Welcome to the Avicii Hotel! Of course, it seems as though the Swede himself is no longer enjoying accommodations at his own ultra-exclusive, luxurious lodging establishment. (He apparently checked out after canceling his show and rushing to the hospital last night.) But yesterday, before all that drama, we here at…
Too much party. But that’s not a bad thing. Obviously. With only three days of Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week left, we here at Crossfade wanna be certain that you’re living that club life to the max … Which means ten parties per night, vodka straight from the…
We were so stoked for Laidback Luke’s Kung Fu Takeover class. Ditto his Ultra 2014 set. But when an EDM star’s wife (especially if she’s DJ Gina Turner) goes into labor, he drops everything (even the drop) to speed home for the birth of his beautiful baby. Just a few…
Avicii has been rushed to the hospital. Tonight, the Swedish EDM superstar was scheduled to play the Ushuaia Ibiza stage at the SLS South Beach as part of his Avicii Hotel takeover. But as a member of his team tells Crossfade: “He did get sick this afternoon. His buddy Alesso…
Time to party like it’s Thursday, people. Well, because it is the fourth day of the week. But during Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week, the intensity of the average weeknight is ratched up to OMG-so-epic-I’m-gonna-remember-this-moment-forever-unless-I-black-out-which-is-a-real-oh-shit levels. You will party with Avicii, Tiësto, Skrillex, Steve Angello, and lots of…
The 305 helped invent modern dance music. In the late 1970s, Henry Stone’s TK Records, headquartered in Hialeah, pumped out disco hit after disco hit from KC & the Sunshine Band, even introducing the word “booty” into the pop lexicon. Today, Miami party music is still making asses shake. And…
Feel that rumble. Every humanoid creature who’s ever lived, from the caveman to the dubstepper and runner of traps, has felt a rush of adrenaline whenever their bones get rattled by a low-frequency boom. That’s called bass. And as Flux Pavilion says: “We all respond to it.” The other day,…
All day, all night, don’t stop. For the last 120 hours (i.e. five days, if you do things like sleep or see the sun), all the world’s beat freaks have been streaking from one Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week party to the next. And today’s party plan: Skrillex…
What do Skrillex, Wynwood, and cornhole have in common? Good Times … And not just of the standard oh-that-was-a-cool-and-fun-experience kind. This week, the electronic dance music superstar and his OWSLA crew, in cahoots with Miami’s own Poplife, will be hosting a superstacked mini-fest by that name in Wynwood. There will…
Big Beat Miami Pool Party? “I love it,” say Icona Pop’s Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo. And of course, you do, ladies. You’re headlining the thing, alongside fellow fans of water-based festivities like Flux Pavilion, Cash Cash, Chainsmokers, Chocolate Puma, Hook n Sling, Sick Individuals, Walden, and Big Beat’s own…
Go, raver. Go, raver. Go. Chug a Red Bull. Down a vial of Five-Hour elixir. Pop a packet of Jelly Belly energy beans. The Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week marathon starts now. And it doesn’t end till next month. Here are the 20 best parties during WMC and…
UPDATE Ultra 2015 just revealed its Phase Two lineup and the fest’s set times. Get to party plannin’, raver. In just one week, Ultra Music Festival 2014 begins at downtown Miami’s Bayfront Park. Arrive unprepared … And you will be screwed. Of course, we mean: “Do not forget your cellphone…
Meet your new sifu. His name is Laidback Luke. And though he may be most famous as an EDM megastar, this friendly Dutch dude also happens to be a kick-ass kung fu fighter. At last year’s “Olympics of kung fu,” as Luke describes the world championships in Hong Kong, he…
Go, raver. Go, raver. Go. Chug a Red Bull. Down a vial of Five-Hour elixir. Pop a packet of Jelly Belly energy beans. The Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week marathon starts now. And it doesn’t end till next month. Here are the 20 best parties during WMC and…
Reservations for the whole crew, please. Later this month, the Red Bull Guest House will be moving into the Gale Hotel for four whole days as part of those annual EDM shenanigans known as WMC and Miami Music Week. From March 27 to 30, the #RBGuestHouse (as it’s referred to…
“Floor is back.” Those were the words of the Miami sludge legends’ chief songwriter, vocalist, and guitar guy Steve Brooks when he spoke with Crossfade about the reunion of his cult ’90s and early 2000s crew. Formed in 1992, broken up by ’96, back together in ’97, near dormant till…
Deadmau5 digs water sports? Who would’ve guessed … But it’s true. All week, the main Mau5, a mischief of look-alikes, and his buddies at Sea-Doo will be zipping around off the shores of South Beach to promote the new Spark personal watercraft. Now, it’s cool and everything that Deadmau5 enjoys…
Miami is the new Las Vegas. That’s something strip club magnate Dennis DeGori, a man who’s made a fortune in Sin City nightlife, recently told us. And though his new local venture, E11even Miami, doesn’t appear on Nightclub & Bar Media Group’s Top 100 2014 list (probably because it didn’t…
EDM is big business. Over the last several years, electronic dance music’s popularity has spiked, especially in the United States. And so have the profits that could be made off its DJs, producers, nightlife brands, clubs, festivals, cruises… So naturally, Rolling Stone’s “50 Most Important People in EDM” is dominated…
Meet your new sifu. His name is Laidback Luke. And though he may be most famous as a EDM megastar, this friendly Dutch dude also happens to be a kick-ass kung fu fighter. At last year’s “Olympics of kung fu,” as Luke describes the world championships in Hong Kong, he…
Stuff is ’bout to get wild, weird, and out of control, party people. In just seven days, Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week officially kick off the spring uhntz-uhntz-ing season in Miami. There will be pool parties, beach bashes, EDM cruises, megaclub blowouts, afterhours throwdowns, and ragers that literally…
Whoa, bro. The world’s biggest DJ is finally about to drop a new studio slab? That’s right. And though he has continued to let loose a steady supply of Club Life mixtapes (not to mention a full-length as Allure), it’s been almost five years since Tijs Michiel Verwest, best known…
