The Chemical Brothers

Ultra Music Festival, Winter Music Conference, and Miami Music Week 2013

How Russell Faibisch Built Ultra Music Festival -- and Whom He's Battled Along the Way

Grammy Awards 2013 Nominees: From Frank Ocean to Black Keys and Rick Ross

Grammy-tastic! Last night, amid goofy, sexually tense intergenerational banter between co-hosts LL Cool J and Taylor Swift, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States announced the nominees for its 54th Grammy Awards, airing Sunday, February 10, on CBS. Genre-bending ... More >>

Amirali on New Crosstown Rebels Album: "I'm Letting the Listener Take a Peek at My Soul"

Beyond all the hype, there's a reason the UK's Crosstown Rebels is currently the most lauded underground electronic dance music label in the world -- number one on Resident Advisor's prestigious poll. The label takes chances on artists of substance, with authentic voices and stories to tell -- timel ... More >>

Russell Simmons, Rev Run, and Others' Twitter Reactions to Death of Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch

See Crossfade's obituary for Adam Yauch as well as Crossfade's memorial slideshow of Beastie Boys concert photos. The Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch is dead. But the Beastie Boys live forever. The rap crew's global cultural influence was cemented the moment they dropped the atomic boulder of musicality ... More >>

Crazy P's Danielle Moore on Blowing Up This Year: "We Have a Fresh Energy!"

UK disco-house crew Crazy P has been rocking the scene for two decades. But in 2011, they finally started to get massive international recognition for their irresistibly groovy vocal tuneage. Fronting the band is charismatic chanteuse Danielle Moore, who joined Crazy P founding members James Baron ... More >>

Russell Faibisch: Ultra Hip

Delia Derbyshire and Miami's Coolest Experimental Ladies at Sweat Tomorrow

​Delia Derbyshire made electronic music in the 1960s, exhibiting her sounds at experimental and electronic music festivals while working with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. She's best known for her recording of Ron Grainer's Doctor Who theme. But also, the female musical mastermind has been credi ... More >>

Ten Photo Highlights From Day Three of the Ultra Music Festival 2011

Photo by Ian WitlenYou know it's over when a giant, sexy rabbit shows up.​Yesterday, the great nation of Ultra Land was 150,000 pookie heads strong. And yet today, it's just an enormously empty concrete expanse peppered with mangled pacifiers, rolling tufts of yarn hair, and discarded furry boots. ... More >>

Trus'Me Talks Manchester, Eclectic Influences, and Working the Dancefloor

Trus'Me​Manchester has been the breeding ground for Joy Division, New Order, the Smiths, Chemical Brothers, and Autechre, among many others.And David Wolstencroft (AKA Trus'Me) is another proud Mancunian. Since the late 2000s, the DJ, producer, and Prime Numbers label chief has been banging out so ... 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 >>

Top movies to watch in 2011

Q&A with DJ Ralph Lawson of 2020Soundsystem, Playing LIV on Saturday

​In this age of laptop-toting faux live electronic dance music acts, an actual band employing actual live instrumentation and vocals is a rare thing, especially when said band is delivering funked-out dancefloor bangers like 2020Soundsystem. The musical brainchild of Leeds-based DJ and esteemed 20 ... More >>

Toxic Love

Masked DJ Toxic Avenger is the latest Gallic electronic sensation.

Spank Rock

YoYoYoYoYo (Big Dada)

Just Be

Tiësto waxes thoughtful on superstardom and the Low Countries

Behind the Curtain

The Ultra Music Festival is part music, part counterculture, and all business

The Next Big Thing

At the M3 music conference it was that audacious crossbreed The Grey Album

WMC Events

Listings, listings, listings

Bonanza!

Everyone wants to carve up the WMC cash cow

The Outsiders

Will Schematic have to compromise to get its avant-garde music heard?

Joi d'Gervais

From crobar to Kravitz, the DJ from Marseilles loves Miami

Method Men

The Crystal Method's Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland don't need any help onstage

Friendly Frequency

DJ Eddie Mix keeps listeners comfortable

Mix & Remix

Welcome to Miami Beach's annual Winter Music Conference, where the elite meet to discuss the future of the beat

Combo Platter

Cujo Serves Up Drum and Bass With Jazz Flavor

Jungle Story

The Jungle Brothers look to drum and bass for inspiration

Electronica's Kingdom Comes

Miami's annual Winter Music Conference

The Road to Melville

Moby introduces Bessie Smith to electronica

Mechanical Vodou

Making the machines come alive

Method Men

Rotations

Smack My Niche Up

Calendar for the week

Calendar for the week

A Lounge of Their Own