Kaskade’s Atmosphere Tour: The Most Satisfying EDM Arena Show Ever

Kaskade’s Atmosphere Tour With Amtrac and Late Night Alumni American Airlines Arena, Miami Saturday, September 14, 2013 Better Than: Any DJ in any arena we’ve ever seen. As electronic dance music rises in popularity, a lot of DJ-producers lower the bar. Many succumb to gimmicks or let flashy lightshows take…

Five Best Concerts in Miami This Week

“Every other day of the week is fine, but whenever Monday comes, you can find me cryin’ all of the time.” Oh, Mamas and the Papas, we couldn’t agree with you more. We know we “can’t trust that day,” but at least the thought of Stone Temple Pilots, Yo Gotti,…

Sneaker Pimps Announces 2013 Miami Lineup: Rick Ross, Wale, Stalley, MMG

Buy kicks. Guzzle drank. Go hard like the motherfuckin’ Bawse. In 11 days, Sneaker Pimps will be back in the 305. So naturally, the “world’s largest sneaker show,” in cahoots with buy-sell-trader DunkxChange and Monster Energy Drink, has signed up our city’s biggest ballin’ rap gang — Rick Ross and…

Five Best Concerts in Miami This Week

The weekend may have flown by as quickly as the end of summer. But hey, in your mind it’s still Friday. And with shows from J. Cole’s smooth rap to Maroon 5’s rockin’ serenades to Depeche Mode’s dark pop, everyday will feel like a weekend bash. Here are the five…

Kaskade Is Mormon?! And Other Surprising Facts

Peace, love, unity, and respect are words that ravers throw around a lot. But rarely do you meet a partier who steadfastly lives by that code, let alone a producer, like Kaskade, whose music so honestly captures the PLUR spirit. He’s quickly become one of the most beloved producer-DJs on…

Dusky on the “Past, Present, and Future” of Electronic Dance Music

Being the electronic music geeks that we are here at Crossfade, we’ve been following the “post-dubstep” confluence of house and bass music in the UK with major interest for some time now. Influences from jungle, drum ‘n’ bass, UK garage, and other styles are seeping into house’s four-on-the-floor mold, injecting…

Los Angeles’ gLAdiator Talks Trap-House

Bass, the final frontier. For a venue that’s made its name giving house heads and the trance family a place to party into the wee morning hours, Space is just beginning to open its doors to the newer, rawer rhythms of the trap movement. For the last couple of months,…

Five Best Concerts in Miami This Week

The first five days of the week are the hardest… Well, at least you only have to endure four days of cubicle dust, paper cuts, and nosy coworkers this week! And if that isn’t enough to put an encouraging smile on your face, maybe some of the shows going down…