The life of a big-time dance-music producer seems easy enough. You travel the world, hang out with your buddies, meet adoring fans, and make tons of money while doing it. But that’s just the surface. If you’re a real artist, there’s a serious balancing act among fueling your passion for…
“When one club closes, another one opens.” That seems to be the Golden Rule when it comes to Miami’s fickle nightlife scene. Just take a look at the past 12 months. Within the last year alone, the Magic City has lost several party gems, and with it, some of our…
Pitch down dance music’s tempo from the manic 140 beats per minute favored by candy ravers — pitch it way down — and you begin to approximate the languid, sensual, baby-making rhythms of Slow Hands, AKA Ryan Cavanagh. Of course these days, tempo is less a concern for Slow Hands…
A $1 million settlement. That’s what Miami Latin pop singer Katherine Alexander is seeking from Jesus Salas, her former manager and a Spanish Broadcasting Systems Spanish Broadcasting Systems executive vice president. Last week, Alexander filed a lawsuit against Salas accusing him of rape, sodomy, death threats, and stealing the earnings…
Machine Gun Kelly Presented by Dope Entertainment Grand Central, Miami Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Better Than: A rock show. Or a rap show. “Welcome to the greatest show on Earth. Lace the fuck up.” There’s only one place in Miami where you can comfortably rock Lebron James’ Cavaliers jersey without…
As the name People’s Blues of Richmond might suggest, guitarist Tim Beavers and bassist Matthew Volkes began making music together to commemorate a mutual friend’s funeral. “Tim and I went to kindergarten together, but we never played music,” Volkes tells Crossfade. “But in 2009, during our freshman year of college,…
“Party in the city where the heat is on, all night on the beach till the break of dawn … Welcome to Miami.” “Miami” was the Magic City’s club anthem 16 years ago, but Big Willie totally nailed the 305’s party rep in four minutes. Don’t believe us? See for…
Two guitars. No vocals. They grew up in Mexico City. They busked on the streets of Dublin. They played the White House for President Barack Obama. They recorded with a 13-piece Cuban orchestra in Havana. And now they’re coming to the Fillmore Miami Beach. Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero are…
When we heard that Flo Rida would be hosting WWE Raw, it seemed like, “That ain’t gonna work.” But the more we thought about it, the more that particular tag team made sense. Both are splendidly packaged celebrations of pop culture, and boy are they entertaining. Wrestling deals in iconography…
Still haven’t watched Blackfish, the documentary shaming Orlando’s SeaWorld as one of the cruelest keepers of orcas and other fishy friends? Well, surely, all of your couch-activist friends have related how damning it is, that it will make you cry, and how you’ll never want to go to an animal…
Three months till III Points. For the second straight year, Wynwood’s homegrown music, art, and technology festival will flood its native hood with stellar bands and solo acts, street artists and performance types, tech startups and hacktivists. Obviously, though, we here at Crossfade are most hyped for the tuneage. So…
South Florida has long been a creative refuge for varied musical genres that have grown with little outside influence and a decidedly Floridian twist. This can be seen in our punk rock, metal, rap, and jazz. Another of the better aspects of Miami’s music scene has always been the relative…
It often seems like electronic dance music’s big names are almost all from Europe. So it’s refreshing to see a DJ rise straight out of the 305 and into the national spotlight. Over the last few years, Henrix has been making a name for himself by touring hard and making…
Ever had that reoccurring nightmare where you’re sitting in the middle of an office meeting and realize you forgot to put your pants on? If we had to bet on it, we’d say it happens, like, almost every Sunday night. Well, good thing for everyone, it’s just a dream. But…
Hip-hop and fashion have always gone together like suits and ties. Ironically, though, rappers who wear suits and ties belong to the most boring slice of rap’s style spectrum, right next to dudes in baggy pants and plain white tees. It’s about being flashy. It’s not about being like everyone…
J. Cole’s Dollar & A Dream Tour Grand Central, Miami Thursday, July 17, 2014 Better Than: Anything else you could do in Miami for a dollar. And most full-priced concerts. “Dreamville in this motherfucker!” It cost $1 to get in, but only J. Cole’s most ardent followers made it through…
There’s something about Friday that turns adults into something like overly excited kids on the last day of school waiting for the final bell to ring. Maybe it’s the weekend rush or knowing that for the next two days we have nothing to do but party till sunrise, drink like…
Around 11 a.m., even before J. Cole officially announced (at 1:14 p.m.via Twitter) the Miami location for his Dollar & Dream tour, there were hundreds of hip-hop heads queuing up outside of downtown hangout Grand Central. Obviously, there had been a breach of secrecy. Someone snitched. A leak was sprung…
In 1804, Haitian drums booming through the mountains helped the country overthrow slavery and gain its independence. In 2014, that same throbbing beat has established Haiti-born, Miami-based Michael Brun as an emerging international EDM powerhouse. And with his own freshly minted independent record label, Kid Coconut, he’s determined to further…
Welcome to Dreamville. As J. Cole says, “Miami. The Warm Up. $1.” Of course, he’s talking about the 2014 run of his Dollar & A Dream tour — a string of semi-secret shows in six cities across two continents. It only costs a dollar. It features a “special commemorative performance…
J. Balvin may be an up-and-coming superstar, but el Colombiano’s already living that reggaetonero life — topping Billboard charts, going Platinum with his debut album, La Familia, and partying with mamis till “6 AM.” Yesterday, though, José Álvaro Osorio Balvín was all “Tranquil[o]” at the Biltmore Hotel in anticipation of…
He’s gone wild with Steve-O, shared paint with the Cavs, and sparked up with Juicy J and (likely) Wiz Khalifa. He was signed by Diddy. He covered XXL magazine. And his track “Invincible” has been used as theme songs by both the NFL and the WWE. Born in Houston but…
