See also “25 Diplo-Certified Ways to ‘Express Yourself.'” The booty clap is an artform. It’s no paltry shake or bounce. It takes real finesse and diligence. And no one has done more to promote the art of booty-clappin’ than Diplo, AKA Wes Pentz. OK, we’re just kidding. That’s the Twerk…
See also “Dennis Ferrer’s Final Word on Getting Kicked Off Mansion Miami’s Stage for Not Being ‘Commercial Enough.'” From Deadmau5 pissing off pretty much everyone with his hateful and decidedly hypocritical rants, to a clueless Paris Hilton jumping on the DJ bandwagon and crowning herself the new queen of house…
See also “Dennis Ferrer on Commercial EDM: ‘They See an Easy Customer Who Wants It Fast & Cheap.'” When renowned DJ-producer Dennis Ferrer got kicked off the decks mid-set at Mansion nightclub for not being “commercial enough” back in February, he found himself in the middle of a growing debate…
From Kodiak to the Caribbean, corporate sponsorships are taking Pitbull around the world. Just last month, Mr. Worldwide touched down in Alaska, posed with a stuffed bear, and attended an Alutiiq ceremony as a cross-promotional brand ambassador for Walmart and Sheets Energy Strips. He performed at a Coast Guard base…
See also “Stripped: The Show Brings Bulging Dong Slings Dangerously Close to Your Eyes on August 29” The trouble with oiled-up hunks is they’re rarely naked and thrusting their crotches in your face. Not Rike Mambo, Orlando, and Eduar. These beefcakes are The Strippers Del Mambo. And as stars of…
It might not be such a stretch to describe Ewan Pearson as the Brian Eno of electronic dance music. Like Eno, Pearson is an out-of-the-box musical visionary capable of taking artists to new levels. And his studio wizardry has made him one of the UK’s most in-demand remixers and producers,…
Nadastrom at Grand Central August 16
Yo Gotti at Revolution Live August 17
Los Enanitos Verdes at Fillmore Miami Beach August 19
BLS Florida World Tour at Green Room August 22
The international house scene has seen a major paradigm shift in recent years. Stark and soulless minimal techno gave way to deep melodic soul and slow-mo grooves, with the influences of disco, rare groove, and even hip-hop seeping into the four-on-the-floor mold and breaking it. The start of this sonic…
See also “Cat Power Announces Sun North American Tour, Kicking Off at Grand Central in Miami.” Given the historical precedent, a polite listening party at a quirky record-and-coffee shop like Sweat Records might be the safest option if one were jonsing for an earful of Chan Marshall. Performing as Cat…
Sometimes, it seems as though half of the people we here at Crossfade meet are dudes. And yet very few of them are oiled-up studs, shaking their bulging dong slings in our face. Chin up, though. Because Stripped: The Show is coming to the Martini Bar at Gulfstream Park in…
We’ve gotta give props to the folks at Kontrol Miami. All summer long, they’ve managed to run a successful underground EDM night at Mansion, the same club that purportedly kicked DJ Dennis Ferrer off the decks mid-set for not playing “commercial enough” back in February. Given the chance, the promoters…
See the full 31-photo slideshow of Meek Mill at Fillmore Miami Beach — plus “Meek Mill on Dreams & Nightmares Debut: ‘The Dream Is Gettin’ Paid for What I Love, The Nightmare Was Makin’ It to This Point.'” Meek Mill’s Dreamchasers Tour With Casey Veggies, DJ Drama, and cameos from…
He’s perhaps the most unrecognizable face in modern R&B, often photographed while hiding amid dark shadows. But Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye’s music is anything but unfamiliar, especially if you’ve stumbled across a indie music blog over the past year. With three mixtapes, a co-headlining spot at the Coachella Valley Music…
See Crossfade’s concert review, “Avicii Totally ‘Le7els’ Miami at American Airlines Arena, June 8.” Even though Avicii’s spent the entire summer luring underage uhntz-uhntz addicts to arena raves all across America, he isn’t gonna take a beat-freaking break. Nope … This Swedish DJ, producer, and Ralph Lauren poster boy is…
Brooklyn-based alt-rapper EL-P is admittedly not that “fucking brilliant,” but he’s comfortable being a perfectionist. “When I do my records, I’m trying to push myself and say everything the right way for me at the time,” he recently said in an interview with our sister paper Phoenix New Times. “I’m…
Christopher VictorioStevie Wonder at Outside Lands.The following is a dispatch from Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco, from our sister paper, SF Weekly. See more Outside Lands Music Festival news. Stevie Wonder, in theory, is an American artistic treasure. He’s more than our Beatles or Rolling Stones; he’s our Dickens…
See the full 36-photo slideshow of Fake Blood at Grand Central. Fake Blood With Damaged Goods and Mike Deuce Grand Central, Miami Saturday, August 11, 2012 Better Than: Parties with the Manson family. Not everything that’s hard is dubstep. And just because it’s dark, doesn’t mean it can’t be funky…
Christopher VictorioMetallica at San Francisco’s Outside Lands festival.The following is a dispatch from Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco, from our sister paper, SF Weekly. See more Outside Lands Music Festival news. Metallica, headlining Saturday night of the Outside Lands Music Festival in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, proved just…
Photo by Christopher VictorioNeil Young and Crazy Horse at the Outside Lands Music Festival.The following is a dispatch from Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco, from our sister paper, SF Weekly. See more Outside Lands Music Festival news. While he’s putting everything into a solo, Neil Young’s face looks like…
