Foster the People With Soko Fillmore Miami Beach Thursday, October 16, 2014 Better Than: A no-hit wonder. “Pumped Up Kicks” is such a good fucking song. It’s cool and catchy and inspires people to use their Shazam app when they hear it on a TV show or at a bar…
Looking back at last weekend, the second-ever III Points was a real big winner. It was bigger and more ambitious than its predecessor. Attendance was up — way up. The move to Soho Studios was the right one. And between Shake Shack, La Latina, and Panther Coffee providing festival-goers with…
It’s tough to say what the greatest show at Bardot has been over the past five years, but that time Dwayne Wade rented out the Wynwood lounge in 2012 for Gabrielle Union’s 40th-birthday pajama jam was one for the books. “Doug E. Fresh played,” recalls David Sinopoli, the guy responsible…
“In some ways, yes. In some ways, no.” That’s how Capital Cities’ Ryan Merchant feels about his and bandmate Sebu Simonian’s so-called “overnight success.” As he pointed out to Crossfade a few months ago, the duo’s biggest hit, “‘Safe and Sound’ was put out in 2011, so it actually feels…
What do you get when you combine a veteran rapper from L.A. with a hip-hop group from Miami? Nothing less than the celebration of sound known as ¡Mursday! The creative relationship between Murs and ¡Mayday! goes back to the band’s first album, Take Me to Your Leader, which featured Murs…
The electronic dance music world wasn’t always so obsessed with the age of its DJs. But Chapel Hill, North Carolina native Porter Robinson, who hit the international scene at 17, may have started an industry-wide mania for the so-called “prodigy.” Even tweens are getting record deals in 2014. But how…
Larry Harlow plays the piano like palm trees play the breeze, like a lizard plays the grass, like the sunrise plays the morning. He’s a natural. And 50 years of practice have made him even better. The so-called Judio Maravilloso, which translates to “Amazing Jew,” was the first guy signed…
An industrial-sized fan, huge enough to cool off hell, whirred across from Jerry, AKA the Gamma Bot. About to perform some awesome ’90s R&B-influenced electronic tracks, the guy’s glorious mane was not even mussed by the manmade gusts. Originally he and the other members of XYZA (pronounced zi-zuh) were planning…
No one knows more about Sex and Love than Spanish panty dropper Enrique Iglesias. In fact, it’s the name of his new album. “I love my fans, and they are allowed to go crazy on me,” the Latin heartthrob teases. “Believe me, they keep surprising me with their creativity to…
It’s Hump Day! For every other city, that’s just a catchy name given to the mid-week slump. But for us here in Miami, it’s the start of the unofficial weekend kick-off. So party it up at the six best club bashes going down this week, from Diddy and Calvin Harris…
After nearly 102 years, Tobacco Road is closing. It’s been seven months since longtime owner Patrick Gleber told Crossfade that Miami’s oldest bar would soon be shuttering its doors. (The Road property was bought for $12.5 million by real estate developers in 2012.) And at the time, he said: “The…
Serious props to III Points. The fest has done an impeccable job of booking world-class musicians and DJs alongside local favorites. But no doubt, one of the biggest names to grace the Mainframe stage this past weekend at Soho Studios was London house hero Duke Dumont. He’s a Grammy-nominated producer…
We want to give a big fat congrats to everyone who participated in this year’s second-annual III Points music, art, and technology festival. It was a wild few days and nights, and there were a lot of great strides made between this year and the last, one of those being…
With its second-annual La Musa Awards gala, the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame is inviting people to get on their feet as they induct the legendary Queen of Latin music: Gloria Estefan. It wasn’t until 2012 that music producers and songwriters Rudy Perez and Desmond Child collaborated for the first…
It’s been a mere 13 hours and 30 minutes since the latest edition of III Points, Miami’s music, art, and tech fest, wrapped up. And yet… it’s already time to start planning the next arty party. After all, there’s just seven weeks and a few days till Basel madness seizes…
In the lull before another night of main-stage mania at Soho Studios, III Pointers got to spend Sunday afternoon with famous friends (and regular friends) at bars and galleries throughout Wynwood. These midday getdowns were called Pre-Points BBQs, though there wasn’t much smoking or grilling of meats goin’ on. Just…
III Points Festival 2014, Day Three With Mac DeMarco, Jamie Jones and Hot Natured, Tiga, Com Truise, and others Soho Studios, Wynwood, Miami Friday, October 10, 2014 Good morning, Dade County. Oh, you can’t hear me ’cause you’re still asleep and the bass is still tickling the inside of your…
Nothing sucks more than waking up in the morning thinking it’s Friday only to realize that it is, in fact, just Monday. We’ve all been there. And yes, it’s a crappy feeling. But hey, at least you’ve got some pretty good music to comfort you. Just check out the five…
III Points Festival 2014, Day Two With Jamie XX, Metronomy, Cashmere Cat, Chet Faker, and others Soho Studios, Wynwood, Miami Friday, October 10, 2014 It’s always been difficult to put on a compelling live electronic music show. And now, with more money made through performing than recording, many mainstream dance…
III Points Festival 2014, Day One With Lykke Li, Flying Lotus, Duke Dumont, and others Soho Studios, Wynwood, Miami Friday, October 10, 2014 Last night, III Points 2014 kicked off with the strongest musical lineup of the three-day festival. There were a few infrastructural hiccups. Many of the bars did…
We’ve “got a feeling inside…” It’s “a certain kind” of feeling we just “can’t explain.” That’s because British rock legends and Hall of Famers the Who have just announced their two-leg 50th anniversary tour and yep, they’re coming to the Magic City next spring. Check the cut for the Who’s…
There aren’t too many musicians left like Kaytranada, not in the big leagues, anyway. His sound is hard to classify as anything more than head-knockin’, and he loves to break the rules. He makes headlines for his noiseless drops, like the Whatever project, when he just dumped a file of…
