Exhaustion is setting in, but we here at Crossfade are trying to keep up the pace. So we are going to make this quick so we can go back to bed in order to rest up for Day 1 of Ultra Music Festival.Here is a video we shot Wednesday at…
A couple of months ago, British electro-indie-art-rock-retro-pop guy Dan Black made his first trip to Miami to play Dirty Hairy at LIV. (Check out a video here.) That night, he sat down with the New Times to talk about emerging music genres, ex-bandmates, copyright squabbles with the bride of B.I.G.,…
DJ Jason FalzoneDon’t think for a second that this house throwdown has anything at all to do with the knuckleheads from that inexplicably popular show Jersey Shore; in fact the keen cats behind this action are about as far-removed from those dimwits as one could get and still be in…
Is this the red pill, or the blue pill?Sure, we’re smack dab in the middle of WMC. Just yesterday morning, as some of us who had work or appointments chugged along in our cars, a line formed in front of Electric Pickle at 8 a.m. But there are other things…
Kyle MunzenriederNite Jewel preforms at Grand CentralNite Jewel, Tanlines, Million Young ft. Awesome New Republican, Palm Trees and Night WaveGrand Central, MiamiWednesday, March 24, 2010Better Than: Still sobbing over the fact Studio A is dead and gone …and actually a lot better than most of the shows that club put…
Here comes a kiss, Naughty by Nature, blow a kiss back to meHere begins the short, sad tale of how I missed a Naughty by Nature concert almost a decade-and-a-half ago. I’ve saved a lot of stubs over the years, but very few unused tickets. One exception (see above) is…
Aquabooty is Miami’s longest-standing and most esteemed house music party and since 2000 they’ve remained a bastion of uncompromising musical quality and unpretentious good vibes running against the prevailing current of commercial nightlife in this city. Having hosted some of the most memorable and intimate WMC house music parties in…
If the Shelborne day party yesterday was populist, Nikki Beach was relaxed but still pretty elite. Here, servers in billowing white pans scurried back and forth constantly with bottles of Dom P. Of course, everything at Nikki Beach is about more: More differently configured VIP arrangements than you might initially…
Dennis FerrerIf you’re lucky enough to take some vacation time or pass this all off as “work,” Winter Music Conference’s day parties are an excellent way to be totally, ridiculously indulgent and let it all hang out (literally, for some people). Anyone can party at night, but it takes the…
Just like the stuff they put in hot dogs, you’re probably better off not knowing what makes “special” sauce so special. On the other hand, G. Love & Special Sauce have been brewing their lip-smacking concoction for more than a decade now, and they’ve got the recipe down pat –…
Erick AndersonOur esteemed Lee Zimmerman caught up with Rodney Atkins and confirmed that the “It’s America” singer is every bit as laid-back as he seems. One thing Thursday night’s audience at Round Up can expect is someone who doesn’t want to spend all of his time in the dressing room…
In the eternal pantheon of R&B divadom, there’s a hierarchy and a history. The rank and order of things, though, is something that will be debated forever by full-time fans and casual critics, so we’ll just step away from that messy, brutal battle. Instead, let’s speak to the chronological record,…
Just like the stuff they put in hot dogs, you’re probably better off not knowing what makes “special” sauce so special. On the other hand, G. Love & Special Sauce have been brewing their lip-smacking concoction for more than a decade now, and they’ve got the recipe down pat —…
John Lydon has re-formed Public Image Ltd. without any of his original post-punk bandmates, and now Courtney Love is touring as Hole without Eric Erlandson or any other pre-2010 band member. For ’90s rap icons Naughty by Nature, though, that won’t fly. The original three members — not a bunch…
It can be difficult to keep track of all the musical offspring of super-fertile reggae king Bob Marley. Ziggy, Stephen, Julian, and Damian have each carved out their unique notches in their reggae family tree. Julian, elder only to Damian, creates music true to the traditional roots reggae legacy of…
Ever since Run-D.M.C. threw down rap verses on top of Joe Perry’s guitar riffs on its 1986 remake of Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way,” many bands have endeavored to mesh hip-hop lyricism with rock wallop. While that formula has proven fruitful in some instances —Beastie Boys, Rage Against the Machine —…
It has been 21 years since Fear Factory unleashed its racket, which has over time become a major influence on the landscape of American metal. It has also, in a bizarre manner, mirrored corporate America in the mentality that the band is first and foremost a business. While undergoing lineup…
Although we already discussed SunFest’s New Music Night offerings, it would be poor form to let the day’s other additions go unmentioned. For the youth contingent, 20-year-old Sean Kingston already has a wealth of Caribbean-flavored catchy melodies in his arsenal. “Fire Burning” is the one that raised Stephen Colbert’s ire…
DJ/producer Seth Troxler has to be one of the most archetypal characters in contemporary EDM. Born and bred in the Detroit techno scene, schooled by the scene veterans and absorbing all the sounds he could get his hands on at the record shop/DJ hub where he worked as a teen,…
Steve Starks is 1/3 of Washington DC’s Nouveau Riche party crew alongside Nacey and Gavin Holland.Monday, he played White Room to welcome in WMC. Tonight, he’ll be at Spiderpussy’s Set Up For Scandal at Klutch on South Beach.We caught up with him by phone to get his perspective as an…
Boys Noize is going to freakout Saturday at Grand Central.There is cutting it close and then there is just waiting to last possible minute. NYC party Fixed chose the later. Its annual Fixed WMC Freakout just got announced. This party has hosted some big names over the years including Justice,…
Photo by Sarah LawAbout to become SunFest professionals: These United StatesWhoa, we were sure excited the day SunFest announced their initial slate of performers the 28th installment of the music festival, which takes place April 28 – May 2 in downtown West Palm Beach. Nas, Damian Marley, the Flaming Lips…
