WTF, beat freaks?! Ultra Music Festival 2014’s early-bird tickets were scheduled to go on sale yesterday at 1 p.m. EST. But as usual, the “overwhelming demand” proved to be too much for the “ticketing company’s servers.” And thus began the now-annual backlash against Ultra and its alleged “rip-off” tactics. UPDATE…
Pop the Dom. Buss that wallet open. Hit the ATM. Repeat. If you’ve never done Memorial Day in Miami, here is a warning: It’s going to get expensive. The bottles aren’t cheap. And neither are the hookups. But if you wanna party (or you know, remember the men and women…
“Specs,” a note posted to the recently closed Coral Gables music shop’s front door read. “A piece of Miami, a piece of history, never to be forgotten, nor replaced! Especially by some lousy bank.” Consider that Spec’s Records & Tapes’ epitaph. Because the Dade County landmark — a 64-year-old purveyor…
What’s the street value of Afrobeta’s “pigeon mascot”? Probably zilch. But that didn’t stop some pathetic burglar from thieving Cuci Amador and Tony Smurphio’s preciously plump and adorable columbidae charm from their car. That’s right … Over the weekend, the band got robbed. And it wasn’t just silly stuff, like…
It’s a myth that all breakups are messy. Just take Hialeah power-pop band Radioboxer, who announced a surprisingly amicable split last month. “We are kind of disappointed to say there is not a scandalous reason for this decision,” the four-member outfit admitted in its official goodbye letter to fans and…
“50 concerts, 50 states, one day” … Just a couple of weeks ago, we here at Crossfade announced that Bud Light Music First tour would be coming to Miami. Other cities had already gotten their headliners, including Kendrick Lamar and The Hold Steady, for “Bud Light Music First’s grand finale,…
Bumrush the bank, beat freaks. Because Ultra Music Festival has just announced that tickets for the 2014 edition of its annual uhntz-uhntz-ing extravaganza will be going on sale in exactly 7350 minutes! Oh, and obviously “festival organizers expect 2014 to be the fastest sell out in the event’s history.” See…
“Mr. Worldwide! Pharrell! Daft Punk! Let’s ‘Get Lucky’!” The other day, a Pitbull remix of the lead single off Daft Punk’s new studio album, Random Access Memories, popped up on the Interwebs, thanks to YouTube user kevvy9gorillazfan and a guy named DJ Pup Dawg. But unsure of the clip’s authenticity,…
Call Mom Maybe. In honor of Mother’s Day weekend, multi-platinum pop star Carly Rae Jepsen, the superswank Fontainebleau Miami Beach, and its BleauLive performance series will be answering “the wish in a well” of Jepsies and their momsies with fun, brunch, manicures, pedicures, blowouts, and even a Carly Rae concert…
The beef is still hot. Last month, Trick Daddy got heated over Lil Wayne disrespecting Dade County, LeBron, D-Wade, Bosh (and wife), and the #HeatGang. So he showed out, rolled up, and confronted Weezy at Miami’s King of Diamonds strip club. There was apparently a scuffle, a flicked cigarette, some…
“Hey Miami!” Of Montreal exclaimed via Facebook the other day. “We’re kicking off our US tour with Wild Moccasins at Grand Central!” And boy, we were so hyped! Especially ’cause we’d just chatted with frontguy Kevin Barnes about the new album, Lousy With Sylvianbriar! And we’d even met Mr. Of…
Who’s ready for the perfect party? Because Naughty by Nature and Uncle Luke are “gonna make it happen” at Miami New Times’ Brew at the Zoo. In fact, we here at Crossfade just chatted with Naughty’s Vin Rock. And he insists that we don’t wanna “mess ’round with Naughty by…
Feel it, maaaaaan. As the superpositive peeps over at Cloud 9 Productions gush: “We want to take a moment to tell you, the Jam Cruise community, just how much we love and cherish you “The memories of all we have been through together over the past decade mean the world…
Who’s in the mood for some “aphotic tekno/psychedelic noise”? Awesome. ‘Cause local cult of experimental tuneage Roofless Records and its high priest Matt Preira are convening a kickoff ceremony for the Spring of Rites Florida Tour at Wynwood’s Gramps tonight. Go forth. Descend into the eternal out-there. And enter the…
It’s a battle of bawses. Last month, sneaker mob Reebok killed its endorsement deal with Maybach Music Group honcho and rapper Rick Ross in the wake of his “U.O.E.N.O.” rape lyrics scandal. “Reebok holds our partners to a high standard,” the athletic shoe hustlers stated, “and we expect them to…
Lil Wayne is still alive. Last month, reports of Weezy’s imminent death started flying ’round the internet after TMZ inaccurately announced that a sizzurp-binge week’s worth of seizures had left the rapper “on life support, awaiting last rites.” Turned out, Wayne survived. He finished a new album. He even announced…
King David. In the summer of 1992, we here at Miami New Times wrote: “If the nightcrawlers of South Beach were to appoint a DJ King, they would most likely crown David Padilla.” And a decade later, he was still reigning over the Miami dance scene, “attract[ing] more than 2,000…
Alice in Chains Fillmore Miami Beach Thursday, April 25, 2013 Better Than: Well, The Essential Alice in Chains. “C’mon, it’s the first gig …” Alice in Chains axe man Jerry Cantrell deadpanned when he and his band screwed up the opening bars of “Down in a Hole,” a 20-year-old top…
Paint your claws. Dye your hair. Eat a dove alive. Because (formerly?) beastly heavy metal monolith Black Sabbath just announced its full 2013 North American tour. And the (formerly?) gut-rumbling triumvirate is coming to South Florida for a midsummer doomfest. As the Sabbath says (via Twitter), “Satan’s coming round the…
“I’ve been living on such sweet nothing,” you lament. “But I’m trying to hope with nothing to hold.” Oh, it’s true … Tickets are all sold out for Calvin Harris at Story on South Beach tomorrow night. And yet you needn’t despair. Because Story Nightclub and Crossfade have got two…
Alice in Chains at the Fillmore April 25
The Electric Pickle lives. After a whole month of Pickle parties were moved to other downtown clubs in the wake of Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week (and some code compliance issues), regulars and casual clubbers alike started speculating about the Midtown party spot’s closure or relocation. But when…
