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Miami's Dude Skywalker Has "Time-Traveled From 3046 With the Dance Music of the Future"

Miami, meet Dude Skywalker, a trio that's "time-traveled from the year 3046 to bring you dance music of the future." "Upon arrival in this dimension, we dropped our first tune, 'To the Floor,' which blew up virtually overnight with support from local DJs, an array of Internet blogs, and lots of int ... More >>

Ten Best EDM Parties During Art Basel Miami Beach 2012

Art Basel Miami Beach 2012 Music Guide: Acts Announced So Far

Sure, we like to pretend the week of Art Basel Miami Beach (AKA Miami Art Week) is all about the glorified flea market happening either side of the causeway. But you just want to party. You can't afford to pay $10,000 for a bike covered in Saran Wrap and called "Untitled." But you can afford the cov ... More >>

Oscar G Drops New Beats Solo Album Today

When talking about Miami house, Murk is a name that reigns supreme. The seminal DJ-production duo of Oscar Gaetan and Ralph Falcon not only put Miami on the house music map in the early '90s, but they also cut some of the biggest house classics, period. But what is Miami house? Does the 305 house ... More >>

Lazaro Casanova Releases LAX EP With Matt Tolfrey and Nikko Gibbler

Miami's Lazaro Casanova Drops LAX EP With Matt Tolfrey and Nikko Gibler on Culprit LA

Miami is slowly but surely emerging as an underground EDM capital. And it's thanks in no small part to locals like Lazaro Casanova who are building musical bridges to sister cities such as London and Los Angeles. No music scene is an island, and collaboration between artists and labels is key. Cas ... More >>

Top Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week Parties for Sunday, March 25

​Check out Crossfade's daily WMC and MMW party guide -- plus the fifteen best parties. The King Rat says, "This is The End." In less than 24 hours, Winter Music Conference, Miami Music Week, and Ultra Music Festival will be over. The clubs will close. The uhntz-uhntz will fade. The sticks will ... More >>

Daily party plan for WMC and Miami Music Week, March 22 to 25

Top Winter Music Conference 2012 Parties For Sunday, March 18

​After spending the past three days getting wasted and shaking ass all over SoBe, uhntz-uhntz-ing around Biscayne Bay aboard the Tikki Beach, and getting pruney in the Shelborne's pool, you're fucking pooped on partying. And like EDM quirkmeister Riva Starr's mustachioed clubber baby, you're whin ... More >>

Danny Daze on Miami Clubs: "Telling DJs What to Play Because of a Douchebag Spending Three Grand on a Table"

Miami homeboy Danny Daze (AKA Daniel Gomez) blew up big time in 2011 thanks to a bass-heavy dancefloor bomb called "Your Everything" signed to Jamie Jones and Lee Foss's Hot Creations label. Needless to say, the record made our cut for Miami's Best Albums of 2011. And it put Danny's name on the lips ... More >>

WMC 2012 parties at the Shelborne Beach Resort and Shine March 16 to 25

WMC 2012: Visionquest, Maceo Plex, Joris Voorn Headline Last Resort at Villa 221

​For a few years there, Made Event's Sunday School made up a big slice of the underground house and techno pie during WMC week, especially with heavyweights like Richie Hawtin, Luciano and Seth Troxler aboard their whopping 36-hour marathon lineup. But alas, Sunday School is no more. The party we ... More >>

Jonathan Cowan Talks WMC, Ultra, and Why Swedish House Mafia Is "Bullshit" UPDATED

​While popular electronic music has become synonymous with hugely inflated ticket prices, tables full of empty bottles, and mindlessly overproduced big-room bangers, Miami's own Jonathan Cowan keeps the fire burning for the South Beach's long-lost underground. For Winter Music Conference 2012, Th ... More >>

Six Best Club Parties on South Beach for Martin Luther King Day Weekend

​The threat of 50-degree weather this weekend has Miami in a freezing frenzy. Folks are worried Target's going to run out of space heaters and flannel jammy pants. Winn-Dixie's low on hot chocolate, Home Depot's out of fire wood, and PetSmart doggie parkas are on back order. The end is undeniabl ... More >>

Miami's Six Best New Year's 2012 Electronic Dance Music Parties

​It's been a phenomenal year for underground electronic dance music in Miami. If 2010 was the year that we put training wheels on our EDM bike, then we were riding that sucker with no hands in 2011. There was a non-stop barrage of world-class bookings. And none of it would have been possible wit ... More >>

