Give or take a handful of recycled Bruno Mars tracks, Top 40 Radio would lead you to believe that there are only two songs this summer: Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” and Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky.” Sure, those pop ditties are as infectious as a $40 prostitute’s condom-less blowjob. But you…
It’s fitting that it should take a while to get the two brothers behind the hushed, soulful music of Los Angeles’ Inc. out of their shells. They spoke in soft, halting voices over the phone during a conference call last week. It’s a big contrast to the smooth, sophisti-pop neo-soul…
The EDM world has become overrun with arena-sized egos, but somewhere in the dark recesses of the trap remains a golden-masked figure who prefers to “ⱢЄ₮ ₮ῌЄ ϺṲϨỊϾ ϨⱣЄ∆К ₣ØЯ Ị₮ϨЄⱢ₣.” Yes, he also prefers to type everything in trianglish, but that’s beside the point. Because it doesn’t matter who’s…
If music helps make the world go ’round, then it can definitely make the weekend get here sooner. Well, at least the retro pop, world, and shock-rock shows going down can make it seem that way. Here are the five best concerts going down in Miami this week. See also:…
“I’m sweating like crazy, actually,” says Dutch producer Palmbomen, AKA Kai Hugo, from his mother’s home in the south of Holland. “Especially when I play live. When I play live, I’m really soaking wet. It just heals me, always, when I play. The same when I DJ. Yeah, I like…
The brothers behind the hushed, soulful music of Los Angeles’ Inc., singer/guitarist Andrew Aged and bassist/vocalist Daniel Aged, took up their respective instruments in the late ’90s. At the time, Andrew was 12 and Daniel 11. Playing music together, they say, actually helped them open up to each other as…
Praise the Fontainebleau Miami Beach for saving Labor Day. Had the oceanfront resort not booked two of the summer’s biggest acts for its BleauLive performance series, you’d probably be stuck watching another Jerry Lewis-less MDA telethon. Vive la Lewis, as the French say! Thankfully, Pharrell and Robin Thicke have been…
Those hurricane parties you were planning? The ones consisting of mindless drinking while waiting for the storm to pass? Well, they pretty much died, along with Tropical Storm Chantal itself. Now the question remains: What to do with all that stored-up booze money? Spend it on cheap liquor, mosh pits,…
Perhaps your ambitions as a party person are no loftier than gettin’ crunk with all those club mofos in the SoBe VIP. Or maybe you just wanna do the “Banana Pop” with a couple of so-called Hungarian PornoStars. Of course, though, you could always be in the midst a soulful…
The man born Brian Warner is actually rather shy. But give him some color contacts, a latex body suit, and a crowd of thousands and that skinny, pasty, quiet Florida boy transforms into Marilyn Manson, one of the most shocking musical entertainers of all time. After nearly two decades of…
Freddy Madball = New York City hardcore. But did you know he came up in Miramar on salsa duro, Grandmaster Flash, and Miami bass? From singing with Agnostic Front at age 7 to starting his own band, Freddy Cricien and his Madball cohorts have turned the world into one massive…
“Foreplay,” The Weeknd tweets, “has come to an end.” A few days ago, the future R&B seducer revealed that his sophomore album, Kiss Land, the follow-up to the House of Balloons/Thursday/Echoes of Silence mixtape trilogy, will be released at the end of “summertime, baby.” And now he’s announced “The Fall,”…
A trip to Miami is always a vacation. Unless you’re in a rock band. “The last time we played your town,” the ladies of Atlanta indie punk crew The Coathangers lament, “we didn’t really get to go ’round anywhere!” See also: -Hunx and His Punx, The Coathangers, and Lil Daggers:…
Feeling pumped up this morning? Well you should be! You live in a city where the music never ends. And by living in such a musical hot spot, that means that there are always plenty of shows to crash almost every night. Here are the five best concerts going down…
For having earned multiple platinum records, becoming the first Colombian artist to snag a Grammy for Best Traditional Tropical Album, holding the record for Latin Grammy nominations, and being married to a former Miss Colombia, Carlos Vives is a pretty humble guy. “It’s an amazing feeling,” he says, “when we…
What do tree huggers, nature lovers, and music junkies have in common? They are all Friends of Nature, and they’re fighting for their right to party and preserve Mother Earth at FON Fest in Miami. The two-day music and arts festival’s gonna be going down November 9 and 10 at…
How the hell do you pronounce oOoOO? Well, we here at Crossfade can’t advise you there, because we totally forgot to ask Chris Dexter, the man behind the moniker, when we spoke to him this week. What we can tell you is that he’s not exactly thrilled about you calling…
America just celebrated its 237th year of Independence! And since it’s a holiday weekend, you just might be celebrating freedom from the restraints of your cubicle! Even though you’re at liberty to do whatever the hell it is you wanna do, we’re pretty sure you wouldn’t wanna blow all of…
We’ve all been there — nervously flipping through a back issue of Better Homes and Gardens while silently praying that a power outage (or the apocalypse) strikes before some woman named Heidi or Joan or Colleen calls your name and says those eight dreadful words: “The dentist is ready to…
Buffalo indie trio Lemuria has close ties to Florida. The threesome has played Gainesville’s annual punk staple, The Fest, for five consecutive years. (And yes, they’re on the bill for 2013 too.) The group has even scheduled four shows in the Sunshine State for its summer tour. “We’ve made a…
What’s that sweet sensation? It’s Pure Pressure, boo. And we aren’t referring to the perfect foot massage. We’re talking about a slow-jammin’ Broward County-bred quartet of young, 18- to 21-year-old men — Kyron “Spank” Gibson, Xay Taylor, Josh Harris, and Shane “The Lady Baby” Francis — who “need, need, need…
Welcome to Miami. The land of the free and the home of nonstop partying. And since it’s Independence Day, SoBe will be exploding with world-class artists, constant twerking, and hard-core fist-pumping. Check the cut for Crossfade’s six best parties on South Beach this week. God bless the USA! See also:…
