See the full 35-photo Sleigh Bells and Diplo at Grand Central slideshow. Diplo, Sleigh Bells, and Liturgy Grand Central Miami Tuesday, February 14, 2012 Better Than: A Valentine’s Day spent home alone, dancing with yourself to Diplo. On Valentine’s Day 2012, highly manicured young (and then some) adults swarmed like…
Remember when we told you that LIV was among the highest-grossing nightclubs in America? Well, the reason this glossy Miami Beach joint gets so damn paid is because it books really dope backup acts like Major Lazer in case of an emergency. Originally, A-Trak was scheduled to appear tonight at…
Miami beatmaker Amtrac celebrated the release of his album Came Along at Grand Central in September. And ever since, he’s been riding a chillwave of success. He put out a video for the album’s title track. The song was recently featured on Jersey Shore. And now he’s back with another…
Of all federal holidays, the third Monday in February is often welcomed with very little fanfare. With the exception of a month-long celebration in Alexandria, Virginia, and the annual George Fest in Eustis, Florida, Presidents’ Day has become a cheap excuse for auto dealers to offer “zero down and zero…
As soon as we scored our credentials (and complimentary swag bags!) from the Bruise Cruise nerve center in the Xanadu Lounge, all members of the Crossfade team raced through the bowels of the Carnival Imagination for the comfort of our windowless interior cabins. Why? Well, we were superhyped to raid…
Bonnaroo unveiled its 2012 lineup moments ago with the random help of ESPN’s John Anderson. And according the SportsCenter funnyman, it’s going to be “crazy good.” Appearing in a YouTube video, Anderson pulls out a Roland AX-Synth from under his desk–a keytar he lovingly calls his battle-axe–and comically recalls the…
The Virginia Key Grassroots Festival descended upon South Florida like a ninja with a mullet. The entire Miami music community wondered, “Where the hell did these people come from? Who put this thing together? What’s with the crazy lineup?” But most importantly, “How can I get on the bill?” Fortunately,…
The Swedish House Mafia may be the top family in organized dance music. But they’ve got very little clout when it comes to striking deals with city officials. The Miami Herald reports that Miami-Dade County has “pulled the plug” on the Funkshion festival, a four-day, WMC party that would wrap…
Do you hear that uhntz-uhntz in the distance? It’s been 53 days since Ultra Music Festival 2012 announced its Phase 1 lineup, “a sprawling 92-act roster that ranges from massive dance superstars Avicii, Tiësto, David Guetta, Kaskade, and Fedde Le Grand to electronic music legends Kraftwerk, New Order, and Fatboy…
Third World and Inner Circle share more than a few things in common: names of exactly equal length (two words, 11 letters); status as two of Jamaican reggae’s longest-running and best-known bands; Florida addresses. What’s more, at one time, they were essentially the same group. Third World founders Stephen “Cat”…
Miami-area superstrippers Tip Drill and Skrawberry are on a guerrilla campaign to educate the world about their naked debauchery. First, they stole the show at a South Beach filming of MSNBC’s Morning Joe. Then they broke down the Republican primary field for Riptide, and we can no longer think of…
Reggae may be the world’s most perfect spliff-lighting music. But don’t forget its social imperative to promote justice in a world full of hate, tyranny, starvation, and unbound evil. Reggae is hope. And Ziggy Marley is coming to the Fillmore Miami Beach on May 9 to fill your soul with…
Last year, when Frank Ocean’s Nostalgia, Ultra and The Weeknd’s House of Balloons dropped within weeks of each other, critics and music fans celebrated the arrival of a fresh movement in R&B. Though the moods of those recordings differed considerably, they were both remarkably self-assured and sophisticated for artists so…
Here’s a musical math lesson. What do you get when you take 16 DJs, divide them by three dance floors, and add everyone 18 years or older? Well, besides the obvious onslaught of kandi bracelets and neon tanks, you get 1 Night In Miami, Committee Entertainment’s latest endeavor. Committee’s the…
It’s a shame the Grammy Awards don’t scroll real-time Tweets throughout the ceremony because last night’s show was Osama Bin Laden-level funny. The “twitterverse” was on fire last night with Grammy-related commentary, a real laugh fest courtesy of indie celebrities, common folks and even the Grammys themselves. With so many…
Whitey Houston, dead at 48. While the cause remains unknown, the circumstances surrounding the singer’s untimely death suggest that she may have drowned in her Beverly Hilton hotel room after falling asleep in the bathtub. It goes without saying, Xanax and bubble baths don’t mix well. And neither does drinking…
Shocking news as publicist Kristen Foster confirms the death of R&B and pop legend Whitney Houston at the age of 48.The singer, who catapulted instantly to super-stardom in 1985 with her self-titled debut, had struggled with sobriety and rumored drug problems. Still, her musical contributions were no less diminished with…
See the full 68-photo Bruise Cruise 2012 slideshow. After only 243 minutes aboard the Carnival Imagination, it had already been a busy day, chockablock with bruisin’, cruisin’, and boozin’, famous guy sightings, and doing megahits off the pina colada bong while almost tumbling overboard. And the boat hadn’t even left…
See the full 68-photo Bruise Cruise 2012 slideshow. We here at Crossfade are total fucking pros. So while we openly admit to being dangerously dependent upon both (1) the internet and (2) alcohol, it is exceedingly rare that either addiction discernibly screws with our ability to produce high-quality online journalism…
Forget English, we should’ve majored in nightlife. Despite the fact our economy sucks, 2011 was an incredibly profitable year for the nightclubbing industry. Nightclub and Bar’s new list ranks LIV among the top five highest-grossing clubs in the US. In fact, the Fontainebleau megaclub raked in as much as $45…
Valentine’s Day is generally accepted as a stupid holiday for saps, Hallmark, and women with no spines. The only thing it’s good for is selling candy and giving Hollywood another excuse to make disgusting and totally implausible rom-coms that no one will remember. Still, being single on National PDA Day…
Jamie Jones and Lee Foss’s Hot Creations label has spawned a major stylistic trend across the transatlantic tech-house scene, with many an imitator wielding their darkly sexed-up bass-heavy sound. And among Hot Creations’ growing collective of elite producers is Milan-based duo Clockwork.If the hype afforded by Hot Creations wasn’t enough for Clockwork’s…
