Comedy’s in a weird place right now. It’s seen a mass middlebrow resurgence of sorts, after inside-baseball podcasts and Louis CK’s artsy crit-baiting TV show. And it’s also seen new backlash, after Tosh.0’s rape jokes revealed that hecklers can be as much the victims of comedians as the other way…
Punxsutawney Phil is quite possibly the worst friggin’ groundhog weatherman in the world. Not only did the Pennsylvanian woodchuck predict an early spring about a week before a massive snowstorm ravaged the Northeast, Bill Murray’s Groundhog Day co-star also failed to mention that at least one part of Miami is…
“This ain’t no Twitter beefin’ or no online beef.” Last night at the Beats By Dre’s NBA All-Star Game finale party, Lil Wayne officially declared war on the Miami Heat. “You let them niggas know I’m from the streets,” the Young Money maniac snarled. “Just take it to the motherfucking…
Double-platinum country music recording star and the oft-tormented Mindy McCready was found dead at her Arkansas property last night, the victim of an apparent suicide. She was 37. According to a statement released by the Cleburne County Sheriff’s office, McCready died of a self-inflected gunshot wound Sunday afternoon on the…
In the shadows of a cocaine skyline, in the bitter freeze of winter, with fewer than a legion of supporters, and a raging douchenozzle hellbent on destruction … The seven samurai of Fishbone gathered by the river, armed for battle, and unleashed a sonic boom of future funk on the…
Murs Road to Paid Dues Tour With Fashawn, Prof, DJs Foundation and Fundo The Stage Miami Friday, February 15, 2013 On February 10, 2004, when Kanye brokered the peace deal between the benzes and the backpacks at Camp ‘Ye-vid, Murs stayed in the trenches looking at that bridge like it…
Wait … We thought the whole Deadmau5 vs. Ultra Music Festival thing had been resolved? Back in December 2011, the King Rat (a repeat Ultra headliner) kicked off a largely one-sided feud by posting a YouTube rant that slammed the festival for its high ticket prices, exclusivity contracts, and doing…
Danny Daze is a superstar DJ. After spending years grinding out five-day work weeks in the MIA, this local EDM mastermind finally broke free with “Your Everything,” a major club banger that officially turned him into a big fucking deal. He’s relocated to Spain. And he’s become a fixture on…
Two weeks ago, Robbie Rivera kicked off the beat-freaking season by revealing the nine-act Phase One lineup for Juicy Beach 2013. The roster was already loaded with Mr. Rivera, Bob Sinclar, Cosmic Gate … But the Juicy crew still promised more “all star talent to be announced in the coming…
It’s damn tough trying keep a bar or club open in Miami. Most times, as soon as the shine wears off a cool new joint, our city’s fickle glitterati and hipster horde simply get sick of the place, dismissing it as “over” and dooming yet another party spot to nightlife…
Generation Wild Tour With Deniz Koyu, Danny Avila, dBerrie and Mikael Weermets Thursday, February 14, 2013 Better Than: Speed dating for a Valentine’s companion. Did the youth of Miami prove they party hardest? Last night, the Generation Wild Tour made its stop at LIV for a crowd of eye-contact enthusiasts,…
The artist formerly known as Tity Boi (AKA 2 Chainz) was “riding round [and] gettin’ it” with six of his homies last night on his way to a homecoming show at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore when state police pulled the rapper over on a routine traffic stop. Unfortunately…
It’s the worst feeling in the world; you’ve washed the blood off your hands and packed the corpse in the trunk when, all of a sudden, you and your accomplices find a heavily bandaged wheelchair-bound man on the side of the road. Exposed only by a small hole in the…
A wise man once sang, “I don’t wanna work, I just wanna bang on these drums all day.” And lord almighty, do we relate. Especially when working consists of writing about other shmucks banging on drums all day. Lucky for us (and you, and most of the industrial world), the…
Michael Glabicki is 2 and a half years old. His bloody head is on the pavement. Tiny body still. Pupils pointed skyward. Eyes empty. The car that nearly crushed him has finally stopped moving, but the pain is a beating drum inside his skull. And the gleaming light that shines…
With Made Event’s longstanding Sunday School party going kaput before Winter Music Conference 2012, revelers were deprived of a properly epic closing party. But then SAFE Miami, Embrace Miami, and Liaison Artists came to the rescue with their first annual installment of Last Resort at Villa 221, the most buzzed-about…
Valentine’s Day really blows. If you’re single, lovey-dovey shit will be rubbed in your face at every turn. And if you’re not single, you’ve got to come up with some kind of sappy, cheesy display of affection or else end up in the dog house. And why? Because Hallmark and…
With just 29 days till Downtown Miami’s Bayfront Park becomes totally flooded with LED-wielding beat freaks … Ultra Music Festival 2013 has announced its Phase 3 lineup. Among this final round of 40-plus acts: Intrepid Ultra defender Tommie Sunshine, along with Marco Bailey, Christian Smith, DJ Marky, Dieselboy, Mark Knight,…
Growing up in the 305, Danny Daze started out as a 13-year-old DJ inspired by the ass-quaking bass of DJ Laz, Crazy Legs, and Dynamix II. “I really got influenced by the b-boy scene in Miami — Hot Wheels, Thunder Wheels,” he told Crossfade last year. “Then little by little…
Ultra Music Festival is goin’ on tour, beat freaks. So if you don’t have the massive cash stash for a road trip to the flagship in the MIA (or enough frequent flyer rewards points for a jet ride to Ultra Europe in Croatia), just rendezvous with the UMF crew, Fedde…
The northern English city of Leeds is a real hotbed of electronic dance music. A few talented natives we’ve chatted with in the past include Simon Baker, Paul Woolford and Death on the Balcony. And another illustrious act hailing from Leeds is Audiojack, the DJ-production duo of Jamie Rial and Rich…
Fishbone, as Part of Swamp Stomp 2013, at Tobacco Road February 16
