Curiously, LIV has become Miami Beach’s epicenter of irony. Last week, the Miami Heat’s LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Shane Battier reveled in their 2012 championship win at the megaclub, just 375 days after the Mark Cuban-owned Dallas Mavericks bought out the bar to celebrate beating LeBron and company in…
See also “Drop the Lime Talks Cyber-Sex, Style and Enter the Night.” Drop the Lime and Flosstradamus With Mike Deuce, Troy Kurtz, Damaged Goods Grand Central, Miami Saturday, June 23, 2012 Better Than: A night without free tequila. The party’s always been crazy at Grand Central. But this past Saturday…
See also an interview with James Murphy about Shut Up and Play the Hits — plus the screening details for the LCD Soundsystem movie in Miami. Ahead of LCD Soundsystem’s third studio release, James Murphy sat down with Rolling Stone magazine and all but assured the public that This is…
The Miami New Times’ pick for Best Dance Club is readying for a feel-good Swedish invasion, and they want you on the front lines. On Saturday, July 7, LIV is welcoming Adrian Lux to the stage. The Grammy-nominated man behind big-room hits “Teenage Crime,” “Can’t Sleep,” and “Fire” is gonna…
See also “Stalley on His New EP, Mixtape and Album Plans” and “Stalley on Sharing Beard Picks with Rick Ross, Beating 2 Chainz in One-on-One” Stalley Grand Central, Miami Friday, June 22, 2012 Stalley’s concert poster bragged of “Special Invited Guests” Rick Ross, Meek Mill and Wale, although we didn’t…
See also “Stalley on His New EP, Mixtape and Album Plans” When Crossfade spoke with MMG’s unstoppable Stalley earlier this week, he gave us exclusive info about his release plans for the rest of the year. He also told us about how he had been “getting back in the groove…
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…
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…
Miami can trace its royal bass lineage all the way back to ’80s booty clappers like Maggotron and the 2 Live Crew, if not earlier. Does the ’70s disco-funk groovage of Miamians KC and the Sunshine Band count as booty bass music? They did pen the 1976 hit “(Shake, Shake,…
See also “Best Fourth of July 2012 Parties on South Beach.” If you think that radio’s only shortcomings are (1) the musicians aren’t playing live for you and (2) the lack of heat mirages rising off a vast field of tanned European buttocks — well, things are about to change…
Justin Martin at Electric Pickle June 22
Dub Vibes, Chapter Six: Bros Gone Wild at Revolution Live June 23
Robb Bank$ at Green Room June 27
Schoolboy Q at Grand Central June 21
Few countries ball as hard as Colombia, just ask the United States Secret Service. Whether kicking it with beautiful women or shooting aguardiente, those dudes couldn’t resist Colombian charm, succumbing to Cartagena’s nightlife and potentially jeopardizing national security along the way. But who cares? Even though it may have cost…
Miami loves Justin Martin. Maybe it’s the San Francisco DJ-producer’s penchant for the kind of booty-clapping bass music the 305 holds so dear. Or maybe it’s his boundless charisma behind the decks — a fun-loving happy-go-lucky personality that shines through in his energetic DJ sets and gets any party started…
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…
See also “Explosions in the Sky: The Stories Behind Each Song on Their New Album” If you’re an Explosions in the Sky fan, you’re probably blowing up your water wings right now, in preparation for Grand Central filling with tears this Wednesday night. When Crossfade suggested to EitS guitarist Munaf…
After driving recklessly while behind the wheel of a $1.7-million Bugatti on South Beach and then failing a field sobriety test, you’d think Flo Rida would want to squash his reputation as one of hip-hop’s wild ones. But instead, the 32-year-old Carol City native turned that rep into Top 40…
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…
On the shore of Lake Michigan in the small city of St. Joseph, indie poppers Los Campesinos! enjoy a few days of rest and relaxation before embarking on the latest leg of their North American tour. The day after Crossfade speaks with the band’s guitarist, they’re scheduled to co-headline Chicago’s…
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…
