Juan Gabriel Volver Tour 2014 American Airlines Arena, Miami Friday, September 5, 2014 Over the weekend, Mexican music icon Juan Gabriel performed an epic three-hour set at the American Airlines Arena in downtown Miami. Only a few months ago, Gabriel had delayed his entire Volver 2014 tour because of health…
Florida is America’s reggae music capital. More island-music talent resides in the Sunshine State than anywhere besides Jamaica. From the Panhandle to the gumbo pot of Miami, local riddim rockers Sound Movement prove it with every easy-skankin’ riff. Here is what the band’s rapper Bizerk has to say about working…
As a child, turning a year old means your parents will throw some party that you’ll never remember. But when a music and culture blog reaches the end of its first 365 days, the occasion should be commemorated with an Evening of Rock ‘n’ Roll and Debauch. So that’s exactly…
Over the phone, Alexis Mincolla sounds a bit drained. It’s not even noon on the West Coast and he’s already been in a meeting, and now he’s taking our call. Of course, Mincolla’s work ethic isn’t surprising. He hasn’t gotten ahead by sleeping all day and making excuses. And despite…
From selling cell phones at a store in New York City to Billboard Latin award-winning success, Prince Royce is living the dream. El principe de la bachata will be melting corazones with his sweet voice and flirtatious ways this Sunday at the Fillmore Miami Beach for his Soy el Mismo…
Some would say Kings of Leon never went away; others would argue the band is just coming back, and now some fans are simply crying in a corner. Recently, it was announced that the Nashville-based radio-friendly rockers canceled two weeks’ worth of shows so drummer Nathan Followill can recover from…
It’s not often that music critics fall into unanimous agreement about the quality of a record. But from Mixmag and Pitchfork to Resident Advisor, the acclaim for Lone’s Reality Testing has been virtually universal since the new album dropped this summer. Granted, the prolific UK producer (born Matt Cutler) has…
Push-ups and funky pirouettes. That’s how sexy R&B slow-jammer Usher is preppin’ for his UR Experience tour, a 27-city sprint set to hump and bump through party towns like New York, Philly, Chi-Town, L.A., Vegas, Dallas, Nola, and ATL, before spending its penultimate night in the MIA. This 2014 U.S…
Ultra Music Festival is finally legal, in the sense that adult party people will no longer need to rage alongside wide-eyed 12-year-olds and be astonished when they say it’s their “third year.” For the 2015 edition of the EDM fest, each and every raver will need to be at least…
It’s official, ravers. Over the weekend, we here at Crossfade, like the rest of the EDM world, were surprised by the sudden revelation that Ultra Music Festival seemed to be adopting a strict 18-and-over policy for its 2015 edition. The rumor began to spread after a flier (which read “you…
Listeners of a certain vintage will already know there was indeed such a thing as dance-based electronica between the eras of disco and EDM. In fact, not only was there exciting music to be heard between those fabled eras, but much of the most thrilling sounds were made by duos…
Rise and shine … It’s Labor Day! That means it’s a short week for (most of) us working-class citizens. In honor of the American labor movement, here are the five best concerts going down in SoFla this week, from the rap bromance of Drake and Lil Wayne to Kings of…
Some may complain; others may cheer. It seems like Ultra Music Festival organizers have finally put an age restriction for the event. EDM.com is reporting that Ultra 2015 will be a 18-and-over affair. This is according to flyers handed out at this weekend’s Electric Zoo in New York City. UPDATE…
Google Lily Allen’s name and the first news clippings that pop up are British tabloids discussing her weight and “erratic” behavior. The headlines read “Lily Allen flashes a hint of toned stomach” and “Lily Allen’s behaviour ‘worries pals.'” When she launched her music career in 2006 with debut album, Still…
Notorious B.I.G. used to smoke blunts and drink liquor with The Lox. They met when Mary J. Blige delivered the group’s Styles P, Sheek Louch, and Jadakiss from the streets of Yonkers to Puff Daddy’s Bad Boy headquarters, where they helped make hits like “It’s All About the Benjamins.” Later,…
Even Geoffrey Royce Rojas knows the meaning of hard work and hustle. Today, todas las mujeres know him as the Latin Grammy-nominated bachata star Prince Royce. But just a few years ago, Rojas was a kid with a dream, juggling a full-time job, college classes, and late-night recording sessions in…
Most 21 year olds don’t spend their days traveling around the world, performing their songs for crowds of adoring fans while collaborating with some of the biggest names in the music industry. But Cris Cab is not most 21 year olds. Thanks to a combination of hard work, determination, talent,…
Some of the most rabid revelry in metal fandom can be found in Latin America, where the devil horns fly hard by the hundreds of thousands. Mosh pits the size of soccer stadiums are the norm, and music about fighting oppressive and corrupt regimes hurtle the masses into cathartic euphoria…
The year was 1979. The Clash kicked off its first American tour, AC/DC released Highway to Hell, and Churchill’s Pub opened its doors for the first time. While the Clash called it quits and the AC/DC dudes have long passed their glory days, Little Haiti’s live music gem, in spite…
Behold the triangle. A potent (and sometimes mystical) symbol, this simple geometrical shape is often used to represent such eternal trinities as past, present, future. (Or, say, music, art, technology.) And occultists even scratch it into the earth to summon spirits. But if you’ve recently spotted an equilateral, three-sided polygon…
Lil Debbie With Otto Von Schirach Presented by Notorious Nastie The Nest, Miami Saturday, August 23, 2014 Where can you go for real Miami hip-hop, booty bass jams, and general debauchery? The Vagabond used to have the market cornered with their weekly (((Shake))) party, but that NE 14th Street club…
Tori Amos With Trevor Moss & Hannah-Lou Fillmore Miami Beach Sunday, August 24, 2014 Better Than: Listening to “Stairway to Heaven” again. At first it made no sense that a medley of Led Zeppelin’s greatest hits would be playing at the Fillmore Miami Beach as the seated crowd waited for…
