The Basslights minifestival is a two-night downtown throwdown by EDM speaker-knockers Bassnectar and Pretty Lights. These Friday and Saturday shows at Klipsch Amphitheater will also feature Koan Sound from Australia and the Fools Gold electronic dance rap of Run the Jewels’ El-P and Killer Mike. Bassnectar is currently rushing down…
After four years, it’s time for Basel Castle to expand its kingdom. So in a battle worthy of Games of Thrones, Miami-Los Angeles collective the Overthrow has annexed the lands southern lands known as Grand Central Park for its fourth annual Basel Castle. Since it’s inception, it was held in…
Draco Rosa is sitting in a cafe, just a few blocks down the road from his L.A. studio, Phantom Vox. “I’m sorry I’m being so rude, but I’m eating this delicious gluten-free cookie. It’s so good. I wish I could give you half,” the ex-Menudo heartthrob laughs. Having been in…
Austin Mahone is a teenage dreamboat. The perfectly adorable 17-year-old pop sensation went from YouTube cutie to VMA winner in almost record time. Signed to Cash Money Records, he was voted 2013’s Artist to Watch by MTV and named the new Justin Bieber by everyone else. Mahone and his mom…
Your great-grandma thinks DJs work at radio stations. The rest of the world believes that disc jockeys have replaced rock stars, living to rule the pop charts, make multi-millions, and play the biggest festival stages on Earth. Oddly enough, neither great-grams, nor the rest of the world is entirely wrong…
When alligators want to fuck or fight, they roar. Females initiate the call, males follow, and they sometimes gang up by the thousands to throw tones so deep that the entire Everglades shakes. Some of these extreme rumbles occur at the level of infrasound, low-frequency oscillations that you feel more…
Over the last few years, Twitter has become the diary of almost everyone’s lives, where we air out personal grievances or document what we ate for lunch. But Kevin Pouya, the 18-year-old rapper known simply as Pouya, prefers to use it for more practical purposes, especially with his female fans…
Yep. The Reflektors is Arcade Fire. Yesterday, we here at Crossfade noticed a curious update on local world-music promoter Rhythm Foundation’s website for a special edition of the monthly Big Night in Little Haiti at the Little Haiti Cultural Center starring a band that we’d never heard of. Oddly, though,…
Claude VonStroke, the Claudefather of Dirtybird records, the big guy behind the ghetto-booty-tech madness that defies genre limitations, is enjoying some highly-deserved time in the spotlight. He’s built his empire from the ground up for years, and 2013 has seen him reap serious benefits. But it wasn’t always that way…
Being a PLUR warrior isn’t just something you do at 2 a.m. in a dark club, it’s a 24/7 job. You’ve got to awaken people to a higher consciousness and use your powers for good at every moment possible, even if it means marching on a couple hours of sleep…
Laidback Luke isn’t just some international EDM superstar. He’s also a kung-fu master. But like all truly dangerous martial artists (and genuinely famous DJ-producers), he prefers to undersell his neck-snapping and ass-kicking skills. “I’m not really a master yet,” Luke insists, modestly. “But I am practicing at a high level,…
It may only be Tuesday, but hey, at least you survived all of those dreadful meetings, went through countless Monday morning emails, and finally got over that weekend hangover. And with all of the SoBe parties this week, from R. Kelly’s official afterparty to Steve Aoki’s Aokify America Tour, the…
When Mount Kimbie, the London-based production duo of Kai Campos and Dominic Maker, dropped 2010’s critically-acclaimed debut album Crooks & Lovers, the media swiftly christened them poster children for the “post-dubstep” movement. But even then, it was a reductionist label for Kimbie’s sound. While held up by broken beats and…
Spoiler alert: Yep, probably. Arcade Fire’s new album Reflektor is nearly here and while a formal tour has yet to be announced, rumors suggest a series of secret shows around the country in the next few weeks. Well, we suck at keeping secrets, so you might want to keep October…
Drugs are bad, mmk? Almost everyone does them, but it’s totally not rad to depict people having a drug-fueled good time in your music video. Especially not if you’re signed to PMR Records. England’s Disclosure is a couple of cool bros who probably do drugs, but when they put drug…
Sensation Ocean of White With Fedde Le Grand, Nic Fanciulli, Prok & Fitch, and Mr. White Saturday, October 12, 2013 American Airlines Arena, Miami Better than: All the colors found in a Crayola 64 box — and that horrible crayon sharpener that never fucking worked! As we’ve gotten older, we’ve…
It’s never easy letting go of the beloved weekend, but sometimes there’s nothing else to do but face the music. And by facing the music, we mean watching talented artists from international musicians to rock legends to indie folk bands, put on a show for us beautiful people. Just check…
How many different ways can you wear white? It’s not the most exciting color in the crayon box, but get tens of thousands of ravers together in the same brilliant monochrome, and you’ve got an experience that’s anything but bland. Sure, Sensation: Ocean of White’s got a strict all-white dress…
Black metal is a spiritual music for people who like to call forth Satan. Kult Ov Azazel’s founding member Xaphan is a true believer, and will prove it tonight at Churchill’s Pub for the first annual Black Kvlt Metal Fest “with 2 infernal stages, and 11 Kvlt bands.” Here are…
Strahil Velchev — better known as KiNK on international dancefloors — took no shortcuts during his two-decade trajectory as a producer. Nor was he given any major breaks. It was pure passion and perspiration that got him where he is today. Raised in Bulgaria when the country was still culturally…
What 46-year-old man do the ladies want to just reach out and fondle? Who sings the dirtiest, freakiest things with a voice sweeter than sugar and smooth as molasses? What American icon can be caught in scandal, time and time again, yet still sell 38.5 million records? There’s only one…
It’s Friday night! So Stop Being Sober, get blasted with Patrón, Cîroc, and Hennessy, and shake your ass till the sun rises. More than just a Miami state of mind, booze, beats, and even more booze is what Bamboo’s latest weekly bash is all about. “We wanted to do something…
