Scan the first few rows at a Miami Heat home game and you’re sure to find a few celebrities. Birdman, for example, got plenty of TV time during Wednesday’s win against the Boston Celtics. Oh, and Rick Ross, Diddy, Gloria Estefan … They’re all regulars at the AAA. On the…
“Let’s hope no one’s in a biting mood on Saturday,” Deaf Poets guitarist-singer Sean Wouters tells Crossfade. “But our set might make you feel like you’re on bath salts.” The band will be playing a record release party for their new seven-inch single at Churchill’s Pub on Saturday night, along…
Hello, June. Let’s keep our fingers that the last of the cannibal attacks are behind us, so we can go back to using bath salts responsibly, like in tubs or small doses. With the tourists gone and the zombies defeated, the city is ours again. It’s safe to come out…
In case you didn’t know, Electric Pickle has a new H.B.I.C. Meet Lorraine Sangre, director of marketing and booking. She’s also the lady behind the venue’s monthly party No Name. What exactly is No Name? Well, to be awesomely vague, it’s everything you want in a party with none of…
About two months ago, Kanye West released a Kim Kardashian love song (and Kris Humphries diss track) titled “Theraflu.” You know, like cold medicine. Since then, the rapper and reality star have neither confirmed nor denied their relationship. But they’ve totally been spotted holding hands and kissing while enjoying shit…
In June, Jazid celebrates its 16th anniversary on South Beach. And with live music every damn night, this club has seen some of Miami’s best bands get their start on its stage. Almost 14 years ago, Kulcha Shok Muzik collective founder Lance-O started hanging out at the laid-back SoBe party…
Take some coarsely chopped fruit, a bit of apple juice, some water, apricot preserve, and a little soy sauce. Add a few pinches of garlic powder, dry mustard, and a half-cup of brown sugar. Now you’ve got yourself some edible duck sauce. For sonic Duck Sauce, however, it only takes…
Over the last few years, Miami nightlife has seen a definite paradigm shift. And it coincides with the emergence of DJ-promotions collective LINK. The tyranny of commercial dance music and VIP culture on South Beach is being battled each week by parties like LINK’s, which cater strictly to underground electronic…
Legend has it that Ponce de León discovered Florida while searching for “the Fountain of Youth.” Historians know, however, this is just a poor translation of “good tunes and a $6 PBR & Jameson combo.” In any case, ever since April 2, 1513, Miami has been a hothouse for new…
Miami should be all about moombahton. You know you love lazy Latin rhythms, reggaeton swagger, booming bass, and killer house beats. And moombahton’s got it all. It’s loud, colorful, and sexy. Just like us! Well, check it out — Munchi, the young Dominican member of Diplo’s Mad Decent crew, will…
The seemingly endless traffic nightmare is over. The crowds have gone home. That’s right — Memorial Day weekend 2012 came and went, and now the locals have reclaimed South Beach. The nightclubs are back to business as usual, booking superfamous international DJs and catering to the bottle-popping, fist-pumping tiki-tiki music…
St. Vincent at the Stage Miami May 31
Bon Iver at the Fillmore Miami Beach June 6
Six Best South Beach Club Parties May 31 to June 6
Neil Diamond at BankAtlantic Center June 1
Miami’s Joe Risolia Invents MagnetaPicks, the “World’s First Magnetic Guitar Pick”
Steve Angello at Amnesia Miami June 1
Juke’s Down Low Cool EP Release at the Stage Miami June 1
Roberto Carlos at American Airlines Arena June 2
Armin van Buuren at Mansion June 2
It took 56 signatures and seemingly endless bloodshed. But on July 4, 1776, 13 American colonies became independent of the British Empire and the United States of America was born. Though electronic dance music was still centuries away on that fateful day, some scholars suggest that the Declaration of Independence…
See also an interview with James Murphy about Shut Up and Play the Hits — plus LCD Soundsystem’s movie release party at Grand Central. Maybe every decade or so, a band — like LCD Soundsystem — will arrive with its own perfect take on pop music. The lyrics will be…
