Are you still alive? Yes? Good. Because there are still six more days of partying. God help your liver.Today marks the official start of Miami Music Week (AKA Ultra Week), so that means big parties from here on out. Still, if you are looking for something a bit more underground,…
Corrosion of Conformity With Holly Hunt, Consular, and Shroud Eater Grand Central Monday, March 19, 2012 Louder Than: Volcanoes, stampedes, and a skirmish in the valleys of Afghanistan. Can someone please explain how Corrosion of Conformity ended up playing an only-show-in-Florida date at Grand Central on a Monday? We can’t…
March is total mayhem for the Miami music fan. For a solid week, the world’s greatest DJs descend upon the city to make our clubs, hotels, and poolside bars their bitch. With over 300 parties, it’s nothing to drop hundreds before the workweek even ends. But it doesn’t have to…
When we mentioned SBTRKT (pronounced subtract) in our list of of ten most exciting acts at Ultra Music Festival, we were being dead serious. The British musician is often pigeonholed as post-dubstep. But in reality, he carefully navigates EDM genres, splicing disparate styles and influences like a human supercomputer. That…
With the dawn of Miami’s own late ’80s and early ’90s booty music contingent, hip-hop was evolving to the point of becoming an entirely new sonic construct. Explicated most famously (and crudely) by 2 Live Crew — and integral to Miami’s skimpily clothed beach-and-barbecue culture — the new guard had…
Is Paul Bearer Irish?”Fuck no. Not at all. Polish, Italian, and Spanish … New York mutt.” But that didn’t stop Sheer Terror’s lead singer and driving force from beating up on Churchill’s Pub like a Catholic does a Protestant on St. Paddy’s Day. The band brought out all the hits…
Jazz in the Gardens 2012 With Mary J. Blige, Patti LaBelle, Sensere, Nicole Henry, Kevin Eubanks, and Kenny G Sun Life Stadium Sunday, March 18, 2012 Better Than:Kenny G doing a saxophone solo while writhing around in a bed of roses. Well, Mr. G was there. But a bed of…
During WMC 2010, White Room (currently Eve) was the unofficial DJ VIP room. Except, it wasn’t really VIP. DJ and fans easily hung out side by side. It was the only place were the average partygoer could find him or herself talking with some of the best EDM and DJ…
Miami homeboy Danny Daze (AKA Daniel Gomez) blew up big time in 2011 thanks to a bass-heavy dancefloor bomb called “Your Everything” signed to Jamie Jones and Lee Foss’s Hot Creations label. Needless to say, the record made our cut for Miami’s Best Albums of 2011. And it put Danny’s…
In two days, millions of non-Irish folks around the world will gather in inauthentic “pubs” for a day of drunken debauchery in the name of St. Patrick. In Miami, however, Tyler, The Creator and his Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All collective will (sweaty) dick slap the Big Mango…
For a lot of party people, America’s dance music obsession is a rather recent phenomenon. But for Harry Romero, it’s been a way of life for more than 15 years. As a renowned producer, international DJ, and co-founder of Subliminal Records, Romero has watched the EDM world change a lot…
If there is one act that rarely disappoints, it’s Simian Mobile Disco. We’ve caught the duo so many times live that we’ve started to lose count. From a cavernous light show at the now-defunct Studio A to an odd New Year’s Eve booking at the Shore Club, what stays consistent…
The EDM game is tough. Before you get the big dollars, you’ve got to pay your dues and take a few hits. So it’s no surprise most of these heavy hitters are well into their 30s or even older. But over the last couple of years, there’s been a youth…
Ill Gates at the Vagabond March 15
Tony Bennett at Hard Rock Live March 16
Junior Boys at Chalk Ping Pong and Billiards Lounge March 16
Juan Luis Guerra at American Airlines Arena March 17
Young the Giant at Culture Room March 18
Mimosa at Revolution Live March 15
Before Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week became a spring breaker’s paradise, it was all about discovering new music and artists. When did we all lose sight of that? Well, if you look close enough, you’ll still find there are acts worth discovering. Just let us introduce you to…
Did you know that Tiësto (AKA the Led Zepplin of EDM) considers Miami to be his second home? It’s true. When the Dutch superproducer isn’t slaving away in his pimped-out studio, doing the uhntz-uhntz on the sands of Ibiza, or partying with Swedish House Mafia on a plane while getting…
Are you among the legions of sad, ticketless beat freaks who failed to score three-day Ultra Music Festival passes before the big sellout of 2012? Well, real-life raves are overrated. And we here at Crossfade suggest that you forget about furry boots, caffeinated booze, babes of both sexes, pep pills,…
