Le Baron Basel Party Pops Up at Florida Room Again

It used to be that half the fun of Le Baron’s pop-up nightclub during Art Basel Miami Beach was figuring out where it would be taking place. But the Parisian party spot isn’t even trying anymore, as it plops down at the Delano’s Florida Room for a third year in…

Questlove, Matt & Kim, Toro y Moi, and More at Bardot for Art Basel Week

Even though Art Basel Miami Beach doesn’t officially begin for another three days, the peripheral non-art happenings (read: booze and music) are already raging. And Bardot’s wasting zero time. Tonight, the semi-secret Midtown spot will kick off a full week’s worth of Basel bashes that include performances and DJ sets…

Lazaro Casanova and petFood Label Showcase at Vagabond This Saturday

Cuban-born DJ and producer Lazaro Casanova hardly needs an introduction among Miami’s EDM cognoscenti. Many of you remember him from his days as the resident DJ at Revolver, the infamous, long-standing party that put downtown Miami hipster nightlife on the map. After Revolver’s seven-year run, Casanova spent some time touring North America with MSTRKRFT…

Amanda Blank and Sweatheart Bring the Miami Meat Tour to Art Basel

Electro-alternative pop beats and female rap vocals aren’t normally lumped together. But for the better part of five years, Philadelphia’s Amanda Blank has effortlessly combined the two worlds in her hipster-approved dance music. In 2006, the 20-something party girl was featured on Spank Rock’s “Bump,” and generated indie-alt blog buzz…

Three Art Basel Miami Beach Club Bashes for the After-Dark Demographic

Since you never even leave the house during daylight hours, there’s zero chance you’ll make it anywhere near Art Basel’s actual exhibition sites. Your personal plan: Rubbing shoulders (and maybe other body parts) with the artsy elite at a series of afterdark affairs. It all sounds a little dirty. But…

With 93 Rock Dead, Which Crappy Local Radio Station Should Be Next?

Radio Sucks. And generally, you can thank corporate rock-dance-pop-rap-adult-contempo format formulas for the non-stop deluge of total crap. We salute Cox Radio, Clear Channel, and all the other stiff suits. Even so, we here at Crossfade were taken aback by the loathing listeners seemed to have for the recently deceased…

Daft Punk’s Tron: Legacy Listening Party at the Florida Room This Friday

Yeah, we like rad retro 3-D movies. But we totally love French robots engineered explicitly for the purpose of producing outsized symphonic sountracks, i.e. Daft Punk duo Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter. For months, we’ve been hearing about all those amazing Tron: Legacy promo parties taking place around the…

Windish Agency’s Steve Goodgold: WMC Lacked Open Communication

It feels like we are beating a dead horse when it comes to Winter Music Conference vs. Ultra Music Festival news — even Louis Puig got in on the action by accusing Ultra of forcing booked acts to sign exclusivity contracts (something the festival’s been doing for years) and greed.On…