Of Montreal just finished its new album. Frontman and creative nerve-center Kevin Barnes tells Crossfade that he wrote the whole thing in about three weeks on his first-ever, self-imposed “writer’s retreat” in San Francisco. After that, he returned to his Athens, Georgia, home and recorded it with his band in…
Oh, what have we done to deserve this? In just two short months, iconoclastic synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys (otherwise known as Mr. Neil Tennant and Mr. Chris Lowe) will be unveiling their 12th studio album, Electric. And then they’ll be venturing across our continent for the “Pet Shop Boys’…
Back in December, we here at Crossfade had a chat with Ben UFO about his Hessle Audio label’s roots in the U.K.’s early underground dubstep scene. Well, David Kennedy (AKA Pearson Sound and Ramadanman) is another Hessle cofounder, not to mention the label’s foremost producer. And he boasts a forward-thinking…
South Floridians owe beat freaks and frat boys a drink. Fueled almost entirely by Red Bull, Molly, and (presumably) a little bit of cocaine, sunburned college students from the Midwest, foreign ravers, and Ultra Music Festival organizers rallied to resurrect South Florida’s economy in March. See also: -Ten Richest DJs:…
Monday has just come and gone. But there are plenty of great ways to pretend it’s the weekend, starting as soon as tonight! Tons of great musical acts are laying down the grooves Tuesday through Saturday. A lot of great local talent will be showing off their stuff, and a…
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the Earth. But did you know it was Satan who buried “67-million-year-old giant fossilized lizard bones” all over this spinning rock, just to trick gullible humans into believing that our planet isn’t 6,000 years old and Our Father is a sham? Yes,…
He’s one of only a handful of men who can casually ask a woman to “suck a nigga’s dick or something” without sounding like much of a chauvinist. “Bad bitches… [give] him head like lice” on a regular basis, and he’s “been rich since the ’90s.” But Juicy J’s success…
How did Dick Dale (AKA the Grandaddy of Shred) finally stop setting speakers on fire? “With the output transformers that Leo Fender and I built together,” the 75-year-old King of Surf Guitar explained to Crossfade, “and the 15-inch D130 speakers. “Back then, the transformers were 10, 12, and 15 watts…
It wouldn’t be Sweatstock without some good old-fashioned Miami freakiness. Maybe in Canada the music festivals end with handshakes and strangers gently complimenting each other on their felt hats. But this is Miami, where nothing’s over until it has weird, probably videotaped sex with you. And Sweatstock 2013 was no…
Native American Headdresses These have still not gone away. In fact, one particularly irritating woman (not pictured) wore a towering feather mohawk weave, a sartorial statement that combined racism with rave gaudiness. On Friday, she pushed her way in front of us, obstructing our and everyone else’s view of the…
Sweatstock is for lovers. Lovers of independent music and record stores, yes. But also lovers of drunken groping before the sun has fully gone down. A good chunk of the attendees of Sweatstock 2030 were conceived indoors (and out) this weekend, spurred on by a hurricane season clothing-optional dress code,…
The Visual Stimulations for People Who Were High Coachella’s art installations — the ones designed to impress you while you’re high, aka all of them — were particularly impressive this year. There was the tesla coil, the crane that was formerly a flower but now a praying mantis, the giant…
Put another Sweatstock in the wrinkly, rain-faded books. The fourth installment of Sweat Records’ anniversary party and Record Store Day celebration played out on three stages in Little Haiti. But it’s not just good times and dancing in the intermittent sun. It is also bleak, stomach-turning angst inside Churchill’s, Miami’s…
There are few locals that Miami electro-pop darlings Afrobeta haven’t converted into undying fans during their years on the scene. Of course, though, chanteuse Cuci Amador’s sweet Latin freestyle vocals are decidedly feminine and dance-y. So any bro looking for a more aggro masculine sound should definitely check out the…
Go ahead. Ask Roofless Records honcho Matt Preira “about the future of the record store” … Oh yeah, that’s a dare. Because even though Mr. P isn’t as pessimistic as Kenny Fucking Millions (who doesn’t give “a shit about the future of anything”), he will share some pretty terrifying nightmares…
It’s the weekend y’all! If the thought alone of these next two days doesn’t want to make you get up, shred your papers, and do a victory dance, then maybe we should remind you of a few things. The Miami Heat made it to the playoffs (no shocker there), the…
Holly Hunt is two people. And collectively, they’ve been hanging ’round the Miami music scene, like, forever. Drummer Beatriz Monteavaro has done duty in rock crews including Human Oddities, Methadone Actors, Funyuns, Basils, Cavity, and Beings. She’s also an artiste who does paintings, installation art, and other stuff. Ditto guitarist…
“Drink lots of water.” That’s just a lil’ piece of practical Twitter advice from EDM meme megastar Baauer for any of y’all beat freaks planning to spend a whole night raving, raging, and “Harlem Shake”-ing. Especially when he arrives to “ey, ey, ey, ey, shake, ta, ta” at Grand Central…
Via facebook.com/anrmiami Immaterial music formats will take over. Vinyl will disappear. (Or become contraband in some dystopian future.) And still, the world will survive. “But,” says Michael-John Hancock of ANR (otherwise known as Awesome New Republic), “there are physical artifacts that have history to them, that keep you connected to…
“Like we say in Jamaica,” Inner Circle founding guitarist Roger Lewis tells Crossfade, “it’s a gladdy good thing for some smoke.” This Saturday (AKA 4/20), Roger and his bruddas will be bringing the “Mary Mary” and “Boom Shaka Laka” to Sunset Cove Amphitheater with Steel Pulse. And it’ll be a…
Hey Lolo, why bother rescuing music shops? 1. “Service you’ll never, ever get at a Best Buy.” 2. “We’re one of the only all-ages event spaces in town, we’re a vegan-friendly coffee bar, a meeting place.” 3. “Anyone who cares about culture in general should support record shops.” OK. Sweat…
Sure, Record Store Day is usually a day when indie rock enthusiasts take the spotlight. But maybe you prefer BPMs to bands. That’s alright. There are still plenty of bottle-poppin’ moments to look forward to this week. And the underground’s in for a treat too. Get ready for some trap,…
