Critic's Notebook

Hotflush Miami, With Scuba, Eric Prydz, George Fitzgerald, Dusky at Electric Pickle March 23

Juicy Beach 2013, With Robbie Rivera, Bob Sinclar, Cosmic Gate at Nikki Beach March 21

Last Resort 2013, With Maceo Plex, Michael Mayer, Tiger & Woods, at Villa 221 March 24

We in Miami, bitch. And we’re beer-bongin’ Coors Light at 11 a.m. on South Beach while riding a stolen DecoBike with our tits out, a brand-new bleeding tattoo disappearing into the crack of that fat ass, and a gut full of Starburst, naked Hooters wings, and Jell-o shots. That’s why,…

When Miami rapper Young Scrilla was shot in Overtown while making a music video a couple of weeks ago, details trickled out like a weekend baller trying to make it rain with Wingstop coupons. Now, in a Crossfade exclusive, Dave and LT of TruStory Entertainment — the bosses who threw…

Record Store Day 2013 Ambassador Jack White said it best: “We need to re-educate ourselves about human interaction and the difference between downloading a track on a computer and talking to other people in person and getting turned onto music that you can hold in your hands and share with…

Last week, New Times reported on a bill in the Florida Senate that may criminalize bongs and other common marijuana paraphernalia sold everywhere, from smoke shops and record stores to an increasing number of gas stations. And then yesterday, we followed up with an emergency survival kit to help our…

It was, according to Esquire, one of America’s best bars. And closer to home, it served New Times’ favorite smoked fish for nearly six decades. These days, however, Jimbo’s is little more than a grassy plot of vacant land on Virginia Key. But the bait shop and seaside speakeasy’s legacy…

Weak economy? Yeah, right! Despite staggering unemployment rates and a sinking middle class, the top 100 American bars, lounges, and nightclubs generated an estimated $1.5 billion in revenue last year, according Nightclub and Bar Media Group’s “Nightclub & Bar Top 100.” And while Las Vegas brought in the most money…

If you’ve gone out to Gramps, Electric Pickle, Bardot, or any other bars in Wynwood lately, you may have noticed your night ending earlier than usual. Well, if so, you’ve got Section 4-3 of the City of Miami’s Code of Ordinances to thank. The ordinance states that “no vendor of…

Ultra Music Festival is nothing without the music. Well, that and the thousands of attendees. But the people wouldn’t come knockin’ if the beat didn’t stay rockin’. That being said, the Ultra fest folks are working with the people at Ultra Records to bring you “what is guaranteed to be…

Every morning, there’s a halo hanging from the corner of our girlfriend’s four post bed. Today, it’s soiled in sadness because Mark McGrath, lead singer of Sugar Ray and former Extra co-host, has canceled his Nineties Nostalgia cruise. Scheduled to depart from Miami in October, the ‘Mark McGrath and Friends’…

Of the over 8.2 million permanent inhabitants of New York City, and the nearly 51 million international and domestic tourists who visit each year, only one pinguo from Miami has around-the-clock protection from the city’s finest, the NYPD. That man is Rick Ross. According to TMZ (via Hip-Hop Wired), New…

Oh, Kanye… Mr. Kim Kardashian-in-waiting was performing at a show in France on Monday night when the Chicago MC decided to proverbially blow himself on stage, shooting a heavy load of arrogance from his cocky mouth and into the collective face of an unsuspecting Parisian crowd. “There’s no motherfuckin’ awards…

If a picture’s worth a thousand words, an electronic-dance-music site has to be in the neighborhood of $50 million, right? According to the New York Times, SFX Entertainment, which owns a stake in the Opium Group (Mansion, Set, Cameo) and is in the midst of negotiating a deal with Miami…

Coño, mira que ese Pitbull es tremendo tipo. The Miami-born, 305-based MC recently sat down with VEVO after becoming a 100 Million Certified artist, a distinction reserved exclusively for the website’s crème de la crème whose music videos have garnered more than 100 million views like Pit’s “Rain Over Me”…

Oh girls, we never learn. We always love the assholes who treat us like garbage. As long as they give us just enough to feel like “this time is different.” Well, this time it is different, because it’s not just on-again, off-again rumors of dating and Instakissing. It’s full-on marriage…

Cottonmouth king and Miami-born U.S. Senator Marco Rubio is a sucker for good hip-hop. And as such, he thinks Lil Wayne Lame is simply a vehicle of mindless entertainment with little substance. TMZ caught up with the republican senator at Washington D.C.’s Reagan National Airport this morning and asked the…

R.I.P. to the school kids killed in Little Haiti and Liberty City over the weekend, and respect to their families.Assault weapon shooting sprees are all too common in Miami. And a weekend full of gunfire saw Liberia, Hollywood’s own Young Scrilla caught in a hail of bullets between scenes of…

When Every Time I Die hit the national scene with Last Night in Town in 2001, they forged a sound that, at that point, had not really been considered by hardcore and metal fans. The band played aggressive music built on a foundation of classic rock that was grown in…

First, it was a three-page open letter directed at some shitty rapper who said extraordinarily heinous things about a city that has unconditionally and inexplicably embraced his sorry ass. Now, Pepe Billete has rallied the troops yet again to continue the public shaming of a has-been MC in his latest…

Con los terroristas Cubanitos… Get it straight: When it comes to Miami-Dade County, Pitbull will “ride for [his] motherfuckin’ clique, die for [his] motherfuckin’ clique,” and “bust heads with [his] motherfuckin’ clique.” And if you “talk shit, watch [his] shit go click.” He’s not kidding. It’s not just a “305…