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Memorial Day Weekend 2013: Six Best EDM Parties on South Beach

If partying with The Knocks and Brass Knuckles are any indicator of what's in store for Memorial Day weekend, then you better put your party pants on and get ready for some non-stop EDM and dance action. The best part of it all, you don't have to wait until the weekend to get your fist-pumping juic ... More >>

Bloc Party Makes Miami Debut at Absolut X Party

It seems strange, but in almost ten years of record releases and world tours, Bloc Party had never played Miami until last night. A celebration was in order, so Absolut vodka teamed up with artist Agustina Woodgate to transform Soho Studios into an interactive wonderland of booze, rainbows and grea ... More >>

Ultra 2013, Free and Live on YouTube and Digital Radio: Check the Streaming Schedule

Too broke to uhntz-uhntz at Ultra? Stuck in Boise, Idaho? Well, no worries. 'Cause UMF organizers have hooked up free, live broadcasts on both YouTube and online radio network Digitally Imported. So you can even rave and rage at home alone! And it'll cost you absolutely nothing! Just like last yea ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival 2013's Lineup and Set Times

Under normal circumstances, Ultra Music Festival has pushed even the most seasoned EDM addicts to the very brink of physical and emotional collapse. But now UMF has expanded to two entire weekends (AKA six whole days), which just might turn certain (weaker) members of the Crossfade team into pathet ... More >>

Ten Best Music-Related Things Under $10 to Do in Miami This Weekend

It sucks to be broke. Especially when Ultra Music Festival, only the best EDM festival on Planet Earth, is going down, and your friends, who were lucky enough to score tickets, are constantly reminding you of all the missed fun by posting pictures of Tiësto, Calvin Harris, and Swedish House Mafia ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival, Winter Music Conference, and Miami Music Week 2013

Steve Aoki: The Neon Punk of EDM

Once an indie darling, he has coasted to superstardom on a wave of pure showmanship.

Ultra, WMC, and MMW 2013 Guide

Every March, Miami is seized by total EDM insanity, reverberating with bass, techno, house, trance, and everything electronic. With Ultra Music Festival (this year expanding to two weekends), Winter Music Conference, and Miami Music Week all falling within the same ten-day span, the uhntz-uhntz wi ... More >>

Generation Wild Got V-Day Crazy With Deniz Koyu and Danny Avila at LIV Miami

Generation Wild Tour With Deniz Koyu, Danny Avila, dBerrie and Mikael Weermets Thursday, February 14, 2013 Better Than: Speed dating for a Valentine's companion. Did the youth of Miami prove they party hardest? Last night, the Generation Wild Tour made its stop at LIV for a crowd of eye-contact e ... More >>

Marco Rubio Loves Tupac and Terrible EDM

Ultra Music Festival 2013 Phase 3 Lineup: Tommie Sunshine, Dieselboy, Kleinenberg

With just 29 days till Downtown Miami's Bayfront Park becomes totally flooded with LED-wielding beat freaks ... Ultra Music Festival 2013 has announced its Phase 3 lineup. Among this final round of 40-plus acts: Intrepid Ultra defender Tommie Sunshine, along with Marco Bailey, Christian Smith, DJ M ... More >>

Marco Rubio's Spotify Playlist Includes Swedish House Mafia and Tupac

Marco Rubio may be on his way to being one of the most powerful men in Washington, DC, but that doesn't mean he's lost his common touch. Florida's junior senator unleashed his latest Spotify playlist on the world, and his music taste is pretty much that of an average Y100 listener. Let's do a track- ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival 2013 Announces Phase 1 Lineup: Tiesto, Kaskade, Avicii, 25 Others

Three reasons Ultra Music Festival 2013's gonna be epic, beat freaks. 1. The EDM megafest has expanded from three days to two whole uhntz-uhntz-ing weekends. 2. Swedish House Mafia and Deadmau5 are gonna be the primary party starters. 3. The just-announced Phase 1 linuep, including 13 extra DJs, 13 ... More >>

Grammy Awards 2013 Nominees: From Frank Ocean to Black Keys and Rick Ross

Grammy-tastic! Last night, amid goofy, sexually tense intergenerational banter between co-hosts LL Cool J and Taylor Swift, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States announced the nominees for its 54th Grammy Awards, airing Sunday, February 10, on CBS. Genre-bending ... More >>

Drake Announces New Year's Eve 2013 Pool Party at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach

Drake still loves Miami. Sure, he

MTV Video Music Awards 2012's Big Winners and Even Bigger Losers

If, last night, you shouted, "Screw crappy pop!" and chose Barack, then you've probably got no effing idea who won and lost at the MTV Video Music Awards. Luckily, we here at Crossfade own a DVR. So while watching Obama goin' hard at the Democratic National Convention, we were also keeping track of ... More >>

MTV VMAs 2012: Seven Things That Sucked and Seven Things That Didn't Totally Suck

See also "MTV Video Music Awards 2012's Big Winners and Even Bigger Losers." Last night, America's pop culture elite came together in Los Angeles to celebrate almost 30 years of Moonmen. It was the 28th annual MTV Video Music Awards, and it coulda been worse. For one, Chris Brown and Drake didn't ... More >>

