Miami’s Torche remains one of the most unique heavy bands ever, melding catchy, melodic vocals with a bludgeoning, slack-stringed guitar assault and drumming that has more in common with the sounds of a mortar assault than rock music. The resulting sounds are as potent as they are unique, which may…
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…
When you live in the 305, there’s never such a thing as “partying too hard.” I mean, with an endless supply of nightly bashes attracting world-class DJs, A-list celebrities, and drop-dead-gorgeous creatures, how can you party too hard? Just check out the six best South Beach bashes going down this…
Deep in the bowels of Guantánamo Bay, extreme bass music rumbles from Bazooka speakers 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…
It’s been two weeks since Mark Leventhal — a four-decade veteran of the club scene, well-known South Beach DJ, and father of three — fell “gravely ill,” in the words of his sister Amy, with “an infection that is affecting his body and his brain.” Following the onset of this…
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…
For one reason or another, things never go as planned. Just ask Dope Ent’s Matt Zingler, 25, and his business partner, Tariq Cherif, 24. Take, for example, this past weekend: Nipsey Hussle had just left the building after his performance at Avenue D in Miami. And unfortunately, Zingler was forced…
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…
Nested in the aquatic playgrounds of Las Estacas, a hotel resort just 40 minutes outside of Mexico City, you will find Carnaval de Bahidorá — a music festival experience curated by Distrito Global. “Distrito Global is a company that’s run by a few close schoolmates of mine from back in…
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…
Arctic Monkeys Fillmore Miami Beach Thursday, January 30, 2014 British post-punk foursome Arctic Monkeys completed its first performance of 2014 last night for a sold-out crowd at the Fillmore Miami Beach. In support of the outfit’s fifth studio album, AM, the current tour has been ping-ponging across the Atlantic since…
Blink … Now open your eyes. Just like that, the first month of 2014 has come to an end. The weekend madness, parties, and wild shenanigans may fly by as quickly as the last 31 days, but the dollar bills in your pocket won’t. Just check out Crossfade’s ten best…
Once you get a taste of that A-1 quality rap, then there’s no going back. No mid-level trash. Nothing but high-grade tracks. It’s be a little over a year since Miami rapper Jigg released the second installment of his on going HighGrade series with DJ Folk, a project followed by…
Remember that bizarro nightmare where the sky was burning, the air smelled like scorched flesh, and a deranged pair of necromancers turned you into a puppet that did a weird seizure dance? Well, that was actually a Skinny Puppy show. And next week, the pioneering industrial band’s cEvin Key and…
The beat is back. For the 12th straight year, the Heineken TransAtlantic Festival will be unleashing a multilingual flourish of edgy international tuneage on our city’s most adventurous music fans. In its last few editions alone, this Miami New Times’ Best Festival winner (sponsored by everyone’s fave Dutch brew and…
Ma Dukes is slang for anybody’s mother. But when you talk to hip-hop heads, only one matters. J Dilla was a hip-hop producer from Detroit whose life was tragically cut short in 2006 by a rare blood disease, but his momma, the Ma Dukes, continues to travel the world in…
