Subject: MSTRKRFT

• Recession Partying

  March 19, 2009

• Second Phase of Ultra Line-up Announced

  January 31, 2008

• South Florida Acts at SXSW: Lazaro Casanova

  March 7, 2008

• WMC Review: Justice at Ultra Music Festival

  March 30, 2008

• WMC Review: Fool's Gold Showcase at White Room

  March 30, 2008

• MSTRKRFT and N.O.R.E. "Bounce" Back Together

  April 4, 2008

• On the List - Miami Beach Keeps Things Going

  May 15, 2008

• On the List - Armin Van Burren, Kill The Noise, Miami Horror and Drunken Spelling Bee

  July 3, 2008

• Last Night: Designer Drugs at White Room

  September 9, 2008

• Q&A with Treasure Fingers

  October 21, 2008

• Casiotone for the Painfully Alone to Kick Off NADA Art Fair

  November 11, 2008

• MSTRKRFT at Heathrow Art Basel Week

  Really? Heathrow, WTF? Where are you getting these bookings? We aren't worthy of your mercy. Let's recap: Chromeo, Crookers, Switch in December, and now we find out, via MiamiNights, that MSTRKRFT is coming? Now, we've personally seen the Canadian duo spin a bajillion times (yes, bajillion is a number), but the reason we keep going to see them is that they get better every time around. The duo hit the decks at Heathrow Lounge Saturday, December 6. Tickets go on sale tonight for $25 at Ticketw

  November 21, 2008

• Saturday Night: MSTRKRFT at Heathrow Lounge

  MSTRKRFT with Pauly Crush and Jessica Who?Saturday, December 6, 2008Heathrow Lounge, Miami BeachBetter Than: Ninety percent of the other Basel parties during the week.Art Basel brought plenty of musical performances during the week. Unfortunately, most of them were invite-only or secret parties no one knew about. But Saturday night, Heathrow Lounge had a come-one, come-all party (as long as you paid the $25 cover charge) with Canadian electro-house duo MSTRKRFT. They aren't exactly strangers to

  December 8, 2008

• Over the Weekend - Art Basel, Vanguard, Panda Bear and MSTRKRFT

  If we don't see another piece of artwork any time soon, we can count ourselves lucky. Yes, our eyes are sore from the excessive visual stimulus. Art Basel brought with it plenty of fairs, celebrities and parties, so if you stayed home this weekend, what the hell were you thinking?But just in case you have a blurred memory of Basel, here is what you probably attended but don't remember over the weekend:Art Basel Miami Beach at Miami Beach Convention Center Miami Beach Convention Center played hos

  December 8, 2008

• Hot New Accessory Alert: Obama Watch

  Look what our photographer Logan Fazio turned up at the MSTRKRFT show this Saturday: this white gentleman with facial hair and an American flag bandanna wearing a BRCKBM ... okay that doesn't work ... Barack Obama watch. Riptide predicts Obama watches will be the hottest hipster accessory since kaffiyahs. Secular holiday gift alert! With an Obama watch, no matter where the hands are, it is always time for change. We cannot find the particular classy version shown here with diamonds, but there i

  December 9, 2008

• On the List - Dieselboy, Holy Ghost!, Switch and Black Sunday

  They say distance makes the heart grown fonder, but we sort of dropped the ball with On the List; its being almost three weeks since our last compilation. Don't fret children, we're back! And we promise we will never leave you -- er, again.We aren't sure how many of you actually want to go out this week, because we ourselves are still recovering from the Baselmania of last week. No more Grolsch, please! We're sticking to our fav from now on -- vodka and tonic with a twist of lime. Free drinks fo

  December 12, 2008

• 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 Symphony and Stanton Warriors to Day 2. The Bloody Beetroots and L.A. Riots are scheduled to perform both days, while The Whip's Day 2 appearance has been switched to Day 1, and Late of the Pier has switc

