Got to love M.I.A., a.k.a., Maya Arulpragasam. New York Times Magazine contributor Lynn Hirschberg, wrote an fascinating and intimate piece on the Sri Lankian-by-the-way-of-London artist. In it, Hirschberg writes about Maya’s past and how it influences her work today. The writer also seems a bit cynical about if Maya is…
We reported a few weeks ago that Heathrow Lounge had a “Nightclub Available” sign up on the facade of its building and had closed up shop. According to current majority owner Matthew Switkes, that might have been misunderstood. The nightclub is open. During this Memorial Day Weekend, the South Beach…
Remember when indie dance parties were low-key affairs with cheap drinks, a lax door policy, and great music? Luckily for us, there are people looking to bring that back. Back in the day, Nightdrive started at the News Lounge but never seemed to gain the popularity it deserved. It was…
When Afrobeta scored the sweetest time slot at Ultra Music Festival’s Bayfront Live Stage just before Orbital’s performance, we really hoped the duo would make the best of it and rep Miami well. Not surprisingly, they did, and perhaps that’s why they’re crossing the pond. Tony Smurphio and Cuci Amador…
Free music is the best music in our book. And it’s even better when the music is actually good. If you are smart you probably already know that the Major Lazer (Switch and Diplo) and La Roux mixtape Lazerproof was released today as a free download via Mad Decent. You…
Not everyone is going to be digging the hip-hop madness that Memorial Day Weekend bring to South Beach. So for those looking for a regular Miami night, the mainland will be your haven.Take for instance Cafeina, the Wynwood lounge-meets-gallery that will be hosting Los Angeles DJ duo Classixx. The last…
When interwebs sensation Die Antwoord first exploded, we noticed an odd thing on their MySpace page: FriendsWithYou was one of their top friends. Well, in the days of Facebook, Twitter, tumbr, etc. these connections mean very little, but it piqued our interest. A few tweets later by FriendsWithYou further fueled…
Guess who turned 10 over the weekend? The nightclub the city seems to have a love/hate relationship with, Space. However, there is no denying that Louis Puig and the venue have transformed downtown Miami. But it seems ever since the club opened, the odds have been against it — bouts…
Like Freegums and Todd James (Reas International) before him, local artist Someshine, AKA Mike Del Marmol, has taken a stab at redecorating Bar — the space formerly occupied by PS14 and Max Fish. Above is a little teaser sent to us Raul Sanchez, general manger of Bar and events/promotions coordinator…
Pastels. Girls in bikinis. Expensive cars. Drug lords. Sweet, sweet synths. So few cities can be boiled down to such few words like Miami. Take that and put into music video form and you’ve got Junkie XL’s new video “Made For Each Other,” featuring Jan Hammer, AKA the man behind…
If Crossfade is looking a little lighter this morning it’s because it had some surgery last night. We are pleased to announce South Florida now has two music blogs for the best source of everything music and nightlife related happening around our area. Our sister paper, New Times Broward-Palm Beach,…
Yesterday, we alerted you to David Guetta’s newest track “Gettin’ Over You,” featuring Fergie, Chris Willis, and LMFAO. It sounds like every other track Guetta has produced in the last three years — but taken to a much scarier, getting-raped-in-a-dark-alley kind of level. We dubbed it the “dance music apocalypse,”…
With Pharrell Williams spending a lot of time in Miami for the past few years, he is basically become a local act. But if you need an even stronger local angle, FriendsWithYou-decorated cars aside, you only have to look at the promos circulating around the interwebs for N.E.R.D’s new single…
We promise we’ll stop writing about Grand Central when their bookings start to suck — which doesn’t seem to be happening any time soon. This weekend the downtown venue is packing another wallop of dance music.Friday, Green Velvet, AKA Cajmere, will be returning to Miami hopefully bringing the “Shake &…
Click here to view all the photos from this event.Major LazerGrand Central, MiamiSaturday, May 15, 2010Better than: Dealing with TSA at Miami International Airport in order to actually catch a flight to Jamaica.It was almost two months ago that the Switch and Diplo side project Major Lazer made its Miami…
Miami musician and Berklee grad Joseph Espinoza, AKA Jesp, is back with a new track called “Removing the Heartache.” This release comes on the heels of last year’s full-length Heart Rhythms, a synth-pop heavy which we described as a mix between Chromeo and Jan Hammer.The new track features more of…
Swoon, y’all. Our number one crush Tamara Sky has sort of been laying low lately from spinning at local clubs, and now we know why. She’s been busy traveling around the world. She was at LA club Cinespace last month showing America’s worst (we have a natural hatred for Angelenos)…
Music aside, visuals have played an important role in the Switch and Diplo side project, Major Lazer. From the ’80s Saturday morning cartoon-style of Jamaican zombie comando Major Lazer himself to the odd-ball music videos. The man responsible for most of the music videos is director Eric Wareheim — better…
Major Lazer: Does Switch and Diplo’s new side project exploit Jamaicans?
When the Vagabond’s Thursday-night party, Money Shot, went kaput a couple of years ago and left a void in the venue’s lineup, a group of misfits put together a little party called Shake that’s been an immense success. Now its creators are ready to delve deeper into clubland. They’ve launched…
Friday, Green Velvet, AKA Cajmere, will be returning to Miami hopefully bringing the “Shake & Pop” with him. Funny thing is, the last time we saw the Chicago DJ was at Poplife’s Dirty Disco party at Pawn Shop Lounge (god, just felt so old typing that). Danny Daze will provide…
Treasure Fingers is bringing those magic fingers to the turntables. The DJ/producer is perhaps best known for his track “Cross the Dancefloor” and for remixing tracks by Miike Snow, Empire on the Sun, Little Boots, and more. Also performing live is hipster-hop MC Hollywood Holt. Resident DJs Mike Deuce, Jessica…
