Washington, D.C.- and Berlin-based production duo Benoit & Sergio ruled EDM charts and dance floors throughout 2011. And it wasn’t just because of the hype afforded by releases on hot labels like DFA and Visionquest. No, the pair’s mass appeal is directly connected to their music’s pop sensibility. A Benoit…
Are you a sporadically employed adult (i.e. 18 or older) who likes to spend his or her spare time (mornings, afternoons, late nights, etc.) wandering around South Beach, stripping down, oiling up, and shaking ass? Well, Winter Party Festival needs your help. The annual six-day LGBT extravaganza, AKA “the hottest…
If you’re too drunk to pay attention to the superdepressing dirty-beach-bum-on-a-bender lyrics, Jimmy Buffet’s “Margaritaville” might seem like some perfect little paradise where nobody works, the tequila is always free, and every afternoon is spent lazily “nibblin’ on sponge cake” and “watchin’ the sun bake.” But that’s bullshit. The place…
Everybody hates Monday. But the sound of the alarm in the early a.m. at the start of the work week is particularly brutal. Like, medieval. Crossfade would even go as far to wager that the hobbies and habits that constitutes one’s stress-relievers and vices (everything from healthy options like kombucha…
Holy nostalgia, it’s 1991 all over again! Pearl Jam’s de facto captain, legendary singer-songwriter, and uke-man extraordinaire Eddie Vedder is bringing his one-man show to the Broward Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, May 13. Announced earlier today, the grunge rock godfather’s solo tour is in support of Ukulele…
Wanna know how Crossfade spent the weekend? Well, we met the Mau5 at Mansion on Friday, ogled “a half-naked girl covered in fake diamonds,” didn’t do drugs, partied till morning, and then went back the next night for another shot of sweaty club rats, bottle service, electro-house tuneage, totally involuntary…
If Tiësto is the Led Zeppelin of Electronic Dance Music, a title bestowed upon the Dutch DJ by 1,400 beat freaks who took our recent poll, what does that make Steve Angello? He’s one-third of EDM royal family Swedish House Mafia, the only crew powerful enough attempt an Ultra upstaging…
When Crossfade read this week’s edition of Luke’s Gospel, entitled “2 Live Crew Is Reuniting Because Our Fans Want To Shake That Booty,” we got, like, “Me So Horny!”-level excited…
With the first month of 2012 dead and gone, it’s time to take a survey of up-and-coming South Florida music and maybe try to predict what the rest of the year has in store. This is not a best-of list. Nor is it a complete appraisal of South Florida’s expansive…
Say “Happy B-Day!” to The Boss. On Saturday, January 28, 2012, Miami rapper, superhefty hustler, and Maybach Music impresario Rick Ross (born William Leonard Roberts II) turns 36 motherfuckin’ years old. We imagine the Big Man intends to celebrate the day of his birth by waking up late to count…
Deadmau5’s Unhoooked Mansion Reopening Party Friday, January 20, 2012 Better Than: A late-night with Tiësticle. After ten days of all work and no play, Mansion swung out its doors to the public, kicking off a two-night reopening event to flaunt the new, sexy Mansion 360 setup with Deadmau5, one of…
Tiësto? Ha, more like “Tiësticle,” as Ashley Swanson put it. It was a seemingly collective tone among outraged Crossfade readers who took to New Times’ official Facebook page and voiced their adamant displeasure with our poll. We asked, “Is Tiësto the Led Zeppelin of Electronic Dance Music?” Within minutes, comments…
Etta James, may her vocal chords be dipped in platinum and preserved for future generations, has died at 73 due to complications from leukemia as well as alzheimers, dementia, and Hepatitis C. James won six Grammys and 17 Blues Music Awards. She was inducted into the Rock & Roll, Blues,…
Read ex-Crossfade contributor and new music editor Liz Tracy’s love letter to New Times Broward-Palm Beach readers on countygrind.com. I love Miami. I’ve been writing about it and living it for years. But last Friday, I told Miami New Times music editor S. Pajot that I would soon be leaving…
The results are in; Tiësto is the Led Zeppelin of electronic dance music. According to EDM fans, that is. An overwhelming majority of beat freaks responded to yesterday’s poll, over 68 percent of whom sided with The Joint Hard Rock’s William Conn and agreed that the Dutch DJ is to…
When Mansion suddenly and mysteriously revealed that it was “CLOSED,” were you among the SoBe clubbers wracked with shock (“What?!?!”), anger (“WTF? So pissed”), and sadness (“Mansion will be missed!”) over the unexpected extinction of your favorite glossy party spot? Then you must’ve been superstoked when the Opium Group megaclub…
Whoa, this week totally flew by. Granted, it was a four-day workweek. But shit, where’d the time go? It seems like only yesterday we were bashing Nickelback, pushing Armand Van Helden’s January 27 gig at Arkadia and getting down with Travis Barker’s pee-pee. But that’s old news. It’s Friday, you’ve…
Let’s get high with a hobo. Grand Central Park’s having its proverbial cherry popped tomorrow night with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and inaugural concert by bilingual alt-electro group Elastic Bond. The five-acre, multi-use recreation space was designed to generate a pedestrian-friendly environment in Overtown. But when the Bond hits the stage…
See the full 30-photo Sebadoh at Grand Central slideshow. Sebadoh With Jacuzzi Boys and Plains Grand Central, Miami Wednesday, January 18, 2012 Better Than: “Brand New Love” on a boat. Less than 24 hours before setting sail aboard the first-ever Weezer Cruise, totally essential alternative trio Sebadoh decided to visit…
Bold beats and even bolder statements — that’s the product of Tiësto’s new web series, In the Booth. From his arena shows to outdoor festivals, college tour and beyond, the online, HP-backed and Intel-sponsored reality mini-series is yet another example of how EDM has gone mainstream. In the Booth premiered…
It’s not easy being a musician in Vice City. The geographical challenge alone is enough to make any band go crazy. Miami may never be called a musical epicenter. But when Radioboxer’s Jota Dazza put out the call for fellow musicians to take part in the Florida Music Get Together,…
You’re not going to spend your Saturday night watching South Carolina Republican Primary results on CNN, right? Of course not, the Grand Old Party’s an elephant-sized waste of time and Calvin Harris is playing LIV. Peel yourself off grandma’s plastic-covered sofa, take some ecstasy, and get your ass to la…
