If your name were “Steve Lawler,” you’d probably spend Wednesday afternoon spinning for the Masters of the Universe on the deck of some Cypriot millionaire’s gigayacht off the coast of Dubai. Then Thursday, you’d take the red-eye home to collate your 1,001 solid-platinum platters. And Friday, you’d teleport to Miami…
Miguel Bosé is a living freakin’ legend. Maybe it was just his fate, or maybe it comes from being gifted progeny. (Bosé’s mother was a famous Italian actress, and his father a celebrated Spanish bullfighter.) Or maybe it’s the sort of thing for which he was simply hard-wired, readily exemplified…
In the early ’00s, cool kids everywhere became obsessed with all kinds of lupine creatures. Maybe it was irony. Maybe it was rabies. Or maybe the moon had slipped off its axis. Whatever the cause, almost everyone between the ages of 16 and 28 was wearing a howling wolf’s head…
To understand the German techno scene’s fascination with African-American funk and soul, you need look no further than the work of Frankfurt-based DJ-producer Sascha Dive. As chief ambassador of the so-called “Rhein-Main sound” (though he shrugs off the label himself), Dive boasts that quintessentially Teutonic interpretation of soulful house via…
Last month, we announced that British industrial act Nitzer Ebb was stopping in Miami November 13 for a rare concert appearance. At the time, ticket prices hadn’t been announced, but they are now available for $20 via Flavorus.As a primer for the Grand Central show, take a listen to the…
UPDATE: We’ve just been informed that today’s show has been cancelled because of rain. What do we know about Entresol? Well, like all good 21st century journalists, we here at Crossfade subscribe to incredibly laborious methods of research, such as Googling stuff, poking through Tumblr blogs, and checking out Facebook…
See Crossfade’s review and photos from Ms. Lauryn Hill’s UM Homecoming concert. Just like Ms. Whitney Houston, former Fugees frontwoman and diva-of-the-new-millennium Ms. Lauryn Hill was a mind-blowingly successful pop star and actress who freaked out under the pressure of her own fame. But where Whitney disappeared into a billion-dollar…
View photos of Masquerade Motel Miami here.Swedish House MafiaSaturday, October 30, 2010Scope Art Fair, MiamiBetter than: We still can’t believe what we experienced.We have to forgo the traditional concert review because in-depth analysis of DJ sets is about as interesting as watching people push buttons. Seriously, though, Saturday’s Masquerade Motel…
With Holy Ghost! and Depressed Buttons The Electric Pickle Saturday, October 30, 2010 Better than: A pillowcase full of snack-size Snickers and black-market cigarettes. In the run-up to Hollerween, Tony Smurphio and Cuci Amador absolutely insisted on keeping their freak fest costume plans a total, non-negotiable, lockbox secret. Every time…
Beings and Plains The Vagabond Friday, October 29, 2010 Better than: Waiting until the Beings 7” is out of print and you’ve gotta pay Ebay prices. Beings is a band that transcends a niche audience, garnering regular praise from disparate South Florida demographics. The punks love Beings, the Fonzies love…
Miami’s big-room house heads have been raving for months about Swedish House Mafia’s upcoming Halloween Masquerade Motel ball at the Scope Art Fair tent tonight.Earlier this week, we caught up with the dynamic trio’s Sebastian Ingrosso for an, er, engrossing interview. (And a second part.) But we couldn’t pass up an…
If your name were “Steve Lawler,” you’d probably spend Wednesday afternoon spinning for the Masters of the Universe on the deck of some Cyprian millionaire’s giga yacht off the coast of Dubai. Then Thursday, you’d take the red-eye back home to collate your 1001 solid-platinum platters. And Friday, you’d teleport…
In the middle of the poorly lit Wynwood warehouse district, nestled between a boxing academy, a factory, and some art spaces, there’s a building overflowing with noise. Behind a gate, a double-locked door, and a barbwire overhang, Beings are hard at work. Many artists refer to the studio as “the…
Happy Halloween, party peeps! Sure, it may not be for another two days, but who gives a damn? You can celebrate that mofo all weekend long. And if a full 72 hours of drunken costumed debauchery is in fact what you seek, Transit Lounge is willing to lend a hand…
come right out and say it: We hold a special place in our hearts for any band that proudly displays a synthy floating through space with a furry cat at the keys. And that’s just what Javelin is all about: Amazingly vivid imagery, word creatin’, and body shakin’. Over the…
Check out the full 30-photo Phoenix slideshow.PhoenixWith WavvesWednesday, October 27, 2010The Fillmore Miami BeachMiami used to suffer from one of the worst geographical disadvantages in the country. Touring bands on tight budgets often skipped the drive, resulting in only huge, mainstream stadium acts playing our city. But a few years…
Back in the early 2000s, cool kids everywhere became obsessed with all kinds of lupine creatures. Maybe it was irony. Maybe it was rabies. Or maybe the moon had slipped off axis. Whatever the cause, almost everyone between the ages of 16 and 28 was wearing a howling wolf’s head…
British DJ Greg Wilson is an authentic original. His career spans over three decades, preceding the birth of house music. On the late-’70s and early-’80s UK dance music scene, the mixing pioneer introduced that era’s generation to the new post-disco sounds coming out of New York City. Watching him live…
The Smoker’s Club Tour at White Room October 29
Chino y Nacho at La Covacha October 29
Carl Cox at Mansion October 31
Crocodiles at Grand Central November 3
