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The Hood Internet at Mansion March 2

Ultra Music Festival's Neon Indian Releases Trippy Adult Swim-Directed Video for "Fallout"

​Ultra Music Festival band Neon Indian just released an Adult Swim-directed video for new-ish single "Fallout" and it's just as cartoonishly trippy as you'd imagine. Coming from the minds of the best primetime stoner entertainment on the market, this clip features an animated hottie with pink hai ... More >>

Kid Sister With Riff Raff at Grand Central in Miami, February 4

​Kid Sister With Riff Raff Grand Central, Miami Saturday, February 4, 2012 Better Than: Babysitting a real infant. The spunky, enigmatic, and clearly grown-up Kid Sister is still trying to break out of the underground. The real little sis of Flosstradamus's Joey Young, she got her start workin ... More >>

Chromeo's Night Falls Tour Makes Fun Times at the Fillmore Miami Beach, September 20

Photo by Ian Witlen​See the full 35-photo Chromeo at Fillmore Miami Beach slideshow. Night Falls Tour Chromeo With Mayer Hawthorne and the County, and Sammy Bananas Fillmore Miami Beach September 20, 2011 Better Than: Cornichons on a ham sandwich. Chromeo loves Chromeo. And Chromeo should love ... More >>

Chromeo at the Fillmore Miami Beach September 20

Chromeo's Dave 1 Talks Daryl Hall, Weird Al Yankovic, and the Miami Sound Machine

​Enter Crossfade's contest for free Chromeo tickets! With the 2004 debut release She's In Control, an original sense of humor, and supersexy songs, Canadian duo Chromeo managed to delight bored folks stranded on lonely dance floors in megaclubs all across the globe. Friends since high school, ... More >>

Who Wants Free Tickets to Chromeo's Show at the Fillmore Miami Beach?

​Even as night falls, you've gotta keep it business casual. Just ask masters of smoothness David Macklovitch and Patrick Gemayel. Better known as Dave 1 and P-Thugg of Chromeo, these electro-funk freaks will teach your amateur ass all about the finer points of staying sexy, keeping it fresh, an ... More >>

Luke Makes House His Home

Mayer Hawthorne Talks Beautiful Women, Motown, and Yacht Rock

Schiko via Stones Throw​Mayer Hawthorne is a Michigan-bred dude with a genuinely soulful sound. Undoubtedly, Motown influenced the young singer's timeless melodies. His falsetto vocals can sometimes sound straight out of 1971. But this producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist is making orig ... More >>

Chromeo Gets Solange Knowles Pregnant in "When the Night Falls" Video

Solange at the moment of conception.​The greatest danger involved in making superpotent sex music is the high risk of inadvertently impregnating an entire roomful of glammed-out party girls. Just ask Chromeo's Dave 1 and P-Thugg ... There is no condom, diaphragm, spermicide, morning-after pi ... More >>

Chromeo Bring Hot Mess to the Fillmore Miami Beach September 20

Chromeo​Another big show announcement: Vocoder-obsessed duo Chromeo announced they'll be performing at the Fillmore Miami Beach on September 20 as part of the LG Ones to Watch Tour.Oddly enough, they've been "ones to watch" basically since their first release, 2004's She's In Control. Their latest ... More >>

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Ultra Music Festival 2011 Sells Out

Photo by Ian WitlenIf you don't have tickets for Ultra, you aren't going to be able to catch Deadmau5.​That's it, folks. According to Ultra Music Festival's site, tickets to this year's event are gone with 34 days left until the festival. Will more be made available? We're not sure, but we're work ... More >>

Underworld, Duran Duran, Kaskade Added to Ultra Music Festival 2011 in Phase Two Lineup

​Early this morning, Ultra Music Festival organizers announced Phase Two of its lineup. Added to the 2011 bill are Duran Duran, Underworld, Kaskade, will.i.am, Erick Morillo (Live), Sasha (Vortek Live), Fedde Le Grand, Avicii, and The Disco Biscuits.Also confirmed is our previous announcement that ... More >>

Moby Coming to Ultra Music Festival 2011; Phase Two Acts Will Be Announced Soon

Moby​It's been a while since the Phase One acts for Ultra Music Festival 2011 were announced. So, what's taking so long? Well, the wait will soon be over, as our sources tell us to expect something next week. We aren't entirely sure who will be on the Phase Two lineup since Ultra's organizers se ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival 2011 Phase One Lineup: Simian Mobile Disco, Empire of the Sun, Erasure, David Guetta, and More (UPDATE)

Simian Mobile Disco​Ultra Music Festival revealed its Phase One lineup announcement early this morning via Facebook. The lineup really shows an ambitious mix of live indie-dance bands, usual crop of house DJs, and more experimental electronic musicians. Really, it's one of the best lineups for the ... More >>

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Brothers A-Trak, Dave 1 Team Up For Basel Party at Grand Central December 4

The Brothers Macklovitch (AKA A-Trak and Chromeo's Dave 1)​If you weren't aware, producer-DJ A-Trak and Chromeo frontman Dave 1 are brothers. We don't mean, like, pals ... actual blood-related brothers. Both were born in Montreal, but A-Trak went on to become Kanye West's touring DJ and later a we ... More >>

Annie Mac Returns to Miami September 23 at Electric Pickle

Annie Mac​What is up with all these WMC-quality bookings outside of Conference? Jeez! Couple that with the amazing indie-rock shows happening at the Fillmore Miami Beach, and we haven't seen this sort of amazing musical cornucopia happening, well, since we've been old enough to go out.Now add to a ... More >>

