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Ultra Music Festival 2013's Lineup and Set Times

Under normal circumstances, Ultra Music Festival has pushed even the most seasoned EDM addicts to the very brink of physical and emotional collapse. But now UMF has expanded to two entire weekends (AKA six whole days), which just might turn certain (weaker) members of the Crossfade team into pathet ... More >>

Hard Miami, Day Two: Boys Noize and Skream Surprise Sets, Grand Central Gets Destructo-ed

A really great party is like science. If things go well, you've got to repeat the experiment. Hard's Gary Richards (AKA Destructo) knows this to be true. So he's brought three editions of his HARD Miami shindigs for Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week 2013. And last night, Destructo swit ... More >>

Skream on His Post-Dubstep Sound and Mix for Pete Tong's All Gone: Miami 2013

BBC Radio 1 DJ and chief global EDM tastemaker Pete Tong's All Gone: Miami compilation series has become a definite staple of WMC and Miami Music Week. The double-disc mix album, with a disc each mixed by Tong and a guest artist, serves as a yearly snapshot of the international EDM Zeitgeist. The s ... More >>

Dirtybird Players BBQ With Claude VonStroke, De La Soul, Justin Martin at Villa 221 March 21

Ultra Music Festival, Winter Music Conference, and Miami Music Week 2013

Twenty Best Club Parties During WMC and Miami Music Week 2013

Hard Miami 2013 Announces Set Times

Get Hard! 'Cause the Destructo (AKA Gary Richards) and his Los Angeles party promotions enterprise have just announced the set times for all three of their Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week 2013 ragers. From Nadastrom, Dirtybird Boys, and Destructo at the annual two-night Grand Central ... More >>

Twenty Best Club Parties During Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week 2013

Who will survive Ultra Music Festival, Winter Music Conference, and Miami Music Week 2013? With UMF becoming a two-weekend behemoth and WMC/MMW turning into a ten-day smackdown, the month of March in the MIA has officially become an insane EDM endurance test. And here is the most important rule: Do ... More >>

Snoop Lion Headlining Bamboo Miami Beach's WMC and Miami Music Week 2013 Lineup

With the kickoff of Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week just a little over seven days away, our anxiety has reached an all-time high. Only Election Day voting lines throughout South Florida, it seems, are longer than our WMC Party Guides, and that's becoming increasingly difficult to handle ... More >>

Dirtybird Players BBQ WMC 2013 Lineup: Claude VonStroke, Justin Martin, Special Guests De La Soul, and More

These days, Dirtybird Records is almost as famous for its grilled meats as its ass-clapping beats. Blame a successful ten-year run of the San Francisco crew's infamous renegade Golden Gate BBQ parties, not to mention last year's inaugural WMC installment which broke the party concept to Dirtybird's ... 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 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 >>

Hard Miami 2013 Announces Two-Day Lineup: Borgore, Claude VonStroke, 13 Others

Go Hard. That's right ... Destructo (AKA Los Angeles DJ, producer, and superpromoter Gary Richards) is comin' back to the 305 for Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week with another absolutely epic edition of Hard Miami. Just like last year, Destructo and crew will be unloading two consecuti ... More >>

Holy Ship!! 2013, Day One: Major Lazer, Justice, and Surprise Guest Skrillex!

On Friday afternoon, nearly 3,000 raver chicks, dude guys, scenesters, club kids and DJs assembled at a port in Fort Lauderdale and boarded the MSC Poesia, AKA Holy Ship!! (There are two exclamation points because this is the second edition of the EDM party cruise put on by L.A.'s Hard Events.) The ... More >>

Dirtybird and Freaks Flocked to Grand Central Miami for an Ass-Clapping NYE 2013

Dirtybird NYE 2013 With Claude VonStroke, Justin Martin, J. Phlip, Kill Frenzy, and Mark Starr Grand Central, Miami Monday, December 31, 2012 Better Than: Any party that doesn't let you load up on free drinks for the first four hours. San Francisco's Dirtybird Records isn't the fanciest label arou ... More >>

Dirtybird's Mark Starr on Being a "Rood Boy," 808s and EDM, and NYE in Miami

Mark Starr was born with a name that other DJ might make up. But ironically, he is one of the more humble guys in EDM. He's been a big part of the Tallahassee dance scene for six years, but it was this year the San Francisco's Dirtybird Records crew reached out to him and began releasing his tracks ... More >>

