Music

Love is a mysterious thing. So this V-Day, if you finally meet some sexy stranger who makes your palms sweat, knees shake, and the tip of your tongue tingle, please don’t waste time asking a million questions, like, “Is this forever?,” “What if we don’t like the same music?,” or…

The clock tower’s chiming. The smiley faces are turning into rage faces. The dancepocalypse is truly upon us. In just seven days, trap lords RL Grime and Salva will unleash fire, brimstone, and bass on Miami’s most cataclysmically inclined club freaks. Now … It’s true that this low-end doomsday at…

Queens of the Stone Age With Chelsea Wolfe Fillmore Miami Beach Wednesday, February 5, 2014 Better Than: Those sad years when Queens of the Stone Age stopped being a band, the Dwarves gig at Churchill’s a few years back, and any recent Kyuss reboot. It’s been 11 years since Queens…

One of the greatest forces of bass in nature occurs when thunder booms over the flatlands of Miami. And when lightning strikes, sometimes the Earth catches fire. While the Everglades burn, waves of smoke as thick as wet concrete roll all over South Florida. In some places, the fat purple…

As Toro y Moi, AKA one-man electro-pop wonder Chad Bundick, points out: “You’re working double just to have a life.” Those lyrics from “Come Alive,” his new collabo track with Chromeo, are proof that the self-described indie soulster truly understands existence as a cultured individual in a Great Recession world…

“I’m ready to fight this thing.” That’s how Bingo Players’ Paul Baümer took on his unexpected and devastating cancer diagnosis last summer. But sadly, though he showed great courage and admirable resilience, the Dutch DJ-producer passed away on December 17, 2013. Now, in Baümer’s memory, the fight continues. And next…

It’s never boring when Boys Noize is ’round. The German party boy, EDM producer, and label head is always full of surprises, whether throwing down aboard the Holy Ship!! EDM cruise, dropping a new collab with Snoop Dogg at Ultra Music Festival, or raging his way through Winter Music Conference…

There are certain DJs who’ve long denounced trance, even though the genre helped turn them into international superstars. But not Markus Schulz. The German-born, Miami-based dance music veteran (and America’s Best DJ titleholder) says, “It shouldn’t be a dirty word.” Perhaps Schulz is comfortable with the label because he’s always…

“Special music must be made by special people.” That’s how label head Damian Lazarus explained the nature of a Crosstown Rebel for Crossfade a couple of years ago. And proving the true character of his crew hasn’t changed, Lazarus just announced the 2014 lineup for his annual Winter Music Conference…

Car horns frantically beeping during rush hour, neighbors yelling greeting each other at 8 a.m. on a Sunday, and hits of uhntz-uhntz blasting from the strip of clubs that line Washington Avenue till the wee hours of the night. That’s the distinct sound of Miami. But every now and then,…

Nipsey Hussle Avenue D, Miami Friday, January 31, 2014 Better Than: Walking into a Crip neighborhood wearing all red. Draped down in a white t-shirt, his Cuban-link chain and Malcolm X pendant, a blue bandana wrapped around his neck, California rapper Nipsey Hussle took the Miami stage for the first…

Deep in the hells of Guantanamo Bay, extreme bass music rumbles from Bazookas as federal agents use the music of Skinny Puppy to torture prisoners. It’s a fact that has been confirmed by the pioneering industrial band, and that inspired its latest album, Weapon. Now, if you’ve never been to…