Winter Music Conference used to be a whole week of industry insiders schmoozing it up and trading records, but now it’s all about the pool parties. And does that really bother anyone? If so, you’ve probably never actually oiled up for one of these sexy things. So stop being a…
We in Miami, bitch. And we’re beer-bongin’ Coors Light at 11 a.m. on South Beach while riding a stolen DecoBike with our tits out, a brand-new bleeding tattoo disappearing into the crack of that fat ass, and a gut full of Starburst, naked Hooters wings, and Jell-o shots. That’s why,…
Maceo Plex is pretty much the biggest thing in underground dance music right now. He’s definitely one of the most highly anticipated acts playing next week for Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week 2013. You’ll get to catch him at several parties, not the least of which are his…
When Miami rapper Young Scrilla was shot in Overtown while making a music video a couple of weeks ago, details trickled out like a weekend baller trying to make it rain with Wingstop coupons. Now, in a Crossfade exclusive, Dave and LT of TruStory Entertainment — the bosses who threw…
If, like Crossfade, you’ve ever tried to tweetcast a trip to the Port-a-Potty while waiting all weekend in line to take a pee at Ultra Music Festival … Or attempted YouTube-ing a video of some guy making out with a pile of trash behind the dubstep tent … Or even…
Record Store Day 2013 Ambassador Jack White said it best: “We need to re-educate ourselves about human interaction and the difference between downloading a track on a computer and talking to other people in person and getting turned onto music that you can hold in your hands and share with…
Last week, New Times reported on a bill in the Florida Senate that may criminalize bongs and other common marijuana paraphernalia sold everywhere, from smoke shops and record stores to an increasing number of gas stations. And then yesterday, we followed up with an emergency survival kit to help our…
Nightclubs? Boring. Music festivals? Too landlocked. Yacht parties? Now you’re talking! Every year during the month of March, South Florida’s private yacht rental business booms as electronic dance music fanatics flock to the region for Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week’s EDM cruises. Check out New Times’ full Winter…
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…
Seizure music, death electro, and derpstep. Those are the extreme EDM genres Knife Party’s Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen use to describe their music, which reveals a couple of things about these Australian dudes: (1) they don’t take themselves too seriously and (2) they dig dangerous fun. After bumrushing the…
We’d brushed it off as witty banter when Tenacious D’s Jack Black (JB) yelled at band mate Kyle Gass (Kage) for “heavy breathing into the phone” during our interview last week. “Sorry, I wasn’t aware that I was,” Gass admitted, sounding rather embarrassed and deflated before Black could answer a…
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,…
Like some kind of rabid half-human, half-beaver freakshow cooked up in the laboratory of Dr. Moreau, Of Montreal is plowing through the second decade of the new millennium with a psychedelic skill set that employs the best of seemingly disparate gene pools. Of course, the crux of the band’s genetic…
It was, according to Esquire, one of America’s best bars. And closer to home, it served New Times’ favorite smoked fish for nearly six decades. These days, however, Jimbo’s is little more than a grassy plot of vacant land on Virginia Key. But the bait shop and seaside speakeasy’s legacy…
Who will survive Ultra Music Festival, Winter Music Conference, and Miami Music Week 2013? With UMF becoming a two-weekend behemoth and WMC/MMW turning into a ten-day smackdown, the month of March in the MIA has officially become an insane EDM endurance test. And here is the most important rule: Do…
Ultra is more than an annual music festival. It’s an EDM institution. Just like British house legend Carl Cox. Every year at UMF, the Carl Cox and Friends arena (which has been with the fest for its entire 15-year history) gets bigger, better, and brighter. But it doesn’t only exist…
Do you find yourself falling within that treacherous zone of a Venn diagram that connects “Working for the Weekend” with “The Great Recession”? One surefire way to know: Do you work all the fucking time, yet your wallet functions primarily as a seedy motel for moths? Maybe you need to…
Red Bull gives you wings. But the Austrian energy-beverage giant also gives you a reason stay up all night. And no, we’re not talking about the 27 grams of sugar in an 8.3-ounce can. We’re talking about the company’s forthcoming 3:30 a.m. sunrise breakfast parties on South Beach during Winter…
It all begins with the contagious rhythm of the bongos. Bam! The music hits you like a grenade exploding in the middle of La Saguesera. Then the piano joins in. And at this point, you start involuntarily shaking your shoulders. You try to stop, but then the band surges and…
U.K. production duo Disclosure is a definite contender for biggest EDM success story of the new decade. There’s the matter of the pair’s precociousness: Wunderkind brothers Howard and Guy Lawrence started releasing music when they were only 15 and 18 years old. And what music! Their chops in the studio…
It’s easy for EDM snobs to hate on Tiësto. The Dutch DJ/producer’s house and trance records are nuggets of music easily consumed by the masses. They aren’t always risky or forward-thinking, but they seem to get the job done and, more important, make a lot of people happy. Sure, Tiësto…
We hereby nominate Tommie Sunshine for PLUR president. He seems to be the most positive, well-intentioned person on the planet. But for all his posi vibes, he’s not afraid to stand up and fight. When Ultra Music Festival’s two-weekend 2013 party plan came under fire from the City of Miami…
