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Ten Best EDM Parties During Art Basel Miami Beach 2012

French Express Label's Chris Malinchak Talks Crate Digging, Tropical Beats, and Good Vibes

The Dallas, Texas blog-turned-label French Express can do no wrong right now. Hotly-tipped artists on the young roster, like Jonas Rathsman, Perseus and Moon Boots, are stirring up a nu-disco storm in clubland. But the label's undisputed star is Chris Malinchak, an NYC-based producer with a gift fo ... More >>

Drop The Lime and Flosstradamus Run the Trap at Grand Central, June 23

See also "Drop the Lime Talks Cyber-Sex, Style and Enter the Night." Drop the Lime and Flosstradamus With Mike Deuce, Troy Kurtz, Damaged Goods Grand Central, Miami Saturday, June 23, 2012 Better Than: A night without free tequila. The party's always been crazy at Grand Central. But this past Sat ... More >>

She-Devils and Soul Serpents

Amtrac and Brass Knuckles at Grand Central in Miami, March 8

​Who's Got The Funk? With Amtrac and Brass Knuckles Grand Central, Miami Thursday, March 8, 2012 Better Than: An awkward '70s-themed party with fake afros and platforms. Miami's own Amtrac and Brass Knuckles brought the house down last night at Grand Central with support from some of their funki ... More >>

Amtrac and Brass Knuckles at Grand Central March 8

Amtrac and Brass Knuckles Ask, "Who's Got the Funk?," at Grand Central Miami on March 8

​Who's got the funk? On Thursday, March 8, you'll get a chance to find out as Poplife, Super Music Group, and Gotta Dance Dirty bring a two-room, eight-act electronic extravaganza to Grand Central in search of the perfect beat. Think of it as a little Winter Music Conference warm-up party. Headl ... More >>

No Sugar Added 2012 Announces Two-Day Lineup for Miami Music Week: Paul Oakenfold, Carl Craig, and 71 Others

Carl Craig says, "Get off the white stuff, beat freaks."​The United States of America is totally addicted to the white stuff. Strung out, fat, unfocused, cranky, fiending -- we are a nation of shrubby slaves to the cane, cube, and spoonful whose bodies (and minds) could never be called beach-read ... More >>

Deadmau5's New Year's Day Pool Party at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach

​Deadmau5's New Year's Day Pool Party With Stephan Luke, Troy Kurtz, and Damaged Goods Fontainebleau Miami Beach Sunday, December 1, 2012 Better Than: A night without a jillion jiggawatts of bass. Trillion dollar hotel, international DJs, good-looking people getting wild and out of control? What ... More >>

Miami's ten best New Year's 2012 parties

Miami's Twelve Best New Year's 2012 Parties

Soar like a half-naked angel this NYE with Bob Sinclar.​Forget your personal trainer, chartered accountant, and life coach. We here at Crossfade are the highest authority on how to spend New Year's in Miami. And we say: "This is no time for moderation!" Go live out the dying days of 2011 in a ... More >>

New Year's Eve 2012: Miami's Guide to Partying Too Hard and Drinking Too Much

Photo by JipsySeize New Year's Eve!​Wanna know the truth about New Year's Eve? Well, it ain't the kickoff to a fresh, 365-day fiesta full of fun and promise. Quite the opposite -- this end-of-year holiday is your absolute last chance to overspend and overindulge before suppressing your natural ur ... More >>

New Year's Eve 2012: Deadmau5's Rat Riot at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach

Via facebook.com/deadmau5​Where will you be when the Mau5head drops on 2012? Well, if you happen to be a club rat worth his or her weight in gourmet cheese and all-you-can-drink champagne, then you're gonna be holed up at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach ordering entire wheels of Roquefort and endle ... More >>

Art Basel Miami Beach 2011's Ten Best Parties and Concerts

Art Basel Miami Beach 2011 Music Guide: All the Acts Announced So Far

​Right now, Miami is being swarmed by art fairs, galleries, and artists from across the globe. Of course, we're talking about Art Basel Miami Beach. A side benefit to all this arty international activity is the influx of awesome music to entertain all the jetsetters. And naturally, Crossfade is k ... More >>

Art Basel Miami Beach 2011's Ten Best Parties, Concerts, and Strip Shows

Via facebook.com/TamaraSkyGet your Basel happy ending with Tamara Sky, The Overthrow, and Hard 2 Leave.​Check out Crossfade's blogs on other awesome Basel week events like YACHT, Salem, James Murphy's Special Disco Version, Yelle, and GZA. It might seem like a really rad idea to spend the next fo ... More >>

Overthrow's Hard 2 Leave Invades Goldrush, Bringing Basel Back to the Strip Club

​Every Art Basel, someone's throwing a party at a strip club. A few years ago at Goldrush Miami, a bunch of scenesters put on a fete that featured free tequila shots and Miller High Life. If memory serves, the door was guarded by a password. That was a hot time. A superstupid end-of-Basel night. ... More >>

