Swedish House Mafia

Ultra 2013: Swedish House Mafia's Last Show Ever Was Celebratory, Not Sad

The end of any Ultra Music Festival weekend is when things start to get real. After three full days of dancing and pounding music, mostly in the sun, only the strongest make it to the end, and even they can get cranky. So while positive vibes ruled over 99 percent of the festival, as Swedish House ... More >>

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 >>

Ten Raver Tips on How to Dress for Ultra 2013

They danced. They rolled. They yelled: Glitter! Yes, these are ten talkative fashionistas of Ultra Music Festival 2013. Certainly, there were some better dressed, and others more sensibly garbed. But the following folks found during night one of 2013's three-day shit fest -- they were the ones who ... More >>

Ultra 2013: Boys Noize, Crystal Castles, and Nicolas Jaar Live!

We're going to be honest with you. When Ultra Music Festival announced its entire 2013 live stage lineup, we were underwhelmed. The scope of the roster was perfect, but it seemed to lack the kind of anchor act that sets the standard for everyone else. Last year, Ultra had Kraftwerk, Miike Snow, DJ ... More >>

Electric Flurry, the "World's Largest Foam Party," Predicts Indoor Snow at Grand Central

Punxsutawney Phil is quite possibly the worst friggin' groundhog weatherman in the world. Not only did the Pennsylvanian woodchuck predict an early spring about a week before a massive snowstorm ravaged the Northeast, Bill Murray's Groundhog Day co-star also failed to mention that at least one par ... More >>

Association for Electronic Music Founded "to Advocate on Behalf of EDM as a Musical Genre"

It's bigger than hip hop. No, really, EDM might just be. According to Dancing Astronaut, EDM is making so much money, an estimated $4 billion worldwide last year, that some heavyweights have banded together to create the Association for Electronic Music, an advocacy and lobbying body that, like, PL ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival 2013 Announces Phase 1 Lineup: Tiesto, Kaskade, Avicii, 25 Others

Three reasons Ultra Music Festival 2013's gonna be epic, beat freaks. 1. The EDM megafest has expanded from three days to two whole uhntz-uhntz-ing weekends. 2. Swedish House Mafia and Deadmau5 are gonna be the primary party starters. 3. The just-announced Phase 1 linuep, including 13 extra DJs, 13 ... More >>

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 >>

Swedish House Mafia Headlining Ultra Music Festival 2013 With Opening, Closing Night Sets

When Swedish House Mafia's Sebastian Ingrosso, Axwell, and Steve Angello announced their career-ending One Last Tour, saying goodbye to 26 cities across every continent, we here at Crossfade lamented, "Miami's not included." But we also doubted "a group who had a huge hit called 'Miami to Ibiza' an ... More >>

Swedish House Mafia Announces One Last Tour Dates, Miami Not Included

The end is near. Swedish House Mafia's Sebastian Ingrosso, Axwell, and Steve Angello just revealed the 26 dates for their One Last Tour in a most melodramatic fashion, announcing each new show about a minute apart. The world will be excited to know that the SHM guys are saying goodbye to almost e ... More >>

Swedish House Mafia Is Dying: An Extremely Detailed Breakdown

See also "Swedish House Mafia Announce Breakup, Last Show in Sweden on November 24." Swedish House Mafia is arguably the biggest, most beloved and bloated DJ group in the entire EDM world. From the moment Ingrosso, Axwell, and Angello's music hit the air, fans have been obscenely loyal, driving n ... More >>

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Ten Richest DJs: From Pauly D to Deadmau5, Swedish House Mafia, Skrillex, and Tiesto

See also "The 15 Richest Musicians: From Jay-Z to Rihanna, Justin Bieber, and Dr. Dre" and "Eight Richest Musicians in Their Teens and 20s." Dear haters ... Even though beefcake-y blonde Dutch disc jockey Tiësto is kind of a corporate whore, he's also a pranksterish dude who enjoys talking shit, ... 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's Masquerade Motel Miami 2012: A 76-Photo Recap

​Masquerade Motel MiamiGrand Central ParkFriday, March 23, 2012Better Than: Rollin' balls inside a Vicks vapor room with a stolen subwoofer.Swedish House Mafia's Masquerade Motel sent so much bass rumbling through Grand Central Park that you could feel it from your toes to your fingers and nose. ... More >>

Swedish House Mafia's Masquerade Motel rocks downtown Miami March 23 and 24

Sebastian Ingrosso: Today's "Enthusiasm Surpasses the Late '90s and Early '00s Scene"

​To the three producers who make up Swedish House Mafia -- Axwell, Steve Angello, and Sebastian Ingrosso -- operating on a massive scale is no big deal, pun intended. From the beginning of the trio's rise to international prominence, they've seemed to always operate at a sweeping level, beginnin ... 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 >>

Swedish House Mafia Announces Masquerade Motel Miami Location, Tickets on Sale Now UPDATED

​Swedish House Mafia's Masquerade Motel is a go, and tickets for the two one-day event went on sale about an hour ago. Update: The event has sold out its first batch of tickets. But rather than going down on the sands of South Beach as it did last year (or the nude paradise that is Haulover Beach ... More >>

Masquerade Motel Sells Out (Sorta), Ticket Scalpers Charging $300 on Craigslist

​It only took two hours for the inevitable to happen ... Swedish House Mafia's Masquerade Motel tickets sold out and opened a scalper floodgate. But don't blow your paycheck just yet. Inside sources tell us that Swedish House will release another batch of tickets in the near future. So keep it l ... More >>

