Ten best acts at Ultra Music Fest 2012
Ten best acts at Ultra Music Fest 2012
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Showing 11199 - 11220 of 26078Kraftwerk as part of Ultra Music Festival 2012 at Bayfront Park March 23
Kraftwerk as part of Ultra Music Festival 2012 at Bayfront Park March 23
Skrillex as part of Ultra Music Festival 2012 at Bayfront Park March 23
Skrillex as part of Ultra Music Festival 2012 at Bayfront Park March 23
WMC 2012 Record Collectors Show at the Beachplex March 24
WMC 2012 Record Collectors Show at the Beachplex March 24
Tiesto as part of Ultra Music Festival 2012 at Bayfront Park March 23
Tiesto as part of Ultra Music Festival 2012 at Bayfront Park March 23
Ashanti’s “The Woman You Love” Video: An Extremely Detailed Breakdown
You’re probably scratching your head right now and thinking, didn’t Ashanti die in a Bahamian airplane crash? No. That was Aaliyah, the other “A-something” from the ’90s. Ashanti actually resurfaced last year after a three-year hiatus with “Never Too Far Away,” the title track off 2011’s psychological thriller Dream House…
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Kate Simko Talks Debut Album, New A/V Live Show, and Keeping It Real
Since the 1980s, the sounds emanating from the house music capital of Chicago to the west and the techno capital of Detroit to the east have met and cross-bred in the Midwest. These were the hybrid sounds that DJ-producer Kate Simko soaked up as a rave kid. And they have…
Tango Conspiracy Bring Sex and Dub to PAX Miami for Winter Music Conference
Tango music is so sexy that women’s juices flow as soon as they hear its sultry sound. The music — born of a mix between African and European influences in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Montevideo, Uruguay — has been leaving dance floors sticky, hot, and wet since the 1890s. The…
Afrobeta, Krisp, PLAINS Headline Sweatstock 2012 at Sweat Records
Here’s a quick break from the pre-Winter Music Conference hoopla to give you some local music news. Sweat Records has announced the lineup from its third annual Sweatstock on April 21, which also coincides with Record Store Day. Headlining the party is Miami’s favorite electro-pop act Afrobeta along with local…
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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 and Chris Todd in…
Tensnake Makes His Miami Debut at WMC 2012 and Ultra Music Festival
Before Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week became a spring breaker’s paradise, it was all about discovering new music and artists. When did we all lose sight of that? Well, if you look close enough, you’ll still find there are acts worth discovering. Just let us introduce you to…
Tiesto Dedicates Club Life Album to Miami: “Clubs Are My Favorite, Crowds Are Inspiring”
Did you know that Tiësto (AKA the Led Zepplin of EDM) considers Miami to be his second home? It’s true. When the Dutch superproducer isn’t slaving away in his pimped-out studio, doing the uhntz-uhntz on the sands of Ibiza, or partying with Swedish House Mafia on a plane while getting…
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Occupy Miami Fundraiser at Churchill’s Pub on March 27! Join the Revolution!
Do you support the Occupy Miami movement but hate living in a half-abandoned Overtown apartment complex? Are you and/or your friends “dying to get arrested” in the name of socioeconomic equality but are short on bail money? Or do you just hate douchey frat boys who support Mitt Romney? If…
Swedish House Mafia Collaborates With Absolut for “Multi-Dimensional Cocktail Experience”
A Swedish, citrus-spiked cocktail — the official drink of electronic dance music and the inspiration behind Sebastian Ingrosso, Axwell, and Steve Angello’s latest single. Landing EDM’s liquor-soaked spaceship in the town of Åhus, Sweden, these Mafia men have joined forces with Absolut to create “Greyhound,” the group’s fifth single and…
Who Wants Free Tickets to Ultra Music Festival’s Can U Feel It Movie Premiere?
Are you among the legions of sad, ticketless beat freaks who failed to score three-day Ultra Music Festival passes before the big sellout of 2012? Well, real-life raves are overrated. And we here at Crossfade suggest that you forget about furry boots, caffeinated booze, babes of both sexes, pep pills,…
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WMC 2012: M.A.N.D.E.A.R., DJ T, and Audiofly Headline Get Physical 10-Year Anniversary
Originally the brainchild of Berlin tech-house veterans M.A.N.D.Y., Booka Shade, and DJ T, Get Physical Music has been going strong for a full decade ago now. In fact, Winter Music Conference 2012 marks the label’s ten-year anniversary, as well as its return to Miami for yet another highly anticipated annual…
Calle Ocho 2012: Fifteen Photo Highlights From Carnaval Miami’s Million-Person Street Fest
If you’ve ever gotten so high off guarapo that you stripped down to your g-string, draped your nakedness in a giant Puerto Rican flag, and streaked up the middle of SW Eighth Street while screaming “Tu tienes la boca grande! Dale ponte a jugar!” … Then you might be the…
Mary J. Blige on Life, Death, Drugs, and Whitney Houston: “I Wanted Whitney to Make It … I Didn’t Want Her to Die Like That”
Fierce, strong, independent — Mary J. Blige is now a full-grown, 41-year-old diva, known as The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul. But like so many enormously talented young women in the music business, she’s endured seriously hard times. Throughout her teens and 20s, she struggled with drugs, alcohol, herself. And fame…
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Lil Wayne Sells Mountain Dew, Six Other Rappers Who Love Soft Drinks
Fueling the obesity epidemic and enabling the Young Money Maniac’s sizzurp addiction, PepsiCo’s toxic green nectar, Mountain Dew, has a new spokesperson and his name is Lil Wayne. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. and Mountain Dew have come together to form DEWeezy, a new ad campaign…
Calle Ocho 2012: Pitbull, Flo Rida, and a World Full of Bass
Calle Ocho is the biggest, livest street party in the whole United States and represents the real Miami to the fullest. Members of every nation including Cubanos, Boricuas, Nicas, Catrachos, Zuelans, Boludos, Zoes, Bajans, Trinis, Jamaicans, Chilangos, Norteños, Sureños, Truchas, Gringos, even tourists — not to mention the rich and…
Rihanna Shows Off Nipple Rings in Public, May be Wearing Chris Brown’s Boots
Despite the fact Rihanna’s breasts offended an Irish farmer last year, the 24-year-old singer showed ’em off last night in the Big Apple, just six days before one of Ireland’s most celebrated feasts, St. Patrick’s Day. According to Media Takeout, “Rihanna was spotted in NYC last night” wearing little more…
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Ultra Music Festival Boat Party Cruise With Pukka Up on March 21
Ultra Music Festival, much like the Universe itself, is constantly expanding. Over the past 14 years, what started as a one-day party on Miami Beach has morphed into a huge corporate monster with a million heads. Rather than one day of debauchery, you get three days, plus an UMF concert…