Each and every year, beat freaks become enraged when Ultra Music Festival’s early-bird tickets sell out. Like, instantly. This year, it took a whole 240 seconds. “With over 200,000 hopefuls waiting in the online queue,” Ultra organizers boasted in a post-sale press release, “it’s no surprise that the incredible value…
Poor Big Boi. It seems the slickest, most Southernplayalistic half of Outkast still touring has injured himself while rockin’ a stage. And now he has to sit out for at least six weeks. According to Billboard, the rapper was giving it his all at Summer Camp Fest in Chillicothe, Illinois,…
Floyd Mayweather isn’t nicknamed “Money” for nothing. The welterweight champion came through King of Diamonds on Monday night and unleashed thunderstorms onto big-booty strippers. He came rollin’ up fresh in his “Money truck” and reportedly dropped $100,000! See also: -Six Best Strip Club Parties for Memorial Day Weekend 2013 in…
People are really mad at Ultra Music Festival about this early-bird ticket debacle. Like, seriously … They’re ready to throw down their finger gloves and walk out of this relationship for the last time. The fans are tired of what they see as “the marketing tactics of a greedy business…
Feed Me is a genius. In a bold move that shows wisdom, courage, soul, and respect for his craft, the beloved dubstep and hard electro DJ and producer announced his departure from the scene via Twitter, effectively quitting EDM. Citing the current scene’s lack of creativity and meaning, Feed Me…
Is Ultra Music Festival, like, the Guantanamo Bay of music festivals? It must be, because buying early-bird tickets is torture, bro. Alright, that was just for the LOLs. But if you looked at the sensational new Facebook page Boycott Ultra Music Festival, you’d think UMF was just the meanest …
Over a half-century ago, Mack Emerman created Criteria Studios in North Miami. In 1959, it was a modest single-room studio setup. But after forming a partnership with legendary Miami-bred producer Tom Dowd, Criteria became the headquarters for Atlantic Records South, blooming into a massive (and moneyed) operation that produced dozens…
“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…
The festival was supposed to be Miami’s biggest music event of 2012.
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…
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…
Everyone’s talking about Kanye West’s new album and how awesome it’s going to be. Meanwhile, Kim K is getting so plumped up, we know that baby is about to drop. His new album has a ridiculous name, and it goes without saying that the Louis Vuitton Don will concoct some…
“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,…
Well, the world has spoken. And Miami’s great for music. Rather, the English young men’s lifestyle brand Complex Magazine has spoken, and it thinks Blackbird Ordinary and the Electric Pickle are two of the best concert venues in the whole United States of America. Not only do our mighty musical…
A day at the beach is supposed to be relaxing. But shortly after Entertainment Tonight’s Rob Marciano sat down with Jennifer Lopez on the Fort Lauderdale Beach video shoot set for “Live It Up,” J-Lo’s latest collaboration with Pitbull, gunfire cast a dark cloud over production. “BREAKING: Gunshots fired on…
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…
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…
One day, you’re a young artist struggling to find yourself in a strict Christian household. But then, only 15 months later, you’ve moved out, released your first EP, and scored a co-sign from Pharrell who tweets that you’re “the future!” Life is strange that way. Just ask 20-year-old Austin Paul,…
“Retired marimbero” and Miami New Times columnist Pepe Billete doesn’t know many specifics about the Battle of Puebla, Mexico’s victorious May 5 mêlée against France during the Franco-Mexican War in 1862. However, that isn’t stopping the frisky felt puppet from hosting tremenda fiesta to commemorate the occasion with Nadastrom, Craze,…
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…
Over the last few years, the so-called “New Miami” hip-hop scene has started to thrive, with artists J. Nics, Lil Fway Champ, Flight School Preps, Jigg, and 24-year-old Phresh James leading the charge. A couple weeks ago, though, the scene seemed to take a big blow, when Phresh took to…
