Since the 1970s, Alice Cooper has been making bloody fantastic rock ‘n’ roll. Known for his shocking stage shows, the artist born Vincent Damon Furnier is now a little further along in years but still touring like crazy. Cooper lives in Arizona, where he enjoys playing a lot of golf…
Life’s a stage. But you still need talent. And getting paid is another thing. Ever since he first picked up the mic and aptly took on the nickname Broadway before making the change to B.Way, the Miami rapper born Kareem Brown has looked at every day as a chance to…
Ever thought, Bro, these EDM shows just couldn’t get any more intense, with, like, all these lasers and LED screens and pyrotechnics and confetti cannons and robots on stilts and naked people? If you’ve answered “Yes!” then your imagination obviously sucks and you’ve never fantasized about electronic dance music in…
Everyone wants to talk about Drake and how the guy is sooo sad. But don’t worry about bruh. He is not sad. He’s livin’ the life, and he knows the key to livin’ the life is not being afraid to open up about your feelings. Drizzy also knows that you…
What do you get when you cross a Miami house music legend like Murk’s Oscar G. with a next-generation Miami house wunderdude like Lazaro Casanova? You get the dance floor-quaking Miami powerhouse of Futro. The homies Oscar and Lazaro have been working together on and off for a few years…
“A DJ nowadays brings their laptop and shows up at the club and they’re ready to go,” says Miami bass veteran Juan Basshead. “But back in the day, DJs had to have everything — all the gear, all the decks, all the way down to the sound.” The rise of…
Halloween may be next week, but in Miami, we like to get the drunken shenanigans and celebratory bashes started early. So bring out your skimpy French maid outfits and Trojan Magnum costumes and hit up the streets of SoBe for some boozy treats and beats. Here are the six best…
Prez P’s room at the W Hotel in Buckhead, Atlanta, is a complete mess. Pillows, blankets, clothing, and bags are tossed on the floor. A pair of jeans is hung over a misplaced microwave. Magazines, water bottles, ketchup and mustard, an empty bag of Skittles, a Perry Ellis Aqua and…
“Dress up and come party with us!” That’s an excited invitation from Win Butler, Arcade Fire, and a weird bunny rabbit to this week’s Reflektor concerts in Miami. Of course, you (probably) don’t have tickets. And that means you’re screwed harder than a cottontail at the peak of mating season…
As a certain world-class party boy might ask: “Where U Been?” For the last two weeks, Life in Color, AKA “The World’s Biggest Paint Party!,” has been teasing beat freaks and goop junkies with a sloooooow reveal of the 15-act lineup for its first-ever festival at Sun Life Stadium in…
Basslights 2.0, Day One With Pretty Lights, Bassnectar, Panty Raid, and SuperVision Kliptsch Ampitheater at Bayfront Park Friday, October 18, 2013 Better Than: Pretty Lights without full live percussion, a horn section, and keys, duh. Walking south on Biscayne Boulevard toward thumping bass and flashing lights at Bayfront Park was…
Mondays always get in the way of the weekend, but if you live in the Magic City, the first day of the work week always brings a new set of concerts to check out. And if you were one of the lucky ones who snagged a pair of tickets to…
Want to raise hell for Halloween? Negative Approach and the Casualties are coming to Churchill’s Pub with their Destruction Campaign Tour: Coming to Ruin Your Town. These are two bands that have inspired more wild, reckless rockin’ than Johnny Cash shooting crank with Elvis at a Motörhead show. We here…
R. Kelly James L. Knight Center, Miami Thursday, October 17, 2013 Hotter Than: “Sex in the Kitchen” … Uh huh. A night with Robert Sylvester Kelly is just as sexy as we’d always fantasized. But it was also weird, hilarious, filthy, absurd, and heartfelt. As Kells told Crossfade when he…
Beat freaks and goop junkies! Last week, Life in Color, “the World’s Biggest Paint Party,” revealed that Calvin Harris will be the star of its self-described “first-ever festival” at Sun Life Stadium on December 27. Obviously, though, if it’s gonna be a full-on fest, we’re gonna need more than one…
Pretty Lights is launching his new live show in Miami, as part of this weekend’s two-night Basslights stand, featuring the kind of set that has never before been attempted in the history of live music production. The Colorado buddha head will be bringing, along with his five-piece band, an analog…
Have you ever been to a party that went so HAM, the hosts got effing evicted? We have, but it wasn’t just any damn Wynwood loft party. It was a beat-freaking Boiler Room, the locals-only III Points edition that went down after James Murphy’s Point Blank set. After a week…
Spanish producer Henry Saiz first came to international prominence at the tail-end of the 2000s via releases on John Digweed’s Bedrock Records, the global touchstone for progressive house. And Saiz would also go on to mix the 2011 installment of Balance, the prestigious mix series known for its prog house…
Stop what you’re doing and throw your papers in the air: It’s Friday, and you’re gonna party! Before you start making plans on weekend shenanigans that’ll leave you scavenging for food till your next paycheck, take a moment to realize that you can immerse yourself in local music and boozy…
For all the jerks who scoffed: “Why the fuck would Arcade Fire choose Miami of all places for semi-secret, ultra-exclusive shows to promote its awesome new record, Reflektor?” … We here at Crossfade offer a three-part answer. 1. Our city is home to almost a quarter-million Ayitiens. And Arcade Fire’s…
Laidback Luke is an international EDM superstar. And yes, he’s also a world champion kung-fu fighter. But even famous DJs and (almost) master martial artists can’t avoid from the same kind of worries that plague average folk like us. Just check the cut for Luke’s take on learning your electronic…
As we at New Times often gush: “Austin Mahone is a teenage dreamboat.” But even teen idols get sick. And sadly for millions of Mahomies, the 17-year-old Cash Money-signed cutie has come down with a bug that’s forced him to cancel both his Miami and Orlando concerts his entire 2013…
