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…
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…
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…
Mr. Feathers is a creature from the future. Since 1994, he has taken the elements of Miami Bass, and chopped them into his own brand of anti-music. His new album Knife Cream Sundae is out on Otto Von Schirach’s Triangle Earth Records. And tonight, he’ll be celebrating its release with…
Sometimes South Florida can feel like too much dance music, not enough rock ‘n’ roll. But all that is about to change, thanks to Crossfade’s sister blog County Grind and the next installment of its totally awesome live music series. Last time CG took over Fort Lauderdale’s Green Room, it…
Il Divo at Hard Rock Live June 14
Bouncing Souls at Revolution Live June 16
A-Trak at LIV Miami June 20
See the full 30-photo slideshow of Puscifer at Gusman Center — plus Maynard James Keenan’s suggested wine pairings for a meal of human face. Better Than: Being lost and alone inside a vagina mine. What is Puscifer? According to a video introduction by a military officer by the name of…
In 2007, electro house and indie dance music blew up clubland. And one of the era’s landmark albums was Idealism, the debut long player of German production duo Digitalism on Kitsuné. Standouts like “Pogo” and “Zdarlight” cemented the act’s massive crossover appeal, blending equal parts electro and indie rock. Fast-forward…
Hey Miami, we hope you’ve been working on your booty clap routine, because Justin Martin is coming to vibe your ass out at the Electric Pickle on Friday, June 22. This Dirtybird DJ-producer has been beat-blasting since 2003. But Martin just released his debut full-length album, Ghettos and Gardens, on…
See Crossfade’s review and slideshow of Puscifer in Miami — plus Maynard James Keenan’s suggested wine pairings for a meal of human face and “Puscifer Gets Weird at the Gusman on June 12.” When Maynard James Keenan isn’t making music, wine, or recommendations to the epicurean cannibals of Miami, he’s…
See the full 39-photo slideshow of Avicii at the American Airlines Arena. Avicii’s Le7els Tour American Airlines Arena, Miami Friday, June 8, 2012 Better Than: It being past 11 p.m. and not knowing your kids’ whereabouts. Avicii is taking over. He’s captured the hearts and minds of America’s neon-painted youth…
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Calvin Harris at LIV Nightclub June 7
Munchi at Grand Central Miami June 9
Puscifer at the Gusman Center June 12
Childish Gambino at the Fillmore Miami Beach June 13
One of the great things about Miami’s burgeoning underground EDM scene is that we usually get to catch the international up-and-comers before they really blow up. Take Daniel Bortz, currently one of the most buzzed-about DJ-producers in Germany, who’s stopping by the Electric Pickle on Friday in support of his…
Historically, West Coast rap is the homeland of gangsta rap. From cop killing to drug dealing, every horrifically real element of life in the hood has made it into song, for better or worse. While the game hasn’t changed much since its earliest pioneers, the message and the messenger has…
If you’ve driven down I-95 in the past few days, then you’ve been invited to a beat-freaking Dayglow party. It seems the Committee Entertainment crew is getting superserious. And they’re doing absolutely everything (including buying a huge Interstate billboard) to make sure the next local installment of its Dayglow Tour,…
Between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean on that long, narrow strip of South American land named Chile, there are hundreds of excellent fiestas going down. And nine men collectively known as Chico Trujillo claim to be providing “the soundtrack to every Chilean party from Santiago to Valparaiso.” In 1999,…
