Critic's Notebook

Jesse Perez at WMC and Miami Music Week 2013

Tiesto at Ultra Music Festival 2013

Ten Best EDM Cruises During WMC and Miami Music Week 2013

Danny Daze at Ultra Music Festival 2013

Carl Cox at Ultra Music Festival 2013

Tommie Sunshine at Ultra Music Festival 2013

Boys Noize and Skrillex’s Dog Blood at Ultra Music Festival 2013

Seizure music, death electro, and derpstep. Those are the extreme EDM genres Knife Party’s Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen use to describe their music, which reveals a couple of things about these Australian dudes: (1) they don’t take themselves too seriously, and (2) they dig dangerous fun. After bum-rushing the…

Eric Prydz at WMC, Miami Music Week, and Ultra Music Festival 2013

Maceo Plex at WMC, Miami Music Week, and Ultra Music Festival 2013

The Weeknd at Ultra Music Festival 2013

Red Blue Classic DJ Basketball Charity Game During Winter Music Conference March 19

Dirtybird Players BBQ With Claude VonStroke, De La Soul, Justin Martin at Villa 221 March 21

Flying Circus 2013 With M.A.N.F.L.Y., Tiefschwarz, Azari & III at Villa 221 March 20

Gato y Disco With Azari & III, PillowTalk, Tensnake at Bardot March 20

Hard Miami and Hard Miami Pool Party During WMC March 20-22

Hotflush Miami, With Scuba, Eric Prydz, George Fitzgerald, Dusky at Electric Pickle March 23

Juicy Beach 2013, With Robbie Rivera, Bob Sinclar, Cosmic Gate at Nikki Beach March 21

Last Resort 2013, With Maceo Plex, Michael Mayer, Tiger & Woods, at Villa 221 March 24

We in Miami, bitch. And we’re beer-bongin’ Coors Light at 11 a.m. on South Beach while riding a stolen DecoBike with our tits out, a brand-new bleeding tattoo disappearing into the crack of that fat ass, and a gut full of Starburst, naked Hooters wings, and Jell-o shots. That’s why,…

When Miami rapper Young Scrilla was shot in Overtown while making a music video a couple of weeks ago, details trickled out like a weekend baller trying to make it rain with Wingstop coupons. Now, in a Crossfade exclusive, Dave and LT of TruStory Entertainment — the bosses who threw…

Record Store Day 2013 Ambassador Jack White said it best: “We need to re-educate ourselves about human interaction and the difference between downloading a track on a computer and talking to other people in person and getting turned onto music that you can hold in your hands and share with…