Bad news kids: Electro Lolita Anna-Catherine Hartley, AKA Uffie, will not be stopping by Miami next week for Winter Music Conference. According to a source, the Ed Banger chanteuse decide to rehearse for her upcoming tour in support of her debut album, Sex Dreams & Denim Jeans, instead.Needless to say…
Everybody knows that in order to stay on top in Miami, you always have to look your best. And let’s face it, MiamiNewTimes.com was looking a little weathered — even Botox wasn’t helping anymore. So it’s time to take more drastic measures: MiamiNewTimes.com is going under the knife, so to…
So by now you’ve probably heard that DJ booking agency Deckstar and LIV at the Fontainebleau Hotel is hosting a tribute for Adam Goldstein, AKA DJ AM, who died of an accidental drug overdose last summer.But who exactly will be paying tribute to the fallen DJ? Our sources wouldn’t give…
After much blood, sweat, and tears it’s finally done and hot off the presses. In newsstands today all over Miami you will find our Winter Music Conference Guide 2010 put together by Miami New Times music editor Arielle Castillo and featuring work by regular Crossfade contributors Esther Park, Sean Levisman,…
Uffie is back and better! (Ke$ha who?)
Afrobeta has a very important question for you: Do you party? If we only have a nickle for every time we’ve been asked that in Miami’s club bathrooms. (Answer is YES!) Well the duo, compromised of Cuci Amador and Smurphio, are releasing their new EP, Do You Party?, and celebrating…
Woohoo! Remember when we said last week Goldrush (23 NE 11th Street, Miami) was your alternative if you wanted to keep partying and looking at T&A well beyond the normal 5 a.m. closing time? Well, look here, Goldrush is hosting Overthrow’s WMC closing party, Hard to Leave, Sunday, March 28.On…
Blog house/nu-rave/dance rock has definitely taken a bit of back seat this time around for Winter Music Conference. Perhaps it’s the lack of icons like Justice and MSTRKRFT that make is seem a little more quiet for the genre this year or maybe it was just time for it to…
Moving Units is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling albums at South Florida independent record stores. Gorillaz – Plastic BeachBroken Bells – Broken BellsJoanna Newsom – Have One On MeCharlotte Gainsbourg – IRMYeasayer – Odd Blood…
Local promoter Diego Martinelli called us Monday to tell us he felt the Get Physical party lineup needed some extra oomph. So what’s a promoter to do? Add more mega-wattage to an already awesome DJ lineup, of course.Added is the brother DJ duo out of Berlin Tiefschwarz who are already…
At 24, Burns has a DJ career most would be envious of. But his meteoric rise has been because of the hard work and dedication he’s put into his craft — and well, a shout out from the likes of Annie Mac, Mylo, and Calvin Harris doesn’t hurt either. He’ll…
South Florida’s busy season of events is in full swing. With Winter Music Conference seven days away, there is still plenty of more to come. Still, in case you missed it, here is what happened over the weekend:Air at the Fillmore Miami BeachIt’s hard to believe since the release of…
Finally, here it is. Poplife has announced its annual WMC party, and not a moment to spare — cutting it close there kids. This year Miami’s perennial hipster party is teaming up with Mad Decent and Fool’s Gold to bring you Mad Fools.The party features an endless list of DJs…
Barely a month old and Coco De Ville (2377 Collins Ave., Miami Beach) at the Gansevoort South Hotel already has a pretty hot Winter Music Conference lineup. The Miami-outpost of the LA lounge has booked marquee names like Little Boots, DJ Shuttle (AKA Nate Donmoyer of Passion Pit), Larry Tee,…
T-minus 10 days. Before you know it Winter Music Conference 2010 will be here. In preparation for onslaught of dance music mania, we’ve made our complete event listings guide available to you online. We’d like to think this is the most complete guide to all the events happening from March…
Thanks for the invite Kill Your Idol. We heard about your private opening last night an hour before it actually happened. No we aren’t mad at all. Not one bit. Whatever.We would give you a description of the interior, but, hey, we have yet to even stop by ’cause we…
Here we almost thought online music store Beatport was going to entirely pull out of this year’s Winter Music Conference, but it seems at the last minute they’ve managed to put something together. Definitely on the smaller scale than last year, Beatport has announced its having a beach party taking…
Click here to view photos from this event.Usually, Riptide cares as much about fashion as we do about feel-good stories, but we were sort of curious about the retooled Funkshion Fashion Week Miami Beach — now called Fashion Miami — which took over the custom-built tent raised for last year’s…
Every Winter Music Conference, one the best parties is the Fool’s Gold showcase. It rarely disappoints and the lineup tends to change at the last minute as special guests arrive to take over the decks.This year lineup, which is taking over the soon-to-be-opened Grand Central (10 NE 7th Street, Miami),…
Grammy nominations, superstar collaborations, amazing headlining gigs — it easy to be in awe of all the things Paul Van Dyk has accomplished in his long and illustrious career. The man is the envy of the dance music scene, and who can blame them?Well, he’s going to give everyone more…
Huzzah! The DJ and performance packed Winter Music Conference event we were looking for. And surprise, it’s brought to you by semi-defunct hipster party SpiderPussy. It’s all taking place at South of Fifth spot Klutch (136 Collins Ave., Miami Beach).Scheduled to perform live are Maluca, Roxy Cottontail, Team Facelift, and…
Color us shocked. We honestly expected for more hipster-oriented events booked during the week of Winter Music Conference at the Vagabond (34 NE 14th Street, Miami). But New York house-haven Cielo taking over the downtown club Wednesday, March 24, shouldn’t really come as a surprise. Owner Carmel Ophir has been…