Dirtybird NYE at Grand Central Miami: Claude VonStroke, Justin Martin, J. Phlip, Kill Frenzy

Bass, bass and more fucking bass. If your main erogenous zone is that spot in your solar plexus that gets pummeled by low-end sonic frequencies, inciting your gluteus maximus muscles to start gyrating of their own accord, then look no further than Dirtybird's label showcase at Grand Central for New ... More >>

Ten Best EDM Tracks and Albums of 2012

Miami's 13 Best New Year's Eve Parties

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 >>

Holy Ship!! 2013 Announces Set Times and Full Cruise Schedule

Holy Fucking Ship!! The three-day activities and music schedule for the most massive EDM cruise was just released. And now our pants are a little heavier. There are some returning favorites, like A-Trak's DJ lessons and Dillon Francis's mini-golf tournament. There will be wet-dream back-to-back s ... More >>

EDM's Ten Best Tracks and Albums of 2012

EDM was bigger and badder than ever this year. Lady Gaga went on tour with electro-wunderkind Zedd. Skrillex won three Grammys. Shit, even the American Music Awards created an EDM category, because it's what the kids demand. Of course, with so much marketing value and commercial viability to the ... More >>

J. Phlip Talks Dirtybird, Ghettotech, and Partying Worldwide

Dirtybird might just be the most fun-loving collective in electronic dance music with its BBQ parties, ass-clapping bass music, and lively gang of artist pals who are always down for laughs. But among the Dirtybird boys -- Justin and Christian Martin, Claude VonStroke, Worthy, etc. -- one character ... More >>

Justin Martin at Electric Pickle June 22

Justin Martin on Dirtybird and New Album: "Always Been About Bass and Ass-Clapping"

Miami loves Justin Martin. Maybe it's the San Francisco DJ-producer's penchant for the kind of booty-clapping bass music the 305 holds so dear. Or maybe it's his boundless charisma behind the decks -- a fun-loving happy-go-lucky personality that shines through in his energetic DJ sets and gets any ... More >>

Justin Martin Flies the Dirtybird at the Electric Pickle Miami on June 22

Hey Miami, we hope you've been working on your booty clap routine, because Justin Martin is coming to vibe your ass out at the Electric Pickle on Friday, June 22. This Dirtybird DJ-producer has been beat-blasting since 2003. But Martin just released his debut full-length album, Ghettos and Gardens, ... More >>

Hard's Holy Ship!! 2013 Lineup Announced: Justice, Boys Noize, Diplo, and 33 Others

Toss a couple Dramamines into your party-time pill pack. On January 4, 2013, the second annual edition of Hard's Holy Ship!! electronic music cruise will set sail from Fort Lauderdale's Port Everglades for three nights of brain-busting beats. Tickets sold out in only 28 hours and now the hotly anti ... More >>

Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week 2012: A Daily Party Guide

​Check out today's top WMC and MMW parties -- plus Crossfade's fifteen best parties. Honestly, if you're gonna survive 96 hours of Winter Music Conference, Miami Music Week, and Ultra Music Festival, then your emergency EDM supply kit will need to include a gas mask, goggles, a bikini and/or bana ... More >>

WMC 2012: PillowTalk on Breakthrough Success and Destroying All Genres

San Francisco's Samuel Doylestien, Ryan Williams, and Michael Tello are all accomplished DJ-producers. But as PillowTalk, they've been making even bigger waves. This year alone has seen the threesome signed to some of the most hotly tipped labels in the international house and techno scene: Visionq ... More >>

Dirtybird BBQ at Villa 221 March 22

WMC 2012: Claude Von Stroke and Justin Martin Headline Dirtybird BBQ Party at Villa 221

What do bass and barbecue sauce have in common? Well, they're the main ingredients of Dirtybird's infamous Golden Gate BBQ parties. Of course, Dirtybird is the beloved label of San Francisco DJ-producers Claude Von Stroke and Justin Martin. And it's home to some of the most sleazetastic, fun-lovin ... More >>

