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Borgore Announces 2013 Tour Dates; "Borgasms" Coming to 20 American Cities

"Give me a Borgasm!" No doubt, the youth of America are just a bunch of desperate beat freaks begging for the kinda "bass makes bitches cum." And Israeli dubstepper Borgore is the dude with the deep rumble. After attracting ratchet pussy, doing jumpkicks, and climbing speakers at Ultra Music Festi ... More >>

Ultra 2013: Hot Chip "Do It, Do It, Do It" for a Disappointingly Small Crowd

We're starting to sound like a broken record. (Pun not intended. Every DJ uses Ableton these days anyway.) Hot Chip is easily one of the most influential electronic (or dance rock or indie electro or whatever you want to call it) acts of the past decade. They're almost this generation's New Order. ... 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 >>

Ultra 2013: Richie Hawtin Delivers Sensory Overload, No Bottle Anthems With Two-Hour UMF Set

This year's main stage at Ultra Music Festival has seemed particularly heavy on so-called "confetti house," the lineup rife with marquee names from VIP-heavy megaclubs. But the (relatively) more underground sounds of dance music -- or at least those not so concerned with encouraging bottle sales - ... 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 >>

Ultra Music Festival 2013: Ten Acts We're Excited to See

In almost month, Ultra Music Festival will kick off its six-day marathon of EDM madness in Bayfront Park and with it bring a slew of electronic acts to Miami, some of which you can catch pretty often at Miami-area nightclubs and others that rarely (if ever) make Magic City cameos.We were really hopi ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival 2013's Weekend Two Is Officially Sold Out

Well, it finally happened. Tickets for weekend two of Ultra Music Festival 2013 have officially sold out. That means the possibility of a trip to Miami's annual dance mecca is quickly slipping out of your slow-grabby reach. Yes, you still have a shot at purchasing weekend one tickets or six-day ... 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 2013 Parties

When Miami throws an end-of-year blowout, it's guaranteed that everyone is going home broke. And drunk. And accompanied by some creepy-sexy stranger who'll ask for money in the morning. So if you wanna wake up in 2013 with empty pockets, a booze-damaged brain, and a bed full of hot mess, check out ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

Dennis Ferrer on Commercial EDM: "They See an Easy Customer Who Wants It Fast & Cheap"

From Deadmau5 pissing off pretty much everyone with his hateful and decidedly hypocritical rants, to a clueless Paris Hilton jumping on the DJ bandwagon and crowning herself the new queen of house with disastrous results ... Hard-working DJs across the underground scene are starting to feel like th ... More >>

Deadmau5 Is "Miserable" and Needs a Break From EDM to "Chill the F#&% Out"

Just two weeks ago, Joel "Deadmau5" Zimmerman was crowned the rat king of hooded sweatshirts, oversized graphic t-shirts, and flat-bill ball caps when he launched NeffMau5, an exclusive, collaborative clothing line with swag sport punk brand Neff. "The people involved are the people I see at my sh ... More >>

Deadmau5 Releases NeffMau5, an EDM Clothing Line, Becomes Rat King of Hoodies

Don't you want to dress like Joel Zimmerman? The skinny, mouthy man -- better known as Deadmau5 -- is the EDM rat king of hoodies, baggy shirts, and baseball caps. And now you can cop some official Mau5-approved clothes. Teaming up with sporty, punky streetwear brand Neff, Zimmerman has created an ... More >>

Paul Van Dyk Calls Madonna "Stupid," Ultra Was "The Biggest Mistake of Her Career"

​Madonna's now-infamous Ultra appearance continues to weigh heavy on the electronic dance music community, ruffling more feathers than an Ecstasy-induced seizure. The latest EDM heavyweight to weigh-in on Madge's "How many people in this crowd have seen Molly?" question, Paul van Dyk. "Madonn ... More >>

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

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Via facebook.com/calvinharrisCalvin Harris brings hopeless love to LIV.​You're not going to spend your Saturday night watching South Carolina Republican Primary results on CNN, right? Of course not, the Grand Old Party's an elephant-sized waste of time and Calvin Harris is playing LIV. Peel your ... More >>

Photos: Mau5 Heads Come Out for Deadmau5's New Year's Rat Riot on Miami Beach

​Read Crossfade's recap of Deadmau5's New Year's Day Pool Party at the Fontainebleau Miami. With our subtropical region's usual weeklong winter almost upon us, Deadmau5 and thousands of rabid club rats scurried and swarmed toward the Fontainebleau Miami Beach for a New Year's Day pool party on M ... More >>

Deadmau5's New Year's Day Pool Party at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach

​Deadmau5's New Year's Day Pool Party With Stephan Luke, Troy Kurtz, and Damaged Goods Fontainebleau Miami Beach Sunday, December 1, 2012 Better Than: A night without a jillion jiggawatts of bass. Trillion dollar hotel, international DJs, good-looking people getting wild and out of control? What ... More >>

