San Francisco-based DJ/producer Max Vangeli is one of the fastest-rising stars of the international house scene, with a 2010 breakthrough boosted in no small part by his status as a sort of honorary American member of the Swedish House Mafia. The last year alone has seen chart-topping Vangeli remixes for…
There’s probably nothing we love more than a private party with open bar. Well, maybe our families or something, but not much else. So when we heard that Hennessy was following in Heineken’s footsteps and launching a Hennessy Artistry bash with free booze, we jumped out of our seats.We didn’t…
We posted an interview we did with The Drums’ Jacob Graham recently on Crossfade. But the band seemed happy with how things were moving forward for them, with no mention of bandmates leaving or any turmoil within the group. We’ve got some sad news to report, though: It’s been confirmed…
Toro Y Moi is 23-year-old Chazwick Bundick. Started as a side-project from his traditional band, The Heist and The Accomplice, his goal was to experiment, sample, and create something sincere for himself. The sound has since been lumped into the Chillwave category, a genre that has lots of reverb, sampling,…
Ashley Outrageous runs hip-hop website AshleyOutrageous.com, and has established herself as a force to be reckoned with in South Florida. You can always catch the 5’2″ Giant (as she calls herself) and her team scoring interviews with different hip-hop artists coming in and out of town. Ashley also started a…
Danny Tenaglia helps Space reopen on October 9.Space is still giving us the silent treatment, but it’s widely known that the nightclub’s reopening on October 9 with Danny Tenaglia. We never bought the news of an “Ibiza-style closing.” Considering that the club is closed during the beginning of the high…
Dangerflow doesn’t need an intro from me. If you’re a hip-hop fan in Miami — or just a music lover in general — you already know who they are. Even if you aren’t into music (like you’d be reading Crossfade if you weren’t!), if you attended a game at the…
Brooklyn-based indie-poppers The Drums aren’t what you think they are. Sure, they put out their Summertime! EP, filled with beach-themed tracks like “Let’s Go Surfing,” “Down by the Water,” and “Submarine.” But they actually mentioned to us recently that they probably wouldn’t go to the beach if you paid them…
This past May, thrash metal’s “Big Four” — Anthrax, Slayer, Megadeth, and Metallica — appeared together onstage for the first time in years. For whatever scheduling reasons, the show took place in the semi-unlikely locale of Sofia, Bulgaria. But no matter, the band simulcast the show worldwide, including several theaters…
Miami-based photographer and videographer Derick G has been quite busy over the last year since Crossfade last caught up with him. He’s been touring the world and the U.S. with all of your favorite hip-hop artists, while at the same time getting his brand name (and his unforgettable DG signature)…
The cover art for Japanese Cartoon’s In the Jaws of the Lords of DeathYou probably know Wasalu Jaco best for all of his hip-hop collaborations. With Lupe Fiasco as his stage name, he’s worked with the likes of Jay-Z, Kanye West, The Neptunes, and Pharrell Williams, Justice, and Rihanna. But…
via heard-words.comBig BoiWhen something happens in threes, we take note. When Gary Coleman and Dennis Hopper died earlier this year, everyone was asking, “Who’s next?” The universe answered: Rick Moranis Art Linkletter. There are three primary colors, three types of matter, three little pigs, three stages of life, and the…
We all breathed really heavy sighs when we heard that Metallica was going to release a DVD along with Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer, but realized they won’t be joining them for their October 3 South Florida show. After all, what’s real metal fan doesn’t have a little Metallica stashed away…
Ahhh La Ciudad Que Progresa. It’s not uncommon to hear jokes at its expense, like the classic rhyme, “Hialeah, agua, fango y factoria,” (water, mud and factories). Sure, motorists tend to end up more lost in Hialeah than Helen Keller without a seeing eye dog. After all, it’s like, “WTF,…
See Crossfade’s review and photos from Ms. Lauryn Hill’s UM Homecoming concert. After some rumbling that Lauryn Hill could be making a rare live appearance at the Arsht Center turned out to be false, it turns out she’s making a Miami appearance after all. The reclusive legend is set to…
Sander Van Doorn at Eden Terrace September 17
What do you do once you have a handful of Grammys? When you’re not only the first solo salsa star to sell out Madison Square Garden — even though the venue is situated in the seat of Nuyorican salsa, courtesy of Héctor Lavoe, Willie Colón, and Celia Cruz — but…
The golden era of house music came and went with the early-’80s-to-early-’90s heyday of pioneering legends such as Frankie Knuckles, Steve Hurley, and Larry Heard. But with his grasp on the soulful essence and rhythms of classic house, there’s no denying that DJ-producer Dennis Ferrer is carrying the torch into…
The last time Surfer Blood was in Miami, the local crew caused a stir, swearing it’d never again play Grand Central. Now only a few months later, the group has made amends and scheduled a return to the downtown venue, this time with Brooklyn indie-poppers the Drums. Surfer Blood is…
In contrast to Washed Out’s idyllic, well-manicured Life of Leisure, the first full-length, Causers of This, from Toro y Moi (AKA Chaz Bundick) is an intentionally chaotic affair. But it turns out that chillwave, even in deconstructed form, has its virtues. Though Causers is an undeniably piecemeal assemblage, there’s something…
Señor Stereo is what you get when you put together a Kendall boy and two Midwesterners. Individually, Danny Daze, Gigamesh, and Joe Maz have accomplished a lot, but it only gets better when they churn out disco-house tracks together. “We all have the same style, and we feed each other…
Bassnectar at Fillmore Miami Beach