L.A. Riots Play Mansion on Wednesday Night

​In 1992 the city of Los Angeles was besieged by thousand of rioters lashing out angrily against the verdict of the racially-charged Rodney King case. 15 years later, Southern Californian DJ/producers Daniel LeDisko and Jon Pegnato would, with no shortage of irony, dub themselves L.A. Riots in hom ... More >>

MP3 of the Day: Jesp "Removing the Heartache"

​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 o ... More >>

Video: Jesp "Rising Sun"

Video still from Jesp's music video for "Rising Sun."​We spoke about Joseph Espinoza, a.k.a. Jesp, late last year when he dropped his debut album, Heart Rhythm. The Chromeo-meets-Jan-Hammer style of Jesp has had us in a trance from the start. So what's missing? A music video of course!Normally, we ... More >>

Bump 'n' Grind 2009: A Look Back at This Year's Club Bangers

Another year in the books. It is just us or did 2009 seemed to rush by like it was in overdrive? Still, 2009 was another stellar year for clubland, music and all. The economic recession didn't prove to be the wet blanket many had predicted it would be. The nightclubs are still here and people are st ... More >>

Wednesday Blog Watch: More on Alligator Alley's Closing, Fresh Basil Crew Wakes Up, and More

via freshbasilcrew.comCop this new mix from Sweet Dick Vega on the Fresh Basil Crew blog.*While Crossfade attended the Friday-night edition of Alligator Alley's closing party, Mood Vane went to the Saturday-night jam, featuring Stonefox. Check out a couple photos, a bittersweet recap, and a little l ... More >>

Miami's Jesp Releasing Debut November 3 via Sweat Records

​It's about time that someone take back the synth-pop sound back to the Magic City. Joseph Espinosa, a.k.a. Jesp, seems to be doing exactly that. With sound that something of cross between Chromeo and Jan Hammer, Jesp will drop his debut album, Heart Rhythm, November 3 via Sweat Records' website a ... More >>

Dialed In: Last Week's Top Ten From FIU Radio Station "Radiate"

Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists on South Florida's campus radio stations. Click here to view the top tracks from previous weeks. Dialed In for the week of October 18-24 Florida International University- WRGP 88.1 FM & 95.3 FM, "Radiate"Electro-Psychadelic fus ... More >>

Wednesday Blog Watch: Off the Radar Looks Across the Pond, Derick G. Does Amsterdam

via the305.comThe305 is relaunching its print magazine!​*Off the Radar is pretty much the only locally based blog that keeps up with all the international bloggy MP3 stuff, while providing some decent writing that explains why the hell we should care. You won't find too much coverage of the local ... More >>

L.A. Riots

WMC Thursday Recap: Sasha & Digweed Cruise, Creme De La Creme at Soho Studios, MINUS Showcase at Karu & Y

The main room of Soho Studios around 1:30 a.m.My WMC day on Thursday went from swish to underground to somewhere in the middle, and it was interesting to see how conference is holding up across the economic strata. It seems like in the alternate world of dance music, people who have been partying on ... More >>

Fool's Gold, Poplife, White Room

A-Trak, Catchdubs, and downtown hotties. Need we say more?

Random Abum Review: MSTRKRFT - Fist Of God

MSTRKRFTFist Of God(Dim Mak)Three words: Worst. Album. Ever. MSTRKRFT should be glad we don't have a rating system here on Crossfade, because if we did, they would rightfully receive a zero-star rating from us. Honestly, we really wanted to like this album, but there is just no getting around how bi ... More >>

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Last Night: Kid Sister and Flosstradamus at LIV

Justin NamonKid Sister took control over LIV's Wednesday night party Dirty Hairy. Click here to view the full slide show.Kid Sister and FlosstradamusWednesday, February 26, 2009LIV at the Fontainebleau, Miami BeachBetter than: Getting your toes done up.When I got the invite for LIV's newest party, D ... More >>

Dip It Lo

This DJ can certainly save your life.

Hip Once Again, Hall and Oates Return to Play Mizner Park

Soul really matters to a new, unlikely generation of the duo's fans.

Finding Your Cure is Now Synonymous With LIVing

Give thanks to Michael Honablue.

Things Get Hairy Wednesdays at LIV

Image via MySpaceThings will get hairy with Kid Sister Febrauary 25 at LIV.Call us nightlife anthropologists, because our assessment of downtown's nightlife set being courted by glitzy South Beach continues to be reinforced. We wonder if we can present this as a thesis for our doctoral research?The ... More >>

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Initial Lineup Announced for Langerado 2009: Snoop Dogg, Chromeo, Bad Brains, Public Enemy, Cafe Tacuba, and More

After much Internet gossip and rumor-mongering, the folks behind Langerado announced they would release the first phase of the festival's 2009 lineup yesterday morning. That didn't happen, with a delay as organizers "finalized last-minute details." Still, this morning they've come forward with a few ... More >>

Crookers

Italian DJ Duo Crookers Hits Heathrow Lounge this Saturday

Chromeo DJ Set

Q&A with Treasure Fingers

Showtime with Miami's Funky Hip-Hop Bunch ¡Mayday!

Stealth Records presents Laidback Luke

Blog Rave

The Internet and the rise of the Day-Glo, electro-hipster-house smashup.

The Bang Gang Deejays

Let Her Bang

The female sibling of Flosstradamus’s J2K comes into her own as a sharp-tongued MC

DJ LOLO

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