  February 13, 2009

• Opium Group Releases WMC Lineup: Boys Noize, Benny Benassi, Bob Sinclar, Calvin Harris and More

  Boys NoizeNow that Ultra's lineup has finally been unveiled, it's time to move on the what the local clubs will be putting on. There are certain things we are concerned about for this year's Winter Music Conference: Are there going to be enough people in town this year to support all the events that usually take place during the week? How will the nightclub industry handle the sudden economic downtown? We aren't sure everyone is going to come out winning this year during WMC, but we are just bra

  February 16, 2009

• Last Night: Joaquin Phoenix's Trainwreck Performance at LIV

  Tracy BlockJoaquin proved he's the new Britney Spears last night at LIV.Joaquin Phoenix with Klever and CrazeWednesday, March 12, 2009LIV, Miami BeachJoaquin Phoenix, Worse Than: The stench of budussy on a Sunday morning.Oh, how the mighty tables do turn. Next stop on the mocumentary train: Miami Beach. A sea of night owls stuck it out at LIV Wednesday night, curious to see what Joaquin Phoenix and bro-in-law Casey Affleck had in store.Dirty Hairy hit the jackpot [so they thought] when confirmin

  March 12, 2009

• Random Abum Review: MSTRKRFT - Fist Of God

  MSTRKRFTFist Of God(Dim Mak)Three words: Worst. Album. Ever. MSTRKRFT should be glad we don't have a rating system here on Crossfade, because if we did, they would rightfully receive a zero-star rating from us. Honestly, we really wanted to like this album, but there is just no getting around how big of a mess it truly is.Signs that this album was going to be an utter failure was easy to spot when the duo left its label Last Gang, home of Crystal Castles, Metric, Tiga and Chromeo, for Dim Mak, a

  March 17, 2009

• WMC 2009: The Ting Tings and Santigold at Ultra Music Festival

  John HoodThe Ting Tings at Day 1 of Ultra Music Festival.Ultra Music Festival: Santigold, The Ting TingsFriday, March 27, 2009Bicentennial Park, MiamiBetter Than: The best pop you've never heard.Hard to say the best way to tell when I'm most thrilled by a band. Is it when I'm so giddy with excitement that can't stop shooting the show? Or is it when I gotta pocket the camera and pull-out the notebook because I've lost my ability to focus? Then again, maybe it's when I'm so taken aback I can neith

  March 28, 2009

• South Florida According to Brooklyn: How I Became More Open-Minded to New Music

  Photo by Justin Namon, thepopnessparty.comTo read past installments of South Florida According to Brooklyn, click here.What I would like to talk about this week is what I've realized more recently is the coolest thing about music: the fact that it keeps changing and evolving. It's funny because whatever each generation comes up with, the previous generation thinks is crap at first. For instance, my Nana (my grandmother) loved Frank Sinatra, but at the time, her mother would say, "What's that cra

  April 8, 2009

• A-Trak

  March 26, 2009

• The Bloody Beetroots

  March 19, 2009

• Fool's Gold, Poplife, White Room

  March 19, 2009

• Must-See Acts on Ultra's Lineup

  March 19, 2009

• Switch

  December 11, 2008

• Art Basel's Got Music Too

  December 4, 2008

• Kill the Noise

  July 3, 2008

• MSTRKRFT

  July 13, 2006

• I'm a WMC Survivor

  The highlights of this year's Winter Music Conference.

  April 3, 2008

• Blog Rave

  March 20, 2008

• Are You A Musician With a Cult Like Following? Why Don't You Have a Stadium Yet?

