Ravers are like snowflakes, right? Wrong. It’s actually not uncommon to find two (or twelve) who look (and sometimes behave) almost exactly alike. In fact, we here at Crossfade have spent a lot of time wandering around EDM fests in a state of perpetual déjà vu, encircled by thousands of…
Bummed about being without a set of $1,000 Ultra Music Festival tix? Just watch it at home for free via YouTube! All weekend, the fest will be broadcasting a choice selection of sets via youtube.com/UMFTV. So squeeze into a skimpy raver costume, rig up the flatscreen, crank up those home-theater…
No matter what you tell yourself, there is absolutely no way to catch every act that you want to see at Ultra Music Festival. Never mind the overlapping set times, just trying to traverse Bayfront Park is a daunting task once it’s crammed with 100,000 ravers. Our advice: Find a…
Steve Angello and Size Records’ #Decade RC Cola Plant, Wynwood, Miami Thursday, March 27, 2012 Size Records is ten years old. And for its tin anniversary, former Swedish House Mafia member and label boss Steve Angello did what any dance music powerhouse might do — throw a fuckin’ rager in…
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…
Good Times, Day Two With Skrillex, What So Not, Chance the Rapper, Zeds Dead, Amtrac, Jack Beats, Annie Mac, and others Wynwood, Miami Thursday, March 27, 2014 When Skrillex chatted with Crossfade earlier this week about his two-day Good Times block party, the Grammy-winning DJ said he “wanted to do…
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…
There’s a nascent feeling among certain electronic dance music connoisseurs that DJs were better when they were anonymous. Since the rise of the brutal grinds of dubstep and the polished populism of electro-house, DJs are in the public eye more than ever. They adorn mainstream magazine covers, walk red carpets,…
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…
We get it. You’re soo popular there’s no possible way you can crash every single Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week party this year … Even if you weren’t invited to it. So you wouldn’t mind if we provided you EDM junkies with a tantalizing list of WMC and…
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…
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…
And the award for best new event at Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week goes to… OWSLA’s new Good Times, a two-day backyard bonanza smack dab in the middle of Wynwood, featuring once-in-a-lifetime collaborative sets from the most exciting names on the dance scene. WMC and MMW is exciting…
Amid the manic hype of the so-called “EDM explosion,” it is reassuring that DJs like Paul Oakenfold are still around. As one of the founding fathers of trance, Oakenfold has proven to be a dance innovator for over 20 years, influencing the masses’ conception of electronic music and contributing to…
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…
During Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week, there will be no shortage of big names taking over nightclubs and getting the crowds moving at Ultra Music Festival. Still, there are some people who don’t want to listen to Avicii’s “Wake Me Up” on repeat. That’s why, since 2007, Safe…
Miley Cyrus’ Bangerz Tour With Icona Pop American Airlines Arena, Miami Saturday, March 22, 2014 “Woo! Woooooo! I’m in Miami, bitch! I’m gonna fuck Miley Cyrus tonight! Bangerz tour! I’m gonna bang her all night!” shouted an overexcited guy in front of us. Meanwhile, much like Halloween on South Beach,…
“It’s all about the art of DJing and showing people what the beauty of this art form is,” Markus Schulz tells Crossfade about his mission as an EDM star. “I hope that it’s not lost because music is evolving to a popular commercial standard right now. There has to be…
Burnt out from too much fist-pumping at all those Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week parties you crashed this weekend? Well, take a cafecito shot and put on your game face ’cause the WMC/MMW rage has just begun. Just check out the five best concerts going down this week,…
The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller A live documentary by Sam Green and Yo La Tengo The Colony Theatre, Miami Beach Saturday, March 22, 2014 Better Than: Any movie playing in the multiplex (except maybe The Grand Budapest Hotel). Even in this multitasking day and age when people respond…
