Music

Feel that rumble. Every humanoid creature who’s ever lived, from the caveman to the dubstepper and runner of traps, has felt a rush of adrenaline whenever their bones get rattled by a low-frequency boom. That’s called bass. And as Flux Pavilion says: “We all respond to it.” The other day,…

All day, all night, don’t stop. For the last 120 hours (i.e. five days, if you do things like sleep or see the sun), all the world’s beat freaks have been streaking from one Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week party to the next. And today’s party plan: Skrillex…

And the award for best new event at Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week goes to… OWSLA’s new Good Times, a two-day backyard bonanza smack dab in the middle of Wynwood, featuring once-in-a-lifetime collaborative sets from the most exciting names on the dance scene. WMC and MMW is exciting…

Amid the manic hype of the so-called “EDM explosion,” it is reassuring that DJs like Paul Oakenfold are still around. As one of the founding fathers of trance, Oakenfold has proven to be a dance innovator for over 20 years, influencing the masses’ conception of electronic music and contributing to…

What do Skrillex, Wynwood, and cornhole have in common? Good Times … And not just of the standard oh-that-was-a-cool-and-fun-experience kind. This week, the electronic dance music superstar and his OWSLA crew, in cahoots with Miami’s own Poplife, will be hosting a superstacked mini-fest by that name in Wynwood. There will…

During Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week, there will be no shortage of big names taking over nightclubs and getting the crowds moving at Ultra Music Festival. Still, there are some people who don’t want to listen to Avicii’s “Wake Me Up” on repeat. That’s why, since 2007, Safe…

Miley Cyrus’ Bangerz Tour With Icona Pop American Airlines Arena, Miami Saturday, March 22, 2014 “Woo! Woooooo! I’m in Miami, bitch! I’m gonna fuck Miley Cyrus tonight! Bangerz tour! I’m gonna bang her all night!” shouted an overexcited guy in front of us. Meanwhile, much like Halloween on South Beach,…

“It’s all about the art of DJing and showing people what the beauty of this art form is,” Markus Schulz tells Crossfade about his mission as an EDM star. “I hope that it’s not lost because music is evolving to a popular commercial standard right now. There has to be…

Burnt out from too much fist-pumping at all those Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week parties you crashed this weekend? Well, take a cafecito shot and put on your game face ’cause the WMC/MMW rage has just begun. Just check out the five best concerts going down this week,…

The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller A live documentary by Sam Green and Yo La Tengo The Colony Theatre, Miami Beach Saturday, March 22, 2014 Better Than: Any movie playing in the multiplex (except maybe The Grand Budapest Hotel). Even in this multitasking day and age when people respond…

Big Beat Miami Pool Party? “I love it,” say Icona Pop’s Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo. And of course, you do, ladies. You’re headlining the thing, alongside fellow fans of water-based festivities like Flux Pavilion, Cash Cash, Chainsmokers, Chocolate Puma, Hook n Sling, Sick Individuals, Walden, and Big Beat’s own…

Go, raver. Go, raver. Go. Chug a Red Bull. Down a vial of Five-Hour elixir. Pop a packet of Jelly Belly energy beans. The Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week marathon starts now. And it doesn’t end till next month. Here are the 20 best parties during WMC and…

Hundreds of international DJs will soon be in town to provide the soundtrack for the world’s most massive hedonist orgy, also known as Miami Music Week. But one of them is here on a decidedly nobler mission than making molly-addled ravers gurn. Canadian DJ-producer and DV8 label boss Daniel Dubb…

Mo’ murder, mo’ murder, come come again. It’s the first of the month. Man, I miss my uncle Charles, y’all. This weekend, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, one of the top-selling hip-hop groups of all time is coming to The Stage in Miami. The group was discovered by Easy E via “Thuggish Ruggish…

UPDATE Ultra 2015 just revealed its Phase Two lineup and the fest’s set times. Get to party plannin’, raver. In just one week, Ultra Music Festival 2014 begins at downtown Miami’s Bayfront Park. Arrive unprepared … And you will be screwed. Of course, we mean: “Do not forget your cellphone…

When it comes to reckless, speedin’, boozin’, fightin’ Boston hardcore, Gang Green’s Chris Doherty and crew are the kings. Their songs, like “Alcohol” (covered by Metallica), “Skate to Hell,” and “Another Wasted Night,” are fireballs of poetic aggression. And the album cover for their 1984 seven-inch single “Sold Out” features…

Julieta Venegas and Los Amigos Invisibles Sala Siete Concert Series, Presented by Jack Daniel’s With Mr. Pauer and Domino Saints Grand Central, Miami Wednesday, March 19, 2014 It was the middle of the week. But it felt like a Saturday night in Miami. Doors opened at Grand Central by 8:00…

Sure, you could spend your entire Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week in landlocked clubs. You could also rage away the next ten days with thousands of like-minded PLUR junkies in fluorescent bikinis, pink tutus, and neon shades at South Beach’s never-ending pool parties. But why not don a…