Some days are better than others. Fridays are typically pretty good, and Saturdays generally rock. But it’s Sundays of which we’re most fond. Sure it’s the last day of the weekend, and it’s only 24 hours removed from the reality of work, traffic, parking tickets, all that shit. But the…
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It might not be such a stretch to describe Ewan Pearson as the Brian Eno of electronic dance music. Like Eno, Pearson is an out-of-the-box musical visionary capable of taking artists to new levels. And his studio wizardry has made him one of the UK’s most in-demand remixers and producers,…
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See also Crossfade’s feature story: “Steven A. Clark Is a ‘Superhero’ and He’s Here to Help Save R&B.” What is Future RnB? Well, as Fayetteville-via-Miami singer-songwriter Steven A. Clark once told Crossfade over a croissant sandwich: “It ain’t just, ‘I want to make love to you and make you my…
When Whitney Houston died, we were “So Emotional.” And when Donna Summer danced her “Last Dance” a few months later, we went into full breakdown mode, eating nothing but the leftover crumbs in our beard and salty teardrops. It was tough, still is. But that’s life. The (drag) show must…
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Dude, South Beach is gonna be boiling over with beats and babes this weekend. Oh, and totally famous European DJs, who’ll be invading SoBe’s best clubs for four straight nights of expensive and illicit uhntz-uhntz. From a pair of Italians who’ve been in the game since the mid ’90s to…
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Holy rolls! Rick Ross (AKA The Bawse) is gonna appear shirtless and covered in ice on the cover of this month’s Rolling Stone as he continues to push God Forgives, I Don’t. But thanks in part to Crossfade contributor Jesse Serwer, we don’t have to wait to get inside the…
The international house scene has seen a major paradigm shift in recent years. Stark and soulless minimal techno gave way to deep melodic soul and slow-mo grooves, with the influences of disco, rare groove, and even hip-hop seeping into the four-on-the-floor mold and breaking it. The start of this sonic…
The “Latino Vote,” as the media dubbed it, will almost certainly play a critical role in this year’s elections. But did you ever think that it would be a determining factor at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards? The Viacom-owned network recently announced its five nominations for the so-called “Tr3s…
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Sometimes, it seems as though half of the people we here at Crossfade meet are dudes. And yet very few of them are oiled-up studs, shaking their bulging dong slings in our face. Chin up, though. Because Stripped: The Show is coming to the Martini Bar at Gulfstream Park in…
