Do the IndepenDance. For the last decade, it has been Miami’s Fourth of July party pioneer. And the tradition continues this holiday weekend with seven beach, pool, and club bashes. Obviously, we here at Crossfade are most excited to celebrate the U.S.A. and the 10th anniversary of IndepenDance with hometown…
Phantogram With Bad Things Saturday, June 28, 2014 Grand Central, Miami Better Than: A mouthful of diamonds. Remember chillwave, the insufferable genre term coined and popularized by Pitchfork? It was a poor way to justify crappy production as a lo-fi aesthetic. They weren’t fooling anybody, and after a year, everyone…
It’s Fourth of July week, y’all! That means a four-day work week for most of us working citizens! So show off your red, white, and blue pride, bring out those stars and stripes, and celebrate 218 years of freedom with the five best concerts going down this week, from Katy…
Jennifer Lopez, Neon Trees, Magic! and Nick Cannon iHeartRadio Ultimate Pool Party Fontainebleau Miami Beach Saturday, June 28, 2014 Fun Fact: iHeartRadio Ultimate Pool Party is short for “The Jennifer Lopez Hour.” Well, there it was. The end of iHeart Radio Ultimate Pool Party weekend. No one thought it could…
Iggy Azalea, Ariana Grande, Tiësto, Nick Cannon, and Lil Jon iHeartRadio Ultimate Pool Party, Day One Fontainebleau Miami Beach Friday, June 27, 2014 Better Than: The fact that the phrase “Turn Down For What” will never get old. Yes, we said so. “Turn Down For What” came into our lives…
Las Vegas, Nevada, where you can show up to the bar at 5 a.m. with ten bucks in your pocket and leave with $50,000. It’s a hustler’s paradise, and the name Sin City doesn’t come cheap. But if you appreciate good weed, fine women, 24-hour parties, and infinite bass, it…
Jay Z and Beyoncé On the Run Tour Sun Life Stadium, Miami Wednesday, June 25, 2014 Better Than: Any power couple in the history of the world. We were somewhere around NW 175th Street, on the edge of victory and madness, when the traffic kicked in. Suddenly, a light burst…
DJ Qu (AKA Ramon Lisandro Quezada) didn’t start releasing music until the mid-2000s, but the New Jersey native already commands the sort of respect from underground house heads reserved for legends who have been doing it for decades. That’s partly to do with the fact that Qu is by no…
It doesn’t get much more one-dimensional than the modern popular music scene. Blame the Internet, marketers, the apathy or distraction of a generation, but things aren’t like they used to be. “Back in the day, people were more into exploring things,” says Guy Gerber, an Israeli electronic producer more likely…
Yandel has never stopped striving to become a legend, but that doesn’t mean he can’t be caught off guard.
The man in the dark hat is coming to town. He used to prefer candy cane colors. But these days, former White Stripes frontman Jack White almost never wears any shade beside black and white upon his back. It’s all part of his latest elaborately art-directed, conceptually rigorous blues-rock solo…
What’s Ladytron up to these days? The English synth-pop quartet made the soundtrack to your electro days: “Playgirl,” “Seventeen,” “Destroy Everything You Touch.” All of them are dance-floor classics. The band’s last album was 2011’s Gravity the Seducer, with little else being released since. But every now and then, a…
“Yet again,” to paraphrase Foster the People, “you’re hustling, hustling, hustling.” Thankfully, the FTP dudes are quite familiar with the pain of “Life on the Nickel.” They know what it’s like when you “can’t seem to catch a dime.” And that’s why they, along with the Fillmore Miami Beach and…
What do matching tattoos, gay porn, and local DJ Adrianna “Gooddroid” Moschides have in common? It takes a little of all three to tell the tale of her label, Loveless Records. “This story is awesome,” she says, turning the clock back to 2011. Back then, she was busy casting and…
Sub Focus Grand Central, Miami Saturday, June 28, 2014 Better Than: Staying home and playing FIFA 14 for Xbox One. Only three days into his solo tour, English electronic music star Sub Focus blessed Miami with an Ultra Music Festival-worthy performance that left everyone in the audience drenched in sweat…
Say what you wanna say about the 305, but everyone just loves Miami. Who can blame them? We’ve got some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, models who walk around in bathing suits all day, and pretty good music almost every day of the week. Just check out…
Although The Galactic Effect has only been around since early 2014, his impact on Miami’s music scene has already been felt. Determined not to be another faceless producer in a sea of EDM-crazed Miamians, he combines aspects of classical music with futuristic bass and old-school hip-hop. His unique mix of…
Teengirl Fantasy With Hoody Pérez Art Museum Miami Thursday, June 19, 2014 It was a grey, rainy Thursday evening, and garbage bags dangled precariously from the keyboards, mixers, and samplers of avant-pop duo Teengirl Fantasy. Setting up under a small alcove where rain and wind threatened to destroy the equipment…
Seventeen years after keyboardist Sarah Barthel and guitarist Josh Carter met in junior high in upstate New York, the duo are still making music together as Phantogram. “I was listening to boy bands, a lot of Top 40 stuff, but also Notorious B.I.G., Tupac, Missy Elliott, and Outkast,” Barthel says,…
Cut Copy With Classixx Grand Central, Miami Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Better Than: Yes. No. Maybe. Cut Copy’s Dan Whitford really gets into his music. His voice is always studio quality, as he pumps his fist and jabs the air with every beat. It’s hard not to follow his lead…
Feeling cuckoo? Well, for all of you wistful pop fans feeling excessively chuffed that the gentlemen and lady of Scottish sextet Belle & Sebastian are finally set to grace the Magic City with cheeky ditties about failed love, twisted emotions, and “funny shoes” … Here’s some even sweeter news. The…
“North America, I am coming for you!” That’s Hardwell. And this morning, the superstar DJ hijacked massive LED screens in New York City’s Times Square to announce “the last chapter” of his I Am Hardwell world tour. The EDM megashow has already sold out in 19 countries, from Singapore to…
