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What does a number-one song and a viral video Internet sensation get you in Miami?

If you're a street-credible DJ and producer, it gets you a sold-out show at Grand Central and a sweaty mess of bodies lovin' ever second of it.

At least, that's how it worked out for Baauer on Saturday night, as he returned to the GC stage. But this time, he was the reigning Billboard champ and headlining his own show.

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It's not often you get the chance to go back in time.

Well, technically speaking, the laws of physics might make this impossible. But that's just one more reason why the Digitalism show at Bardot was so special.

When Jens "Jence" Moelle and İsmail "Isi" Tüfekçi took the stage (because the Midtown Miami club had to build a stage just for the German duo), it was almost like we were back in 2007 all over again. For a sweet hour and a half, things were good.

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Photo by Liliana Mora

Face it, you have no idea what Cinco de Mayo is about. No, it's not Mexican Independence. But you know what? It doesn't really matter. We're just happy to have an excuse to drink all the tequila, Corona, and Dos Equis we want, and get the chance to shake our asses to some moombahton.

For everyone who wasn't slayed by day drinking, Grand Central was the get-down. This party was so big, it was Cinco de Massive. We had moombah coming out of our eyeballs, and there was a fat dude in a Santa hat.

Like, what more could you want out of a holiday?

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Jarabe de Palo's A piano y voz
With Ulises Hadjis and Mr. Pauer
Grand Central, Miami
Saturday, April 27, 2013

In a very intimate setting at Grand Central in downtown Miami, Spanish rock band Jarabe de Palo kicked off its latest tour around the United States, called A piano y voz.

The idea: Perform classic Jarabe love songs in a pure and simple way. Just as they were created -- with a voice and one instrument.

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Pac Div
Featuring Johnny Polygon
Eve, Downtown Miami
Saturday, April 13, 2013

Better Than: Watching Three Musketeers, Three Stooges, and Three Amigos.

Descending from atop of the stairs, the three California dudes (Mibbs, Like, and BeYoung), who make up Pac Div, headed toward the EVE stage as they gave daps and pounds. Then the crew got the intimate crowd warmed up with GMB's "Intro" and Mibbs' verse off "Top Down."

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Kinky
With Feneiva and Mr. Pauer
La Covacha, Doral
Saturday, April 6, 2013

Kinkier Than: A swinger's party en La Saguesera.

Over the weekend, La Covacha welcomed Mexican rock band Kinky, after an absence of seven years from Miami. In a city where reggaeton, salsa, and merengue are the constant, this time, the night was all about a fusion of rock, electronic, and Latin rhythms.

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The traditional rock 'n' roll laser show just got a reboot.

A quick scan of the repertoire reveals your standard-issue Planetarium jams: Led Zeppelin, the Doors, Grateful Dead, and, of course, Pink Floyd.

But Saturday night, Planetarium Krautrock (presented by Miami Art Museum and Miami Science Museum in collaboration with artist and MSM collections manager Kevin Arrow, musician and Schematic Records label head Romulo del Castillo, and nomadic art collective The End/Spring Break as part of MAM's New Work Miami 2013 exhibition) ventured deep into 1960s and '70s experimental German rock and electronic music.

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Bomba Estéreo's Li Saumet.

Bomba Estéreo
With Zuzuka Poderosa & Kush Arora
Heineken TransAtlantic Festival 2013
North Beach Bandshell
Saturday, April 6, 2013

Better Than: An aguardiente-drenched wedding in Bogotá.

Man or woman, if Bomba Estéreo's Liliana "Li" Saumet doesn't make some part of your anatomy hum with strange, sensual electricity, then you need a libido transfusion.

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Calle Ocho is America's largest Latin block party, where people from all over the world gather along 27 blocks to celebrate Hispanic heritage with music, food, and entertainment.

Although Willy Chirino, DJ Laz, and Elvis Crespo were the ones putting on a show, the main source of entertainment was the mamis and bros of Miami who painted the streets of Calle Ocho with their tight white shorts, Cuban flag bikini tops, chancletas, neon orange muscle tees, and bright-white sneakers.

Crossfade embarked on a mission to find the chongas mamis of Calle Ocho and talk to them about bros, ratchets, and Pitbull.

If there was one thing these Latinas agreed on, it was that Pit will always and forever be Mr. 305.

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Miami is filled with interesting characters, to say the least.

There's that guy who rides around on a motorized bicycle, that man riding the Metrorail jammin' on his violin, that dude who walks around Hialeah carrying a banjo and wearing a Stetson hat -- the list goes on.

As always, Calle Ocho attracted everyone and everything, from blow-up dolls to street performers banging beats on pots and pans to "Harlem Shake"-ers and freestyle rappers.

And of course, outrageous things that would happen in Miami, happened. Like a man getting shot in the butt and not noticing it until he collapsed. Or DJ Laz telling Lil Wayne to come pinga.

Here are some highlights from Calle Ocho 2013, just in case you missed it.

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-Slideshow: The Music of Calle Ocho 2013
-Slideshow: The Fashion of Calle Ocho 2013
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