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…

Digitalism Talks New DJ-Kicks Album and the Sound of the Future

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…

Maynard James Keenan’s Five Favorite Adult Swim Moments

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…

Avicii Totally “Le7els” Miami at American Airlines Arena, June 8

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…

Daniel Bortz Talks Breakthrough Success and First US Tour

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…