The heat will be on in Miami this weekend and the music will be pumping for the 15th anniversary of the Ultra Music Festival. Featuring the biggest names in electronic dance music, for the first time, the festival will be held over 2 weekends, marking the beginning and end of Miami Music Week. Hurry and get your swimsuit and glow sticks, as tickets for the outdoor electronic festival are selling out fast. Click through for our guide to the must-see DJ sets and live acts at Ultra this year. More»

Go HERE (Day 1), HERE (Day 2), and HERE (Day 3) for more photos by Mallory Turner and tag yourself and your friends!

The second year of the SnowGlobe Music Festival warmed up the Lake Tahoe mountains with hot music, dancing and something called "hula raving." The likes of Chromeo, Wiz Khalifa, Poolside and Deadmau5 made sure to keep the beats going for three days right up until the snowball dropped signaling New Year's smooches into 2013.

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As long as the era of the superstar electronic dance music DJ remains in full swing, so too will the debate over what, exactly, these guys do during a live show. While we'd never question the talent involved in producing a hit single, even Deadmau5 has admitted recently that most big-name EDM DJ's just "press play" and then spend a whole live show fiddling with their laptops. But don't fear, there's still one DJ out there who will make sure you're getting your money's worth. His name is Steve Aoki, and he played Surrender in Vegas this weekend. Let's see what he does different than most DJs. More»

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There are so many different kinds of parties in this world of ours: you've got pizza parties, club parties, day parties, BBQ parties, lemon parties (if you don't know, don't ask), and so on. But now that summer is officially here, there's one kind of party that towers above all others: the pool party. And while I shouldn't necessarily have to convince you of that, here are 9 foolproof arguments, complete with photos, from this weekend's 3-day blowout party at the Encore Beach Club in Las Vegas featuring Deadmau5, Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso and more. More»

The actual bridge from Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Under The Bridge" is located in Downtown L.A.'s MacArthur Park; Rolling Stone asks what the best graduation song of all time is; why Beck's son's dancing on stage makes me excited to have children; a new Israeli spider is named after Lou Reed; a vintage Lana Del Rey Keds commercial surfaces—so many fun things have happened in the music world today, let's discuss. More»

• Deadmau5 fully calls out Madonna saying,
  

  "thats [sic] your big message to ultra attendies [sic]? hipsterspeak for looking for drugs? fuck off you fucking IDIOT,"

  after she turns to drugs in a very desperate attempt to be hip and relevant by asking the audience if they've seen molly when introducing Avicii on stage at Ultra yesterday. [HuffPo]

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