“Give me a Borgasm!” No doubt, the youth of America are just a bunch of desperate beat freaks begging for the kinda “bass makes bitches cum.” And Israeli dubstepper Borgore is the dude with the deep rumble. After attracting ratchet pussy, doing jumpkicks, and climbing speakers at Ultra Music Festival…
A wise man once said, “Ain’t no party like a New Times party ’cause a New Times party don’t stop.” But why are our parties so awesome? The two-pronged answer is part of a longstanding tradition of histrionic revelry, dating back to the Socratic orgies of Ancient Greece: Dank food…
Traditions are kept alive by constant change. The roots music of the 21st Century is being created as much with electric guitars, sequencers, and laptops as with drums and flutes. That’s one of the ideas behind the Rhythm Foundation’s Heineken TransAtlantic Festival, whose 2013 headliners include Argentine-Uruguayan electro-tango group Bajofondo…
April has just begun, and no doubt you fell for some embarrassing news clip about Daft Punk’s album release being canceled or a zombie apocalypse — wait, never mind. But rest assured that the good music in this post is not a lie, trick, or gimmick. These incoming jazz musicians,…
How weird was it to wake up this past weekend and not immediately jump on the Metrorail bound for Ultra Music Festival? After two consecutive weeks of fist-pumping, (almost) naked raver bros, nipple pasties, and Molly, the earliest stages of rave withdrawal were starting to creep into our central nervous…
When Kendrick Lamar throws a college kegger, there’s gonna be “Swimming Pools” filled to the brim with drank. Everybody’ll be wilding out like they’re “A.D.H.D.” And Karmaloop, eMuze, and Neff Headwear will be footing the bill. This Thursday, Kendrick and Karmaloop’s Verge Campus Tour 2013 kicks off at Florida Atlantic…
The international electronic dance music scene in 2013 is deeply divided. On one hand, you have the fans of “EDM” or generic, commercial dance-pop designed for festivals and stadium arenas. And on the other hand, you have the underground electronic dance music snobs, bitching and moaning because their precious subculture…
Photo by Jacob KatelWhile the bass shook the pool water at the Raleigh Hotel, booties in short shorts bounced up and down. And so did Steve Aoki, who looked like a little kid at Christmas behind the decks. His Dim Mak label’s Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week day…
Some 30 years after “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the Internet is destroying the CD business, systematically bombing away at the brick-and-mortar retailers that still carry compact discs. By 2016, record sales will have dropped by over 75 percent, according the Wall Street Journal. “Times have changed,” admits Day Music…
The ancient art of the laser show (much like figure skating and the intentional spread of infectious diseases) is a sorely underutilized medium in rock ‘n’ roll. Why did the synesthetic experience of fusing music and amplified beams of light hit its peak with Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the…
Winter Music Conference, Miami Music Week, and Ultra Music Festival are all over. But this is Miami. We don’t just part one week out of the year. We keep the beat alive all year long! Some of the DJs can’t stand to leave, and can you blame them? We’ve got…
Last year, the Rhythm Foundation and Heineken’s TransAtlantic Festival brought together the Afrobeat extravaganza of saxophonist and bandleader Seun Kuti and the modern-day cumbia stylings of Quantic and Combo Bárbaro. You might think it would be hard to follow that kind of lineup. But maybe that’s what makes the Rhythm…
If you survived the last ten days, you’ve probably had enough uhntz-uhntz to last you till 2014. Or at least the rest of the month. That’s why we’re taking time out to bring you five of the best chill, live performances happening this week. From hip-hop to electro fusion, post-punk,…
As Rev Sinister of Inspecter 7 explained, there’s one place in America that gives Miami a run for its money in being dark and sordid. That’s Asbury Park, New Jersey, the grimey land that the band basically comes from. And from the first horn blow, guitar chop, kick drum, bass…
Let’s get Kinky. We’re not talking about whips, fuzzy handcuffs, or hot body oil. Just the best current alternative rock crew from south of the border. “With bands, it’s a really interesting thing with names,” Kinky guitarist Carlos Chairez tells Crossfade. “We were developing our sounds for the first album…
“What the fuck does unicorn taste like?” Stardust. Rainbows. Maybe black-market horse meat from Miami’s C-9 basin. There’s really no way to know, though. Because this fabulous one-horned equine creature doesn’t actually exist. Except when you’re raving, raging, and tripping out at Ultra Music Festival. Here are 50 WTF quotes…
Snoop Dogg, for getting high on stage at Ultra Music Festival, tossing blunts into the crowd, and almost maxing out the capacity of Klipsch Amphitheater, I salute you. For bringing your crew, running through the hits, testing new material, and throwing in a couple of covers, I salute you. For…
What do you get when you cross South African sonics with South Florida sound waves? The question is not a joke, riddle, Zen koan, or pickup line. It’s the inquiry at the heart of Eternal Peasant Remixes, a new compilation from Miami’s only global indie record label, Other Electricities. It…
“I only eat fruit,” Teepee frontman and songwriter Erix S. Laurent (birth name Eric Lopez-Zareño) declared in an interview with New Times last summer. “And I love it.” In addition to jazzing up his name and banning most food from his diet, Laurent has spent the past two years employing…
Wassup, Miami! And all you foreigners breathing our air. We here at Crossfade are covering all your Ultra Music Festival shenanigans. And we’d be remiss if we didn’t chronicle the adventures of the PLUR nation’s royal queen, Molly Casa of the 305. She’s that gorgeous monster stomping around in kandi…
What gets EDM-ers excited? Sometimes “bass makes bitches cum.” (Just ask these rumble-humping raver chicks.) Other times, a human chicken might be the thang that’ll get the party people hot. And at Ultra Music Festival, the beat freaks are undoubtedly the kinkiest. Just make the jump for Crossfade’s 15-photo recap…
Holy Effing Ship!!! Those three exclamation points signify three years for electronic dance music’s raddest four-day party cruise. (It ain’t just bad grammar or Internet-y hyperbole.) Coincidentally, though, we’re exactly that beat-freaking excited about the 2014 edition of Hard Events’ EDM humpfest at sea. Especially since it’s finally floating outta…
