…

Skrillex Quest, the Dubstep Video Game: An Extremely Detailed Breakdown

Don’t let Skrillex near your old NES games. He’ll fuck them shits up. That’s the take-away message of Skrillex Quest, a new glitched-out collaboration between the dubstep dynamo and browser-adventure king John Oda. Based on the original gold-plated Legend of Zelda, the simple RPG features about 30 minutes to an…

The 25 Richest Musicians of 2012

Music is where the money is. Well, not if you’re some struggling indie band or sorry wannabe DJ in some pitiful college town. But according to Forbes, 2012 saw some big-money winners in hip-hop, country, pop, and rock. A lot of classic icons made big comebacks with massive tours, and…