Hard's Holy Ship Cruise Announces Final Lineup and Full Music Schedule

​Get Hard 'cause it's almost time to cruise. Nine months ago, Crossfade reported that the Los Angeles party posse, electronic music festival, and touring club event run by Gary Richards (AKA Destructo) was planning to take its electro steez to the high seas aboard the MSC Poesia, sailing out of P ... More >>

Justin Martin Talks Renegade Parties, Dirtybird, and Ghetto Booty

​If you ain't a Justin Martin fan, then you ain't living. The San Francisco wunderkind is easily one of the most beloved DJ-producers on the international scene. There's no party he can't get started with his energetic, fun-loving approach to dance music.And as co-owner of the esteemed Dirtybird i ... 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 >>

Miami's Five Best Electronic Dance Music DJ Crews of 2010

​Although Miami's hosted WMC for decades and booked commercial DJ heavyweights at megaclubs like Space for years, it's only recently that there's been a steady influx of quality underground EDM bookings. And if 2010 was any indication, you could almost say the MIA is starting to become an electron ... More >>

Q&A With Dirtybird Label's Claude VonStroke, Playing Electric Pickle with Dixon on Friday

​For any electronic dance music lover in the know,  DJ/producer Claude VonStroke and his esteemed Dirtybird and Mothership labels have become synonymous with some of the most forward-thinking and fun-loving sounds coming out of the American EDM scene in the new millennium. A Detroit native wi ... More >>

Dirtybird Label's Justin Martin Plays Electric Pickle on Friday

​Last time Justin Martin played upstairs at the Electric Pickle, the man literally made the floor shake and wobble like we were dancing inside one of those amusement park trampoline tents. With his ginoromously fat gut-rattling basslines and chunky jackin' breakbeats, hardly anyone has given the P ... More >>

New Deep House Mix by DJ Strickly B

​DJ Brad Strickland, or Strickly B, as Miami clubland knows him, has been making his mark on the East Coast EDM scene for well over a decade now. He was spicing up Miami nightlife with soulful melodic tunage long before deep house made a comeback and has played no small role in fostering our local ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Justin Martin, Infected Mushroom and Gurty

Pro Bowl weekend reminds us that were only a few days away from the mayhem that the Super Bowl will bring. So here is what you missed over the weekend:Lofty at Buck 15Photo by Nicole Cussell​Above Miss Yip, Buck 15 has provided a nightlife sanctuary for locals on South Beach. Its new Lofty Friday ... More >>

Justin Martin Plays Electric Pickle on Friday

​Miami loves Justin Martin! The San Francisco-based DJ/producer and Dirtybird label co-owner burned up the dancefloors at White Room and Electric Pickle in 2009, cementing his reputation as one of the most crowd-pleasing and oft-anticipated American EDM acts we've hosted in recent years. Martin ma ... More >>

Justin Martin Plays Electric Pickle

Justin Martin Plays Electric Pickle this Friday

San Francisco DJ/producer and Dirtybird label co-owner Justin Martin burned up the White Room dancefloor during his mind-blowing performance last January, not to mention various slots around town during WMC in March. Now the man is back to make new converts at the Electric Pickle this Friday night a ... More >>

New Microhouse Mix by DJ Mansur

With a penchant for the more soulful and emotionally compelling sounds of the dance underground, PL0T resident DJ Mansur continues to mark Miami's downtown minimal scene with discerning taste and cultivation. When he's not opening for the likes of Justin Martin, Seth Troxler, and Lee Curtiss, Mansur ... More >>

Friday Night: Justin Martin at White Room

Justin MartinFriday, January 23, 2009White Room, MiamiBetter than: Anything I have heard live in quite a while.Given the inordinately low temperatures in Miami last week, Friday turned out to be a fairly adequate night for clubbing alfresco in the White Room patio. By 11 p.m. you could hear the deep ... More >>

Friday: Justin Martin at White Room

San Francisco DJ/producer Justin Martin has enjoyed increasing success since co-founding the auspicious Dirtybird label with Claude VonStroke in 2005. Despite his international acclaim and A-list accolades, he keeps both feet firmly planted in the underground scene, where his edgy yet melodic brand ... More >>

Over the Weekend - Scarface, Biz Markie and Dirty Bird

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