Circa 2007, an obscure underground UK sound called dubstep erupted like a volcano. And it left behind a crater flooded with the molten elements of bass music that have since solidified into post-dubstep or future bass. These aren’t so much distinct genres of music, as a generation of producers with…
Drake still loves Miami. Sure, he no longer got a condo up on Biscayne. But he’s still gettin’ brain from some thang. Although, he’s going to let her take a break on New Year’s Eve. Of course, Drake isn’t just going to party on NYE like everyone else. So he’s…
What band suffers an illness, cancels a show, promises a make-up date, but never follows through? Most all of them. But not Matt & Kim. After having to nix a Fillmore Miami Beach gig a few months ago because singer-keyboardist Matt lost his voice while on tour, this perky Brooklyn-based…
Putting together a proper showcase for classic Miami bass music in 2012 has proven to be a tall order. Early this year, Uncle Luke hyped up a 20-date “Lollapolooza of Bass music” that he was planning for the summer, featuring a fully reunited 2 Live Crew and support from DJ…
Puerto Rico is not necessarily known as an electronic dance music hotbed, but the island did spawn one Jonny Cruz, a DJ-producer who has started making waves on the international tech-house scene these last couple years. It helps that Cruz is a card-carrying member of the artist collective behind hotly-tipped…
Bad news, Baselites. If you were stoked about seeing tripped-out experimental pop-hop producer Flying Lotus during Art Basel Miami Beach … It ain’t gonna happen. After the hugely anticipated UR1 Fest got postponed, we here at Crossfade — just like you, FlyLo, Zola Jesus, and Dan Deacon — made plans…
Cancel whatever plans you’ve already made for Saturday, June 8, 2013, because Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, and Stevie Nicks are getting the band back together. Fleetwood Mac announced a 34-city North American reunion tour yesterday, curbing any and all Rumors that “The Chain” had been broken. “This band…
DMX’s first two records, It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot and Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood, were released in 1998, the same year Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google. But if you ask the “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” rapper to Google Google on a laptop, his…
If we’ve learned anything from 30 Rock, it’s that product integration is the future of successful American capitalism. This is a lesson that’s been wholeheartedly embraced by the modern rap community. So obviously, when DJ Khaled and Lil Wayne get together, it’s all about pushing daddy Birdman’s GTVodka — the…
Where local, state, and federal funding of the arts falls short, non-profits like the Knight Foundation are there to step in and help creative folks fully realize their dreams and influence society. Yesterday, as part of the Knight Arts Challenge, the Knight Foundation divvied up $2.8 million to fund 34…
Life and death. Mortality. Pretty heavy subject matter for dance music, right? But then, it’s not really conventional dance music that’s being put out by the Life and Death label. This is heady, brooding, emotional stuff. It might be carried by that uhntz-uhntz beat, but it will bend your mind…
Jahfe is the greatest reggae band in South Florida. When the group’s in show mode, it gigs about 17 nights a month at venues throughout the tri-county area. The crew also tours internationally, playing some of the biggest festivals around the world. And Jahfe takes the sound of Miami everywhere…
Soul Clap loves Miami. And we can’t lie — we love them right back. These past couple years, the Bostonian boogie specialists have made the 305 their home, and they even wrote their debut album EFUNK down here, as we told you back in March. Now local and international fans…
Wiz Khalifa 2050 Tour With Juicy J, Chevy Woods, Lola Monroe, Tuki Carter, and Berner BankUnited Center, Miami Saturday, December 1, 2012 Better Than: Ridin’ slow through your hood puffin’ on endo, bumpin’ Wiz in the trunk. Rap game Steven Tyler. That’s the first thing that came to mind as…
Breezy’s back! After about a week without degradation and demoralization at the rate of 140 characters or less per insult, Chris Brown has reactivated his Twitter account. And he’s on the hunt for a new woman to textually batter. Brown originally fled Twitter on November 25 after promising to “shit”…
Lee Fields and The Expressions With Ketchy Shuby Presented by Sweat Records and M.O. The Stage Miami Saturday, December 1, 2012 Better Than:Ray starring Jamie Foxx; Watching re-runs of Soul Train on YouTube; and Barack Obama singing Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” at the Apollo Theater. This past Saturday night,…
Story Nightclub, the newest premiere party destination on South Beach, hasn’t even opened its doors. And yet this joint has already announced an absolutely epic end-of-year lineup. The new hot spot, formerly Amnesia, is going in on 2013 mad hard, pushing a full week of non-stop superstar DJ action. Seriously,…
CANCELED Psychic TV will no longer be playing at The Vagabond Miami during Art Basel Miami Beach week. However, Merchandise is still currently slated for the show. Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (born Neil Andrew Megson) is a trailblazing freak. Since the late ’60s (following the founding of COUM Transmissions, the performance…
It doesn’t matter who you are today so long as you never forget who you were back in the day. And in Crossfade’s case, that was a horny 14-year-old chamaco trying to dry-hump a fine Cubanita at Hot Wheels to the sounds of DJ Laz-produced Miami bass while her abuelita…
The Art Basel Miami Beach drums of war pound an ominous rhythm as our checking accounts commit Hari Kari because of the holidays. So are you, like Crossfade, a Friday-night professional with more moths in your wallet than bills? Take a look at our ten best music-related activities under $10…
Oh. My. God. The Orange Bowl Committee just announced via press release that Luke Bryan is going to headline the Bud Light Championship Game Day Fan Zone outside of Sun Life Stadium before the BCS National Championship Game! We did it, Miami. The 348-member non-profit organization heard our cry for…
Tiësto is larger than life, an EDM demi-god of epic proportions. You’ll almost never get the chance to meet a DJ as big as Tiëstbro Well, unless you head on over to Lincoln Road Mall’s Guess store on Saturday, December 8. That’s where the house giant will be hanging out…
