Sure, Lil Wayne may be seeking a divorce from his daddy, Birdman, who runs the Cash Money record label to which Weezy’s been signed since he was 9 years old. But just because he ain’t no longer “Stuntin’ Like His Daddy”… That doesn’t doesn’t mean the “Lollipop” rapper’s gonna quit…
Megatons of human energy will be expended. But it shouldn’t cost a million bucks. That’s right… We’re talking about an all-night, five-band metal sesh, like this week’s show with Municipal Waste, Torche, Night Birds, Nunhex, and Wrong at downtown Miami’s Grand Central. Some clubs might try to steal your life…
As Michael McDonald once sang: “Grindin’ down a secret part of you…” For 40 years, folks have been making love (and occasionally babies) to the strong and sweet and syrupy strains of this St. Louis native’s soulful voice. After all, they don’t call a man by a nickname like White…
UPDATE The police have revealed that cocaine was found in Alex Omes’ condo after his death. Only 43 years old, Alex Omes has passed away. He was a cofounder of Ultra Music Festival. And he was a Miami nightlife icon. But most important, he was a father, a son, and…
Update: An arrest has been made: Cameo bouncer Cody Quaife, AKA Q. Nearly two weeks. But there’s been no progress in the investigation of the South Beach beating on New Year’s Eve that left Mohamed Youness Adlan, a 22-year-old tourist, in a coma. “Unfortunately, he is still in a coma…
#FreeElCritico On March 21, 2013, Ángel Yunier Remón Arzuaga, a Cuban rapper also known as El Critico Del Arte (which translates to The Art Critic), was arrested during a raid on his home by agents of the Castro regime. On October 15, 2014, he was sentenced to six years in…
Who’s going Grovin’? Well, we only just announced Miami New Times’ new role as the musical party planner for the Coconut Grove Arts Festival last month. But yep, it’s already time to reveal the 14 national and local bands playing February 14 to 16 at Peacock Park in Miami’s original…
Sir Elton returns. It’s been 12 years since the rock legend, gay icon, and member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire has sung about “hunting the horny back toad” in Miami. He last played at the old Miami Arena. (And South Florida at Sunrise’s then-BankAtlantic Center, now…
The Bawse got that Fuego fever. After four straight trips to the NBA Finals and two championships, our Miami Heat (or el Miami Fuego, as the team is known during the National Basketball Association’s annual Noches Latinas) has gotten off to a lackluster start for this 2014-15 season. We lost…
Update: The schedule has been announced for J Dilla Weekend 2015 in Miami. On February 10, 2006, James Dewitt Yancey, also known as J Dilla, died. He had suffered from health problems for much of his life. And he was only 32 when he passed away after a heart attack…
Get down to Grassroots. In 1990, Donna the Buffalo — a cajun, rock, folk, reggae, and country fusion crew — invited friends, fellow bands, and followers to Ithaca, New York, for the inaugural Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival. And over the last quarter century, the movement’s given birth to two sister…
Ballin’ with Hova and Becks… For the past year, former fútbol star and underwear model David Beckham has been working to bring Major League Soccer to Miami. It’s been an absolute soap opera, with starts, stops, schmoozing, recriminations, failed stadium site proposals at Port of Miami and Museum Park, worries…
UPDATE Erykah Badu and Run-D.M.C. just joined Jazz in the Gardens 2015. Jazzin’, slow jammin’, bumpin’ ‘n’ grindin’… In just a few months, Miami’s most mature ‘n’ sexy music fest, Jazz in the Gardens, will return to Sun Life Stadium for yet another sweaty, screaming two-night stand. As always, there’s…
It’s been a decade and a half. But Fleetwood Mac is whole again. For 15 years, the legendary rock outfit had been touring without singer and keyboardist Christine McVie. She, along with Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, ex-husband John McVie, and Lindsey Buckingham, were the classic Fleetwood Mac crew that crafted…
Update: An arrest has been made: Cameo bouncer Cody Quaife, AKA Q. It was just hours into the new year. At about 5 a.m. on Thursday, January 1, a 22-year-old man named Mohamed Youness Adlan was found brutally beaten and unconscious on the sidewalk beside South Beach’s Cameo nightclub, according…
Two crisp $100 bills. That’s the cost of celebrating 2015 with six DJ sets, “dancin’ till dawn, complimentary champagne and cocktails, booty bass bowling, and roller disco.” But you’ve got friends like Discobox, Crew Love, Basement Miami, and Crossfade. So tomorrow night, when Soul Clap, Pillow Talk, No Regular Play,…
Kerrang. Uhntz-uhntz. Ba-boom. Pop-a-da-da. Tiki-tiki. We live in a city where the rock, punk, house, techno, EDM, reggae, rap, bass, and Top 40 never stop. There are secret club shows. Pyrotechnic pop tours. Quiet nights at the theater. Sweaty trips to the pit. And massive music festivals that absolutely overrun…
Neutral Milk Hotel’s got a gift for you. A decade and a half after splitting in 1999, the legendary lo-fi indie folk outfit reunited to tour the world in 2013. And that jaunt hasn’t stopped for two years. Now, though, as NHM reveals, “dear friends we love you but it’s…
The forecast… A torrential downpour of neon goo. In just a few hours, Life in Color, the “World’s Largest Paint Party,” will unleash Kaskade, Diplo, Borgore, Juicy J, Nervo, Carnage, Chainsmokers, a dozen other DJs, its goo guns, 200-person paint cannons, and entirely new pieces of party artillery on thousands…
Even abuela’s attending the afterparty. In Miami, we celebrate the holidays with a festive meal. A nice postre. And a family trip to the club. When dinner’s done and dessert’s been served, it’s time for dancing and drinking and public displays of being merry. Here are the party spots open…
Do the Peacock. ‘Cause Miami New Times just became the musical party planner for the Coconut Grove Arts Festival. Today, CGAF (that’s the fest’s catchy new acronym, pronounced see-gaf) announced the New Times Music Showcase, a three-day, main-stage lineup of over a dozen national and local bands set to perform…
“Bang Bang,” baby. It’s been that kind of 2014 for English pop star Jessie J. She hit the Top 10 on the Hot 100 with her huge summer hit, co-starring Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj. She just dropped her third studio album, Sweet Talker. And now she’s touring the whole…
