UPDATE The Miami Beach centennial has just added Flo Rida and announced VIP Tickets. Shake your body, baby. On Thursday, March 26, 2015, Miami Beach will turn 100. And the city’s throwing a “100-hour, non-stop” festival to celebrate its centennial. The whole shebang will climax on the Art Deco-lined streets…
UPDATE The music lineup has just been announced for the Miami Beach “100-hour” centennial. And it includes Gloria Estefan, Andrea Bocelli, Barry Gibb, and lots more. Welcome to Miami Beach. Over the last century, it has been home to industrialists, heiresses, politicians, gangsters, hustlers, drug traffickers, conmen, crooners, movie stars,…
So Hard. Now in its fourth year as a Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week mainstay, Gary Richards’ annual multi-day mini-fest, Hard Miami, has not softened. Since 2011, Richards — the Los Angeles DJ, producer, and superpromoter also known as Destructo — has spent WMC and MMW destoying the…
Pitbull always bites back. Especially when you try to snatch his shades. Case in point: The Miami rapper (born Armando Christian Pérez) has filed a lawsuit in Florida federal court claiming that Oakley, the sports apparel company owned by Luxottica Group S.p.A., is infringing on his “federally-registered Pitbull trademark” by…
In the early-morning hours of January 12, Alex Omes died, suddenly and mysteriously, just hours before his lawsuit against Ultra Music Festival would finally go to trial. Four weeks later, the Miami-Dade County medical examiner has not determined the cause of the Miami nightlife icon and Ultra cofounder’s death. But…
Still shakin’ that bon-bon… For the last 30 years, Ricky Martin has been driving guys and girls crazy all around the world. He started his celebrity life as a 12-year-old teen heartthrob with boy band Menudo. And then he went solo, eventually becoming the face (and hair and abs) of…
Who’s going Grovin’? Settled in 1825, the leafy, laidback enclave known as Coconut Grove, or simply the Grove to locals, is Miami’s oldest continuously inhabited neighborhood. It’s also Dade County’s original hipster hood, predating South Beach and Wynwood by decades. See also: New Times Music Showcase’s Lineup for Coconut Grove…
“Oooh Kill Em! Who’s excited for the new TerRio game!?” That’s the tease for Run TerRio Run, a still-in-development iPhone and Android app starring Lil TerRio, the chubby 7-year-old kid who became internet famous after his “Oooh Kill Em” dance got millions of online views. The founder, Rehan Hussain, of…
Y los nominados son… Since being established in 2013, Miami’s Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame has honored those performers and composers who represent “the greatest Latin talents from all over the world in every genre.” In 2013, Latin Hall inductees included Julio Iglesias and José Feliciano. And last year, Miami’s…
Like Erykah Badu sings: “Bring it over here and let’s go back, way back.” The “On & On” and “Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop)” songstress is the latest headliner added to Miami’s most mature ‘n’ sexy music fest, Jazz in the Gardens. She represents a classic…
UPDATE Uncle Luke and 2 Live Crew have started announcing tour dates. Check out the schedule so far. Booty, booty, booty, booty, booty, booty, booty, booty, booty. The godfathers of Miami bass are back. And there’s gonna be ass everywhere, from the 305 to the 310, and the U.S.A. (where…
Stop sleeping. “The Miami scene is huge in my eyes,” says Dope Entertainment cofounder Tariq Cherif, “and somehow, it’s still slept on.” But he and business partner Matt Zingler got a plan for taking the 305 to the world. It’s the Rolling Loud Music Festival, set to turn up on…
UPDATE The police have revealed that cocaine was found in Alex Omes’ condo after his death. Alex Omes had been missing for 12 hours. The morning of Monday, January 12, his big brother, Carlos, tried texting and calling. But there was no answer. Later in the day, Carlos texted and…
Life and Death is serious stuff. And we don’t just mean the breathing, heartbeating, loving, fighting, and facing mortality that’s being done every day by all 7 billion humans on this lonely planet. We’re also talking about the Life and Death label, run by the worldly DJ Tennis, which attempts…
These hips real estate listings don’t lie. Wanna buy the 8,355-square-foot, six-bedroom, nine-bath home that Colombian pop superstar Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll has owned since 2001? Well, the Colombian pop superstar’s luxurious Miami Beach mansion will only cost you about $12.9 million. And that’s down from her 2013 asking price…
Stigmata. Exploded ears. Underwear full of hot ooze produced by the brown note. These are just some of the strange side effects of attending the International Noise Conference in Miami. For the past 12 years, this annual assembly of auditory deviants and incurable exhibitionists has brought blood, pain, shit, and…
Ramblin’ and rockin’ and rollin’… Ryan Adams is coming to town. The brooding alt-country rocker just expanded his 2015 U.S. tour. And somewhat surprisingly, the North Carolina singer/songwriter has decided to schedule a stop in the Magic City. On Thursday, May 7, he’ll be strumming and wailing at the Fillmore…
UPDATE The police have revealed that cocaine was found in Alex Omes’ condo after his death. Family, friends, and fellow dance music lovers are preparing to say goodbye to Alex Omes. Last week, the Ultra Music Festival cofounder and Miami nightlife icon was found dead at home after failing to…
Dilla forever. It’s been nearly nine years since legendary Detroit hip-hop producer J Dilla (born James Dewitt Yancey) died, just three days after his 32nd birthday, from a rare blood disorder. But there’s no doubt that Jay Dee’s legacy lives. And every year, on the anniversary of his birth, his…
“Gimme Something Good.” So goes Ryan Adams’ latest brooding alt-country tune. “I can’t see/Some darkness on the rise,” he sings on this lead single off his 2014 self-titled album. “I’ll be waiting here/Till the end of time.” A notoriously moody and volatile guy (despite his apparent love of arcade games),…
Three weeks later, the victim of a South Beach club beating remains in a coma. But the Miami Beach Police Department has finally arrested and charged the alleged perpetrator: Cameo bouncer Cody Quaife, AKA Q, a 34 year old who stands six foot, four inches and weighs 265 pounds. On…
What’s Miami native, “Brick in Yo’ Face” rapper, internet celebrity, and self-proclaimed cocaine king Stitches do when he’s gotta fund a reup? Apparently, he joins eBay, lists his “STITCHES DONK,” and waits for the bidders to bring a briefcase full of donk dollars to his “threshold.” (That’s Stitches speak for…
