Martin Solveig

Ultra 2013, Free and Live on YouTube and Digital Radio: Check the Streaming Schedule

Too broke to uhntz-uhntz at Ultra? Stuck in Boise, Idaho? Well, no worries. 'Cause UMF organizers have hooked up free, live broadcasts on both YouTube and online radio network Digitally Imported. So you can even rave and rage at home alone! And it'll cost you absolutely nothing! Just like last yea ... More >>

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 >>

Ultra 2013: Avicii Does Country Music and Eric Prydz Proclaims "Love You" UMF!

We knew we were in for something special after speaking with Swedish progressive house DJ-producer Eric Prydz about Ultra Music Festival 2013. Shit, just having the aerophobic house master on this side of the pond is enough an occasion to plant your ass at UMF's main stage at 7:50 p.m. sharp on a ... 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 >>

LIV Miami's WMC and MMW 2013 Lineup: Steve Angello, Benny Benassi, Kaskade, Six Other Parties

In just about a week, Miami will be transformed overnight into the only place worth being for true EDM fans. We'll be overrun with wide-eyed travelers seeking beats, bass, and some girl named Molly, who is apparently friends with everyone. But even as true insanity is unleashed all over town, some ... 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 >>

Ten Best EDM Tracks and Albums of 2012

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 >>

Ten Best Music-Related Things Under $10 To Do in Miami This Weekend

The Art Basel Miami Beach drums of war pound an ominous rhythm as our checking accounts commit Hari Kari because of the holidays. So are you, like Crossfade, a Friday-night professional with more moths in your wallet than bills? Take a look at our ten best music-related activities under $10 going ... More >>

Lee Fields and the Expressions at the Stage December 1

MTV Video Music Awards 2012's Big Winners and Even Bigger Losers

If, last night, you shouted, "Screw crappy pop!" and chose Barack, then you've probably got no effing idea who won and lost at the MTV Video Music Awards. Luckily, we here at Crossfade own a DVR. So while watching Obama goin' hard at the Democratic National Convention, we were also keeping track of ... More >>

Labor Day 2012: Ten Best EDM Parties From Miami to South Beach

See also "Labor Day 2012: Nine Best Rap Parties, From Timbaland to Trick Daddy and Strippers." It's Labor Day weekend, y'all. You could spend your free time maxin' and relaxin' by the pool. Or you could spend it getting white-boy wasted, fist-pumping your way into blackout oblivion. We think tha ... More >>

MTV Announces Video Music Awards Nominees, Snub Rick Ross

Like the History Channel, MTV is lying about itself. Despite their respective names, programming is anything but historical or musical. For example, Teen Mom and Snooki and JWoww are reality-ish shows, and they're light-years away from MTV's traditional business model built around a 24-hour music ... More >>

Dragonette at Mansion Miami April 6

Dragonette and "The Right Woman" Get Disco Dirty at Mansion on April 6

​At the end of 2010, Toronto-based electro-pop trio Dragonette released, "Hello," a spritely collaborative single with DJ Martin Solveig. Though too late to make the cut for year-end lists and recaps, the track -- boasting three centerpiece hooks: a gleefully tickled piano lick; singer and chief ... 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 >>

Video: Neon Indian at Ultra Music Festival 2012

​The collective celebration of electronic dance music (otherwise known as Ultra Music Festival) finally kicked off yesterday at Bayfront Park. And a few hiccups aside, everything seemed to go smoothly. We had gotten so used to the layout at Bicentennial Park that first thing we did was survey the ... More >>

Madonna's MDNA Album Release Party at the Delano, Smirnoff Vodka Remixes

​Admittedly, we're all a little giddy 'round the New Times office. Rumor has it that Madonna's going to drop by for a special in-house performance and breathe new life into our defunct Sectional Sofa Series. What sparked the rumor? One writer suggesting that, "we should totally get Madonna on ... More >>

Top Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week Parties for Tuesday, March 20

​Are you still alive? Yes? Good. Because there are still six more days of partying. God help your liver.Today marks the official start of Miami Music Week (AKA Ultra Week), so that means big parties from here on out. Still, if you are looking for something a bit more underground, head for Downtown ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival 2012 Announces Phase 2 Lineup With 144 New Beat-Freaking Acts

