What do “Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, Moses, Chuck Norris, The Little Prince” have in common? They’re all awesome dancers. And they all serve as wellsprings of inspiration for Krisp, a four-member “indie/dance/chillwave/dance-rock” band — Andres Ledesma, Jason Mavila, Alex Lopez, and Charlie Woods — that’s been bringing whimsical party tuneage to…
DJ Craze ain’t like those other DJs. A repeat offender on our Best of Miami lists and six-time DMC champion, he was even recognized by Time Magazine as America’s Best DJ in 2001. Basically, Miami is lucky as fuck to have him, and you should never, ever sleep on one…
Hey Thurston: We love you, too! Yes, it’s true. The Sonic Youth founder, Chelsea Light Moving axeslinger, and all-around Renaissance dude-nerd can’t get enough of the Magic City. After attending every single event hosted throughout the entirety of Dade County during Basel 2012, Moore included a gig with Rat Bastard…
Back in 2006, it was pretty much impossible to escape the filthy bassline and dark husky vocal refrain of Dutch DJ-producer Sander Kleinenberg’s “This Is Miami.” For obvious reasons, the electro-house scorcher became an absolute anthem in MIA — the theme song for our city’s status as a dance music…
What you know about the science of marijuana? We’ve been asking policy makers the same thing for decades, tirelessly fighting for a little leniency from the long dick of the law and its perpetual screwing-over of non-violent, tax-paying, responsibly recreational pot smokers around the country. But it always seems to…
After all the drama about canceling the second weekend of Ultra Music Festival, the festival will not be “contained” or cut back to just one week. In the end, with tickets already sold and acts being announced, the City of Miami commission was willing to see how a six-day, two-weekend…
Free-spirited? Supersexy? “Hungry for hedonism, music and an extraordinary lifestyle”? Welcome to Generation Wild, a “unique concept tour,” according to the official hype, “ready to explode in a city near you.” The beat-freaking lineup: Awesome “Bong” bro Deniz Koyu, the 17-year-old Spanish EDM phenom Danny Avila, house blog fave dBerrie,…
Long before the rapper Rick Ross allegedly started “selling dope straight off the iPhone,” the drug dealer Ricky Donnell Ross, a man the Wall Street Journal called “a mastermind of the crack-cocaine trade,” was pushing 100 kilos of Nicaraguan blow per day and building a $600 million criminal empire under…
As usual, the City of Miami commission meeting convened at 9 a.m. today. Amid discussion of telecommunication contracts and waste management, our municipal pols will also decide whether vice chairman Marc Sarnoff was correct when he called Ultra Music Festival fans a “urinating, defecating … throwing up” mob of “kids…
Why does SoBe get such a bad rap, bro? Sure, it’s crawling with rich douchebags in button-down dress shirts. And the parking sucks. And the drinks are ridiculously expensive. But it’s also home to formerly law-breaking Frenchmen, $10 underground minimal techno throwdowns, and the Mustache Revolution. Just check out this…
Why does SoBe get such a bad rap, bro? Sure, it’s crawling with rich douchebags in button-down dress shirts. And the parking sucks. And the drinks are ridiculously expensive. But it’s also home to formerly law-breaking Frenchmen, $10 underground minimal techno throwdowns, and the Mustache Revolution. Just check out this…
New Wynwood bar Gramps (176 NW 24th St., Miami) is a blend of Old Florida, hipster aesthetics, and the area’s signature warehouse grittiness. In other words, it’s perfect. “It originates with my grandfather, Irving Miller,” owner Adam Gersten says about the venue’s name and feel. “But it is also symbolic…
There’s a loud, all-up-in-your-face sound coming out of Miami that’s making waves in clubs across America. It’s got a hip-hop lean and a tropical vibe. It’s dirty, sexy, and full of hype. And it’s coming from a converted dorm across the street from Miami Dade College in Kendall. Matt Toth,…
Ellie Goulding is a sweet-voiced crooner cooking up hits on the other side of the Atlantic. And she’s hitting the stage at the Fillmore Miami Beach this Wednesday. But what do you really know about her anyway? Sure, you know all the lyrics to her hit song “Lights.” Well, you…
Rock ‘n’ roll will never truly die. Just take the Darkness, a British glam-rock band that harks back to a time when unitards were acceptable onstage male attire, guitars were loud, and songs were sung in only the highest pitches. The sexy, rockin’ outfit released its massive debut, Permission to…
We here at Crossfade have been trying to get Miami commissioner Marc Sarnoff’s side of the Ultra Music Festival story for approximately 48 hours. Today, we finally got a chance to talk to his spokesperson about the commissioner’s attempt to curb Ultra’s second weekend. “We are not talking about shutting…
The “Red Headed Stranger” and the “Okie From Muskogee” ride again. That’s right … Ol’ Willie Nelson — the pot-smoking, braid-wearing, hippie-loving outlaw country legend — just announced some new 2013 tour dates. He’s bringing his son Lukas, young gun Jamey Johnson, and the rest of the Nelson family down…
Contrary to Marc Sarnoff’s alarmist claims, EDM fans aren’t all “kids on some sort of mind-altering drug” with a fetish for “urinating, defecating, or throwing up” on the streets of Downtown Miami. Just take Irvine Welsh, the 54-year-old Scottish author of Trainspotting and 11 other books. He’s been a strident…
Back in April, we here at Crossfade waxed enthusiastic about a growing breed of live acts redefining electronic dance music. Well, one local who sees eye to eye with us on the virtues of live EDM is promoter Anders Scherberger. And that’s exactly why he launched Massive Wednesdays at The…
Who wants to party with Porter Robinson, score some awesome swag, and enjoy a one-on-one hang sesh? Well, you don’t have to flee a pack of wolf-like beasts, sprint through some creepy forest, jump off a cliff into unknown waters, swim past a long-lost underwater city, and then free fall…
Marc Sarnoff still hasn’t returned repeated calls to Crossfade about his anti-Ultra Music Festival stance. But considering Tommie Sunshine’s push to get EDM fans to call and email him, we’re pretty sure he’s been busy the last for the last few 24 hours. However, we do finally have a response…
He’s gotten “head on the unmade bed” in the Chelsea Hotel. He’s smoked a million cigarettes. And he’s written dozens of perversely profound songs about love, sex, religion, and other dangerous habits. But over a period of several years leading into 2004, Leonard Cohen was also robbed of approximately $9…