Lazaro Casanova Drops Feel-Good Miami House With Our Kind of Love EP

Lazaro Casanova Our Kind of Love EP (petFood) Lazaro Casanova and his petFood label seem intent on taking over Miami's underground house scene. And they might be accomplishing that goal through sheer production volume alone. Just this year, petFood has released a whopping ten EPs by various buddin ... More >>

Get Freaky With Detroit Legend Moodymann at the Electric Pickle August 13

​It's impossible to talk about electronic dance music (and specifically the Detroit scene) without accounting for the enduring influence of DJ-producer Kenny Dixon Jr., AKA Moodymann. Few artists have done as much to keep the black roots of house and techno alive. And Dixon's outspoken calls for t ... More >>

Miami's Five Best Electronic Music Labels

Behold the BassHead!​Don't let us hear you say that Miami doesn't have a kick-ass underground electronic music scene, because we are absolutely brimming with homegrown talent.And the best thing is that it's still a relatively young scene. If there is this much forward-thinking creativity happe ... More >>

Listed and SAFE Bring Radio Slave, Matt Tolfrey, and Others to Hotel Victor March 25

DJ-producer Dan Ghenacia headlines Listed Plays It Safe​If you're a regular of Miami's EDM scene, then you've surely attended a SAFE party. They've been responsible for many of the top international house and techno bookings of the last several years, hosting memorable recurrent performances b ... More >>

WMC 2011: Ten best parties March 10 to 13

Lazaro Casanova Talks Studio M.O., petFood Label, and Miami March Madness

​Last year was a big one for Miami homeboy Lazaro Casanova, and 2011 looks to be even bigger for the up-and-coming DJ-producer. Once the wunderkind of Miami's indie dance scene when he presided over downtown's infamous Revolver party in the late 2000s, he has since graduated to the international s ... More >>

Your Anti-Guido Party Guide to Ultra Week in South Beach

We guarantee guido DJ Pauly D of Jersey Shore is NOT in this guide.​If you're a discerning local EDM lover, then you probably have a love-hate relationship with the month of March. On one hand, it's the best month out of the year in Miami for the sheer awesomeness of parties and bookings. On th ... More >>

DJ Mag Returns to the Shelborne With Two Weeks Worth of Parties

Sander Kleinenberg​Why choose between Winter Music Conference and Ultra Music Festival, when you can have both? DJ Mag has decided to do exactly that this year as it once again takes over the Shelborne, and its nightclub Shine, for two weeks worth of parties.Highlights include the return of DJ Mag ... More >>

Our Rundown of Miami's Best Albums, EPs, and Mixtapes of 2010

The 305 in 2010 was so awesome that our heads totally exploded!​The swamps and warehouse squats, Carol City and Coco's Nightclub, South Beach and the megaclubs -- our city's music scene is the product of so many split-up, spliced, and remixed sources that any attempted overview of its output will ... More >>

Miami's best albums, EPs, and, mixtapes of 2010

Lazaro Casanova's Soul Food EP

​Lazaro Casanova Soul Food EP (petFood) Miami's not really a house music town. Sure, we host WMC each year and we've grown a pretty banging (albeit small) scene in recent years. But the 305 is nothing compared to the seminal house communities in Chicago, New York, and Detroit. Back in the early ... More >>

Lazaro Casanova and petFood Label Showcase at Vagabond This Saturday

​Cuban-born DJ and producer Lazaro Casanova hardly needs an introduction among Miami's EDM cognoscenti. Many of you remember him from his days as the resident DJ at Revolver, the infamous, long-standing party that put downtown Miami hipster nightlife on the map. After Revolve ... More >>

Clive Henry Talks the EDM Underground and His New Crosstown Rebels Record

​Few artists out there embody the spirit of the EDM underground as much as British DJ-producer Clive Henry. As one half of seminal production duo Peace Division, he helped define '90s tech house. And as a long-standing resident of the infamous Circo Loco afterhours party at DC10 club in Ibiza, he ... More >>

Lazaro Casanova's Soul Food EP Is Heavy, Hypnotic, and Moody

​Cuban-born DJ and producer Lazaro Casanova hardly needs an introduction among Miami's EDM cognoscenti. Many of you will remember him from his days as resident DJ of Revolver, the infamous, long-standing party that put downtown Miami hipster nightlife on the map. These days, Casanova is best k ... More >>

Q&A with Matt Tolfrey, Playing Electric Pickle on Friday

​On Monday we previewed the upcoming Friday night performance by Matt Tolfrey at Electric Pickle and with the date nearing, it's already clear that this is one booking highly anticipated by the local EDM cognoscenti. The talented British DJ/producer and Leftroom label owner has taken the London un ... More >>

