Ever wondered why Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week is held every March in the Magic City? Well, because it’s warm and sunny in the MIA while the rest of the country is digging out from under another late-winter snowfall. As we shake sand out of our pockets and…
Meet your new sifu. His name is Laidback Luke. And though he may be most famous as a EDM megastar, this friendly Dutch dude also happens to be a kick-ass kung fu fighter. At last year’s “Olympics of kung fu,” as Luke describes the world championships in Hong Kong, he…
Stuff is ’bout to get wild, weird, and out of control, party people. In just seven days, Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week officially kick off the spring uhntz-uhntz-ing season in Miami. There will be pool parties, beach bashes, EDM cruises, megaclub blowouts, afterhours throwdowns, and ragers that literally…
Whoa, bro. The world’s biggest DJ is finally about to drop a new studio slab? That’s right. And though he has continued to let loose a steady supply of Club Life mixtapes (not to mention a full-length as Allure), it’s been almost five years since Tijs Michiel Verwest, best known…
Pablo Alborán Fillmore Miami Beach Saturday, March 15, 2014 Over the weekend, fans filled the Fillmore Miami Beach for a sold-out night full of rhythm and romanticism as 24-year-old Spanish singer Pablo Alborán performed for the first time in the United States. Earlier this month, when we here at Crossfade…
It may be St. Paddy’s Day, but no four-leaf clover or pot of gold that you happen to find today will make Monday disappear. Good thing the luck of the Irish is favoring the Magic City and bringing in some pretty good shows, starting tonight — from up-and-coming rap genius…
Photo by Kevin McGee Avant-gardists, Zen gardeners, collectors of incidental and deliberate sounds, intake valve agitators, inventors of agoraphobic explosives … Many are the hats and coats that Kreamy ‘Lectric Santa has worn since its first kicks of musical discontent managed to connect with South Florida’s underground ass. The journey…
If there was one party during last year’s Winter Music Conference and Miami Music that everyone kept shouting out on social media, it had to be the Red Bull Guest House. In its inaugural edition, the event proved to be no joke, offering four days of endless rooftop pool parties…
Buckminster Fuller was a man full of fascinating ideas. The second president of Mensa is remembered for being an inventor, author, and most famously an architect who popularized the use of geodesic domes. In fact, Fuller thought the geodesic dome could solve the world’s housing problem because of its incredible…
Last week, we here at Crossfade got five predictions for the biggest hits of Winter Music Conference, Miami Music Week, and Ultra Music Festival 2014 from none other than Pete Tong, BBC Radio 1 host and the world’s chief electronic dance music tastemaker. And with EDM’s biggest week coming up…
It’s been days since you’ve slept. The next party starts in less than an hour. And you’re desperate for a clean t-shirt, fresh flip flops, and some unused condoms. Obviously, though, South Beach clubs require their party people to display at least a modicum of style. So it’d be highly…
Who’s ready for some Ultraviolence? Well, before pop star Lana Del Rey finally releases the follow-up to her 2012 breakthrough album, Born To Die, she’s sending her “Young & Beautiful” self on a 22-city U.S. tour. This spring, Ms. Del Rey will flit from Las Vegas to Phoenix, San Fran,…
You don’t have to be an EDM junkie to know that Ultra Music Festival brings some of the best DJs on the planet to the Magic City every year. (Eric Prydz, Carl Cox, David Guetta sound familiar?) But one thing that’s got us beyond ecstatic about the 2014 fest is…
Need a dose of that old-school vibe for your rap track? Well, R&B singer Anthony Hamilton provides a fine, cost-effective alternative to pricey soul samples. “A lot of people want that old sound, that old grit.” he says, speaking by phone from his North Carolina home. “So they say, ‘Let’s…
Losing hope that Isaac Brock and Modest Mouse might ever deliver another collection of yawping indie-rock tunes? Well, “Be Brave.” Because, as Brock and band have repeatedly insisted: “We look forward to sharing our new music with the world.” Yeah, they haven’t released any new material since 2007’s We Were…
New York had its Cafe Wha? and Bottom Line. Los Angeles had the Troubadour. And while South Florida could never match either of those cities in terms of star power and mystique, it did have a venue that helped foster South Florida’s burgeoning folk scene in the 1960s and ’70s…
As Ray LaMontagne (sorta) sings on his latest single, Supernova: “I want you to be my gu-e-e-est.” After four years, the notoriously soft-spoken, extraordinarily private singer-songwriter and former shoemaker has emerged from his famous farmhouse with a new haircut and his next album. To celebrate this upcoming slab, titled Supernova…
Lord Jamar is a Five-Percent Nation hip-hop originator who is not afraid to crack on Kanye for his skirt, rip on Macklemore for his skin, or tell off anybody who he feels is forsaking the sacred science of hip-hop. He’s also got a problem with Rakontur’s Tanning of America, and…
Monday morning misery is among us. Right now, you’re probably scrolling through thousands of unread emails flooding your inbox and prepping for those back-to-back meetings. Yeah, life pretty much sucks right now, but when you have music from indie pop stars Tegan and Sara, rock legends Paul Simon and Sting,…
Daddy Yankee is more than just a shade-bearing reggeatonero with a passion for mujeres Latinas … The Puerto Rican papi runs a frickin’ empire. The Big Boss is head of El Cartel Records. He peddles his own El Cartel tequila and DY fragrance line. He’s even the commissioner of the…
Ten years into its run, there’s no denying the indelible mark that’s been made by Damian Lazarus’ Crosstown Rebels label on electronic dance music. In a way, a spot on the label’s roster has become a rite of passage on the underground house and techno scene, with the label having…
There is no doubt that you’ve jammed out in your car to Travie McCoy’s tunes. What can we say? The man and his music are pretty goddamn catchy. You know him one of two ways. Perhaps from his days with Gym Class Heroes or maybe from his solo career, which…