Swedish House Mafia's Masquerade Motel Permit Denied by Miami-Dade County

​The Swedish House Mafia may be the top family in organized dance music. But they've got very little clout when it comes to striking deals with city officials. The Miami Herald reports that Miami-Dade County has "pulled the plug" on the Funkshion festival, a four-day, WMC party that would wrap w ... More >>

Steve Angello at LIV February 3

Swedish House Mafia's Masquerade Motel Miami 2012 Scheduled for March 23

Photo by Yesenia HernandezBabes in bondage at last year's Masquerade Motel on SoBe.​Browsing Swedish House Mafia's social media pages is kinda like trying to decode the ravings of schizophrenic fist-pumper on bad acid. Earlier this week, we here at Crossfade mentioned that Axwell, Steve Angello, ... 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 >>

Miami Beach PD Says Officer Who Body-Slammed Woman in Melee Did Nothing Wrong

A handcuffed Sara Greenback is dragged across the sand by a Miami Beach Police officer.​The Miami Beach Police Department offered a swift reaction to videos that surfaced online after this weekend's on-the-beach melee between angry partygoers at Swedish House Mafia's Masquerade Motel event and cop ... More >>

Video: Drunken Swedish House Mafia Crowd Fights Miami Beach PD

via YouTube​Along with an alleged gang rape at the Fontainebleau and an intoxicated drowning death at the Clevelander, Ultra Weekend also brought us a scary near riot on South Beach as a drunken crowd surrounded and taunted two cops trying to arrest an unruly couple outside a Swedish House Ma ... 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 >>

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

Photo by Yesenia HernandezSinning with Swedish House Mafia.​Sunday, a day typically reserved for Jesus. And if I were a praying man, I'd probably throw on a pair of kakis and confess that I was involved in a massive seaside dry-hump last night. Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. Over the cour ... 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

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 >>

Location for Swedish House Mafia's Masquerade Motel Finally Revealed

Photo by Carl LindstromHit the Beach with the Mafia.​Indeed, Crossfade's 24-hour Swedish House Mafia watch continues ... Back in December, we announced that Masquerade Motel would be returning to Miami for some serious Ultra week excess. Then we blasted the lineup (Calvin Harris! A-Trak! Eight Mo ... More >>

Sebastian Ingrosso at LIV February 4

Swedish House Mafia Adds Calvin Harris, A-Trak, and Others to Masquerade Motel

Calvin Harris just scored a room at Swedish House Mafia's Masquerade Motel Miami.​One month, a week, and three days ago, Crossfade dropped the awesome bomb that Swedish House Mafia would be bringing Masquerade Motel back to Miami for an Ultra week explosion of overindulgence and excess. At the ... More >>

Swedish House Mafia's Sebastian Ingrosso Takes His Champagne-Spraying Antics to LIV

Swedish House Mafia's junior member Sebastian Ingrosso.​Unfortunately, the rabidly anticipated Ultra week edition of Swedish House Mafia's Masquerade Motel is still 59 days away. So all you overeager party people need to just chill and figure out a positive way to spend those megawatts of pent-up ... More >>

Max Vangeli DJs at Mansion January 8

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 >>

Our List of Miami's Best Concerts of 2010

No, crazy conductor Lenny Bernstein didn't make the cut. (For one thing, he's dead.)​Maybe you're the kind of high-minded individual who enjoys the occasional night out at the opera. Or maybe you spend every Saturday night losing your mind to murder thrash in an abandoned Coconut Grove bomb shel ... More >>

Swedish House Mafia's Masquerade Motel Miami, October 30

Photo by Daniel De Las Casas​As we wrap up 2010, Crossfade looks back at the best live performances of the year. View the full list of Miami's Best Concerts of 2010.Swedish House MafiaOctober 30, 2010Masquerade Motel MiamiA one-night-only Halloween rager with house music superstars, Swedish House ... 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 >>

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 Blows the Roof Off the Masquerade Motel

Photo by Daniel De Las CasasSteve Angello of Swedish House Mafia.​View photos of Masquerade Motel Miami here.Swedish House MafiaSaturday, October 30, 2010Scope Art Fair, MiamiBetter than: We still can't believe what we experienced.We have to forgo the traditional concert review because in-depth an ... More >>

Swedish House Mafia's Axwell Talks Topping the Charts and 24 Hours in the Life of an Ibiza DJ

Axwell: He wears the sunglasses at night.​Miami's big-room house heads have been raving for months about Swedish House Mafia's upcoming Halloween Masquerade Motel ball at the Scope Art Fair tent tonight.Earlier this week, we caught up with the dynamic trio's Sebastian Ingrosso for an, er, eng ... 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 >>

Swedish House Mafia plays Scope Art Fair October 30

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 >>

Swedish House Mafia Bring Masquerade Motel to Miami October 30

Two-thirds of the Swedish House Mafia: Steven Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso.​Perhaps the biggest name in dance music right now, the Swedish House Mafia (Steve Angello, Axwell, and Sebastian Ingrosso) returns to Miami October 30 after headlining Ultra Music Festival back in March. The Masquerade M ... More >>

Swedish House Mafia vs. Tinie Tempah's "Miami 2 Ibiza": The Hottest Record in the World?

photo via facebook.com/swedishhousemafia​.... Well, it is, according to BBC Radio One's Zane Lowe, who dubbed the house supergroup's latest track "the hottest record in the world today" this past Thursday. In dance music, 2010 is officially the year of Swedish House Mafia. The holy triumvirat ... More >>

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 >>