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50 WTF Quotes From Ultra 2013

"What the fuck does unicorn taste like?" Stardust. Rainbows. Maybe black-market horse meat from Miami's C-9 basin. There's really no way to know, though. Because this fabulous one-horned equine creature doesn't actually exist. Except when you're raving, raging, and tripping out at Ultra Music Fest ... 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: Top Five Trends, From Big Beautiful Butts to No Hipsters

Things that are cool in one context are often not cool in others. For instance, if you arrived at the Pitchfork Music Festival in your kandi best, you would certainly not be the belle of the ball. You'd be a lame-o freak in neon, crying over a box of doughnuts on her way home. But just as location ... More >>

Ultra 2013: Yeasayer Insulted the Ravers While Matt & Kim Charmed Them

On day one of Ultra Music Festival 2013, the main-stage DJ surprisingly played Red Hot Chili Peppers' "By the Way." It's not one of the Cali crew's early songs, but it's a hit that came out when about 60 percent of the crowd (now dancing in tutus, "Show Me Your Tits" tees, and beaded masks slathered ... More >>

The Six Bad Bitches You Meet at Ultra Music Festival

Damn, Ultra Music Festival is a mad house. Everywhere you look, it's neon titties, the bottom half of an ass, or some kind of sexy rabbit hoppin' around with a lollipop in her cheek. Last year, we introduced "The Seven Ravers You Meet at Ultra Music Festival." But this time, we're giving it up to t ... More >>

Top Ten Moments of Ultra 2013, Day Two: Deadmau5, Molly, and Nobody F#$í a Tree

Every year, Ultra Music Festival slashes through the fabric of space-time and opens up a portal into an alternate dimension. Night is brighter than day. Silence is the loudest noise you hear. And bass is the only currency that matters. Here is some of the weird shit we saw on day two of Ultra 2013 ... More >>

Ten Most Exciting Acts at Ultra Music Festival 2013

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: Ten Acts We're Excited to See

In almost month, Ultra Music Festival will kick off its six-day marathon of EDM madness in Bayfront Park and with it bring a slew of electronic acts to Miami, some of which you can catch pretty often at Miami-area nightclubs and others that rarely (if ever) make Magic City cameos.We were really hopi ... 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 >>

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 >>

S.S. Coachella: Top Ten Fashion Moments!

Most people we met on the S.S. Coachella had never been on a cruise. Like us, they were probably not so sure what to pack or how to dress for three days of awkwardly saying "Hi!" to their favorite bands on a floating building at sea. But like the festival, the fans also brought their crazy desert ... More >>

Best and Worst of the S.S. Coachella

The S.S. Coachella returned safely Wednesday morning after a relatively wobbly night's sail across the Caribbean Sea. The voyage was a success. The boat didn't sink, and constant forced Purell-ing kept us all from contracting tropical illnesses or just the flu from our diseased shipmates. Three day ... More >>

S.S. Coachella, Day Two: Stalking Pulp's Jarvis Cocker, Plus Gaslamp Killer, El-P, Black Lips

No one's really interested in reading about the actual performances taking place on this musical ship of contradictions, the S.S. Coachella, amirite? Instead, you want a spoonful of gossipy anecdotal sugar, straight from the decks of this funny ship. As you might have seen, Pulp was the largest na ... More >>

S.S. Coachella Cruise, Day One: Father John Misty, Yeasayer, !!!, Pulp

The S.S. Coachella set out to sea rather unceremoniously. There weren't horns, not a streamer in sight, and no one smashed bottles against the body of the ship. But we'd all been aboard the Celebrity Silhouette for about four hours at that point and Father John Misty was launching our oceanic musi ... More >>

S.S. Coachella: Goin' to Nail Master Class with Sleigh Bells' Alexis Krauss

Fashion and music are the funniest-looking twin sisters. They're always together, always kinda sloppy. Sometimes they dress up like a swan or wear a big mouse head. Together, they're always looking to make a bold statement. If you follow Sleigh Bells' Alexis Krauss on Instagram (@KraussingAround), ... More >>

Does the Looming '90s Revival Presage a Nirvana-Style Breakthrough?

Coachella Music Cruise to Set Sail Out of Miami Fort Lauderdale! See the Full 22-Act Lineup!

