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Swedish House Mafia Kicks Off Ultra 2013, "F#$%s Miami in the Pussy"

What's the most epic come-on in the history of Scandinavian EDM? Duh. "We're gonna fuck this party in the pussy!," as uttered by Swedish House Mafia, when Sebastian Ingrosso, Steve Angello, and Axwell were still young, up-and-coming electronic dance music studs. Today, though, the SHM dudes are su ... 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 >>

Henrix Drops Beats at Grand Central Miami for Central American Schoolchildren

Beat freaks are notoriously giving. They're the digital age's equivalent to the free-loving longhairs of yesteryear. Reincarnated hippies, if you will, in little more than neon short-shorts and camelback backpacks. As such, DJ-producers have become some of the YouTube generation's biggest rock star ... More >>

Who Wants Free Tickets for Steve Angello and Story Nightclub's Grand Opening?

It's gonna be a Story ... Next week, the latest nightlife project from LIV owner David Grutman will be opening at 136 Collins Avenue (i.e. the space that used to be Opium Garden and Prive and then Amnesia Miami) with an absolutely epic NYE 2013 lineup. All week, Avicii and Tiësto wil be bro-ing ... More >>

Story's Epic NYE 2013 Week: Swedish House Mafia, Avicii, Tiesto, Deadmau5

Story Nightclub, the newest premiere party destination on South Beach, hasn't even opened its doors. And yet this joint has already announced an absolutely epic end-of-year lineup. The new hot spot, formerly Amnesia, is going in on 2013 mad hard, pushing a full week of non-stop superstar DJ action. ... More >>

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Swedish House Mafia Announce Breakup, Last Show in Sweden on November 24

Who's going to save the world after November 24? Not Swedish House Mafia, because Axwell, Steve Angello, and Sebastian Ingrosso have announced via swedishhousemafia.com that this last leg of tour dates will officially be SHM's last. The supergroup's been dropping mega-hits since 2008. But surprisi ... More >>

EDC 2012: House Music Beef With DJ Sneak Plays Out in Steve Angello's DJ Set

In early spring, a Twitter beef erupted between DJ Sneak, a Chicago house music legend, and Steve Angello, one-third of the DJ supergroup Swedish House Mafia. Sneak called SHM's music "fake shit" and said they "do not play house music" -- as in, real house music. On Friday, in front of a huge crow ... More >>

Steve Angello at Amnesia Miami June 1

Swedish House Mafia Member Steve Angello's Most Inspiring Tweets!

Before he tackles Warsaw at UMF Poland or co-headlines Hackney Weekend in London with the likes of Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kasabian, Swedish House Mafia's Steve Angello will swing through South Beach to get his Miami fix. The 29-year-old DJ is performing live at Amnesia Miami on Friday, June 1. But bef ... More >>

Masquerade Motel Adds Second Day, Tickets on Sale Today at 10 a.m.

​Jesus loves electronic dance music. The bearded one with the ripped abs totally answered our prayer to have just one more day with Swedish House Mafia at the Masquerade Motel. A second day -- Saturday, March 24 -- has been announced. At 10 a.m. today, tickets for Day Two of SHM's alternative to ... More >>

Steve Angello at LIV February 3

Nine Best Club Parties on South Beach This Weekend

​Holy time-lapse! Where'd January go? February seemingly came out nowhere and that silly little groundhog's predicting another six weeks of winter. This has been a really crazy week. Oh, and happy Black History Month. Plenty of gnarly shit's going down this weekend en la playa. And per usual, ... More >>

Steve Angello Playing LIV, Spends "More Time Mixing Than With My Daughter"

Facebook​If Tiësto is the Led Zeppelin of Electronic Dance Music, a title bestowed upon the Dutch DJ by 1,400 beat freaks who took our recent poll, what does that make Steve Angello? He's one-third of EDM royal family Swedish House Mafia, the only crew powerful enough attempt an Ultra upstaging ... More >>

