Pop the champagne and light the fireworks… 2015 is only a few weeks away. Now, if you haven’t started making New Year’s Eve arrangements, then you’re already behind schedule. But no need to freak out. There’s still (barely) enough time to save your end-of-year party plans. Just check out Miami’s…
Down in Florida City, Rasta Rick used to live in an air conditioned tree house, serve bricks of good outdoor ganja, and jam reggae tapes all day. Dade County is both a downtrodden Babylon, and a Rasta’s paradise. And many of the world’s greatest reggae artists, bands, and performers can…
Miami’s been a leader in the electronic dance music industry for decades. So it’s only natural for a local to have a hand in the beatification of the online streaming world. Erik Velez is a Miami guy, entirely dedicated to spreading the joy of dance throughout his city and the…
It’s great to be a Phan during the golden age of Phish. There is just a certain power and richness to the music, the band, and the community right now. Some of us saw the band at frat houses in the ’80s, made it to 350 shows between ’93 and…
Chug that coquito and do el Burrito Sabanero. Christmas has fallen upon the 305. And in the spirit of the holiday season, we’re gonna hit up the twinkling Magic City streets for some boozy X-Mas action. So ditch that tacky reindeer sweater, slip on your little black dress, and party…
Srsly, Miami, wtf? If you lived 2014 in the 305, you definitely saw a lot of strange headlines related to music. As we put this bizarre year behind us and look toward the future, we think it’s important to reflect upon the past. And because we at Crossfade relish absurdity,…
Sometimes, it takes a disaster to instigate change. In this case, it was undelivered packages. By 2009, Life in Color (then called Dayglow) was picking up momentum. What had started two years earlier as a paint-throwing EDM party for college students in Tallahassee was now touring all over Florida. More…
Is this the end of the Cuban embargo, or just another imperialist conspiracy to infect the world with capitalism? The masses are fervently anticipating what Obama’s new deal with the Castro regime really means. So before you go popping bottles of Havana Club and lighting up Cohibas, stop and think…
Ever wondered what makes the Most Wonderful Time of the Year the Most Wonderful Time of the Year? To our frozen friends up north, it’s the snow and ugly Christmas sweater parties. But to us here in the 305, it’s all the kickass music. Just check out the five best…
The Bee Gees’ “Stayin’ Alive” and John Travolta in flared pants — that’s what comes to mind when you hear the word disco. But even though platform shoes and sequined one-piece jumpsuits were the craze in the ’70s, Basement Miami’s got a different take on discotheque culture. “Disco equals dancing…
In honor of new album, Just Be Free, the Queen Diva, Late-Night Creepa, New Orleans’ Big Freedia (a gay man, if you don’t already know, who answers to “he or she”), brought her booty-shakin’ bounce party to Bardot Miami’s carpet stage last night. The rich and fabulously fierce cross-dressing tradition…
“I’m like Willy Wonka with his chocolate factory, always coming up with ideas,” My Deer’s Jo Viscaino says. “I just checked my phone and I have 367 recordings saved of ideas for songs.” To some completing 367 songs might seem an outlandish ambition, but as many a fortune cookie have…
Duke Ellington nicknamed Charles “China” Valles the “Maharaja,” a Sanskrit word denoting greatness and royalty. And from his throne behind the microphone and his place at the helm of the Sunshine Jazz Organization, he was indeed a mighty man in American jazz, soul, blues, and R&B. China was a preeminent…
‘Twas the Friday before Christmas, when all through the Magic City, every single club rat was raging. With peppermint shots a plenty, visions of dollar signs danced in their heads. No, they weren’t being haunted by Holiday bills just yet, they were celebrating the arrival of the Holiday weekend and…
Artem Stoliarov released his first original track at the age of 19. Months later in 2010, Armin van Buuren took notice of Arty, as he’s come to be known, choosing the track “Bliss” for one of his State of Trance mixes. Soon, he signed to Above and Beyond’s prestigious Anjunabeats…
Do the Peacock. ‘Cause Miami New Times just became the musical party planner for the Coconut Grove Arts Festival. Today, CGAF (that’s the fest’s catchy new acronym, pronounced see-gaf) announced the New Times Music Showcase, a three-day, main-stage lineup of over a dozen national and local bands set to perform…
Is music really “art”? What about music videos? The Pérez Art Museum Miami seems to think so. For Art Basel Miami Beach 2014, PAMM commissioned and premiered a music video from NYC production collective Future Brown for the song “Vernáculo,” featuring Maluca and directed by Rory Mulhere. The museum also…
“Bang Bang,” baby. It’s been that kind of 2014 for English pop star Jessie J. She hit the Top 10 on the Hot 100 with her huge summer hit, co-starring Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj. She just dropped her third studio album, Sweet Talker. And now she’s touring the whole…
Stop lettin’ your tape rock till it pops. There’s a new place in town to get a dose of classic hip-hop. Every Thursday, DJ YNot is taking over downtown Miami’s Therapy with Juicy, a night of real hip-hop from the edge of the golden era, played through a good sound…
With something like 50 records released this year alone, including original cuts and remixes on top labels like Defected, Poker Flat, and his own Maya Records, Joeski’s certainly as prolific as dance music producers get. And the real kicker? This NYC underground legend has been doing it for close to…
“Isolation has not worked,” President Barack Obama said today in his address on U.S.-Cuba policy. “It’s time for a new approach.” At the same time, Cuba’s Raúl Castro, speaking to his own country from the capital city of Havana, delivered the news of the two nations’ plans to normalize relations…
“It’s kind of like Jim Morrison if he had a laptop,” says Niko Javan. The Miami music producer and member of rap duo O’Grime is talking about #Yoppin Wednesdays, a new party that he launched at South Beach spot Haven last week. Named after his “Yop = Your own path”…
