Miami’s increasingly unfuckwithable curator of extreme tuneage, the appropriately named Speedfreek booking agency, is ripping out shows faster than a death metal drummer zooted on green tea caffeine pills. But no matter how quickly the 305’s calendar fills with assorted acts, flown in from all over the country being to…
The xx was supposed to play Baltimore tonight, the English indie pop outfit’s last North American gig in support of sophomore release, Coexist, before a string of shows across Western Europe in November and December. Instead, inclement weather forced the group to postpone its remaining three concerts. “We’ll have another…
All Hallows’ Eve is the one time of year when you can wear almost anything. Some people like to be clever with their Halloween costumes. Others just try to be slutty. Some people dress up as celebrities. All this goes for your favorite musicians too. Let’s take a look at…
If you’re part of the “sluts and children” demographic that’ll be trick-or-treating tomorrow night for body shots and Molly at any one of the ten best Halloween parties in Miami, please call AAA and Bud Light for a ride home. Co-sponsored by the American Automobile Association and Anheuser-Busch, the Auto…
Kitsuné has done so much for us. Over the last decade, the Parisian electro label has delivered some of our favorite music, from Cut Copy to Boys Noize, Bloc Party, Digitalism, Hot Chip, Klaxons, La Roux, Two Door Cinema Club, and a million more we would literally die without. And…
Sexy kittens and Mad Men characters, you had your fun this weekend at the family-friendly Halloween parties. But when Sweat Records brings Black Moth Super Rainbow to The Stage in Miami tonight, there won’t be any peeled grapes or cold spaghetti. This time, it will be real-deal eyeballs and guts…
Continental drift is ultimately to blame for electronic dance music’s latest heartbreak. Had the continents not started shifting 250 million years ago, London might’ve only been a short domestic flight from Los Angeles, and Skrillex would still be dating Ellie Goulding. According to The Sun, the dubstep messiah and electro-pop…
The Swedish electro chicks of Icona Pop sing: “I crash my car into a bridge. I don’t care. I love it,” to a floor-smashing dance beat. They are the perfect example of a species that one of their songs terms the “90s Bitch.” Who is this bitch? She’s a wild…
Ravers usually dress pretty cray. But ravers on Halloween really know what they’re doing. We here at Crossfade went to Back in Black at Club Space this weekend. And though we were totally impressed by the awesome DJs and supercool laser lights, it was all the great costumes that really…
Psychedelic Furs and Lemonheads With the Chevin Grand Central, Miami Sunday, October 28, 2012 Better Than: Wondering if the Lemonheads will be good or terrible or both. Knowing is better than not knowing. Last night, Grand Central was packed with grown-up ’80s and ’90s outsider teenagers. Most of us have…
Strip clubs across the country (if not the world) owe the city of Miami a lap dance. Had it not been for our late ’80s and early ’90s bass, pole dancers may have never shown us that “Tootsee Roll” or how to buss the “Kitty Kitty.” During booty music’s most…
The Dwarves Churchill’s Pub, Miami Saturday, October 27, 2012 Better Than: Getting hit in the head with a beer bottle by Josh Homme. At one point in time, a Dwarves performance came with the caveat that you were guaranteed to either witness or take part in fistfights, public nudity, illicit…
Taylor Swift’s new album Red has been flying off the shelves before it even hit them. In fact, Billboard has basically guaranteed that it’ll come out on top of the charts with an estimated 1.1 million units sold by week’s end. So all y’all are probably walking around humming her…
Back in Black 2012 With Dirty South, Paul Van Dyk, Funkagenda, Crystal Method, LA Riots, and others Space, Miami Saturday, October 27, 2012 Better Than: Partying in 75 mph winds. Hurricane Sandy really fucking blows, man. She totally messed up our Halloween plans. We were going to shake our ass…
Anyone who’s followed the musical adventures of Fernando Perdomo knows that he’s never met a musical icon that he doesn’t admire. Or so it seems … We don’t really know which musical icons he’s actually met. But judging from his wealth of influences, it’s likely he knows several spiritually, if…
King Pubert says, “BOO!” Com Truise, Poolside, and Bonde do Rolê EVE, Miami Saturday, October 27, 2012 The decentralization of Halloween (that is, when the All Hallow’s Eve actually falls on a weeknight and nobody knows when to party) makes an already surreal holiday that much weirder. Instead of one…
With the holidays and Art Basel right around the goddamn corner, it’s starting to heat up in the ol’ South Florida nightlife department. Take this weekend, for instance. There’s too much to do! It would be totally impossible to have all the fun that’s being offered this weekend. So we…
Candye Kane is a tough chick from Cali who came up playing country, blues, and rock on the L.A. punk scene in the ’80s at the same time as she stripped to pay the bills. Later, she became a porn star, beat an abusive relationship, and survived cancer, all while…
In Space, no one can hear you scream. Also, when you party in Space, you stay a lot drier than being out in a hurricane. So it’s pretty much the perfect place to move this Saturday’s Back in Black fest since Sandy insists on being such a downer. That’s right,…
It’s been a hell of a year for James Teej. The Toronto-based producer has been busy burning up international dance floors as one-third of My Favorite Robot, while curating some of the international tech-house charts’ most forward-thinking releases on the act’s eponymous label. But Teej is a veteran of the…
The band that MySpace built is doing something their favorite social media site never could … Coming back! That’s right, the adorably spunky Matt & Kim have rescheduled their canceled October 14 show at the Fillmore Miami Beach. It seems the bright and bubbly pair caught some kind of sickness…
Lil Wayne suffered a mid-flight seizure on Thursday afternoon, causing his private jet to make an emergency landing in Texas. The 30-year-old rapper was immediately transported to a local hospital where, according to TMZ, he was treated for several hours and ultimately released at 6 p.m. central time. The story…