​Check out Ultra Music Festival 2012's Phase 1 lineup. There are only five weeks left till epic levels of uhntz-uhntz turn Downtown Miami into a 150,000-person public orgy! Back in December, Ultra Music Festival announced its initial 92-act roster. And just 14 days later, the fest "completely s ... More >>

Fatboy Slim Talks American Independence, Pool Parties, and Laser Attacks

​It's been 235 years since the Founding Fathers won us our freedom from all those evil, red-clad limeys. The war is so over. And yet Brit club-killer Fatboy Slim (AKA Norman Cook) seems to be plotting a counterattack for this Fourth of July. Admittedly, Crossfade is frazzled. And you should be wo ... More >>

Beatport Music Awards 2011 Winners

Photo by Drew Ressler/Rukes.comWe put money on the Mau5 and the cheese-eater paid off.​Yes, we here at Crossfade are degenerate gamblers. And 12 days ago, we proved it by laying down a few bets on the outcome of the Beatport Music Awards. Well, the winners have been announced and we totally f ... More >>

Fedde Le Grand Rocks Like a G6 at Ultra Music Festival 2011 Day Two, March 26

​​So, Fedde Le Grand rocked the hiz. Back in 2006, homie exploded out of the Netherlands with "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" and landed loads of worldwide awards, including several International Dance Music Awards. He released his debut, 2009's Output, on his own Flamingo Recordings imprin ... More >>

Martin Solveig at Arkadia February 27

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 >>

Dragonette at LIV February 23

Martin Solveig Wants Your Remixes! Hand Him a CD-R at Arkadia February 27

​Like some kind of benevolent pied piper of international partydom, French electro-pop producer Martin Solveig (né Martin Picandet) bestowed last year's Dragonette collab "Hello" upon the world, luring everyone from disco refugees, degenerate club kids, and dirty hipsters to the dance floor like ... More >>

Dragonette Does Dirty Hairy's Second B-Day at LIV February 23

Oil your racket. It's time to do the Dirty Hairy with Dragonette.​Have you seen the very meta, '80s-referencing music video for Dragonette and Martin Solveig's hyperactive retro-house collabo track "Hello"? If not, see the cut immediately. All the dudes look like Bjorn Borg and all the ladies look ... 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 >>

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 >>

Armin Van Buuren Confirmed for Ultra 2011 (UPDATE)

Armin Van Buuren​Even with the first phase of Ultra Music Festival 2011 acts announced, there are still a few more DJs and bands being added here and there while we all wait for the full second phase of acts to be revealed.Dutch DJ Armin Van Buuren is the latest to be confirmed for Ultra, taking p ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival 2011 Phase One Lineup: Simian Mobile Disco, Empire of the Sun, Erasure, David Guetta, and More (UPDATE)

Simian Mobile Disco​Ultra Music Festival revealed its Phase One lineup announcement early this morning via Facebook. The lineup really shows an ambitious mix of live indie-dance bands, usual crop of house DJs, and more experimental electronic musicians. Really, it's one of the best lineups for the ... More >>

Perry Farrell Talks Basel, Bombs, and Big Plans for a Precision Guided Musicians Fest in 2011

Photo byPerry Farrell and wife-slash-musical-collaborator Etty.​It's not like Perry Farrell needs a hobby. He's already got several part-time jobs: rock hero, Lollapalooza boss, social activist, E! reality star, and expert wearer of very glam gear. Somehow, though, Farrell's cleared a corner of ... More >>

Martin Solveig

What quarter-century crisis? WMC celebrates its 25th birthday bigger and better than ever

WMC 2010: MN2S 15th Anniversary Party with Martin Solveig, Armand Van Helden at Klutch, March 26

Armand Van Helden​British house music label and booking agency Milk'n'2 Sugars has been contributing to the dance music scene for 15 years. So it's only fitting that they celebrate the milestone during the biggest gathering devoted to electronic music, Winter Music Conference.The agency will take ... More >>

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The king of clubs, and official Miami Heat DJ, now boasts a namesake party weekend.

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