So Hard. Now in its fourth year as a Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week mainstay, Gary Richards’ annual multi-day mini-fest, Hard Miami, has not softened. Since 2011, Richards — the Los Angeles DJ, producer, and superpromoter also known as Destructo — has spent WMC and MMW destoying the…
Paradise Garage. As DJ Joey Llanos explained to New Times yesterday: “It was a sanctuary where people of all backgrounds, races, colors, creeds or sexual orientation were accepted on the the dance floor as one. They all came there for one purpose, and that was to hear the greatest sound…
Miami hip-hop unite! Crazy Hood’s DJ EFN has a new album, Another Time, that matches the best underground talent in America with some of the godfathers of the genre to make an indelible classic on wax, tape, CD, and digital. With two decades of mixtape mastery, artist management, marketing, promotions,…
When one thinks of the sensitive singer/songwriter types who thrived in the early 1970s, certain artists come to mind: James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young were the big buzz, and yet, though their songs embodied a starry-eyed sensibility, none of them could squeeze more pathos from their platitudes than…
It’s no coincidence that Friday the 13th falls on the eve of Valentine’s Day this year. That’s because something supernatural is about to happen in the Magic City… Cheap weekend parties. Some even free. Sure, it’s a strange phenomenon, but hey, we’ll take it. So leave your superstitions behind. Grab…
Larry Levan and NYC’s seminal Paradise Garage nightclub are now the stuff of legend — a source of nostalgia for a bygone golden era of dance music culture, even among the younger generation that never got to experience it. But an invaluable oral history of that time and place endures…
Does Wynwood really need a piano bar? Well, Yvette Naranjo and the Cafeina Wynwood Lounge crew think so. And soon, enthusiasts of ivory tickling can spend one night a week on NW 23rd Street, singing along to Billy Joel’s “Piano Man” with a real-life piano man. “There’s no neighborhood bar…
With 52 years of experience, the Coconut Grove Arts Festival need hardly prove itself as a credible destination for artists, patrons, crafters, or appreciators. Tradition shows it’s a great place for families and friends to congregate and glimpse the colorful works and offerings of Miami’s many creatives. But what about…
Free drinks, free ice cream, and hot beats. What’s not to love about Sidebar’s new ladies’ night, Ice Cream Thursdays? It’s everything you’ve come to expect from the Chocolate Sundays and Peachfuzz Fridays crews. But now they’re double-swirling their talents and topping it off with plenty of sprinkles. “Wherever you…
Eminem may be a Grammy-winning rap god, but even he can’t walk where 2 Live Crew does in Detroit. That’s according to Monte Cristoe da Horse Trainer from Red Team Entertainment, a life long resident of The D who reps the crew all over the Midwest. As Fresh Kid Ice,…
Gen-Y locals may remember former Miami resident Adrian Michna from his time with the Secret Frequency Crew, whose “Miami Eyes” 12-inch from 2003 became something of an underground hit in our city’s hippest dance clubs. Of course, as DJ Egg Foo Young, Michna also released straight-up Miami breakdance records with…
“Ladies leave your man at home, the club is full of ballas and they pockets full grown. And all you fellas leave your girl with her friends ’cause it’s 11:30 and the club is jumpin’, jumpin’.” Those lyrics may have been the opening lines and chorus of Destiny’s Child 2000…
Lookin’ for some love in the club this Valentine’s Day? Well, lucky for you, Crossfade can always be counted upon to hook you up with the sexiest nightlife in the 305. And while we may not be relationship experts, we know enough to say that there will be, whether out…
Pitbull always bites back. Especially when you try to snatch his shades. Case in point: The Miami rapper (born Armando Christian Pérez) has filed a lawsuit in Florida federal court claiming that Oakley, the sports apparel company owned by Luxottica Group S.p.A., is infringing on his “federally-registered Pitbull trademark” by…
In the early-morning hours of January 12, Alex Omes died, suddenly and mysteriously, just hours before his lawsuit against Ultra Music Festival would finally go to trial. Four weeks later, the Miami-Dade County medical examiner has not determined the cause of the Miami nightlife icon and Ultra cofounder’s death. But…
Still shakin’ that bon-bon… For the last 30 years, Ricky Martin has been driving guys and girls crazy all around the world. He started his celebrity life as a 12-year-old teen heartthrob with boy band Menudo. And then he went solo, eventually becoming the face (and hair and abs) of…
Have you been to LIV or Story recently? They are making sooo much money off the uhntz-uhntz. Once again, SoBe’s most illustrious megaclubs make the bank and the cut, placing among the top ten in Nightclub & Bar Media Group’s 2015 list of the 100 Highest-Grossing Nightclubs, Bars, and Lounges…
The J Dilla Day Weekend 2015’s Birthday BBQ at LMNT in Wynwood was a nostalgia trip through all things Dilla and the hip-hop days of yore. Hipsters, hip-hop heads, stoners, and the occasional high schoolers united for the day the experience a festival that seemed designed to entertain the late,…
In a way, listing International Noise Conference 2015’s ten most insane moments is an exercise in futility. The whole five-day freak fest contained a wealth of bizarre occurrences, and not all of them were limited to the stage. With hundreds of acts spanning almost a full week of performances, a…
You’d think the man who wrote and performed the reggae fusion smash “It Wasn’t Me” might have trouble convincing his love interest that he can be an honest man. Shaggy laughs at that notion. “I had a girlfriend when I wrote that song. She knows I’m a big storyteller and…
Who’s going Grovin’? Settled in 1825, the leafy, laidback enclave known as Coconut Grove, or simply the Grove to locals, is Miami’s oldest continuously inhabited neighborhood. It’s also Dade County’s original hipster hood, predating South Beach and Wynwood by decades. See also: New Times Music Showcase’s Lineup for Coconut Grove…
Rise and shine, you love birds… Valentine’s Day is almost here. Before you go broke trying to impress Mr. or Mrs. Right Now with all those gourmet chocolates and exotic flowers, treat yo’ self to some good ‘ol music with this week’s five best concerts. Check ’em out, from the…