Troy Kurtz's Majorthreat at Mamushka's every Wednesday

Basel Castle Returns With Yelawolf, the Rapture, Penguin Prison, and More

​Arguably one of the best parties last year and Best One-Nighter winner for this year's Best of Miami, Basel Castle returns for another night of awesome music and kickass art at Overthrow Castle. The Overthrow, which seems to have been a little quiet lately, has amassed a lineup that includes li ... More >>

Troy Kurtz's Ten Essential Tips for Summer Clubbing

Photo by Rudy DubouéSurvive summer with Troy Kurtz.​The morning after some serious partying, you wake up totally confused because your lips are pasted shut and you've literally been dreaming about the sweat on a glass of cold water. Yours eardrums are KO-ed from last night's bass, and it sounds l ... More >>

Looking Back at the Photos From Bar's One-and-a-Half-Year History

Photo by Lex HernandezRemember when Diplo played a secret set at Bar?​Over the last year and a half, few Miami venues have impacted the local scene as significantly as 14th Street's Bar. After taking over the space formerly occupied by PS14 and setting up a replica of New York City bar Max Fish ... More >>

Ramadanman Talks Bass, Britney Spears, and the Commercialization of Dubstep

​London DJ-producer and Hessle Audio label chief Ramadanman (AKA David Kennedy) was schooled during dubstep's first wave and he has since become one of the most recognized names on the international scene.Last year's invitation to spearhead a new installment of Fabric's prestigious compilation ser ... More >>

Ramadanman and Zed Bias Drop Surefire Sound North American Tour at Eve April 23

UK producer Ramadanman.​Dubstep was impossible to avoid during last month's Miami Music Week. Even electro-house megaproducers like Fedde Le Grand and Benny Bennassi threw some dubby stuff down in the middle of their Ultra Music Festival sets. So it's safe to say that the womp-womp has hit its s ... More >>

Ultra week party picks for March 24 to 27

Ultra Week 2011 Party Picks for the Ticketless

Photo by Charis KirchheimerGo party with Tamara Sky and the Overthrow crew at a strip club.​You were lazy. You were broke. You were stupid. And now you're standing ticketless and bereft outside Bicentennial Park, peering enviously at all those beaded, drooling pookie heads as they bask in the Day ... More >>

Caligula Collides With Hot Pink Delorean For "Club Crashers" Remix

​Lately, it seems the Overthrow is aiming its ambitions farther than being just a local party collective. Where is the fun in overthrowing a single city when you have a whole world in a need of an ass-kicking? The MIA-based crew is looking to go international with the help of its Overthrow Music ... More >>

Treehouse Miami Opens With Ess & Emm and Troy Kurtz

Ess & Emm at the Treehouse Grand Opening . ​Maybe you lost your virginity in a tree house. Maybe you used to steal your pop's old Playboys and flip through them with a flashlight. Maybe it's where you drank your first 40-ouncer and smoked your first cigarette. Fast forward a decade or so, an ... More >>

Dubstepper Jakwob Delivers the Deep Stuff at Eve January 15

via myspace.com/jakwobJakwob, AKA James Jacob.​Like a lot of other post-millenial musicians, 21-year-old dubstepper Jakwob (AKA James Jacob) is an internet-made man. A year and a half ago, nobody really knew his name. Hailing from the English Midlands, he was just another university student who ... More >>

UPDATE: Vice Magazine, Richard Kern, and the Misshapes Crash at Coco de Ville for Basel

The Misshapes' dark dance party comes to Coco.​UPDATE: Beggars Group publicity has informed Crossfade that the XX was never confirmed for a Wednesday night DJ set. There have also been other minor adjustments to the lineup. Still wondering where you're gonna spend your 120-hour arty party marath ... More >>

Smirnoff Sends Seamus Haji, King Britt, and DJ Irie London to Miami This Saturday

Seamus Haji is gonna save your life from a broken heart.​Who loves free vodka and British accents? Say "I" 'cause you're in for a treat with Smirnoff's "Nightlife Exchange Project" -- a one-night affair involving 14 different countries who signed up for an "experiment in global nightlife culture." ... More >>

The Overthrow, Theophilus London, and Amanda Blank Go Big With Basel Castle

Arty nudes with Theophilus London?​Never known for moderation, the Overthrow crew wasn't about to let Art Basel Miami Beach week slip past without plotting some kind of epic descent into nth-level fun and excess. Hence, Basel Castle, a 12-hour carnival of tuneage, booze, games, freakshows, and ot ... More >>

