Drop the Lime Talks Cyber-Sex, Style and Enter the Night

Drop The Lime is the slick-haired, black-clad leader of New York’s Trouble & Bass crew, though you might mistake him for a vampire if you saw him on the street. He’s been DJing for about a decade. But he’s recently hit his stride, creating his own unique sound by incorporating…

Explosions in the Sky Crushes Then Heals Grand Central Miami, June 20

See the full 32-photo slideshow of Explosions in the Sky at Grand Central. Better Than: Going half-deaf because of old age. When Explosions in the Sky begins to play, there’s something almost disorienting about it. For most fans, this is headphone music. But last night at Grand Central, the band’s…

Fiona Apple Announces Concert at Fillmore Miami Beach on September 30

Finding success in the music industry is hard. Pleasing both critics and commercial fans is even more difficult. Doing it all, plus setting a Guinness World Record by the time you’re 23 is not only an achievement, it’s an awesome feat. And apparently it sends you into hiding. That’s the…

Digitalism at Grand Central Miami, June 16

See the full 38-photo slideshow of Digitalism at Grand Central — plus Crossfade’s interview with Digitalism about new DJ-Kicks album. Digitalism Grand Central, Miami Saturday, June 16 Better Than: Being at Pawn Shop or Studio A. If you went to parties like Revolver, Poplife, and Spiderpussy during the mid-2000s, you…

Afrojack’s Jacked Summer 2012 Tour at Mansion Miami, June 15

See the full 35-photo slideshow of Afrojack at Mansion. Afrojack With Shermonology, Quintino and R3hab Mansion, Miami Beach Friday, June 15, 2012 Afrojack is like the USPS. Neither rain nor sleet nor snow can stop him from bringing the heat to his home away from home. Thankfully, that happens to…

Dave Aju Talks Jazz and New Heirlooms Album on Circus Company

San Francisco has been an electronic dance music hotbed for decades. The Bay Area is home to beloved house labels like OM and Dirtybird, along with such luminaries as Dubtribe Sound System, Miguel Migs, and PillowTalk. And on the more experimental tip of the city’s dance music scene is DJ-producer…

¡Mayday! Tells Strange Stories From Hostile Takeover Tour

The future is born a trillion times a second when the present meets the past through subatomic intercourse. Our universe is the climactic product of this union. And our physical reality is its explosive fury, travelling at lightspeed through every molecule on Earth. Of course, humanity doesn’t possess many means…

Explosions in the Sky: The Stories Behind Each Song on New Album Take Care

Unlike with a lot of bands who play ten-minute guitar songs, if you start seeing things when listening to Explosions in the Sky, it isn’t necessarily because of drugs. “We find images for reference points,” guitarist Munaf Rayani tells Crossfade. “Sometimes melody isn’t even introduced until an entire story is…