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Ultra Ravers Boost Miami Tourism, Pack Hotels Through March at $238.12 Per Night

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 a ... More >>

Six Best Parties on South Beach This Week

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, tech, deep ... More >>

Ultra 2013: Slash Does Surprise Guitar Solo, Crashes Chuckie's Set, "Pretty Awesome Gig"

We here at Crossfade are still praying to the gods of robot music for a miraculous Daft Punk cameo at Ultra Music Festival 2013. But as YouTube user Deniz Korkmaz just ecstastically commented via UMFTV: "OMFG SLASHHH." Of course, not everybody's superstoked about the former Guns N' Roses axe sling ... More >>

The Six Bad Bitches You Meet at Ultra Music Festival

Damn, Ultra Music Festival is a mad house. Everywhere you look, it's neon titties, the bottom half of an ass, or some kind of sexy rabbit hoppin' around with a lollipop in her cheek. Last year, we introduced "The Seven Ravers You Meet at Ultra Music Festival." But this time, we're giving it up to t ... More >>

Ten Raver Tips on How to Dress for Ultra 2013

They danced. They rolled. They yelled: Glitter! Yes, these are ten talkative fashionistas of Ultra Music Festival 2013. Certainly, there were some better dressed, and others more sensibly garbed. But the following folks found during night one of 2013's three-day shit fest -- they were the ones who ... More >>

Major Lazer's Walshy Fire on Boring EDM Shows: "People Really Appreciate 'Different'"

Ultra Music Festival has never offered much homegrown local flavor. Even as the globally minded EDM fest has broadened its musical scope to include rappers, R&B stars, and indie bands, the other sounds -- reggae, salsa, merengue, authentic Miami Bass -- that keep much of the 305 dancing the rest ... 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.

Knife Party Set to Release New EP of "Seizure Music," Hit Ultra Music Festival 2013

Seizure music, death electro, and derpstep. Those are the extreme EDM genres Knife Party's Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen use to describe their music, which reveals a couple of things about these Australian dudes: (1) they don't take themselves too seriously and (2) they dig dangerous fun. After ... More >>

Carl Cox and Friends Return to Ultra Music Festival With Mesmerizing "Mega-Structure"

Ultra is more than an annual music festival. It's an EDM institution. Just like British house legend Carl Cox. Every year at UMF, the Carl Cox and Friends arena (which has been with the fest for its entire 15-year history) gets bigger, better, and brighter. But it doesn't only exist in Miami. It al ... More >>

Maceo Plex on Ultra Music Festival Debut: "I'm Going to Bring Everything I've Got"

Among the legion of global superstars alighting in Miami for Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week 2013, one name carries some pretty serious weight at the moment: Maceo Plex. DJ/producer and Ellum label boss Eric Estornel's rise to international stardom over the last couple of years has be ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival 2013 Releasing Official Soundtrack From Tiesto, Avicii, 28 Others

Ultra Music Festival is nothing without the music. Well, that and the thousands of attendees. But the people wouldn't come knockin' if the beat didn't stay rockin'. That being said, the Ultra fest folks are working with the people at Ultra Records to bring you "what is guaranteed to be one of the b ... More >>

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 >>

Association for Electronic Music Founded "to Advocate on Behalf of EDM as a Musical Genre"

It's bigger than hip hop. No, really, EDM might just be. According to Dancing Astronaut, EDM is making so much money, an estimated $4 billion worldwide last year, that some heavyweights have banded together to create the Association for Electronic Music, an advocacy and lobbying body that, like, PL ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival 2013 Phase 2 Lineup: Alesso, Eric Prydz, Snoop Dogg, Tons More

Just when you thought the party couldn't get any better, Ultra Music Festival has announced its Phase 2 lineup. So let's not bother with the formalities. Here's who's been added: Alesso, Benny Benassi, Dirty South, Dog Blood (Boys Noize & Skrillex), Eric Prydz, Fedde Le Grand, Hardwell, Loco D ... More >>

Miami's 13 Best New Year's Eve Parties

Who Wants Free Tickets for Steve Angello and Story Nightclub's Grand Opening?

It's gonna be a Story ... Next week, the latest nightlife project from LIV owner David Grutman will be opening at 136 Collins Avenue (i.e. the space that used to be Opium Garden and Prive and then Amnesia Miami) with an absolutely epic NYE 2013 lineup. All week, Avicii and Tiësto wil be bro-ing ... More >>

EDM Becoming a Cirque Du Soleil Production: Five Reasons It's Gonna Suck

The world of EDM is basically one giant circus. You've got Steve Aoki doing acrobatics; David Guetta is running around in clown shoes; and Tiësto's striking Jesus Christ poses as the most self-righteous ringleader ever. But all that's been merely metaphorical until now. Cirque Du Soleil has team ... More >>

Labor Day 2012: Ten Best EDM Parties From Miami to South Beach

See also "Labor Day 2012: Nine Best Rap Parties, From Timbaland to Trick Daddy and Strippers." It's Labor Day weekend, y'all. You could spend your free time maxin' and relaxin' by the pool. Or you could spend it getting white-boy wasted, fist-pumping your way into blackout oblivion. We think tha ... More >>

