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Deadmau5's WMC 2012 Closing Party at Amnesia Miami: Rats, Bangers, No Madonna

​There's house concerts. Then there's Deadmau5. As one of the closing events to the week-long spectacle known as Winter Music Confererence and Miami Music Week, tickets at the door for Deadmau5's gig ran $150. But that didn't stop thousands of house music junkies from packing Amnesia Miami's da ... More >>

Skrillex as part of Ultra Music Festival 2012 at Bayfront Park March 23

Ten reasons not to hate Skrillex.

Eight Best Club Parties on South Beach This Weekend

​Bro, what a mission! We just moved into a new place outside the city limits y los vesinos are already starting to piss us off. They've got three huge dogs, one of which insists on barking super early in the morning while the other two stare us down through a crack in the wooden fence. We're l ... More >>

WMC 2012: Shonky, Dyed Soundorom, and Dan Ghenacia Headline Apollonia Launch Party

When speaking of French electronic dance music, the first name that comes to mind is David Guetta, right? Yeah, that's if you get your EDM spoonfed by Top 40 radio, you square. Because the underground house and techno cognoscenti of the world have been moving to the beats from a very different bre ... More >>

Tommy Trash at Amnesia Miami February 24

When speaking of French electronic dance music, the first name that comes to mind is David Guetta, right? Yeah, that's if you get your EDM spoonfed by Top 40 radio, you square. Because the underground house and techno cognoscenti of the world have been moving to the beats from a very different bre ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival's Documentary, Can U Feel It, Premiering During Miami Music Week

​You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll uhntz-uhntz uncontrollably. That's right ... We're talking about Ultra Music Festival's 45-minute concert documentary, Can U Feel It: The UMF Experience. With a cast of 200 uber-mega-superstar DJs, lazer-wielding robots, tattooed mice men, half-naked electro g ... More >>

Ten Reasons to Not Hate Skrillex

Photo by Bruno Postigo​David Guetta might have changed the entire sound of commercial pop and Deadmau5 may have gotten legions of clubbers to don faux rodent heads. But there's no question that over the past year, the hottest name in electronic dance music is Skrillex, born Sonny Moore. The pol ... More >>

Tommy Trash Prevents the Dance Music Apocalypse at Amnesia on February 27

Compare the Sarah Connor in the original Terminator to the Sarah Connor in Terminator 2.The former? Straight chillin' in the '80s, teasing her hair and shrieking like a useless wench whenever murderous robots from the future popped out from around the corner. The latter? A total badass -- Straight h ... More >>

Mastermind 2012 Honorable Mention: UOM

Miami New Times' Mastermind Awards honors the city's most inspiring creatives. This year, we received more than 150 submissions, which our staff narrowed to an elite group of 30. We'll be profiling our honorable mentions, and eventually the finalists, in the weeks to come. This year's three Mastermi ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival Announces Miami Music Week Pre-Parties, Afterparties, and Pool Parties

​UPDATE Check out the lineup, date, and location for Ultra Music Festival's launch of its Ultra Live concert series. Less than two weeks after announcing its Phase One lineup (Avicii! Tiësto! David Guetta! Kraftwerk! New Order! Skrillex! 86 others!), Ultra Music Festival 2012 was already shoutin ... More >>

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 >>

Ultra Music Festival 2012 Is "90 Percent Sold Out! Act Now Before It's Too Late!"

​Code red! Trip the alarm! Now dance! We here at Crossfade have just received a superurgent email with a subject line that shouts, "Ultra Music Festival 90% Sold Out! Last Chance To Purchase Tickets!" Now, for all of us who've been victimized by corporate marketing scare tactics in the past, Ul ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival 2012 Announces Lineup: Avicii, Tiësto, David Guetta, and 89 Others

Avicii: Ultra 2012's Saturday night headliner.​Big news, beat freaks. After months of teases, hype, and promises that it "will be bigger than last year," there's finally been a major development in the ongoing saga of Ultra Music Festival's 2012 lineup. Of course, we here at Crossfade have spe ... More >>

Good Luck Chuck

Avicii: Ultra 2012's Saturday night headliner.​Big news, beat freaks. After months of teases, hype, and promises that it "will be bigger than last year," there's finally been a major development in the ongoing saga of Ultra Music Festival's 2012 lineup. Of course, we here at Crossfade have spe ... More >>