Matt Tolfrey Plays Electric Pickle on Friday

​British DJ, producer, and A&R man Matt Tolfrey has staked his place in the international electronic dance music scene since first launching the esteemed Leftroom imprint in 2005. Home to acclaimed emerging artists like Glimpse, Inxec, and Marc Ashken, Leftroom encapsulates the sounds of a new ... More >>

Green Velvet, Hollywood Holt, Treasure Fingers This Weekend at Grand Central

Hollywood Holt​We promise we'll stop writing about Grand Central when their bookings start to suck -- which doesn't seem to be happening any time soon. This weekend the downtown venue is packing another wallop of dance music.Friday, Green Velvet, AKA Cajmere, will be returning to Miami hopefully b ... More >>

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Felix Da Housecat at Grand Central Friday

Felix Da Housecat: The DJ with nine lives.​Seems like Grand Central's opening weekend is going to be a busy one. We already talked about Thursday night's grand opening as well as Saturday's massive event with Major Lazer. Well, you might as well camp out at venue the entire weekend because it was ... More >>

Local Album Review: petFood Presents The Disco EP

​Various Artists The Disco EPpetFoodpetFood was formed in 2008 by native Miamian DJ/producers Lazaro Casanova and Jay-You as a launching pad for their Afro-Cuban-infused brand of EDM, and their latest release is especially redolent of that unabashed tropical flavor. The Disco EP features a cheery ... More >>

Robbie Rivera's Juicy Beach party offers some lineup curveballs

Sunday School for the Generous: A Fundraiser for Haiti at the Electric Pickle January 17

​By now you've heard of the multitude of ways you can provide much needed aid to devastated Haiti. Maybe you've tweeted, texted, or donated supplies or blood. But this Sunday it's time to get together with some of the most generous degenerates in town and dance.The Electric Pickle and Musical Miss ... More >>

Haiti Benefit Events: A Working List, Please Send Updates

​Here is an incomplete list so far of Haiti benefit music/club events scheduled in the coming days. If you would like your event added to this list, please e-mail me.Tonight, Friday, January 15*Mayday plays its monthly jam at Transit Lounge tonight. Transit Lounge never charges a cover, but the ba ... More >>

DJ Mix: Lazaro Casanova's "The Perfect 10 Back to Basics"

Lazaro Casanova: Don't let the baby face fool you.​Local DJs like Oscar G and Cedric Gervais may get all the glory on a national level, but they better watch out for Lazaro Casanova. The young musician has gone from obscure indie-party DJ to legit techno/house producer. He even paired up with Jay- ... More >>

petFood & Friends Throw Down at Electric Pickle on Wednesday

​It's gonna be a fairly quiet holiday week on the local EDM front, but you can get your fill of tasty house and techno beats on Wednesday night when the Miami/LA-based record label-cum-production duo petFood throw down at Electric Pickle. petFood was formed in late 2009 by Miami natives Lazaro Cas ... More >>

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Your Art Basel Week Music and Club Itinerary for Tonight, Friday, December 4

You know what this means....​-5 p.m.: The inimitable Exene Cervenka of X performs music and spoken word from her solo album Somewhere Gone at the Pulse Art Fair. Click here for details.-6:30 to 7 p.m.: OK Go performs again at Design Miami/. Click h ... More >>

Art Basel Music: Radio Slave and Argy Play Grass Lounge Tonight

​As if SAFE hadn't won over enough hearts this weekend by serving up the Ghostly International 10 Year Anniversary Party at White Room on Saturday night, they have a veritable techno extravaganza in store for Miami tonight at Grass Lounge in the Design District, featuring Radio Slave and Argy, alo ... More >>

Head Spins: Ryan Evans, the Vagabond's Saturday-night special

Latest Podcast Available in Laz Casanova's and Jay-You's Series, petFood

The latest petFood podcast, petCast003, came out this week and this one is mixed by L.A.'s Shoddy Lynn. The podcast series is the brainchild of Miami natives Lazaro Casanova and Jay-You. They put out a nice stream of electronic based music that incorporates elements of Miami's Caribbean flavor and r ... More >>

On the List: Memorial Weekend Detours

Memorial Day in Miami is like the elephant in the room. Nobody admits they don't want to party in South Beach this weekend for fear of coming off as racist. Well, you are. You aren't going to get shanked, stabbed, cut, mugged or shot at if you cross the causeway. Then there are those who just plainl ... More >>

New Lazaro Casanova "Perfect 10" Mix

New Track from Lazaro Casanova

On the List - Miami Beach Keeps Things Going

Revolver's 8.5 Year Anniversary with Flosstradamus, Matt and Kim, and the Stone Figs