Hailing from one of the most hardworking outfits in South Florida, one would assume that young Sammy Gonzalez has all he needs. But while we’re sure that rocking for ten years with Jacobs Ladder has its charm, Gonzalez has also developed an intense relationship with the classical guitar over the…
“What’s you name?” Tyler Okonma asks an audience member in Minneapolis. The guy in the crowd introduces himself as Melvin. Naturally, Okonma replies, “I fucking hate you, Melvin.” In a 12-month span, Tyler, The Creator, and his gang of street punks have gone from relative West Coast obscurity to headlining…
Given the godlike status enjoyed by superstar EDM DJs today, it’s easy to forget their profession’s humble roots. Before DJs were selling out global festivals, arenas, and mega-clubs, many of the veterans cut their teeth on the illegal rave scene of the ’80s, playing under motorways and in abandoned warehouses…
See the full 27-photo Bassnectar at the Fillmore Miami Beach slideshow. Bassnectar With AmpLive and SuperDre Fillmore Miami Beach Saturday, October 22, 2011 Better Than: The last time Bassnectar was here last year. On Saturday night, Bassnectar made a triumphant return to a sold-out Fillmore Miami Beach. It was just…
See the full 44-photo Amnesia Grand Opening With Bob Sinclar slideshow. Bob Sinclar With Philippe B. Amnesia Miami Friday, October 21, 2011 Better Than: A foam party, which the old Amnesia Miami was known for. It was the same charming faces in a new and unexplored domain. Well, at least…
Enrique Iglesias’s Euphoria Tour With Pitbull and Prince Royce American Airlines Arena Saturday, October 22, 2011 Better Than: Penis talk and private snapshots. The first thing to note about last night’s bachata, hip-hop, and Latin pop love-fest starring Enrique Igleasias, Pitbull, and Prince Royce is that these dudes fucking love…
The third Friday of the month is here. And if you don’t what that means, it’s Big Night In Little Haiti. Everybody raise your cannons and bayonets for liberté, égalité, fraternité.Tonight, world festival circuit rock star Bélo will fire up the city alongside Miami’s own Lanzallamas Monofónica with a free…
Rick Ross called Kreayshawn a “dirty bitch” and threatened to “slap the shit out of whoever carries her bags.” But the 22-year-old rapper-slash-Ricky Rozay enemy does not give a fuck. Seriously, she does not care. In a recent Huffington Post interview, Robin Wilkey asked Kreayshawn why she thinks she’s so…
Krisp at Vagabond October 21
A Night in Treme, Kermit Ruffins at South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center October 21
Little Dragon at Grand Central October 22
Bassnectar at Fillmore Miami Beach October 22
Cool Kids at Eve October 23
Leave it to the French to put on the most mind-blowing, seizure-inducing high-tech visual shows in electronic dance music. Daft Punk and Justice have already been immortalized by their epically cornea-scorching arena spectacles. Now it’s fellow Frenchman and international DJ superstar Joachim Garraud who’s melting eyeballs in addition to pumping…
We asked singer, songwriter and leader of his own partially eponymous rock band, Ted Leo, how he might describe his music: Is it indie-rock? Or, really, just rock? Punk? Or pop? Politically charged? Or laden with emotions? Like most musicians — especially internationally recognized touring artists who are constantly forced…
There are very few bald men as gnarly as Richard Melville Hall, especially in the record business. Better known as Moby, the 46-year-old DJ, producer, and songwriter is an electronic music pioneer who’s broken cross-genre stereotypes with countless collaborations and massive commercial success. He’s worked with everyone from David Bowie…
See the full 24-photo Rapture at Grand Central slideshow. The RaptureWith PoolsideGrand CentralMonday, October 17, 2011Better Than: Staying home and bemoaning the weather.Monday might be the last night anyone wants to get out and get down. So it’s to the Rapture’s credit that its show last night at Grand Central…
After only three nights occupying part of Miami, a committed group of activists managed to throw together quite the successful concert in under 24 hours. In order to keep the movement’s momentum up in this truly offensive weather, organizers set up a covered stage outside Stephen P. Clark Government Center…
“I can’t imagine making a more difficult album,” says Battles drummer John Stanier when asked to describe the process behind Gloss Drop, the first full-length in four years from the recently downsized (once a quartet, now a trio) post-math-rock ensemble. While the band’s 2007 record, Mirrored, catapulted the previously cult…
Calle 13 Entren Los Que Quieran Tour With Mr. Pauer The Plaza at the American Airlines Arena Saturday, October 15, 2011 Better Than: Storming the border with a boombox on blast. Over the last six months, we here at Crossfade have been rabidly anticipating the arrival of Puerto Rican rappers…
Even if Tunde Adebimpe has never been a household name, TV on the Radio, the band he formed with David Sitek in 2001, has persevered and thrived longer than many of their more conventional brethren. By putting out one fully realized musical art project after another, the New York group…
Last week, we here at Crossfade spoke with the Rapture’s drummer Vito Roccoforte, discussing the band’s new album, In the Grace of Your Love, as well as the dubious genre term dance-punk and the indie dramatics of the last decade. We also chatted with Roccoforte about the spiky meaning of…