Identity Festival 2011: A Guide for Bros, Girls, Hip-Hoppers, Snobs, and Hipsters

​Dance music's gonna blow up! That's the kind of ecstatic chatter that's been endlessly parroted by pop commentators in 2011. However, this perception that electronic tuneage has been waiting idly on the sidelines just isn't true. Dance music crossed over a long time ago. In case you hadn't not ... More >>

Rihanna at the BankAtlantic Center July 14

​Dance music's gonna blow up! That's the kind of ecstatic chatter that's been endlessly parroted by pop commentators in 2011. However, this perception that electronic tuneage has been waiting idly on the sidelines just isn't true. Dance music crossed over a long time ago. In case you hadn't not ... More >>

12th Planet Talks Pop Production, DJ Craze, and Hardcore

​When 12th Planet (AKA John Dadzie) talks, the world of bass music listens. That's because, as we explain in last week's mini-feature on the DJ, producer, and label co-founder, the man has been hardcore since (electronic) hardcore was a new genre. Though it's as a dubstep producer that he's ga ... More >>

Mark Knight at Space May 14

​When 12th Planet (AKA John Dadzie) talks, the world of bass music listens. That's because, as we explain in last week's mini-feature on the DJ, producer, and label co-founder, the man has been hardcore since (electronic) hardcore was a new genre. Though it's as a dubstep producer that he's ga ... More >>

Chuckie's Back

​When 12th Planet (AKA John Dadzie) talks, the world of bass music listens. That's because, as we explain in last week's mini-feature on the DJ, producer, and label co-founder, the man has been hardcore since (electronic) hardcore was a new genre. Though it's as a dubstep producer that he's ga ... More >>

Crystal Castles at Ultra Music Festival 2011 Day Three, March 27

Victor Gonzalez​Crystal Castles Ultra Music Festival's Live Stage  March 27, 2011 Better Than: David Guetta at Ultra's Main Stage.  Alice Glass is so adorable. She's so damn cute and Canadian I just want to pour maple syrup all over her skinny indie frame and eat her up like a mounta ... More >>

Tinie Tempah at Ultra Music Festival 2011 Day One, March 25

Photo by Ian WitlenTinie Tempah at Ultra 2011.​If you live in Miami, you might think you live in the most dance-music-saturated place on Earth -- unless, of course, you've spend a lot of time in the U.K. Dance music is part of the pop fabric here, with synth sounds regularly charting on pop radio. ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

Holiday Rapping

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 >>

Perry Farrell Talks Basel, Bombs, and Big Plans for a Precision Guided Musicians Fest in 2011

Photo byPerry Farrell and wife-slash-musical-collaborator Etty.​It's not like Perry Farrell needs a hobby. He's already got several part-time jobs: rock hero, Lollapalooza boss, social activist, E! reality star, and expert wearer of very glam gear. Somehow, though, Farrell's cleared a corner of ... More >>

Marco Rubio Loves Gangsta Rap, David Guetta's 'Sexy Bitch,' Fawning Feature Reports

​We know you've been wondering: How exactly did Marco Rubio stir the conservative fire in his belly before jumping onstage during the campaign? Reading George Will? Watching O'Reilly grill some hapless liberals?Nope: Straight-up gangsta rap. Rubio liked to crank Tupac and NWA before his speeches, ... More >>

Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" and Four More Dance-Pop Remakes That Will Make You Puke

Can you imagine the maggots in Gaga's beef brassiere?​Dance remakes of pop hits are the bane of civilization. It's bad enough that we have to put up with an endless supply of shitty Top 40 originals, mashups, and remixed remixes by the likes of David Guetta and the Black Eyed Peas. But do we als ... More >>

Rihanna Creates a New Dance Anthem with "Only Girl (in the World)"

​Rihanna's always turned heads with her choices in fashion, boyfriends, and song title choices (umbrella, anyone?). But now we think she might be attempting to change genres with her fifth studio album, Loud."Yes it is called LOUD," Rihanna told fans during a live chat recently. "Get LOUD everybod ... More >>

