R. Kelly James L. Knight Center, Miami Thursday, October 17, 2013 Hotter Than: “Sex in the Kitchen” … Uh huh. A night with Robert Sylvester Kelly is just as sexy as we’d always fantasized. But it was also weird, hilarious, filthy, absurd, and heartfelt. As Kells told Crossfade when he…
Pretty Lights is launching his new live show in Miami, as part of this weekend’s two-night Basslights stand, featuring the kind of set that has never before been attempted in the history of live music production. The Colorado buddha head will be bringing, along with his five-piece band, an analog…
Have you ever been to a party that went so HAM, the hosts got effing evicted? We have, but it wasn’t just any damn Wynwood loft party. It was a beat-freaking Boiler Room, the locals-only III Points edition that went down after James Murphy’s Point Blank set. After a week…
Spanish producer Henry Saiz first came to international prominence at the tail-end of the 2000s via releases on John Digweed’s Bedrock Records, the global touchstone for progressive house. And Saiz would also go on to mix the 2011 installment of Balance, the prestigious mix series known for its prog house…
Laidback Luke is an international EDM superstar. And yes, he’s also a world champion kung-fu fighter. But even famous DJs and (almost) master martial artists can’t avoid from the same kind of worries that plague average folk like us. Just check the cut for Luke’s take on learning your electronic…
The Basslights minifestival is a two-night downtown throwdown by EDM speaker-knockers Bassnectar and Pretty Lights. These Friday and Saturday shows at Klipsch Amphitheater will also feature Koan Sound from Australia and the Fools Gold electronic dance rap of Run the Jewels’ El-P and Killer Mike. Bassnectar is currently rushing down…
Draco Rosa is sitting in a cafe, just a few blocks down the road from his L.A. studio, Phantom Vox. “I’m sorry I’m being so rude, but I’m eating this delicious gluten-free cookie. It’s so good. I wish I could give you half,” the ex-Menudo heartthrob laughs. Having been in…
Your great-grandma thinks DJs work at radio stations. The rest of the world believes that disc jockeys have replaced rock stars, living to rule the pop charts, make multi-millions, and play the biggest festival stages on Earth. Oddly enough, neither great-grams, nor the rest of the world is entirely wrong…
When alligators want to fuck or fight, they roar. Females initiate the call, males follow, and they sometimes gang up by the thousands to throw tones so deep that the entire Everglades shakes. Some of these extreme rumbles occur at the level of infrasound, low-frequency oscillations that you feel more…
Claude VonStroke, the Claudefather of Dirtybird records, the big guy behind the ghetto-booty-tech madness that defies genre limitations, is enjoying some highly-deserved time in the spotlight. He’s built his empire from the ground up for years, and 2013 has seen him reap serious benefits. But it wasn’t always that way…
Laidback Luke isn’t just some international EDM superstar. He’s also a kung-fu master. But like all truly dangerous martial artists (and genuinely famous DJ-producers), he prefers to undersell his neck-snapping and ass-kicking skills. “I’m not really a master yet,” Luke insists, modestly. “But I am practicing at a high level,…
When Mount Kimbie, the London-based production duo of Kai Campos and Dominic Maker, dropped 2010’s critically-acclaimed debut album Crooks & Lovers, the media swiftly christened them poster children for the “post-dubstep” movement. But even then, it was a reductionist label for Kimbie’s sound. While held up by broken beats and…
Sensation Ocean of White With Fedde Le Grand, Nic Fanciulli, Prok & Fitch, and Mr. White Saturday, October 12, 2013 American Airlines Arena, Miami Better than: All the colors found in a Crayola 64 box — and that horrible crayon sharpener that never fucking worked! As we’ve gotten older, we’ve…
It’s never easy letting go of the beloved weekend, but sometimes there’s nothing else to do but face the music. And by facing the music, we mean watching talented artists from international musicians to rock legends to indie folk bands, put on a show for us beautiful people. Just check…
Strahil Velchev — better known as KiNK on international dancefloors — took no shortcuts during his two-decade trajectory as a producer. Nor was he given any major breaks. It was pure passion and perspiration that got him where he is today. Raised in Bulgaria when the country was still culturally…
What 46-year-old man do the ladies want to just reach out and fondle? Who sings the dirtiest, freakiest things with a voice sweeter than sugar and smooth as molasses? What American icon can be caught in scandal, time and time again, yet still sell 38.5 million records? There’s only one…
The Breeders With Beach Day Grand Central Miami Wednesday, October 9, 2013 Break out your jelly shoes, your well-worn flannel, your youthful discontent — the ’90s are back. It’s not just some fashionable truth. The classic music of the ’90s is still relevant. And that’s cause for celebration. Some of…
Sigur Rós With Julianna Barwick Klipsch Amphitheater at Bayfront Park, Miami Wednesday, October 9, 2013 We arrived at around 7:30 p.m. to a barely audible Julianna Barwick crooning to ambient drones and hums provided by a guitarist and her occasional piano strokes. A circular screen above Barwick played images featuring…
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Grand Central Miami Tuesday, October 8, 2013 Better Than: That old Marlon Brando biker movie, The Wild One, from which Black Rebel Motorcycle Club took its name. Interestingly the rival biker gang in that 1953 black and white flick were called The Beetles. This makes a…
City life is wild. After zigzagging through clogged streets, you spend all day crouched over some desk until your nerves are so frazzled you end up spitting hot coffee in the poor cleaning lady’s face. Unless, of course, you’re the cleaning lady. Face it — you’re an animal. You need…
Each music festival has its “highlights.” The reason we describe the best moments this way is to make you feel like you missed out. You can’t have it all, and we want you to know that life is cruel. This past weekend at Wynwood’s inaugural III Points Festival, YACHT mastered…
Imagine 10,000 people descending upon American Airlines Arena, every single one of them dressed entirely in white and ready to dance for hours. Inside, they find themselves transported into another world filled with pyrotechnics, giant plastic marine animals, and all manner of spectacular things. Now, add some of the best…