If a South Florida music fan wants three days of festival-quality indie rock, hip-hop, and other eclectic tuneage, does he or she have any other option besides buying a ticket aboard a cruise ship headed for international waters? Well, no ... With the abject failure of the 2011 Langerado reboot and ... More >>

Washed Out plays Eve January 21

Bright Light Social Hour at Transit Lounge January 21

Washed Out's Ernest Greene Talks Chillwave, Hip-Hop, and Weird Mishmash

​Sampling tracks and random sounds from the '70s, '80s, '90s -- and even voicemail messages -- seems the norm for Washed Out's Ernest Greene. But it won't always be that way. "The new album is slightly [more rock-based]," Greene says. "There's just more live drum sounds. There's a bass guitar. So ... More >>

Washed Out's Ernest Greene Rides the Chill Wave at Eve This Friday

Washed Out's Ernest Greene.​Washed Out's Ernest Greene has a success story that most one-man bands dream about late at night in their lonely studios. He was unemployed, looking for work, living with his parents, and making music in his bedroom before he was suddenly discovered by all the right mus ... More >>

John Hancock on ANR's New Album, Recording With Justin Bieber, and the End of the World

​In addition to orchestrating alternative pop epics, Awesome New Republic also makes jokes, constantly reminding us that "we're humans, not furniture." And so, when we call ANR's John Hancock, he immediately starts riffing. "You're calling from Miami New Times? Miami's home for informati ... More >>

Score Sweet Miami-Themed Playlists From the Standard Hotel

​The Standard Miami's always had a little swag about it. Whenever we go there we know we'll be able to relax and let loose, and somehow just stepping through the doors of any of their four branches (Hollywood, Downtown LA, New York, or our very own Miami Beach spa) makes us feel slightly coole ... More >>

Yeasayer, Awesome New Republic, and Washed Out at the Fillmore Miami Beach, October 5

Photo by Ian Witlen​View photos from Yeasayer at the Fillmore Miami Beach.YeasayerWith Awesome New Republic and Washed OutTuesday, October 5, 2010The Fillmore Miami BeachBetter Than: Staying in another night and downloading "witch haus" or whatever other new Internet-only genre threatens to suppla ... More >>

Yeasayer at Fillmore Miami Beach October 5

Phantogram's Five Awesomest Songs: A Primer for This Saturday's Show at Electric Pickle

Photo by Doron Gild​We've seen our fair share of guy-girl electro-rockers shaking it up in Miami lately, like The Golden Filter and Crystal Castles. So we can see why you might debate whether or not to bother with another one this Saturday. But Phantogram is one band you really gotta see ... More >>

Q&A: The Golden Filter Talk Bringing Hendrix Back for Its Show at Grand Central Saturday

Everything looks so much nicer through their Golden Filter​Sometimes we like to think of how much nicer life would be if we viewed everything through rose-colored glasses -- or through the Golden Filter. The aptly named electronic duo got their start under the name Lismore, and while some of the s ... More >>

Video: Yeasayer Releases Video for "Madder Red" with Kristen Bell and a Creepy, Disfigured Pet -- Watch it Here

​Not all pets are cute and cuddly -- we get that.  But we've never seen a "pet" as ugly as the one in Yeasayer's just-released video for "Madder Red."The creature in the video looks like a big wad of someone's insides, equipped with a bruised eye, bloody mouth, and it oozes green goo, to boot ... More >>

MGMT, Serj Tankian, Louis C.K. Announce Fillmore Miami Beach Dates (Not Together)

via facebook.com/mgmtMGMT does the Fillmore Miami Beach a couple week after Yeasayer.​Here are three more nuggets of awesomeness from New Times' Best Endangered Live Music Venue, the Fillmore Miami Beach. Nearly every week brings a new announcement of a major act there, and one more chip away at B ... More >>

Yeasayer in Miami! October 5 at the Fillmore Miami Beach

photo by Jason Frank Rothenberg​Fun news. Miami has finally scored a proper show by part of the holy triumvirate of Establishment-Accepted Brooklyn Art-Pop: Yeasayer! (MGMT and the Dirty Projectors would round out the trio.... One can continue to dream.) The only bummer is that by the time Yeasaye ... More >>

Moving Units: Top 5 Releases at Sweat Records, March 9-15

Musician/actress Charlotte Gainsbourg is a top seller this week at Sweat Records.​Moving Units is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling albums at South Florida independent record stores. Gorillaz - Plastic BeachBroken Bells - Broken BellsJoanna Newsom - Have One On MeCharlotte ... More >>

Nas, Weezer, Damian Marley, Flaming Lips and Rise Against Among Acts Confirmed for SunFest 2010 April 28 - May 2

311 performing at SunFest 2009​West Palm Beach hasn't had this much musical excitement since Ozzy Osbourne rolled through town. An impressive crop of national acts are set to play the 28th installment of SunFest, which takes place April 28 - May 2 in downtown West Palm Beach along Florida's Intrac ... More >>

Chairlift's "Bruises" Hurts So Good

Catch the band Saturday at White Room.

Tuesday Afternoon Music Fix: Del the Funky Homosapien, Cajun Dance Party and more