Gatsby Goes South Beach

LCD Soundsystem Afterparty With Overthrow Tonight at Florida Room

Will it be you, James Murphy, spinning tonight at Florida Room?​Going to the LCD Soundsystem show tonight at the Fillmore? Well, the party don't stop after the house lights have be turned on. Head on over to the Florida Room where Overthrow is hosting the concert after-party. Also on the bill: "DF ... More >>

Annie Mac at Electric Pickle September 23

Annie Mac Scatters Electo-House, Dubstep, and Grime at the Electric Pickle This Thursday

Miami gets Mac-ed!​BBC Radio 1 host Annie Mac is a well-respected female DJ -- a real rarity in the dude-dominated halls of clubland. Not that there aren't great lady DJs out there, but people always seem to assume that a woman's success is somehow linked to her looks. (Sample misconception: "She' ... More >>

Club Space closing parties

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 >>

Annie Mac Returns to Miami September 23 at Electric Pickle

Annie Mac​What is up with all these WMC-quality bookings outside of Conference? Jeez! Couple that with the amazing indie-rock shows happening at the Fillmore Miami Beach, and we haven't seen this sort of amazing musical cornucopia happening, well, since we've been old enough to go out.Now add to a ... More >>

Head Spins: DJ Troy Kurtz

London via MIA

Passion Pit Afterparty at Coco De Ville June 13

Passion Pit​Prior to their Ultra Music Festival booking, Passion Pit was already scheduled to play at the Fillmore Miami Beach on June 13. But it wouldn't be a complete Miami concert appearance without the obligatory afterparty. That's where the Overthrow, Poplife, and One Fifty come in to ensure ... More >>

WMC 2010: Hard to Leave with Craze, Kill the Noise at Goldrush, March 28

Craze​Woohoo! Remember when we said last week Goldrush (23 NE 11th Street, Miami) was your alternative if you wanted to keep partying and looking at T&A well beyond the normal 5 a.m. closing time? Well, look here, Goldrush is hosting Overthrow's WMC closing party, Hard to Leave, Sunday, March ... More >>

Pyramid Club Takes Over Mokai Wednesday

​It seems like it was only yesterday that Alexis Mincolla and Sam Baum spoke to us about this concept they had called Overthrow, in which every now and then they would take over a venue and put on one badass party. That was then, but now they've arguably turned into a legitimate party crew with es ... More >>

Berlin DJ D.I.M. Takes Over White Room Saturday

D.I.M.​If there is one thing Germans do right, its electronic music. Some of the best consistently comes out Deutschland, Berlin in particular. Why? I'm not sure. But D.I.M. is definitely not an exception. The Boys Noize Records DJ/producer has found plenty of success behind the decks with tracks ... More >>

Drop the Lime, Tamara Sky Enjoying Sloppy Seconds at White Room Saturday

Photo by Rony AlwinDj Tamara Sky​Okay, so I'll admit this post is really just about posting another hot-as-fuck picture of DJ/model Tamara Sky. So sue me. I've already publicly admitted my love for her. So sorry that from time to time I want to look at something pretty.That being said, despite her ... More >>

Getting Rowdy With Rusko at White Room Saturday

Rusko: The face of dubstep.​If dubstep was a kingdom, then Rusko would surely be its king. The British born, L.A. transplant has been damaging speakers worldwide with his hard hitting beats. But limiting him to the genre of dubstep would be underestimating the 23-year-old. He easily mixes electro, ... More >>

Flyer of the Week: Panic Bomber at White Room December 12

​In a digitally distorted blaze of electro-house glitch, local party starter Panic Bomber, a.k.a. Richard Haig, has spent the last year going supernova. First came his six-track EP effort, Calling in Threats, a December 2008 release loaded with crunchy club killers like "Miami Stunnaz" and "Disi ... More >>

Weekend Leftovers: Samantha Ronson at Louis One-Year, Klever at White Room

Weekends are so busy there is bound to be stuff we've forgotten to highlight. But here are two high-profile events you might just want to check out:​First up, Samanthan Ronson, who's better known as Lindsay Lohan's on-again/off-again girlfriend than for her DJ skills, will be helping Louis at the ... More >>

MP3 of the Day: "Devil's Eyes" by Drop the Lime, Playing White Room This Saturday

​Brooklyn's Drop the Lime has been nothing if not prescient. Those last few years, while everyone was running around to overly processed, overly happy so-called "blog house," the DJ/producer born Luca Venezia carefully stuck to his own thing. In the face of all that neon glare, Venezia and his Tro ... More >>

Get Funk'd Up at Soho Studios this Saturday Night with Pirate Stereo, Danny Daze, and More

​In the ongoing spirit of philanthropy that seems to have taken over Miami's dance music scene (with recent charitable events like "The Vagabond for a Cause" with John Digweed and "Dance for a Cause" featuring Chris Fortier at Electric Pickle) Technique Miami presents "Get Funk'd Up" at Soho Studi ... More >>