Dutch House Mafia

Beat The Beat Up

Identity Festival 2012's Five Most Exciting Artists

See also "Identity Festival 2012 Announces Tour Schedule and Lineup, Tries Again in Miami." Last year, the Identity Festival turned out to be a real tease. There was the threat of a hurricane. The party got canceled. And we here in Miami never even got the chance to get down. But this summer, ID F ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival TV Hits YouTube, Free Stream of Can U Feel It EDM Documentary

We want our UMF TV. And this is it ... A new YouTube channel featuring original EDM-themed content from the people at Ultra Music Festival and Final Kid productions. The channel premieres worldwide on Wednesday, July 11, with UMF Revisited - Episode #1: Avicii which follows the Swedish superstar ... More >>

Six Best Club Parties on South Beach June 21-24

Six Best Club Parties on South Beach This Weekend

When did June become Miami's hottest month? And no, we're not talking about the weather. The arrival of summer has brought electronic dance music's biggest names to the Magic City. From Avicii's tour stop at the American Airlines Arena to Tiësto's Club Life party at LIV, this month has proven to ... More >>

Six Best Club Parties on South Beach This Weekend

Sure, Avicci may be taking over the American Airlines Arena on Friday. But he's hardly the biggest DJ booked to play the 305 this weekend. From electronic dance music veterans to up-and-coming collectives, a plethora of world-class DJs will hit the decks around South Beach over the next few days, ... More >>

Andrew W.K. at Revolution Live April 7

Ultra Music Festival's Carryon Afterparty Schedule: Tiësto, Kaskade, Dirty South, Armin van Buuren

​Attention passengers. You're normally allowed one carry-on per flight. But Ultra Music Festival is going to go ahead and upgrade that to about 10. No, we're not actually flying anywhere, but Ultra is spreading the love with their Carry On series of after parties throughout Miami Music Week. Fes ... More >>

Richie Hawtin Added to Ultra Music Festival 2012 Lineup

​ Do you hear that uhntz-uhntz in the distance? It's been 53 days since Ultra Music Festival 2012 announced its Phase 1 lineup, "a sprawling 92-act roster that ranges from massive dance superstars Avicii, Tiësto, David Guetta, Kaskade, and Fedde Le Grand to electronic music legends Kraftwerk, Ne ... More >>

Steve Angello at LIV February 3

Ultra Music Festival 2012 Sold Out With 73 Days Until Start

​That's it, folks! According to its website, Ultra Music Festival 2012 is officially sold out with 73 days remaining until the first day of the festival. This breaks last year's record, when tix sold out on February 18 with a full 34 days left before the fest.Of course, Ultra's 2012 lineup, feat ... More >>

Spin to Win

Hardwell's Gonna Give It to Miami Beach at SET August 19

​The room starts to spin. Bitties shaking their stuff seem to move in slow motion. And the man behind the decks raises his arms in the air in admiration of the hot, hot mess he has created. Behold Hardwell. On Friday, August 19, DJ-producer Robbert Hardwell is bringing his big-room house sound to ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival: A simple 15-act itinerary for March 25 to 27

Dutch DJ Sied van Riel uses Twitter to score direct KLM flights to Ultra in Miami

Sied Van Riel on the Fly2Miami Twitter Campaign and Direct Dutch Flights to Miami

Fly2Miami's Sied Van Riel.​How many Dutch DJs, producers, and dance music fans does it take to get a major airline to completely re-route its flight plans? The answer: About 150 of them, plus the power of Twitter and the co-sign of Dutch dance music god Tiësto himself. On the Wednesday of the s ... More >>

Avicii at LIV January 8

Best parties for New Year's Eve 2011

Go Dutch

Robbie Rivera rocks the Gansevoort

Catch him poolside Sunday, September 5.

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 >>

Robbie Rivera

Miami's DJ Craze To Play Coachella

​...Speaking of DJ Craze (check the previous post on this blog for an un-missable nugget of joy he passed along), Miami's finest DJ champ will head to the desert this summer to play Coachella for the first time. On the mega-festival's second day, Saturday, April 17, he'll take the stage with frequ ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival 2010 Phase 1 Lineup Announced UPDATE

​I rarely ever take flier handouts while walking at night around South Beach, but for some reason as I was leaving Klutch I took an Ultra flier from a guy. Honestly, the first thing I felt was exhaustion because I don't know if I can handle the fact that Winter Music Conference is already creeping ... More >>

Moving Units: Top Five Albums at Local Independent Music Stores

Moving Units is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling albums at South Florida independent record stores. Click here to view past top-sellers. Top Five Albums for the Week of October 5-10 Uncle Sam's Music, South Beach Jay Z continues his domination of Uncle Sam's charts with ... More >>

Black Eyed Peas to Perform at Ultra Music Festival (UPDATED)

Black Eyed Peas bringing their humps to Bicentennial Park.There are some things in this world better left unexplained, but this is definitely not one of them. It's been confirmed that the Black Eyed Peas (yes, the very same ones that created the weapon of mass destruction called "My Humps") are set ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival releases first phase of lineup...

Night Tennis Unites Sony Ericsson and Winter Music Conference

2006: The Year the Superstar DJ Died

Dinosaurs rule the dance floors no more

Danny Tenaglia