Tanlines Brings Beach Worship to Bardot Miami on July 19

Humans are obsessed with the beach because it reminds us that we are sacks of flesh fulfilling the evolutionary teleology that began when all life on Earth was, like, primordial soup. This is about more than sand, saltwater, and boobies, dammit. We’re talking about the birthplace of our existence. The…

Bastard Noise, Iron Lung, Shitstorm at 305 Fest’s Day Three in Miami

See Crossfade’s review of 305 Fest’s Day One and Day Two — plus interviews with Speedfreak Presents, Merchandise, Torche, Noothgrush, and Dropdead. 305 Fest 2012, Day Three With Shitstorm, House of Lightning, Iron Lung, Bastard Noise and othersChurchill’s Pub, MiamiSunday, July 8, 2012 Better Than: Chinese checkers in the dark…

TenDJiz Talks Soviet Jazz and Hip-Hop Mashup Album CommoNasm

TenDJiz is a Russian-born producer and engineer in Miami on an Extraordinary Ability in the Arts visa. He owns a studio on Miami Beach, and he’s the mastermind behind an awesome mixtape series that mashes Soviet jazz instrumentals with American hip-hop. The first two releases were De La Soulviet, and…

Crocodiles Invade The Vagabond Miami on July 20

Before 1982, network television after 2 a.m. was an absolute waste of valuable airtime. That’s about the time stations literally signed off until programming resumed later that morning. But 30 years ago, a dude named Frank Cannella convinced some networks to let him push hair-growth products in the wee hours,…

Merchandise Talks Hardcore, EDM, Shredding in Tampa, and Miami’s 305 Fest

See 305 Fest’s full lineup and set times — plus Crossfade’s interviews with Speedfreak Presents, Torche, Noothgrush, and Dropdead. Tampa, Florida is home to a long tradition of phlegm-throated snarling and buzzsaw shredding. In the ’80s and ’90s, the Gulf Coast industrial metropolis was a petri dish of brutality, producing…