Lollapalooza 2012, Day Two: Frank Ocean, The Weeknd, Twin Shadow, and Others

See also "Fashion Freakouts at Lollapalooza 2012" -- plus "Lollapalooza 2012, Day One: M83, Black Sabbath, Die Antwoord, Afghan Whigs, TEED." The second day of Lollapalooza could not have been more different than the first. A bunch of noted cancellations -- B.o.B, Alabama Shakes, etc. -- subtracte ... More >>

MTV Announces Video Music Awards Nominees, Snub Rick Ross

Like the History Channel, MTV is lying about itself. Despite their respective names, programming is anything but historical or musical. For example, Teen Mom and Snooki and JWoww are reality-ish shows, and they're light-years away from MTV's traditional business model built around a 24-hour music ... More >>

Enrique Iglesias, Flo Rida, Maroon 5 at iHeartRadio's Ultimate Pool Party at Fontainebleau Miami Beach, June 30

See the full 80-photo slideshow from the iHeartRadio Ultimate Pool Party at Fontainebleau Miami Beach. iHeartRadio Bleau Live Ultimate Pool Party A "special appearance" from Enrique Iglesias With performances by Flo Rida, Maroon 5, and Gym Class Heroes Fontainebleau Miami Beach Saturday, June 30, 2 ... More >>

Best of Miami 2012 - Best Dance Club: LIV

​Want access to our Best Of picks from your smartphone? Download our free Best Of app for the iPhone or Android phone from the App Store or Google Play. Don't forget to check out the full Best of Miami® 2012 issue June 12 online and June 14 in newsstands.Best Dance ClubLIVFontainebleau Miami Beac ... More >>

EDC Vegas Pulls Plug on Music Due to High Winds

[Update at 2:48 a.m]: EDC is over for the night. Organizers are waiting for crowds to thin out before making an official announcement. More details and older updates at the bottom.Electric Daisy Carnval in Las Vegas tonight was shut down temporarily as a result of high winds buffeting tall sound st ... More >>

EDC 2012: Coachella or Electric Daisy Carnival: Which One is Better?

See also: Our Complete Coachella Coverage Dance music is coming to an arena near you: Kaskade will be the first DJ ever to play Staples Center (July 27). And mainstream concert promoters such as Live Nation are diving into the electronic dance explosion. Electric Daisy Carnival, which is being hel ... More >>

Swedish House Mafia's Masquerade Motel Miami 2012: A 76-Photo Recap

​Masquerade Motel MiamiGrand Central ParkFriday, March 23, 2012Better Than: Rollin' balls inside a Vicks vapor room with a stolen subwoofer.Swedish House Mafia's Masquerade Motel sent so much bass rumbling through Grand Central Park that you could feel it from your toes to your fingers and nose. ... More >>

Swedish House Mafia's Masquerade Motel rocks downtown Miami March 23 and 24

Opium Group's Miami Music Week 2012 Lineup: Dirty South, John Digweed, and More

Photo by Alex BroadwellJohn Digweed during MMW 2011.​The official start of Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week is less than a month away, and local venues are starting to reveal all the beat-wrapped goodies. One of the bigger juggernauts of the week, of course, is the Opium Group, which ... More >>

Masquerade Motel Adds Second Day, Tickets on Sale Today at 10 a.m.

​Jesus loves electronic dance music. The bearded one with the ripped abs totally answered our prayer to have just one more day with Swedish House Mafia at the Masquerade Motel. A second day -- Saturday, March 24 -- has been announced. At 10 a.m. today, tickets for Day Two of SHM's alternative to ... More >>

Swedish House Mafia Announces Masquerade Motel Miami Location, Tickets on Sale Now UPDATED

​Swedish House Mafia's Masquerade Motel is a go, and tickets for the two one-day event went on sale about an hour ago. Update: The event has sold out its first batch of tickets. But rather than going down on the sands of South Beach as it did last year (or the nude paradise that is Haulover Beach ... More >>

Masquerade Motel Sells Out (Sorta), Ticket Scalpers Charging $300 on Craigslist

​It only took two hours for the inevitable to happen ... Swedish House Mafia's Masquerade Motel tickets sold out and opened a scalper floodgate. But don't blow your paycheck just yet. Inside sources tell us that Swedish House will release another batch of tickets in the near future. So keep it l ... More >>

Miami Trio Brass Knuckles Talks Electrik Circus, Nervous Records, and "Lie to You"

Meet Brass Knuckles, a three-man production team that moonlights as a live electronic band. Repping the 305 to the fullest, Danny D'Brito, Tony Livadas, and Anthony Pisano have played all the biggest venues while also producing their own reoccurring party, Electrik Circus, at Grand Central. Over th ... More >>

Topless Rihanna Ruffles Farmer's Feathers

Rihanna Facebook​Hypothetically speaking, would y'all get mad if Rihanna took her top off --for the sake of art -- on your property? Neither would we. But for one Irish farmer, the 23-year-old superstar's boobs were too much to handle. 
Rihanna was on a Bangor, Ireland wheat farm yesterday fil ... More >>

