There’s a loud, in-your-face sound coming out of Miami, making waves in clubs across America. It’s got a hip-hop lean and sometimes a tropical vibe. It’s dirty, sexy, and full of hype. It’s a raw sound, sought out by some of the biggest names in EDM. And it’s coming from…
In the rapidly proliferating world of stoner/droner/doom metal, it has become increasingly more difficult to say something original and relevant. While most anyone with a taste for the sludgy side of things appreciates any band doing something of quality (regardless of innovation or lack there of) in this realm, sometimes…
The deep house genre label gets stamped on releases a little too liberally these days by producers and imprints jumping aboard the bandwagon of its current commercial popularity. But so many records saturating the market lack the substance and soul that characterizes the authentic classic deep house sound. With its…
DJ Shadow at Mansion Miami December 14
Vince Neil at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek December 15
KC & the Sunshine Band at Hard Rock Live December 15
Funkagenda at Gryphon December 15
Got your “I Love JIG” tees? Well, looking deliver on their promise of an “an all the way live weekend,” Jazz in the Gardens and mayor Oliver Gilbert have just added human “Stress Reliever” and pop-hop loverboy Ne-Yo as well as R&B diva Monica (AKA “Miss Thang”) to JIG’s 2013…
Y2K didn’t screw us. And that kooky Christian group was wrong about May 21, 2011, which came and went sans apocalyptic incident. The third time, however, is always a charm. And the world is almost certainly going to end on December 21 — the date the Mayans predicted would be…
A dark juggernaut of destruction is about to be unleashed upon the city of Miami. And we don’t mean the Mayan apocalypse. No, we’re referring to the unforgiving hard-hitting beats of Punisher, one of the Detroit underground techno’s enduring talents. Now we almost hate to kill the myth that Punisher…
Rock is dead. Just ask Tenacious D. “Started with blues, Belly of lead/Then there was Elvis, Nicky some red/Beatles arrive, started a trend/Axl Rose, give me some head/It’s all over, rock ‘n’ roll is dead.” And that’s exactly why Jabels & KG (otherwise known as Jack Black and Kyle Gass)…
After a few months spent dabbling in bottom-heavy sludge and tension-and-release death metal, South Florida extreme music promotion powerhouse Speedfreek is living up to its name like never before. Six days before the alleged Mayan Apocalypse ends the world as we know it, Richmond, Virginia grind freaks Pig Destroyer will…
Once Miami succumbs to the polar icecaps and the city is well under water, only the 305’s ass-clapping, booty bass legacy will float on. Well, maybe DJ Laz too. He’s got a boat. And if he’s lucky, Mr. Nice Guy Records himself, Jesse Perez, will be on that boat too…
It’s 3:30 on Saturday afternoon in Miami’s Design District. A live rendition of “Canción del Mariachi” drowns out the beep, beep, beep of delivery trucks backing into alleyways behind contemporary furniture stores and restaurants that Crossfade can only afford when someone else is paying. “Soy un hombre muy honrado, que…
If you mix alcohol, dancing and a queer pop collective with a fancy hotel and a pool, you’re probably going to end up pissing off security. Over the weekend, the Ssion crew set up at the Shore Club for the Pulse Miami Art Fair afterparty, delivering a set that included…
Basel Castle With Twin Shadow, Trinidad James, Purity Ring, and many more The Overthrow Castle, Miami Saturday, December 8, 2012 Better Than: Getting stuck on the wrong side of the entrance ropes. While most of Art Basel Miami Beach week involves outsiders swooping in with dollars and largesse, trying to…
Rakim The Stage Miami Friday, December 7 Better Than: Getting Paid in Increments. It had been a long time since Rakim rolled through our hood prior to last night’s performance at The Stage. See also: -Basel Castle 2012: Twin Shadow, Trinidad James, and Purity Ring -Danny Brown and Shepard Fairey…
Most art is silent. Even during Basel week. That’s why we here at Crossfade — an admittedly hopeless gaggle of noise junkies — just can’t get through the week without offsetting our 12-hour days at the art fairs with 12-hour nights at Miami’s hipster bars, rock dives, and downtown concert…
DJ Shadow says, “Listen.” From ’90s sample-heavy hip-hop to millenial hyphy experiments, he has been predicting the next phase of rap music for 20 years. But now the 40-year-old experimental hip-hop DJ-producer (born Joshua Paul Davis in San Jose, California) has just released a multi-disc, career-spanning, glow-in-the-dark retrospective boxset entitled…
No one wrote “Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit” on the wall. Still, the Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts reeked, ever-so-slightly and not-so-literally, of sweaty punk armpits, greasy faded flannel, and the sweet stink of grunge. Last night, KURT, “a multi-discipline exhibition and study of the…
Cannibal Corpse Grand Central, Miami Thursday, December 6, 2012 Better Than: Cardboard gun shop. Stuck precariously in the middle of Miami’s yearly ascension to the international spotlight of artistic and cultural relevance (AKA Art Basel Miami Beach week) was a Cannibal Corpse tour date…
“Stank pussy smellin’ like Cool Ranch Doritos!” That’s what all the hip cats were screaming at Bardot last night, ’cause Danny Brown was in the spot tearin’ it up on the carpet, among the people. The weed was in the air and the streets were representing for an intimate set…
