George Clinton is one of the God particles of hip-hop. Like James Brown before him, his crucial contributions to the world of funk form the basis of rap as we know it. Not just the samples, the breaks, the ripoffs, and the re-writes, but the classics. From De La Soul’s…
Good morning, party people. You’re probably the super-serious sort of nightlifers. And that means you will have already been celebrating that weeklong holiday known as Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week for about 46 hours now. There has been no sleep. (Except for five-minute power naps in VIP poolside…
Ever since joining Major Lazer, Walshy Fire has been circling the globe, dropping bass, and inciting international party crowds into wild, explosive, and twerkelated versions of themselves. It’s the logical progression for a Jamaican kid from Carol City who picked up on music early and never let it go. First…
Splish, splash, and uhntz-uhntz. Every year, when Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week come ’round, picking the right H2O bash to show off that cute “I’m in Miami, Bitch!” bikini and matching shades can be a daunting task. Luckily, we at New Times have taken many trips to the…
George Clinton has fought so many lawyers, he can smoke a spliff rolled in a Habeas Corpus and still know every word printed on it. For decades he has fought for legal and monetary justice over song copyrights he says were fraudulently signed out from under him and then exploited…
Do not stop dancing. Maybe you haven’t heard (and maybe you live in a padded, soundproof room with no internet, a busted TV set, and boarded-up windows), but that annual 144-hour dance marathon known as Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week is about to swarm South Beach, downtown, Wynwood,…
White sands. Neon. Bikini bottoms on babes of both sexes. This is Miami Beach, a land of sun and fun, late nights and megaclubs, humble coconut vendors, and princelings of excess, where the waves roll forever, the mojitos are always cold, and it’s perfectly acceptable to stroll through the streets…
Mekka, the longstanding Park West nightclub, will close its doors after Winter Music Conference 2015. Owner Michael Slyder confirmed the news to New Times this morning via email, saying, “Our landlord, Miami Worldcenter, is set to begin construction in April or May and our building, along with many others, will…
Firebeatz & Friends. With Crespo, Dubvision, Jay Hardaway, Julian Jordan, Kenneth G, and special guests. 11 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, at FDR at the Delano, 1685 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; 305-674-5752; delano-hotel.com. Tickets cost $15 plus fees via wantickets.com. Ages 21 and up. Octopus Recordings Showcase. In the club’s Room…
“On March 12, 2005,” marvels Lolo Reskin, “Sweat Records first opened its doors to the public!” Whoa, we can’t believe it’s been a whole decade since Little Haiti’s little music shop started selling vintage vinyl, new pressings, limited-editon CDs, and many other fine collectible items with the talismanic power to…
George Clinton has a long and wild history with Miami. Not only did he snort mini-mountains of coke in Brickell’s Four Ambassadors Hotel while George H.W. Bush declared his War on Drugs from inside the same building, but he also cooked a giant crack rock here that he refused to…
A quick listen to the radio or a glance at the modern musical landscape shows proof of a total electronic takeover. Some of the industry’s most recognizable faces smile from behind a laptop rather than a microphone, and the dance scene remains one of the highest-grossing and most resilient outgrowths…
It’s no mistake that Pitbull’s breakout hit was named “Calle Ocho.” Every year, over a million people show up for Miami’s largest street festival, making it one of the world’s great wonders in human entertainment. Many nations gather under the beating March sun to dance, feast, and party at that…
If anyone understands beauty upkeep, it’s you, Miami. Yes, New Times is getting a little nip and tuck and coming back to you very soon looking a bit more, um, refreshed. While we’re gone, there won’t be any new content on our site until midday Monday, March 16. (It takes…
Cops have swarmed Lil Wayne’s Miami Beach mansion. Around 12:45 this afternoon, police received a phone call reporting a multiple shooting at the rapper’s 94 Lagorce Circle residence. According to the caller, four people were wounded. A perimeter has been set outside the mansion, and the authorities have brought in…
“A little trouble,” Iggy Azalea insists, “only makes for a good time.” Well, let’s hope she’s right. Because her fans aren’t exactly thrilled about having to wait another five months for the Aussie rapper’s Great Escape tour. Originally set to begin on April 14 and run till May 24, Azalea’s…
“Feel like a woman”? Good. Because ’90s pop country superstar Shania Twain just announced the Rock This Country tour, hitting 48 cities from Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Winnipeg to Nashville, Austin, and even Miami. Twain has spent the last two years holding down a residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas…
It’s a Saturday afternoon, and Alexander Izquierdo is smoking the last of his cigarettes outside of DJ Infamous’ studio in North Miami. He’s recovering from a night (and morning) of South Beach clubbing for a friend’s bachelor party. It’ll continue, but not until this stopgap of an interview has been…
She’s been blessed with a Rebel Heart. From “Like a Virgin” to Sex to asking Ultra Music Festival ravers to pinpoint the whereabouts of Molly… Madonna Louise Ciccone has always defied her detractors, her censors, her critics. And she’s never apologized. Now 56, she’s about to release a new album,…
What’s the last time you spent money to go see a band you’ve never heard of before? Never, right? Well, you’re not alone. Today, the money in the music industry’s in concerts and touring. Still, most people won’t spend their hard earned cash on a ticket unless they’re big fans…
Update: At 1 p.m. on February 27, 2015, it’s been confirmed Lisa’s car was found at Cooley’s Landing Marina. We’ll keep you updated as new information comes in. By Andrea Richard When Fort Lauderdale musician and piano teacher, Lisa “Noodles” Hayden-Gordon, was reported missing, her family, friends, and the South…
If it weren’t for cocaine, strippers, weed, and liquor, Amos Larkins II may have never started making Miami bass records. Long since clean, sober, and completely drug and alcohol free, this is a story going back 25 years. He is now healthy, vegetarian, and practicing yoga and meditation daily. Larkins…
