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…
It’s officially Ultra season, beat freaks. Just yesterday, the EDM fest announced its Phase Two lineup, adding Chance the Rapper, Miami’s own DJ Craze, as well as the Diplo and Skrillex collab Just U, and 50 other acts to the party plan. But already the Ultra Music Festival peeps have…
For a generation of listeners who grew up with the sounds of the American rock scene in the 2000s, the name Panic! at the Disco is all too familiar. Forming in 2004, this Las Vegas band released its debut album, A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out, just a year later…
At this moment, Queens of the Stone Age is the best rock ‘n’ roll band on the planet. A bold statement, sure. However, while there exist other artists with similar relevance and artistic integrity, no group so deeply embodies the spirit of the genre’s past while fighting to make fresh…
There were two ways to procure rapper Nipsey Hussle’s recent release Crenshaw: download a digital copy for the cost of nothing or pay $100 for one of 1,000 hard copies. But who the hell would buy a $100 album? Jay Z did. Well, more like Jay Z bought 100. And…
What’s that barely audible uhntz-uhntz, bro? Just Ultra Music Festival oh-so-quietly releasing 2014’s Phase Two lineup, exclusively via its official iPhone and Android apps. Of course, though, we here at Crossfade are never too far from our cellular devices. So we snagged UMF’s adds for you. Just check the cut…
It’s the kid, King James! We here at Crossfade have occasionally shouted out LeBron’s skills as a part-time rapper. ‘Cause whether poppin’ a million mollies like Trinidad or freestylin’ over “Niggas in Paris,” homie’s flow has always been solidly adequate. And now, with a cover of “Back That Azz Up”…
Ever been struck by kinky Cupid’s arrow? If you’re like Fetish Factory’s Danny Martinez, then the answer is yes. “I met my fiancée, who happens to be one of the lead dancers, at a Fetish Factory party and it was love at first sight,” Martinez endearingly recalls. “We’re just the…
Now in its sophomore year, Miami Beach’s Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame has announced its 2014 nominees. In all, this latest class counts 24 singers-songwriters and composers who represent, in LSHOF members’ estimation, “the greatest Latin talents from all over the world in every genre. ” Among the shortlisted: Miami’s…
Stumble down to The Vagabond. It’s almost time to dance. Among the few, true mainland fixtures of Miami’s Winter Music Conference week, this NE 14th Street nightspot perennially provides a WMC lineup loaded with classic house legends like Frankie “The Godfather of House Music” Knuckles, David Morales, Hector Romero, Little…
The least surprising news of the day is that tickets to Deadmau5’s free February 15 show at Ice Palace Studios were gone in about a minute. A source confirms the 60-second sell-out time is right and that people were only allowed to request two tickets per account. Still, there’s bound…
Squeal, noise junkies! The transcendent din of INC 2014 is almost upon us. Soon, there will be sabotaged guitars buzzing in the toilet, a sextet of howling amps getting kicked around the mosh pit, and maybe even obsolete electronics in flames. But as any International Noise Conference vet will gleefully…
“We are not open.” And that’s the bottom line at Bamboo Miami Beach, the sixth best hip-hop club in the 305. Over the last year, the Washington Avenue club’s become a mandatory stopover for rap’s most famous jetsetters, from longtime MIA residents Rick Ross and Lil Wayne to out-of-towners like…
As a ’90s Miami kid, Jesse Perez has bass in his DNA. In a way, his signature bump ‘n’ grind style of house music — designed, as Jesse says, for “grinding chongitas” — is descended directly from the booty bass that ruled Miami airwaves in the ’90s via 2 Live…
III Points is coming back. Yes, 3P Productions had so much fun with this past year’s inaugural three-day celebration of art, music and technology that a 2014 edition’s already in the works — but not without a few changes. Instead of Thursday to Saturday, the fest will span the weekend…
Dom Kennedy can’t sell his Get Home Safely LP exclusively at Best Buy without a major label backing him … If you buy that one, then I would like to discuss an igloo property investment opportunity in Nevada that is sure to be prosperous. It comes with its own polar…
So what if it’s only Tuesday? We can still daydream about the weekend. And since we live in the Magic City, it’s not like we have to wait till Friday to rock our stilettos, pop Dom, and get our dance on anyways. Just check out the six best SoBe bashes…
It seems that Deadmau5 and Space made good on their promise of putting on a 100-percent free event in Miami. This evening, Deadmau5 announced that it will take place on Saturday, February 15, at Ice Palace Studios in downtown Miami. The all-access show will have a capacity of 4,000. Tickets…
“Mark Leventhal,” as we at New Times noted in 2008, “helped make SoBe happen.” And even over the past year, the 36-year club veteran has continued to keep the beat at local nightspots, restaurants, and private parties. But sadly, Leventhal fell “gravely ill” last week, according to his sister Amy,…
After last night’s Grammy Awards, everyone is talking about Daft Punk’s appearance (and a most awkward display of white people dancing), not to mention Beyoncé’s oh-so-very-hot performance, and Queen Latifah marrying everyone while Macklemore provided the music. But before all of that went down, while everyone was coming down the…
Disclosure Fillmore Miami Beach Saturday, January 25, 2014 Better Than: Hearing dance music at a South Beach megaclub. “What do you think they will start with?” I wondered before Disclosure took the stage at the Fillmore Miami Beach. “Probably, ‘F For You’ or ‘When a Fire Starts to Burn.’ My…
Without music, those eight hours spent in a cubicle, the bumper-to-bumper traffic on your commute home, and life alone would be an unbearable nuisance. Good thing we never lack any good vibes in the Magic City. Just check the five best concerts going down this week from indie rock with…
