50 Best Miami Bands of All Time: From 5 to 1

Can you hear that throbbing beat? It’s just the sound of Crossfade finally reaching a poundingly hot Latin-pop climax after two weeks of counting down the raddest bassers, freestyle stars, rappers, punks, rockers, and noiseniks in our subtropical city’s music history. To loosely quote Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound…

The Guava Rugelach Festival’s Jewish Flamenco: A 16-Photo Recap

Cool hued lights and serene music made for a peaceful atmosphere at this weekend’s Guava Rugelach Festival. Ladino singer Susana Behar, flamenco guitarist Jose Luis Rodriguez, and dancer Niurca Marquez’s worldly fusion, exploring the roots of Spanish and Jewish music culture, left the crowd awestruck. Accompanists Ariadne Barbe-Villa on the…

G5ive Monday Nights Will “Put Your Pussy to the Taste Test”

“Honey, I’m just going to pop out to catch some stand-up comedy, live funk music, and spoken-word poetry.” “Are you sure you’re not going to the strip club again?” “Does that sound like the sort of thing that would happen in a strip club?” “So you’re not going to be…

French Horn Rebellion Takin’ Back at Grand Central on September 14

The French horn doesn’t get enough love, man. It’s really a beautiful instrument. But it’s been all but forgotten in our modern uhntz-uhntz-ing age. And it almost never gets you laid in band class. Damn, trumpets get all the ass. Two brothers from Brooklyn learned this the hard way. They…

50 Best Miami Bands of All Time: From 10 to 6

No party lasts forever. Even in Miami. The booze runs out. The coke gets snorted. The girls stop dancing. The club closes. The night ends. But at least the music — like Exposé’s freestyle classic “Point of No Return” — will never die. Every night in the discotheque of eternity,…

Congorock Teams With Sean Paul, Announces 2012 North American Tour

Let me see you dutty wine to the bassline, girl. Bitches all over the world are going to drop it low when Italy’s massive electro monster Congorock drops his new track with dancehall superstar Sean Paul at the end of September. The track called “Bless Di Nation” will coincide with…

50 Best Miami Bands of All Time: From 15 to 11

We be flexin’. At various points in our city’s music history, the raddest Miami-bred noisemakers have left town, hit beaches besides Haulover, and showed off the 305’s sonic muscle all across these United States of America. For the last few years, the Jacuzzi Boys have been the MIA’s Best Scene…

Labor Day 2012: Ten Best EDM Parties From Miami to South Beach

See also “Labor Day 2012: Nine Best Rap Parties, From Timbaland to Trick Daddy and Strippers.” It’s Labor Day weekend, y’all. You could spend your free time maxin’ and relaxin’ by the pool. Or you could spend it getting white-boy wasted, fist-pumping your way into blackout oblivion. We think that…

Eats Everything Cancels U.S. Tour

See also “Eats Everything Talks UK Hardcore, Bass Music, and New EP on Dirtybird.” Less than 24 hours ago, English electronic dance music junkie Eats Everything (AKA Dan Pearce) chatted with Crossfade about having an incurable case of the munchies, releasing a new slab of superfunky beats on Dirtybird, and…

“Feel So Close” to Calvin Harris at LIV Miami on September 7

Calvin Harris has been a busy little boy. His massive hit “Feel So Close” landed him his first appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 12, and he penned a lucrative endorsement deal with Pepsi Max to feature his smash “Let’s Go” with Ne-Yo. Riding that wave, he just…