Winter Music Conference and Ultra Music Festival have always been the place where new dance-music records, artists, and genres are broken and made. If your track catches fire at Ultra, you’re guaranteed to have the best year of your career so far. Play your cards right and you’ll definitely get…
Photo by Marta Xochilt PerezCheck out Crossfade’s 57-photo slideshow of “The Fashion at Ultra Music Festival 2014.” Beats, beauties, bass, booties, brawn, bras, and some valuable life experience. That’s what it takes to make an Ultra Music Festival, as far as a fashionista is concerned. You’ve never seen anything like…
All photos by Kat Bein and Gretchen Schroeder Ultra Music Festival is nothing if not gnarly. The beats are gnarly, the people are gnarly, the portable toilets are gnarly. It’s stank-face city, bro. But even more than the sight of no toilet paper, it’s those dirty beats — dutch, dub,…
Photo by Marta Xochilt Perez We all know the words to the song. But is Rihanna telling the truth? Is it really possible to find love in a hopeless place? Ultra Music Festival can sometimes seem to be as hopeless a place as any for finding a true connection. You’re…
A month ago, Tyler the Creator and his Odd Future buddies were banned from the entire country of New Zealand because the local government there believed they posed a threat to the public order. Saturday, Tyler was arrested at a SXSW performance in Austin, Texas, for inciting a riot. As…
OFWGKTA fans are well familiar with frontman Tyler the Creator, smooth crooner Frank Ocean, word murderer Earl Sweatshirt, etc., but there’s one Odd Future character who’s always defied explanation. Who the fuck is this kid Taco, and what does he even do? Taco admits he didn’t do much of anything…
If you’re over the age of 25, you may look at Tyler the Creator and his Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All crew like some kind of skate-park rat horsemen of the cultural apocalypse. Aren’t they the kids who run around talking about homophobia and dick cheese and slappin’…
If you’re over the age of 25, you may look at Tyler the Creator and his Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All crew like some kind of skate-park rat horsemen of the cultural apocalypse. Aren’t they the kids who run around talking about homophobia and dick cheese and slappin’…
The Big Game is finished and chances are you’re still hungover. When you finally make it through the worst workday of the year so far, why not hit the streets for a bite to eat? Or perhaps a little hair of the dog? Even if you can’t manage to pull…
Photo by Ian Witlen Crazy costumes have always been a big part of the electronic music party scene. But these days, you’re nobody unless you’re pretending to be somebody you’re really not. Perhaps it’s the sense of anonymity that comes with a disguise. Or maybe it’s because every single one…
Photo by Ian Witlen After three years of raging at sea, Hard Events’ Holy Ship cruise has proven itself to be the best nautical EDM adventure that money can buy. (Of course, we here at Crossfade enjoyed press accommodations, so we didn’t actually pay.) It might still be a new-ish…
The latest trend in leading nightlife destinations isn’t “bigger is better.” Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and New York City are all taking a step back from the bombarding pulse of festival-style EDM and taking things to a more sophisticated plane. Dinner clubs offer the grown-and-sexy crowd opportunities to start their…
You love the Jiggaman, but do you really know all about his greatness? There are so many facets to Mr. Shawn Carter — loving father, attentive husband, chart-topping rapper, business, man. And thanks to his all-angles hustle, Hova’s latest album, Magna Carta Holy Grail, was certified platinum before it even…
You love the Jiggaman, but do you really know all about his greatness? There are so many facets to Mr. Shawn Carter — loving father, attentive husband, chart-topping rapper, business, man. And thanks to his all-angles hustle, Hova’s latest album, Magna Carta Holy Grail, was certified platinum before it even…
Have you been naughty or nice this year? And no, Miley, no one is asking you. Because it doesn’t take Santa’s omniscience to know you’ve been a very bad girl. This year, we’ve seen your flat booty more times than we’ve seen our mother’s face. So you’re getting a sexy…
Have you been naughty or nice this year? And no, Miley, no one is asking you. Because it doesn’t take Santa’s omniscience to know you’ve been a very bad girl. This year, we’ve seen your flat booty more times than we’ve seen our mother’s face. So you’re getting a sexy…
Photo by Marco Torres Fool’s Gold Day Off With Trick Daddy, A-Trak, Danny Brown, and others Mana Wynwood, Miami Sunday, December 8, 2013 They called it a Day Off, but that shit was lasted from early in the afternoon till way after dark. The insta-midnight feel inside Mana Wynwood’s warehouse…
Photo by Ian WitlenGon’ Basel Castle surfing with Travis Scott. Basel Castle 2013 Grand Central Park, Miami Saturday, December 7, 2013 In the past, the setting for The Overthrow’s Basel Castle extravaganza had been a slightly cartoonish, sort of fragile-looking fortress in Wynwood. But that shit is dead, son. Last…
What do real, passionate music lovers do when faced with a scene marred by commercial interests and that no longer caters to their discerning tastes? They pool their resources, say “fuck this industry,” and take matters into their own hands! “We’re doing it because we’re really passionate about this music,”…
Photo by Ian WitlenCheck out Crossfade’s full 51-photo slideshow from III Points Festival Day One. Back in December, DJ Shadow had kind of a weird experience in Miami. He took the booth at Mansion, just to be kicked off for not playing enough big-room house music. It’s been this great…
It’s not unusual for dedicated artists to play under different monikers or with different bands at the same time. Sometimes you need different projects to get out the different sounds in your brain, to flex your musical muscles — but for one band to have two names? Aright, it’s not…
The countdown to the inaugural III Points Music, Art, and Technology Festival has begun, and no doubt you’re running around trying to figure out exactly which acts you should see and which ones you can miss. It’s tough choosing, but don’t worry — we’ve got your back. The whole idea…
