While James Brown was the hardest working man in soul music, Lee Fields is the hardest feeling, dishing out emotional exorcisms with every hoot, holler, and wail. Even the name of his backing band – the Expressions – is loaded with burning sentiment. On Saturday, December 1, Sweat Records will…
Art Basel Miami Beach … For wealthy locals and jetsetters, it’s a chance to shop for additions to their already extravagant art collections and attend velvet-rope receptions in chic new getups. But for us uhntz-uhntz heads, it’s just another excuse to put on our tattered dancing shoes. In fact electronic…
Madonna The MDNA Tour With Paul Oakenfold American Airlines Arena, Miami Monday, November 19, 2012 Better Than: Looking for Molly with MDNA at Ultra Music Festival. Three ingeniously slutty decades. That’s how long Madonna has been selling her marvelously meaty ass to the American public. And last night, the newest…
When you’re a 50-year-old musician with a $290 million fortune, majority ownership of an arena football team, and a chummy relationship with President Obama, you’re definitely not “Livin’ on a Prayer” anymore. Life is good for Jon Bon Jovi. So the feathery-haired frontman and his band of New Jersey arena…
This year, the ever-hip and massive Basel Castle lineup is getting mad foolish. The Overthrow peeps announced a beefy list of artists, featuring Purity Ring, Twin Shadow and a host of others, a large number of whom can be included in the always ace Fool’s Gold family. Plus, there’s going…
Joan Manuel Serrat and Joaquín Sabina Dos Pájaros Contraatacan Tour American Airlines Arena, Miami Friday, November 16, 2012 After the huge success of a world tour dubbed Dos Pájaros de Un Tiro (Two Birds with One Stone) in 2007, Joan Manuel Serrat and Joaquín Sabina have returned stronger than ever…
Regina Spektor With Only Son Fillmore Miami Beach November 17, 2012 Better Than: An Audrey Tatou movie marathon. Last night, Regina Spektor — the reigning queen of quirky, folky, and hyper-emotive piano pop — filled the Fillmore Miami Beach to the brim and inflamed nearly one thousand separate smiles…
“Fightin’ fake motherfuckers.” That’s the 24/7/365 mission of self-described “Black God,” seriously mysterious dude, and Miami swag rap visionary SpaceGhostPurrp. So it makes sense that SGP and his Raider Klan homies would hook up with next week’s BKMIA Music Fest, a street-level stab at bringing “progressive Brooklyn and Miami musicians…
The doors haven’t even opened. And the staff is still being hired. But EDM superstar Kaskade has already been locked down for the beat-freaking New Year’s Eve party? Over the last few days, we here at Crossfade broke the news about Story Nightclub opening in the former Amnesia Miami space…
Don’t stay home. Come blow that hard-earned Hamilton with Crossfade. We’ll be tokin’ with Miami rap crew ¡Mayday! in honor of Tobacco Road’s 100th b-day. Then we’re gonna throw our drunk ass into the free punk pit at Fox’s Sherron Inn. And finally, we’ll gorge ourselves on Chocolate Sundays. Just…
On April 8, 1994, Kurt Cobain was found dead in the greenhouse above his garage at 171 Lake Washington Boulevard in Seattle. But even 18 years later, he remains the most vital icon to emerge from the whole overhyped and oversold ’90s grunge craze. Maybe Cobain really was “The Last…
Disc jockeys are the new rock stars. Hence, many a teen dreams of being a superstar DJ. Well, that dream happened to come true for brothers Chris and Steve Martinez from the Bronx, New York. With a little mentoring from veteran house DJs like Dennis Ferrer and Jerome Sydenham, the…
Make sure your corset is laced up nice and tight ladies … Nicolas Jaar is coming to town. The American-Chilean deep house guru and leader of the Clown & Sunset art house label is coming to get real funky with a special Art Basel Miami Beach week performance at Bardot…
Alright, this is a big New Year’s Eve. What are your options? 1. Stay at home in your comfiest jammies, watch the ball drop, and sip sparkling wine. 2. Head out in a shimmery get-up to a real expensive, classy joint, and toast away your wallet. 3. Get fucking nasty…
Break out your vinyl copy of Candy Girl and get your “I Love JIG” tees. ‘Cause Jazz in the Gardens, everyone’s favorite mature-and-sexy Miami music festival, just announced its initial 2013 lineup, starring New Edition (with Bad Bobby Brown!), Earth Wind & Fire, Charlie Wilson, and a few other jazz-y…
Have y’all heard Trilogy yet? It dropped Tuesday, but that doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate The Weeknd’s first major-label release this Sunday night at LIV. It’s that good … The type of record that’s so damn legit, it continues to have “official album release” parties five days after the official…
It was cold outside in the summer of 1998. And she said, “Baby, it’s 3 a.m., I must be lonely.” Yeah, it’s been 14 fucking years and we still can’t get that fucking song outta our heads. Neither, apparently, can Rob Thomas and Matchbox Twenty. Because the ’90s Orlando-bred alt-rockers…
It took Haruki Murakami three years to complete 1Q84, the Japanese author’s nearly 1,000-page surrealist novel set in a fictionalized 1984 Tokyo. He described his creative process in a 2011 interview with The Guardian as “routine,” waking each morning well before sunrise, diving straight into his “subconsciousness,” and then writing…
Serrat and Sabina at American Airlines Arena November 16
Araabmuzik at Mansion Miami November 16
Regina Spektor at Fillmore Miami Beach November 17
I Love Latin Music Festival at James L. Knight Center November 21