305 Live: Miami Heat's DJ Irie, Flo-Rida on the Today Show, And More In Local Hip-Hop News

Via Twitter​--The Miami Heat's all-star DJ, DJ Irie, recently received a commendation from the City Of Miami, praising his hard work for the community and various charitable efforts. Irie is currently awaiting the upcoming 2010-2011 Miami Heat season to begin where he'll be the DJ again for all t ... More >>

305 Live: Pitbull, Rick Ross, Flo-Rida, and More in Local Hip-Hop News

Photo courtesy of Univision​-- Pitbull (pictured on the right with his artist Nayer) walked the red blue carpet and performed last night at the Premios Joventud that aired live from the BankUnited Center located at the University of Miami's Coral Gables campus. He didn't win any awards, but most o ... More >>

Mark Knight and Luca Bacchetti Play Space Saturday

Mark Knight is playing Space on Saturday​Miami's premier mega-club Space just turned ten years old last month (that's about a hundred in nightclub years) and still shows no signs of slowing down -- certainly not on Saturday nights, which have become synonymous with world-class techno bookings. Thi ... More >>

Jack Your Party

Mark Knight is playing Space on Saturday​Miami's premier mega-club Space just turned ten years old last month (that's about a hundred in nightclub years) and still shows no signs of slowing down -- certainly not on Saturday nights, which have become synonymous with world-class techno bookings. Thi ... More >>

Club Space 10-Year Anniversary Party on Saturday with Martin Buttrich, Oscar G, Cedric Gervais and More

​It's virtually impossible to speak of local nightlife and electronic dance music culture without touching on Space, Miami's quintessential megaclub. May 22 marks a decade since the downtown venue first opened its doors, putting the MIA on the international clubland map by providing superstars gue ... More >>

Give ’Em Space

​It's virtually impossible to speak of local nightlife and electronic dance music culture without touching on Space, Miami's quintessential megaclub. May 22 marks a decade since the downtown venue first opened its doors, putting the MIA on the international clubland map by providing superstars gue ... More >>

Time to Hobnob

​It's virtually impossible to speak of local nightlife and electronic dance music culture without touching on Space, Miami's quintessential megaclub. May 22 marks a decade since the downtown venue first opened its doors, putting the MIA on the international clubland map by providing superstars gue ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival grows again in 2010

​It's virtually impossible to speak of local nightlife and electronic dance music culture without touching on Space, Miami's quintessential megaclub. May 22 marks a decade since the downtown venue first opened its doors, putting the MIA on the international clubland map by providing superstars gue ... 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 >>

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. Top 5 Albums for the week of October 25 - 31Seattle-based indie artist Brandi Carlile topped Uncle Sam's charts this week with her newest release, "Give Up The Ghost".​Uncle ... 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 September 28-October 3 Sweat Records, Miami Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs led the charts at Sweat Reco ... More >>

Luke Goes Boom on the Ones and Twos

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 September 28-October 3 Sweat Records, Miami Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs led the charts at Sweat Reco ... More >>

Head Spins: DJ Knowledge

The go-to guy for Space's terrace Saturday nights.

Head Spins: DJ Knowledge

Before the house turns totally to house music on Saturday nights in that downtown megaclub known as Space, all kinds of other action is kicking throughout the joint. A lot of that action goes down out on the club's infamous terrace, under the stars and in the shadow of a skyline of skyscrapers. That ... More >>

Winter Music Conference Event Listings

Find all the best parties taking place March 25-29.

Recession Partying

Tightening your belt? These topnotch parties are cheap!

Must-See Acts on Ultra's Lineup

Tightening your belt? These topnotch parties are cheap!

Full Ultra Music Festival Lineup Revealed

So in addition to yesterday's news of the unexplainable choice of booking the Black Eyed Peas for next month's Ultra Music Festival, the final phase of the lineup has been announced. Notable additions include Rinton, Rye Rye, Surkin, Para One and Shiny Toy Guns to Day 1, and MSTRKRFT, BT Laptop Symp ... More >>

Dirty South

So in addition to yesterday's news of the unexplainable choice of booking the Black Eyed Peas for next month's Ultra Music Festival, the final phase of the lineup has been announced. Notable additions include Rinton, Rye Rye, Surkin, Para One and Shiny Toy Guns to Day 1, and MSTRKRFT, BT Laptop Symp ... More >>

Hit Parade

A nonscientific tip sheet of WMC's breakout tracks