Swedish House Mafia's Masquerade Motel Returns to Miami for 2012

​In exactly one day, 20 hours, and 30 minutes, Swedish House Mafia's Axwell, Steve Angello, and Sebastian Ingrosso will stop being so fucking cryptic and finally reveal the details for the 2012 edition of their Masquerade Motel party in Miami. The inaugural installment of SHM's semi-annual dance ... More >>

Max Vangeli and AN21 at LIV December 26

Max Vangeli and AN21 Kick Off Miami's Five-Day NYE Weekend at LIV on December 26

Start sayin' bye to 2012 with Max Vangeli and AN21.​Totally contradicting Western civilization's standard calendar, New Year's Eve now lasts a lot longer than just one night. Especially on Miami Beach. In this land of endless neon and fake boobs, NYE has become a five-day holiday weekend pac ... More >>

Steve Angello at Club Space November 23

Space Terrace Goes (Almost) All Ages With Steve Angello's Thanksgiving Party

Photo by Yesenia Hernandez​Forget about your parents' stupid rock 'n' roll. That shit's for old people. If 2011 at the Fillmore has taught us anything, it's that the house is never more packed and awesome than during the monthly Honeymoon Series party, when the room quakes with entertaining, dar ... More >>

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Paris Hilton Announces Plans to Become the "Queen of House Music"

​Crossfade's Google Alerts are incredibly random. This morning, sandwiched between Gloria Estefan and Rick Ross, an alert that read, "Paris Hilton Training to Become Most Powerful House DJ Ever!!!" sent chills down our spine. Evidently, the former sex tape reality vixen is a beat freak, and sh ... More >>

Five Reasons Steve Angello Should Move to Miami and Become Our Full-Time Lover

​Miami is totally obsessed with Steve Angello. And obviously, the Swedish House Mafia member and Size Records label boss loves us back. How can we tell? Well, Stevie dropped the first hint when he and his fellow Mafia men -- Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso -- co-dedicated a song to us. It's called ... More >>

Your Mysterious One-Night Stand at Swedish House Mafia's Masquerade Motel

​You really, really, really want to spend the night at Swedish House Mafia's Masquerade Motel. But how do you even find the place? Well, you could always try to track the synthy cinematic overload of the club-killing triumvirate's superhit single "One" to its source. However, here's another (ad ... More >>

Swedish House Mafia's One Night Stand at the Masquerade Motel March 26

Junior Sanchez Talks New Albums and Pop Projects

​World-renowned DJ-producer Junior Sanchez hardly needs an introduction. Like his homies Erick Morillo and Harry "Choo Choo" Romero, Sanchez was bred in New Jersey's seminal '90s Latin house scene. He would cut his teeth spinning at legendary NYC hotspots like Limelight and the Shelter. As a me ... More >>

Max Vangeli DJs at Mansion January 8

Steve Angello at LIV January 1

Max Vangeli Talks New Year's Eve With Tiësto, Sexy Beats, and Ultra vs. WMC

​At this point, San Franciso-based DJ-producer Max Vangeli is basically a made man. He's scored support sets for Swedish House Mafia. He's been signed to Mafia member Steve Angello's Size Records. And he's even the production partner of Stevie's brother, Antoine Josefsson, otherwise known as AN21 ... More >>

Swedish House Mafia Throws Masquerade Motel Party Opposite Ultra Fest UPDATE

​​What's next on Swedish House Mafia's to-do list? Total global takeover? Almost. This evening, word has arrived that Mafia members Sebastian Ingrosso, Steve Angello, and Axwell will challenge Ultra Music Festival's exclusive claim to the last weekend of March by throwing one of their Masquerad ... More >>

Swedish House Mafia's Steve Angello Returns to Miami (Again!) at LIV January 1

​If he hasn't already made plans to build himself a giant geodesic disco dome atop the Fontainebleau Hotel, Swedish House Mafia member Steve Angello's top priority in 2011 should be purchasing a prime SoBe condo. Ever since he and fellow Mafia men Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso headlined the main ... More >>

Steve Angello at Space November 27

Swedish House Mafia, A-Trak, Tiësto, and Other Artists React to WMC 2011 Date Change