  After the news that Jimmy Buffet had partnered with the Miami Dolphins to rename Dolphin Stadium as "LandShark" Stadium, a number of other notable musician with cult-like followings looked up and said, "Wait, you can do that? Like, if you have enough money you can just pay to have a major city landmark renamed whatever you want? Seriously?"  Riptide has exclusively learned that a number of other weird stadium renamings are in the works. This may be the biggest advent in music mark

  May 19, 2009

• Dance Like You Used To

  August 16, 2007

• The Bang Gang Deejays

  August 9, 2007

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

  May 17, 2007

• John Digweed

  March 15, 2007

• Cut Copy

  October 19, 2006

• Head Spins: DJ Anthony Pisano

  May 28, 2009

• MSTRKRFT

  June 25, 2009

• Video: MSTRKRFT (Featuring John Legend) "Heartbreaker," Tonight at LIV

  While I'm not exactly a fan of their new album, Fist of God, I'm still glad electro-house pioneers MSTRKRFT are returning to Miami in order to give LIV's sound system a workout. The Toronto duo is undeniably talented and really do know how to immerse the crowd into all-out sonic assault. Trusts, I've been the victim numerous times.Tickets are still available for their appearance tonight at LIV's Dirty Hairy. Yea, the its going to cost your $30, but I have to say it might be worth it.And just to

  July 1, 2009

• Wednesday Night: MSTRKRFT at LIV

  Lex HernandezAll they did was party. MSTRKRFT took over the decks at LIV Wednesday night. Click here to view the full slideshow.MSTRKRFTWednesday, July 1, 2009LIV at the Fontainbleau, Miami BeachBetter than: Doing blow off the toilet seat at LIV.My relationship with MSTRKRFT is an old one. Before all the hype, I was a fan of their remixes and after the release of The Looks, I knew I had stumbled on a dance music masterpiece. It was very easy for everyone to dismiss the album as electronic fluff,

  July 3, 2009

• The Golden Filter Coming to Poplife December 5

  The Golden Filter​We're about a month away from Art Basel Miami Beach, and yes, the art tends to be the bigger focus, but a great bonus is usually the influx of musical performers during the week. Last year alone, we saw performances by Casiotone For the Painfully Alone, Panda Bear, The Gossip, MSTRKRFT, A.R.E. Weapons, Yelle and more.While Poplife hasn't officially announced it, both Pollstar and MySpace confirm that New York's The Golden Filter are scheduled to stop by the Electric Pickle De

  October 26, 2009

• MP3 of the Day: Black Metal Soundsystem Mix from Mixhell, Playing White Room November 7

  ​It's enough to make metalhead purists wail and gnash their teeth. Half of the producer/DJ duo Mixhell is Iggor Cavalera, who co-founded seminal Brazilian groove-metal act Sepultura when he was just 15 years old. For the next 20 years, he toured the world and sold out stadiums as the band's drummer, until a 2006 epiphany that came unexpected, at least to outsiders. He changed the spelling of his name from the original "Igor" to its present, two-G iteration, quit Sepultura, and, apparently, dis

  October 29, 2009

• Mixhell

  November 5, 2009

• Ultra Early-Bird Tickets Sold Out

  Photo by Ian WitlenMSTRKRFT at 2009's Ultra Music Festival.​If there is one guarantee in life is that Ultra Music Festival's lineup is always one of the best in the country. Need proof? Early-bird, two-day tickets to the festival, which sold for $99.95, are gone. What's impressive is that it happened without a single act being announced for the 2010 edition.But don't fret, tickets to the festival haven't really sold out. The price for two-day general admission tickets are now being sold for $1

  November 6, 2009

• Flyer of the Week: Steve Aoki at Mansion November 25

  ​Why does aging Cali club kid Steve Aoki always seem to be everywhere all the time? He's like some kind of superhuman funhouse mirror, multiplying his slick indie-slouch image a million and one times throughout the mediated universe. It's kinda creepy ... Wherever I look (music mags, dark alleys, The Cobra Snake, etc.) there's Mr. Kid Millionaire reflecting himself right back at me.  Maybe it's because -- as part of the international brotherhood of hipsterati party DJs that includes MSTR

  November 13, 2009