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Bacardi Plus Fest Brings Booze, Free Tunes, and Thievery Corporation's Rob Garza to Miami

The best things in life are free, and the good folks at Bacardi want to show off their new line of pre-mixed cocktails in a way that you won't find obnoxious. So they've announced the Bacardi Plus Fest, a nationwide booze-and-tuneage event. On May 4, there will be a free show for 21-and-older parti ... More >>

LA Riots at Arkadia January 6

LA Riots Erupt at Arkadia on January 6

Via facebook.com/LARiotsOfficial​Often associated with violent street crime, urban decay, and N.W.A., South Central Los Angeles is generally considered a residential wasteland, the type of gritty, big-city neighborhood where dreams die and poverty prevails. During the early '90s, it was the epic ... More >>

Dancegiving at America's Backyard November 26

Say Thanks With Dancegiving Music Festival, Wolfgang Gartner, Diplo, and MSTRKRFT

​Each year 'round Thanksgiving, we here at Crossfade like to sit around the conference room table and share the things for which we're most thankful. And while we're plenty grateful for the web hits Justin Bieber's baby drama produced this year, we're even more grateful for a crazy little thing ca ... More >>

Rokbar Closes After Seven Years

Photo by Ivon David Rojas​An anomaly among nightclubs and lounges in South Beach, Rokbar was a favorite among locals and downtowners who wanted something a bit more authentic than what the area usually afforded. Unfortunately, effective immediately, Rokbar has closed its doors for good."I came onb ... More >>

Panic Bomber at Ultra Music Festival 2011 Day Three, March 27

​For any Internet bellyaching that goes on, Ultra is at its core a homegrown festival. Organizers continue to recognize that by slotting in plenty of local DJs and acts -- many of which are virtually unknown out of their microscenes. This year, there were two stages, the Eco Village stage and the ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival: A simple 15-act itinerary for March 25 to 27

Final Electro Frontier

Bardot's WMC 2011 Lineup: Eyes Lips Eyes, LazerDisk SexParty, Young Empires, and Others

Jill Weisberg​Speakeasy and small live music venue Bardot has really brought the 'burbs and the beach to Midtown since it opened a few years ago. North of Space and west of South Beach, it's right off the highway, so Winter Music Conference partiers will find their way there easily, with ... 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 >>

Best of Miami 2010: Best Weekly Party

In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 17, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.Photo by Lex HernandezUncle Luke's "backup dancers" during his performance at LIV.​Dirty HairyLIV at the Fontainebleau4441 Collins Ave., Miami Beach 33140305-674-468 ... More >>

WMC 2010: Fixed Loves Durrr with Erol Alkan, Aeroplane, Classixx at the Vagabond March 26

Classixx​Blog house/nu-rave/dance rock has definitely taken a bit of back seat this time around for Winter Music Conference. Perhaps it's the lack of icons like Justice and MSTRKRFT that make is seem a little more quiet for the genre this year or maybe it was just time for it to die a quiet slow d ... More >>

WMC 2010: One Night Only at Karu & Y, March 26

​Paul Morris started the booking agency AM Only in 1995, while he was a student at the University of Florida. It was a fortuitous time, right when dance music was about to break big into this country's consciousness. As electronic sounds shifted through the rave scene and beyond, AM Only continued ... More >>

A look at 2009 in dance music

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 happe ... More >>

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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 drumme ... More >>

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, MS ... More >>

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 al ... More >>

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'v ... More >>

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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 landm ... More >>

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 what ... More >>

A-Trak

The Bloody Beetroots

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 bi ... 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 >>

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 ... More >>

Switch

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 ... More >>

Art Basel's Got Music Too

A day-by-day breakdown of the best shows.

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 nu ... More >>

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone to Kick Off NADA Art Fair

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

On the List - Miami Beach Keeps Things Going

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

I'm a WMC Survivor

The highlights of this year's Winter Music Conference.

WMC Review: Fool's Gold Showcase at White Room

Blog Rave

The Internet and the rise of the Day-Glo, electro-hipster-house smashup.

South Florida Acts at SXSW: Lazaro Casanova

Second Phase of Ultra Line-up Announced

Dance Like You Used To

The Bang Gang Deejays

Light Sound Dance (Modular)

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

John Digweed

Cut Copy

Fabriclive.29 (Fabric)

MSTRKRFT

The Looks (Last Gang)