The best place to party is the high seas. Everyone knows it, and more and more reveling ravers are taking their good times to the deep blue. Now that Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week lineups are emerging, it’s no surprise a whole crop of party cruises, yacht parties,…
The Hoxton has been the biggest buzz to hit Brickell since last year’s St. Patty’s Day block party, ironically enough on the same day and spot where the Lucky Clover celebrated its grand opening. See also: -The Hoxton: Replicating New England in Miami -Three New British-Inspired Spots to Open in…
True metal, hardcore, and punk junkies will not be strangers to the long and illustrious recorded legacy of Mike “IX” Williams. Influential on all fronts, especially with well-respected New Orleans sludge band Eyehategod, he has made massive contributions — as a musician, former editor of Metal Maniacs, and freelance music…
Steve Berke is in the middle of an ardent conversation about the decriminalization of marijuana and the plant’s medicinal benefits when he interrupts himself to ask, “Do you know anybody who doesn’t’ know someone who smokes weed?” We don’t. See also: -Steve Berke: Comedian for Miami Beach mayor -Steve Berke…
Ellie Goulding The Fillmore, Miami Beach Wednesday, January 16, 2013 Better Than: Tears, fears and the heartbreak of young love. How many singer-songwriters can boast a sold-out show for their first performance in Miami? Well, we can’t be sure. But we do know Ellie Goulding left no seat empty for…
Go Hard. That’s right … Destructo (AKA Los Angeles DJ, producer, and superpromoter Gary Richards) is comin’ back to the 305 for Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week with another absolutely epic edition of Hard Miami. Just like last year, Destructo and crew will be unloading two consecutive days…
Whenever we here at Crossfade manage to slink out from behind our grimey laptops, take a shower, slip on some clean jeans, escape the office, and empty our bank accounts, there’s only one reason … A hard-core, seven-day beach party. These are the six best club parties on South Beach…
The beat-freaking season has officially begun … Today, Robbie Rivera revealed the nine-act Phase One lineup for Juicy Beach, his annual Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week throwdown on the sweaty ‘n’ sexy sands of South Beach. Uhntz-uhntz-ing into Nikki Beach Miami on March 21, Robbie will be will…
According to the Internet, a ten year anniversary is to be celebrated with diamonds. Because “a marriage that lasts ten years is as durable and beautiful as a diamond.”Now, “durable” and “beautiful” may not be the first words one associates with Frank “Rat Bastard” Falestra’s annual International Noise Conference, which,…
Up until a few months ago, Miami felt empty. The shortage of Afro-Caribbean rhythms in a city built by Afro-Caribbean immigrants was downright shameful. We had become the Big Mango tree without roots. But then Tumbao happened, and Afro-Caribbean beats found a permanent home at the intersection of I-95 and…
London’s hot soprano crooner Ellie Goulding found a lot of success with her debut album, Lights, especially Stateside with her single by the same name. But that kind of multiplatinum, worldwide success doesn’t come easy. To thrive like Ellie, an artist must approach their career with tons of determination and…
Jorge Villamizar is unloading an arsenal of his best work with an intimate gig at Bardot.
It’s been a hell of a year for the Suol label, scoring international chart-topping success on the strength of an uncompromising A&R vision and formidable string of releases. And the man behind it all is DJ-producer, tastemaker, and all-around musical badass Chopstick, AKA Chi-Thien Nguyen. Suol can only get bigger…
“The sun is shining, the breeze is softly blowing, and we’re thinking of you.” Those far-out good vibes come courtesy of your friends at the Virginia Key Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance, who’ve just announced the 2013 lineup for their second annual South Floridian celebration of Cajun, country, blues,…
On April 19, 2002, Alice in Chains lead singer Layne Staley’s body was found in a Seattle apartment by his mom, dad, and city cops. According to the autopsy, he had OD-ed on a combination of heroin and cocaine approximately two weeks earlier. Most grunge fans and rock observers assumed…
Beat freaks are notoriously giving. They’re the digital age’s equivalent to the free-loving longhairs of yesteryear. Reincarnated hippies, if you will, in little more than neon short-shorts and camelback backpacks. As such, DJ-producers have become some of the YouTube generation’s biggest rock stars. But above all, they’ve become some of…
What do “Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, Moses, Chuck Norris, The Little Prince” have in common? They’re all awesome dancers. And they all serve as wellsprings of inspiration for Krisp, a four-member “indie/dance/chillwave/dance-rock” band — Andres Ledesma, Jason Mavila, Alex Lopez, and Charlie Woods — that’s been bringing whimsical party tuneage to…
Hey Thurston: We love you, too! Yes, it’s true. The Sonic Youth founder, Chelsea Light Moving axeslinger, and all-around Renaissance dude-nerd can’t get enough of the Magic City. After attending every single event hosted throughout the entirety of Dade County during Basel 2012, Moore included a gig with Rat Bastard…
Back in 2006, it was pretty much impossible to escape the filthy bassline and dark husky vocal refrain of Dutch DJ-producer Sander Kleinenberg’s “This Is Miami.” For obvious reasons, the electro-house scorcher became an absolute anthem in MIA — the theme song for our city’s status as a dance music…
Free-spirited? Supersexy? “Hungry for hedonism, music and an extraordinary lifestyle”? Welcome to Generation Wild, a “unique concept tour,” according to the official hype, “ready to explode in a city near you.” The beat-freaking lineup: Awesome “Bong” bro Deniz Koyu, the 17-year-old Spanish EDM phenom Danny Avila, house blog fave dBerrie,…
Why does SoBe get such a bad rap, bro? Sure, it’s crawling with rich douchebags in button-down dress shirts. And the parking sucks. And the drinks are ridiculously expensive. But it’s also home to formerly law-breaking Frenchmen, $10 underground minimal techno throwdowns, and the Mustache Revolution. Just check out this…
The “Red Headed Stranger” and the “Okie From Muskogee” ride again. That’s right … Ol’ Willie Nelson — the pot-smoking, braid-wearing, hippie-loving outlaw country legend — just announced some new 2013 tour dates. He’s bringing his son Lukas, young gun Jamey Johnson, and the rest of the Nelson family down…
