Two months ago, erudite Englishman, ex-punk, and eyewear enthusiast Elvis Costello was forced to postpone his globe-spanning Spectacular Spinning Songbook tour, including a South Florida show, “due to matters pertaining to the very serious illness of a close family member.” At the time, Costello’s camp was secretive about the identity…
Almost exactly one year ago, Ultra Music Festival and Winter Music Conference suffered a “deeply complicated and very public breakup” after 13 years of peaceful, symbiotic coexistence. A few months later, just before Ultra 2011, we asked the fest’s cofounder and CEO Russell Faibisch whether “there [is] a possibility we…
Sander Kleinenberg at LIV November 18
Tandoori Knights at the Vagabond November 19
Steve Angello at Club Space November 23
Troy Kurtz’s Majorthreat at Mamushka’s every Wednesday
Boys Noize at LIV November 23
See the full 25-photo Jay-Z and Kanye West at American Airlines Arena slideshow. Jay-Z and Kanye West Watch the Throne Tour American Airlines Arena Tuesday, November 15, 2011 Better Than: A motherfuckin’ rap opera at Versailles, teleported to outer space. From the streets to their palaces, Jay-Z and Kanye are…
Each year ’round Thanksgiving, we here at Crossfade like to sit around the conference room table and share the things for which we’re most thankful. And while we’re plenty grateful for the web hits Justin Bieber’s baby drama produced this year, we’re even more grateful for a crazy little thing…
If you’re a genuine blues junkie jonesing for that groove, shout, “Riding with the King!” Guitar master, American Roots legend, and celebrity spokesman for the OneTouch blood glucose monitoring device B.B. King has just announced a one-night stand in Miami as part of the the 2011-2012 Knight Masterworks Season Pops…
Deaf Poets is a Miami music duo starring Nicolas Espinosa and Sean Wouters. These two duded sound like the Black Keys making love with early Kings of Leon in a ’60s garage. And yet they’ve got their own sort of sexy, spirited vibe that’s impossible to ignore. This Thursday, Deaf…
Throwing together some preset drum loops and samples doesn’t qualify you as a bona fide electronic music producer. And even if you do know your shit, that doesn’t necessarily put you in the same league as UK tech-house wizard Glimpse, AKA Chris Spero. That’s because Glimpse is the kind of…
Every time we here at Crossfade screw up and need to say sorry to our (current) significant other, we don’t bother with sweet nothings, red roses, or awkward attempts at makeup sex. We just pop in our fave Kelly Clarkson mixtape, turn on the waterworks, and let the American Idol…
See the full 28-photo Taylor Swift at the American Airlines Arena slideshow. Taylor Swift With Needtobreathe American Airlines Arena Sunday, October 13, 2011 Better Than: Anything we expected. Like, a lot better. Let’s note that this review is being written by a former pop-loving tween. In between the ages of…
When he’s not hanging out with Chris Martin and remixing Coldplay tracks (see “Paradise”), superstar Dutch DJ-producer Fedde Le Grand likes to stay busy plotting the final stages of his total takeover of the North American continent. As if superexplosive 2006 hit “Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit” and non-stop…
Cultura Profética don’t mind if you smoke a spliff, bone your chick, or fight oppression while they beat up the speakers at the Bayside Rocks Festival.They record with Bob Marley’s engineer, tour the world spreading conscious music, sing in Spanish, and rep Puerto Rico to the fullest.We spoke to guitarist…
See the full 15-photo Sting at the Fillmore Miami Beach slideshow. Sting Back to Bass Tour Fillmore Miami Beach Saturday, November 12, 2011 Better Than: Getting stung. He faked out the audience three times, once for every decade of his career. And all three times, the crowd’s heavy applause pulled…
Ultra Music Fesitval quickly announced (and sold out) early bird tickets. But so far, the fest has given no indication of what else is in store. No acts. No venue. Nothing.However, a reliable source told Crossfade today that a venue announcement is coming very soon. In fact, the festival is…
Tinariwen With Sophie Hunger Presented by Rhythm Foundation Grand Central Thursday, November 11, 2011 Better Than: Being exiled from your native land and wandering the desert in search of rock ‘n’ roll. In the past month Grand Central has treated us to eye-crossingingly complex new school prog/math rock courtesy of…
While hardcore has long been colonized by pampered yet meatheaded suburbanites, the original purveyors of NYC’s first wave of punker-than-punk rock ‘n’ roll were actually meatheads from the unforgiving freak show that was pre-Giuliani New York. Violent crime was rampant, public services were seriously underfunded, and Times Square sat on…
The Stage’s Anniversary Weekend November 10-14
Tinariwen at Grand Central November 10