Tuneage and Boobage at Calvin Harris's Sweaty South Beach Orgy

Photo by Lex HernandezSucking a giant dildo-shaped glowstick? It's summertime on South Beach.​Summertime on South Beach is a steaming, sweaty, non-stop orgy. People are drunk, dehydrated, and consequently delirious. The dudes are dudded up in dark slacks and dress shirts, sweating their balls of ... More >>

Photo Evidence From Benny Benassi's Ultra Week Kickoff at Mansion

Photo by Marie-JosseBenny Benassi behind the decks at Mansion.​Last night at Mansion, Italian electro-house DJ Benny Benassi warmed up his turntables --- and our town --- for his performance at the Ultra Music Festival. The world-renowned musician, maybe still best known for his 2002 hit "Satisf ... More >>

Swedish House Mafia's One Night Stand at the Masquerade Motel March 26

Location for Swedish House Mafia's Masquerade Motel Finally Revealed

Photo by Carl LindstromHit the Beach with the Mafia.​Indeed, Crossfade's 24-hour Swedish House Mafia watch continues ... Back in December, we announced that Masquerade Motel would be returning to Miami for some serious Ultra week excess. Then we blasted the lineup (Calvin Harris! A-Trak! Eight Mo ... More >>

Tiësto Spinning Poolside at Fontainebleau on New Year's Eve

Tiësto​When you book Lady Gaga to perform at your New Year's Eve event, it's going to be very hard to top. So excuse us if we aren't as shocked by the news that Tiësto will be headlining this year's Fontainebleau's New Year's Eve poolside party, along with San Francisco DJ Max Vangeli.Still, the ... More >>

Paul Oakenfold's Facelift Tour at LIV November 13

Miami local album review: Panic Bomber: Discipline

Local Album Review: Panic Bomber Discipline EP

​Panic BomberDiscipline EPYYZ RecordsSince naming Panic Bomber the Best New Electronica Artist last year, lot has changed for Richard Haig. He's toured through the U.S., U.K., and Canada, and had a successful showcase during last month's SXSW. And after two self-released albums, Calling in Threats ... More >>

Robbie Rivera's Juicy Beach party offers some lineup curveballs

WMC 2010: Annie Mac's White Room Showcase, Plus Two Other Parties

photo by Mari Sarai​Hipster dance music trends may come and go, but BBC uber-DJ Annie Mac is always one step ahead of them all. Definitely the fiercest female on Radio One, her eponymous Friday-night show, with its trademark guest mini-mixes, give you an up to date who's-who in the scene. (Recent ... More >>

WMC 2010: Opium Group Lineup With Sasha & Digweed, Pryda, Erol Alkan and More

​Finally the moment all of you South Beach club rats have been waiting for: The Opium Group has released its official 2010 WMC lineup. With its vast real estate of glitzy big-room venues, including clubs Mansion, Louis, SET, and Cameo, the Beach's ubiquitous nightlife conglomerate is responsible f ... More >>

BlackBook Features Poplife Crew

Photo via BlackBookAramis Lorie, Barbara Basti and Jake Jefferson.​We definitely take pride any time locals get national attention. So after BlackBook sat down with Aramis Lorie, Barbara Basti and Jake Jefferson -- better known as the people behind the Poplife brand -- we definitely feel like we'r ... More >>

Best Michael Jackson Music Video References

Jackson inspiring Bjork's fashion.While Michael Jackson's music was undeniably influential to a lot of artists, he is a product of the MTV generation. What does that mean? Michael Jackson was a video artist and took pride in making his videos into cinematic masterpieces. Though music videos are on t ... More >>

WMC 2009: The Prodigy Miss Flight, Ultra Performance in Jeopardy UPDATED

Sources say that The Prodigy missed their flight to Miami and might not make it in time to perform tonight at Ultra Music Festival. With Calvin Harris and Bloc Party already AWOL this week, we are starting to see a trend.Stay tuned here as the news develops.UPDATE: A commenter noted that their Twitt ... More >>

WMC 2009 Day One Re-cap: Calvin Harris Cancels, Major Hipster Party at Electric Pickle

Justin NamonMiss you Benny Benassi. Click here to view the full slide show.First night didn't go so well for me. After a few too many glass of champagne early in the day at the Gansevoort's rooftop pool, I had to go home to sleep off the buzz. Yes, I broke my rule of not drinking early in the week. ... More >>

Winter Music Conference Event Listings

Find all the best parties taking place March 24-29.

Head Spins: DJ Midas

This DJ's got that golden touch.

Bump 'n' Grind 2008: A Look Back at This Year's Club Bangers

Back in my days over at Miami Nights, I liked to close out the year by looking back at all the music I discovered where I spend most of my time -- in nightclubs. It's always interesting to see what makes it big the following year, because downtown club in particular tend to be ahead of the curve. So ... More >>

Concert Review: B-Live Miami 08