We reported earlier this morning on the passing of industry legend Bill Aucoin, best known as the mastermind for Kiss’ massive success in the ’70s. What the national obituaries fail to mention, though, is that in recent years, Aucoin had re-started an artist management business based in South Florida. Among his…
Ever since Gustavo Cerati suffered a stroke this past May 15 after a performance in Caracas, Venezuela, his family has been extremely protective of news regarding his health. Even after he was transferred to a hospital in Buenos Aires on June 7, the only real fact they’ve confirmed is that…
After causing quite a comment stir with his unique sense of humor on this post last week, Induce is out to prove to the nonbelievers that he, indeed, has some musical prowess of his own to showcase. In that post, Induce mentioned his new solo album, Halfway Between You and…
In the Nicki Minaj vs. Lil Kim war, the Queen Bee hasn’t exactly been acting regal. As the younger femcee’s star has risen, Kim seems to be taking more and more potshots at Nicki. First, there was that incident in early June where she appeared onstage with a Nicki-style candy-colored wig,…
We love music awards season this year, largely thanks to Twitter — the real-time discussion and dissection of the county’s pop-stars makes for an entertaining way to spend a few hours “working.” (Plus, some of you all on our Twitter feed, at @Crossfade_SFL, are hilarious).Anyways, we glued ourselves to the…
This could possibly be the weirdest sex scandal ever released. As you may have heard, according to the Washington Post, a police report has just been found which lists Al Gore (yes, that Al Gore) as the suspect in a complaint reporting unwanted sexual contact.Apparently, the former Vice President of…
Rahsaan “A Fly Guy” Alexander — better known simply as Rahsaan — must be one of Miami’s hardest-working individuals.The MC released his new album, Georgetown, earlier this year (get it now on iTunes.) But overall, saying that Rahsaan is “driven” is a real understatement. When he’s not in the studio working on…
Well, it happens every year and this year is no different. The official DJ of the Miami Heat, DJ Irie, kicks off his annual Irie Weekend festivities at LIV tonight. The event is slated to start at 11 p.m. and will feature DJ Irie himself and fellow Artist Related DJ Jessica…
Miami New Times editor-in-chief Chuck Strouse has limited us to six F-words per post (what is he, the state police?), so we’d just like to say fuck communism, fuck Fidel, fuck censorship, fuck political repression, fuck the system, and fuck the tyranny of evil! Freedom of speech is awesome. Too bad…
New Times loves the Borscht Film Festival and all the slightly off-kilter players behind it. That’s why this year, the paper awarded Borscht Best Film Festival in our Best of Miami Issue. We also gave co-founder Lucas Leyva another nod for Best Local Music Video, for his surprising, Wynwood-centric clip…
DJ Induce is no stranger to the local music scene … in fact, he is the scene. Having started his burgeoning DJ career well over ten years ago, Induce (a.k.a. Ryan Smith) has DJed for anyone and everyone, in every night and day club, selecting records varied and vast, from…
Somehow, this gaffe by a one-time freestyle star went unnoticed for over a year until L.A.-based gossip site RadarOnline blew up her spot yesterday. Apparently Gioia Bruno, a singer in popular Miami synth-pop group Expose from 1986 to 1990, was arrested in Broward County in April 2009 for trafficking meth in…
A quick head’s up, to clear any confusion: turntablist wizard Cut Chemist will not perform at Shake at the Vagabond tonight, as New Times indicated this week in print. The show has been postponed at the last minute, but a new, rescheduled date of August 5 is firm, promoters say.Shake is…
Former drug dealer, Los Angeles-based Ricky “Freeway” Ross, has been threatening Miami rapper Rick Ross with a lawsuit for a while. But this past Friday his attorney, Melvin Sharpe Jr., finally filed the paperwork in the Los Angeles federal district court. Crossfade got its grubby paws on the full complaint, and…
New Times recently gave Kill Your Idol, the new bar occupying the old Blue space, the nod for Best Jukebox. It’s true — the venue is part of the extended Vagabond / Lost Weekend / Respectable Street / et. al. galaxy, and as such there are some seriously music-minded people…
We reported last month that California ex-drug kingpin Ricky “Freeway” Ross was suing Miami rapper Rick Ross, for, basically, creating brand confusion and preventing Freeway from profiting off his own name and image. (Only in America!) Dealer Rick Ross is recently out of prison, and, one assumes, looking to make…
So much of what passes for R&B on the radio these days is boring, syrupy synth-pop that tastes good for a minute but, like all sugar rushes, hits quick and wears off a few minutes later. Then, there are the rare artists like The-Dream, a singer / songwriter / music…
MTV Tr3s, the network juggernaut’s bilingual English-Spanish channel, is relaunching on July 12. It’s dropping the “MTV” from its name, instead going with the moniker “Tr3s: MTV, Musica y Mas.” It may not have the same punchy ring as before, but Tr3s is definitely making a new entrance in style.Continuing…
Nak is one of Miami’s rising newcomers. Representing B2 Entertainment, he offers a good mix of lyricism and clear delivery with a bit of southern twang thrown in the mix. Nak has been creating quite a buzz with a couple local releases, including his 2009 mixtape Half Man, Half Cadillac…
If you were as shocked as we were when 103.5 the Beat suddenly ceased broadcasting, you can now breathe a sigh of relief. Newly launched, Florida-based web broadcaster Da One Radio is now catering to fans of hip-hop and R&B who seek an alternative to what urban radio has become.Da One…
Media outlets from TMZ to Perez Hilton are reporting that Jay-Z is being sued for stiffing a Miami-based charter jet company, Air Platinum Holding, to the tune of $250,000 for not paying his flight bills.Not so fast. The owner of the company, Mickael Cohen, is what you might call a…
There’s been no positive update to the condition of Argentine singer-songwriter and Latin rock pioneer Gustavo Cerati, but his family hasn’t lost hope. Cerati remains in the FLENI clinic in Buenos Aires, where he was transferred on June, 7, following his May 15 hospitalization in Caracas, Venezuela after a collapse…
