David Guetta

Digitalism on EDM in America: "Las Vegas Is Getting Bigger Than Ibiza, It's Supercool"

Before David Guetta had everyone singing "Sexy Bitch" and Swedish House Mafia soothed with "Don't You Worry Child," there was Digitalism. Circa 2006 and '07, this German duo of Jens "Jence" Moelle and İsmail "Isi" Tüfekçi rode a wave of progressive dance music that took over indie dance nights ac ... More >>

Ultra 2013: Disclosure Shows America Can Love Dance Music That Isn't Dumb

One of the great but frustrating things about Ultra Music Festival is it continually books interesting rising acts for its live stage while scheduling them in its earliest slots. This meant that yesterday, the second day of the second weekend, one-man electro-pop band Robert Delong and house revival ... More >>

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

It's Friday and come 5 p.m., you'll want to run out of the office as if you were escaping the zombie apocalypse. You rush home with the intention to get ready for one of the last parties of WMC, but then realize that you blew all your money on all the other parties at the Clevelander, Shelborne, an ... 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 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 >>

Six Best EDM Riders: From Deadmau5 to Pauly D and Diplo

If Crossfade were a superstar DJ, we wouldn't perform a single show without four cases of cherry vanilla cola, two bottles of Black Label whisky, a picture of our mom, a pink umbrella, and a drumming monkey. That's not even too bad. Just take a look at the ridiculous requests from some of your fav ... More >>

Ten Reasons Rolling Stone's "25 DJs That Rule the Earth" Is Total Bullshit

Rolling Stone just farted out a list of turds and called it the "25 DJs That Rule the Earth." But we here at Crossfade have got more than a bone to pick with them about it. Not only is this list completely nonsensical and asinine, it plays like a tired attempt at relevancy by a dancing corpse that ... 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 >>

Kaskade's Freaks of Nature Tour at Klipsch Amphitheater July 14

Kaskade on EDM Critics: "Anytime Something's on Top, People Will Be Ripping It Down"

Oh, yes, America. The freaks are living (and dancing) among us. Ever since EDM went massive in 2011, kids with glowsticks have been controlling popular music charts, invading the nation's arenas and stadiums like little ecstatic fireflies, and flooding the Internet with YouTube videos of themselves ... More >>

Adrian Lux at LIV Nightclub July 7

Adrian Lux Lighting Up LIV Miami on July 7

The Miami New Times' pick for Best Dance Club is readying for a feel-good Swedish invasion, and they want you on the front lines. On Saturday, July 7, LIV is welcoming Adrian Lux to the stage. The Grammy-nominated man behind big-room hits "Teenage Crime," "Can't Sleep," and "Fire" is gonna make you ... More >>

Deadmau5 on Madonna, Molly in Rolling Stone: "Like Talking Slavery at F$%#ing Blues Show"

Our country's divided. However, it's not President Obama's failed promises or Mitt Romney's tired rhetoric that's causing this nation to feud; it's electronic dance music. On one side of the proverbial aisle, we have the disciples of mainstream electro giants like Tiësto and Swedish House Mafia. ... More >>

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

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 >>

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 >>

Art Basel Miami Beach 2011 Music Guide: All the Acts Announced So Far

​Right now, Miami is being swarmed by art fairs, galleries, and artists from across the globe. Of course, we're talking about Art Basel Miami Beach. A side benefit to all this arty international activity is the influx of awesome music to entertain all the jetsetters. And naturally, Crossfade is k ... More >>

Good Luck Chuck

Rihanna at the BankAtlantic Center July 14

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 >>

Chuckie's Back

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 >>

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 >>

Go Dutch

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 >>

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 >>

Jack Your Party

The Shapeshifters

Give ’Em Space

Time to Hobnob

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 >>

Luke Goes Boom on the Ones and Twos

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 >>

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

Ultra Music Festival releases first phase of lineup...

Hit Parade

A nonscientific tip sheet of WMC's breakout tracks