The traditional rock ‘n’ roll laser show just got a reboot. A quick scan of the repertoire reveals your standard-issue Planetarium jams: Led Zeppelin, the Doors, Grateful Dead, and, of course, Pink Floyd. But Saturday night, Planetarium Krautrock (presented by Miami Art Museum and Miami Science Museum in collaboration with…
South Beach can be a dangerous place. Everyone is too sexy. The rich VIPs run the clubs. And even though electronic dance music is currently the biggest thing in pop culture, famous DJs still get kicked off the decks. Obviously, though, clubbing in Miami isn’t as hazardous as grappling with…
Bomba Estéreo With Zuzuka Poderosa & Kush Arora Heineken TransAtlantic Festival 2013 North Beach Bandshell Saturday, April 6, 2013 Better Than: An aguardiente-drenched wedding in Bogotá. Man or woman, if Bomba Estéreo’s Liliana “Li” Saumet doesn’t make some part of your anatomy hum with strange, sensual electricity, then you need…
Those darn Kitsuné kids are always trying to turn you on to new music. And wouldn’t you know it, they have a knack for picking out real talent. Last November, the Parisian electro label brought Oliver and the Twelves to Grand Central for their 10th Anniversary Club Tour. And even…
You know something’s up when legendary South Florida-slash-Gainesville metal group Floor is playing a local show and it’s not even the band we’re most excited about. We love Floor, its signature metallic hum, and bright pop flourishes. But next weekend, that beloved heavy-tuneage outfit will share the Churchill’s Pub stage…
April Fool’s Day may have past, but it’s no joke that you’re still broke. Now that the weekend is here, you wish you would have spared all that cash you spent on trying to fool your significant other into thinking you had a sex change – it was a horrible…
Suffering from uhntz-uhntz withdrawal? Well, your BFFs at Ultra Music Festival are hurting too. They’re just wracked with the painful physical and psychological symptoms of craving the lost companionship of 330,000 beat freaks. Even tweeting, “We miss you guys so much ;(” Desperate to alleviate the pain of silence and…
There are few things manlier — and in a woman’s case, womanlier — than stepping out of “the closet” and letting the world know you’re gay. And you’d be an asshole not to respect someone with that kind of courage. But you’d be an even bigger culo to issue a…
Some bands try to snag some buzz with a catchy name. Others become legends with their music alone. But when your band’s name is Kinky and you have been nominated for several Latin Grammys, you’ve definitely made it. We here at Crossfade caught up with guitarist Carlos Chairez just in…
Hey! It’s Thursday! The weekend is (almost) officially here, and it’s time to break out the dancing shoes, hemorrhage that wallet, and get nasty as you want to be. There will be all kinds of EDM in the streets of SoBe this weekend, from deep, soulful house to flashy electro-pop…
The Río de la Plata (or River Plate) is a 140 mile-wide estuary that separates Argentina and Uruguay. It’s also the place of confluence for the diverse folk music styles Latin Grammy Award-winning Argentinian-Uruguayan collective Bajofondo began blending into their idiosyncratic Rioplantense electronic world fusion in the early 2000s. “What…
Genderqueer rapper Mykki Blanco will bite the head off a harpy, steal that bitch’s wings, and work ’em harder than any regular rap dame ever could. That’s because Blanco is no regular rap dame, and she certainly ain’t no regular rap dude. She is hip-hop’s new in-between, the great white…
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What’s the best way to spend a Monday in Miami? Hurling bricks of cold, hard American cash at fistfighting strippers. As a member of Rick Ross’s Maybach Music Group and an adopted 305-er, Meek Mill is a big fan of this particularly Floridian recreational activity. So it’s only obvious that…
So Microsoft hasn’t been cool since Windows 95 went obsolete on December 31, 2001, right? All the hip kids have been buying Macs and MacBooks and Mac OS and iPods and iPads for over a decade. Basically, ever since Steve Jobs (RIP) and company started building desktops that looked like…
“For me,” Ricochet mastermind Alan Roth tells Crossfade, “the nightlife business has been an incredible ride. “What I’ve been able to see and do and the life it’s given me, I’m grateful,” he says. “I’ve been able to buy the houses that I own because of nightlife.” But now he’s…
How did the Stage suddenly become the best rap club in downtown Miami? Over the next month, this two-and-a-half-year-old Design District bunker that’s built its rep on roots, rock, and reggae will serve as the staging place for classic-era shows by former LOX member Styles P, booty bass pioneer Uncle…
“Give me a Borgasm!” No doubt, the youth of America are just a bunch of desperate beat freaks begging for the kinda “bass makes bitches cum.” And Israeli dubstepper Borgore is the dude with the deep rumble. After attracting ratchet pussy, doing jumpkicks, and climbing speakers at Ultra Music Festival…
“This Spring is your chance to witness the legend himself.” That’s the official hype for DJ Shadow’s All Basses Covered 2013 tour, a 15-city U.S. trek that’s set to snub Miami (and Mansion Nightclub), where the Cali selektor was kicked off the decks for being “too future.” “As opposed to…
