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Winter Music Conference organizers have finally responded to all the commotion happening around Ultra Music Festival’s decision to hold its event outside of the week of the conference. In a press release WMC says, “We were blindsided by Ultra’s last minute announcement this morning.”…

Uh-oh. The whole Winter Music Conference and Ultra Music Festival separation has suddenly taken a ugly turn. While there have been whispers and rumors as to why next year’s conference is occurring separate from Ultra, nobody has really come out and said anything publicly. But leave it to Club Space…

If you weren’t aware, producer-DJ A-Trak and Chromeo frontman Dave 1 are brothers. We don’t mean, like, pals … actual blood-related brothers. Both were born in Montreal, but A-Trak went on to become Kanye West’s touring DJ and later a well-known producer. Dave 1, on the other hand, took a…

Holy shit, SoFlo freaks. Can we not catch a break? Last time, Monotonix trekked this far south (or almost, it was Respectables in West Palm), the band’s explosive Israeli punk-show-slash-Krav-Maga-exhibition ended prematurely after lead singer Ami Shalev totally fucked up his leg. And now, Crossfade just got word that Monotonix’s…

The news that Winter Music Conference would be moving to mid-March seems to have shocked the electronic music scene. Most are questioning whether or not the conference can survive without the help of Ultra Music Festival. Local nightclubs and promoters are torn as to whether to hold their events during…

Were you at Fox’s Lounge last night? I’m not asking because you look like crap this morning. (Not strictly speaking, anyway.) I only ask because if you were, you no doubt caught one of Miami’s biggest current buzz bands, Space Between Words, throwing it down live. And if you were,…

It’s been a minute since we heard from Miami’s native son, Trick Daddy. As the hip-hop industry focuses its attention on some New Orleans imports invading South Florida, it’s easy to forget the OGs in this town. Yet there’s no question that Trick Daddy (AKA Maurice Young) is the godfather…

Really … Why are boomers so obsessed with cleansing rock stars of their sins? Almost 42 years ago, chubby junkie, Doors mojo master, and FSU dropout Jim Morrison showed up in Coconut Grove’s Dinner Key Auditorium, got extremely wasted, tried to sing “Touch Me,” spiced up incoherent rants with “fuck” and “shit,”…

Big news! Winter Music Conference is moving from its end of March week-long marathon — usually, after SXSW — to mid-March. We spoke to director of operations Kirk Pascal who said that the dates of March 8 to 12 at the Miami Beach Convention Center are locked down. The news…

It ain’t no Masquerade Motel, but two-thirds of the Swedish House Mafia are coming back to the city — for separate gigs, mind you. Yes, the guys still make time to tour as solo acts. Though, with their rising status as superstar DJs, we wonder for how much longer.The oldest…