DJs are a dime a dozen these days. Thanks to the ubiquity of user-friendly DJ software and digital music, everyone and their grandmother can call themselves a DJ as long as they own a laptop. So what makes a masterclass DJ? In the case of celebrated Scottish record slinger and…
There is a stigma attached to Christian music. And Atlanta-based rapper Lecrae wants no part of being stereotyped. “My music is not Christian, Lecrae is,” he often explains to the press. “I think Christian is a wonderful noun, but a terrible adjective,” he tells Crossfade. “Are there Christian shoes, Christian…
Interpol With Hundred Waters Fillmore Miami Beach Saturday, November 8, 2014 Venture onto South Beach on any given Saturday night and you’ll likely find a gridlocked mess of sports cars and tourists blocking streets, parking spots, and doorways. Add the South Florida Auto Show to the mix… and you’re in…
It’s never easy having to wake up at an ungodly hour just to spend the entire day slaving away in your cubicle. But hey, working eight hours a day is the only way you’ll be able to treat yourself to some pretty good music. Just check out the five best…
It’s rare that Miami plays host to a rock event with the potential to be of worldwide consequence. But that may in fact be the case on December 6, when Phil Collins and a support cast of assorted stars congregate at the Fillmore Miami Beach for a special concert on…
Magic isn’t real. At least not in the sense of pulling rabbits out of hats. Or cutting ladies in half. But music is one of the rare and mysterious mediums in our world that can render man spellbound. With just a melody and a beat, a night can be transformed…
No more playing ’round with your heart, Basel lovers. The artsiest week of the year is almost upon us. And the latest #ABMB tidbit… Solange Knowles, Saint Records founder and Beyoncé’s sis, will be headlining and curating six nights of Basel week music for Select Art Fair 2014. Oh, and…
Niko Javan be going through some changes. “I’m letting out my inner James Blake, but I don’t wanna act like I’m not a fucking clown,” the Miami music producer and member of O’Grime says. This “inner James Blake” is expressed beautifully on his new Trench EP, featuring vocals from The…
Deep bass tones set the mood for the humming of a soft, melodic voice. A bit of blues-infused heartache shot through with the trill of Latin pop, the richness of soul music, and a hint of rebellious folk. These are the kinds of musical moments, urgent yet graceful, that flow…
That Caribou (AKA Daniel Snaith) is such a singular, idiosyncratic artist with a sound all his own has much to do with his being a self-confessed studio production nerd. It’s hard not to agree that the bespectacled 30-something mathematics PhD from Canada perfectly embodies the stereotype of the sonic mad…
“I CANNOT WAIT!” Oh yes, all caps and exclamation points… That’s how excited Taylor Swift is about her 1989 World Tour. Another reason Ms. Swift is stoked: The 24-year-old record sales machine just released 1989, her fifth studio album (named, obvi, for the year of her birth), and it’s already…
Marnie Stern With Killmama and Kazoots Presented by Brooklyn Brewery’s Mash 2014 Gramps, Wynwood Saturday, November 1, 2014 Sure, it was a downright brisk November night, and many of us were undoubtedly still feeling the burn from spooking up the city on Halloween. But that wasn’t going to stop the…
For over a decade, Interpol has been one of the premier outfits flying the ever-vague flag of indie rock. In 2002, when the group’s debut full-length, Turn on the Bright Lights, dropped, it showcased a band that was mostly without peer in its ability to pump new life into post-punk…
Still recovering from all those candy corn shots and endless Pixie Stix you consumed over the weekend? So are we. That’s why we’re hooking you up with the ultimate hangover/sugar rush cure: a little bit of music. Just check out the five best concerts going down this week, from the…
Blowfly is so old that hieroglyphics on Egyptian pyramids show him and Cleopatra having oral sex. Legend has it that’s where he wrote the lyrics to his classic “Girl Let Me Cum in Your Mouth.” Both Snoop Dogg and the RZA have cited his profound influence on the world of…
Break out the party favors. And hide your grandmas. ‘Cause it’s almost time for Fool’s Gold Day Off. Last year, this annual Art Basel Miami Beach week get-down brought out 305 legend Trick Daddy and nearly the entire Fool’s Gold crew for thousands of rap fans, hipsters, and arty partiers…
Les Claypool has been the driving force behind funk metal outfit Primus since 1984. In that time, he has also written a book, South of the Pumphouse, directed a film, Electric Apricot, and become synonymous with the sounds of animated TV shows Robot Chicken and South Park. Now he’s remade…
Just as seasons change, so do musical fads. What is stylish eventually grows passé before becoming cool again. However, legendary singer-songwriter Emmylou Harris has never paid any mind to waves of popularity. Over the course of her four-decade career, she has been too concerned with staying true to herself, no…
Ten months of working and spending time in America was all it took for the Moscow-born, Australia-based, half-Dominican electro-soul singer Fantine to perform in front of Michelle Obama. “The First Lady was at an event in Miami Gardens, and what happened was, a few days prior, I was singing the…
Every mash ends with a bash, are we right? If you’re Brooklyn Brewery, you’d be inclined to agree, given that your mash was already a weeklong series of beer-themed parties. And what better way to wash down all those hops than with a final blowout featuring none other than New…
Midnight Magic is their name, and that funky disco groove is their game. Founded by production veterans Morgan Wiley and W. Andrew Raposo, fronted by soulful chanteuse Tiffany Roth, and backed by a stellar ensemble cast of musicians, the group has been making major waves on the NYC underground dance…
Enrique Iglesias & Pitbull With J Balvin and the Jump Smokers American Airlines Arena, Miami Sunday, October 26, 2014 Better Than: Staying home “Bailando” to YouTube videos and listening to your drunk friend talk shit. When Enrique Iglesias chatted with Crossfade earlier this month, el cantante warned, “Prepárate for ‘party…