​The news that Winter Music Conference would be moving to mid-March seems to have shocked the electronic music scene. Most are questioning whether or not the conference can survive without the help of Ultra Music Festival. Local nightclubs and promoters are torn as to whether to hold their eve ... More >>

Axwell and Steve Angello of Swedish House Mafia Return to Miami November 26 and 27

Photo by Carl LindstromSwedish House Mafia​It ain't no Masquerade Motel, but two-thirds of the Swedish House Mafia are coming back to the city -- for separate gigs, mind you. Yes, the guys still make time to tour as solo acts. Though, with their rising status as superstar DJs, we wonder for how mu ... More >>

Swedish House Mafia's Sebastian Ingrosso Talks Masquerade Motel, WMC, and Paris Hilton

​Only a couple of years ago, Swedish House Mafia members Sebastian Ingrosso, Steve Angello, and Axwell were an underground triumvirate known mostly to hardcore partiers, EDM addicts, and wannabe DJs. But now these three club thugs are making serious moves into the mainstream. With its new album ... More >>

Download a New DJ Mix by Max Vangeli; Playing Cameo Tonight

​San Francisco-based DJ/producer Max Vangeli is one of the fastest-rising stars of the international house scene, with a 2010 breakthrough boosted in no small part by his status as a sort of honorary American member of the Swedish House Mafia. The last year alone has seen chart-topping Vangeli rem ... More >>

Tickets For Club Space Closing Parties This Weekend Are Disappearing Quickly

Cedric Gervais returns to his old Space stomping grounds on day two of the club's closing parties.​At 10 years old, Space has become the grand dame of mainland -- and perhaps all of Miami's -- nightlife. But if her age is showing, her acolytes haven't noticed. Still, even clubs need their beauty r ... More >>

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Steve Angello Comes Back to Miami (Already!) This Saturday at Space

​​It's been just a couple weeks since Steve Angello and his Swedish House Mafia comrades tore through town during Winter Music Conference. But Miami just can't get enough of these guys' suave looks and big-room beats, and so Angello returns solo on Saturday, April 17 for one of his biggest gigs ... More >>

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WMC 2010: Q&A with Steve Angello, Playing Ultra Music Festival, Mansion, and More

​Greek-Swedish DJ/producer Steve Angello has become one of the most recognizable names in commercial EDM since the mid 2000s, with big international hits like his jacked-up rendition of the über-soulful "Show Me Love" by Robin S, a track exemplifying his glitzy disco diva-vocalized big-room ho ... More >>

WMC 2010: James Zabiela, Steve Angello at Beatport Beach Party March 26-28

James Zabiela taking over the sands of South Beach.​Here we almost thought online music store Beatport was going to entirely pull out of this year's Winter Music Conference, but it seems at the last minute they've managed to put something together. Definitely on the smaller scale than last year, B ... More >>

WMC 2010: Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso & Friends at Mansion, March 26

​Say what you will about the commercial trappings of the "Swedish House Mafia", but they currently rule the international dance music mainstream, so whatever they're doing, they're doing right. Although with that said, who are we kidding? Everyone knows that the recipe for commercial success in th ... More >>

The New Year's Eve EDM Lowdown

Miami's big-room nightclubs usually go all out for New Year's Eve celebrations by booking some of the biggest names in international dance music, and this year is no exception. Here's the lowdown on some of the top NYE parties going down on Thursday night: ​Cocoon Label Party at Nocturnal's Eden T ... More >>

During WMC The Techno Stops For No One, Not Even Paris Hilton

via Wikimedia CommonsHey, have you heard there's this music event in town, with all these DJs who take dance and electronic music pretty seriously? It's probably one of the biggest weeks in the year for their industry, and it would really be best if you don't go up to them and ask them to play some ... More >>

Paris Hilton's Body Guard Allegedly Attacked DJ Steve Angello First

via Wikimedia Commons/Bias RecordingsAs earlier reported, Paris Hilton went to Radar Online with some sob story about how she got pushed by a body guard because a mean ol' DJ wouldn't stop his techno and play some hip-hop for her. She then claimed the bodyguard left whatever boyfriend she has at the ... More >>

Steve Angello, at Mansion's Five-Year Anniversary

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