Miami's ten best New Year's 2012 parties

Miami's Twelve Best New Year's 2012 Parties

Soar like a half-naked angel this NYE with Bob Sinclar.​Forget your personal trainer, chartered accountant, and life coach. We here at Crossfade are the highest authority on how to spend New Year's in Miami. And we say: "This is no time for moderation!" Go live out the dying days of 2011 in a ... More >>

Skrillex, 12th Planet, Two Fresh, and Nadastrom at the Fillmore Miami Beach December 17

Toronto EDM Sensation Sydney Blu Talks World Domination and Her New Live From Mansion Album

​It's no small feat coming up in the cut-throat international DJ game, much less if you're a woman. But Sydney Blu didn't only defy those odds by becoming one of the biggest-selling artists in EDM. She also became the veritable queen of South Beach clubland by landing herself a highly coveted resi ... More >>

Lollapalooza 2011 Announces Lineup With Eminem, Girl Talk, DFA 1979, and 122 Others

​It's time to start planning your road trip to Lollapalooza land 'cause King Perry Farrell just released his 125-name guestlist for this August's three-day Grant Park extravaganza. And if you don't wanna be left at the gate, crying and clawing the dirt like a pauper, you better buy a full-weekend ... More >>

Ultra Bingo: Glowsticks

​OMFG, the Ultra Music Festival grounds are littered with glowsticks. There are red ones, blue ones, green ones, bright ones, dull ones, dead ones, smashed ones, fat ones, skinny ones, short ones, long ones, and some you don't even want to touch for fear of dibutyl phthalate contamination and STDs ... More >>

The 26th Annual International Dance Music Awards at Dolce, March 10

Camille LambSinger Chris Willis performs "Gettin' Over You"​So it wouldn't be entirely accurate to say that everyone who matters in dance music attended the International Dance Music Awards at Dolce last night. But even if Armin Van Buuren and Deadmau5 couldn't make the event, a few high-class yet ... More >>

IDMA 2011 Nominees Announced and Crossfade Picks the Winners

James Murphy deserves an IDMA or two.​Every year, coinciding with Winter Music Conference, the International Dance Music Awards (IDMAs) recognizes those who make electronic music great. Sure, it's not exactly the Grammys or MTV's Video Music Awards. But dammit, it's a homegrown awards show and tha ... 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 >>

Ultra Music Festival 2011 Happening March 25-27, Outside of WMC Dates [UPDATE]

Photo by Ian WitlenDeadmau5 at Ultra Music Festival 2010.​UPDATE: Ultra's official site has been updated, confirming all the information reported here earlier.UPDATE x2: Early-bird general admission tickets are sold out! That has to be some kind of record. Tickets are now $179.95, and are only ava ... More >>

Steve Duda and Deepchild Headline Novitech Label Launch Party at the Clevelander on Friday, July 9

​Given its stellar lineup, we couldn't pass up a shout out to the Novitech Recordings launch party scheduled at the Clevelander on Friday, July 9. The event will be headlined by internationally acclaimed artists Steve Duda and Deepchild. Novitech is a new digital-only label, the brainchild of two ... More >>

Bad Boy Bill spins at Cameo June 4

MP3 of the Day: Tamara Sky, Pussy Violence II Mix

​It's here! Winter Music Conference officially begins today. What better way to get pumped up that with a DJ mix. Crossfade obsession and DJ Tamara Sky sent us the follow up to her last year's Pussy Violence mix, this one titled Pussy Violence II Lip Service.The mix feature hipster dancefloor clas ... More >>

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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 >>

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LastNightsParty and Danger Team Up to Take Over Louis December 4

​Hipster girls flashing their tits and a DJ with a French touch -- what could be better? Well, the fact that it's happening during the week of Art Basel is a bonus. And it's all going down at Louis (2325 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach) December 4.If you aren't familiar with French DJ/producer Franck ... More >>

J Majik and a Whole Lot More Drum 'n' Bass at Black Sheep Bar Tonight

Are you sick of the old tried-and-true musical formula for your Friday night carousing? If you usually go out clubbing in South Beach and you still have any semblance of distinction and personal taste left after sustained Top 40 self-abuse, you've gotta be eager for a change of pace. Or maybe you we ... More >>

Must-See Acts on Ultra's Lineup

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 Announces Phase Two of Its Lineup

Ultra Music Festival released the second phase of its lineup, and while the biggest names in the list offer no big surprises, a number of other, smaller acts added to the bill demonstrate more of the festival's forward-thinking approach this year. So here are the titans who will play (again): Paul ... More >>

Hercules & Love Affair Also to Play Ultra's Second Day

Hah! Ultra is sounding better and better! Looks like the organizers have also flip-flopped their booking M.O. this year. Since the festival's expansion into a two-day affair, things have generally gone more experimental the first night, with the classic dance music titans taking over the second da ... More >>

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Winter Music Conference

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Second Phase of Ultra Line-up Announced