Will the city and permitting drama at House Nightclub ever end? House has been facing an uphill battle almost since the project was announced in 2011. The futuristic megaclub opened last May. The latest hurdle is a letter from the City of Miami. It tells the owners that the certificate…
The 305’s music scene is blowing up. But it’s not just about Winter Music Conference and Ultra Music Festival. And it’s not just about dance music. “Why is Ultra the only show in Miami with multiple stages, and it’s all EDM?” asks Tariq Cherif, cofounder of Dope Entertainment. “Why don’t…
The work week can be tough. It can be boring. And just when you’re ready to let loose, the weekend can be expensive, especially when you live in Miami and suffer from a bass addiction. Thankfully, there’s a new surge of locals-only parties on the downtown club scene, and Push…
UPDATE The police have revealed that cocaine was found in Alex Omes’ condo after his death. Family, friends, and fellow dance music lovers are preparing to say goodbye to Alex Omes. Last week, the Ultra Music Festival cofounder and Miami nightlife icon was found dead at home after failing to…
Three weeks later, the victim of a South Beach club beating remains in a coma. But the Miami Beach Police Department has finally arrested and charged the alleged perpetrator: Cameo bouncer Cody Quaife, AKA Q, a 34 year old who stands six foot, four inches and weighs 265 pounds. On…
Daleee! Mr. Worldwide for public office? Not quite. That’s just City of Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado giving Armando Christian Pérez the keys to the 305 and Florida Gov. Rick Scott naming Pitbull the Florida Ambassador of the Arts. Not a bad way to celebrate your 34th birthday. See also: Pitbull…
How can a man be everywhere and nowhere all at once? Ask dance music professional Lazaro Casanova. He holds down several jobs. He plays club gigs every week. But “I sometimes get into these music hermit holes,” Casanova says. “I sit here and I get so caught up in work,…
Sure, Lil Wayne may be seeking a divorce from his daddy, Birdman, who runs the Cash Money record label to which Weezy’s been signed since he was 9 years old. But just because he ain’t no longer “Stuntin’ Like His Daddy”… That doesn’t doesn’t mean the “Lollipop” rapper’s gonna quit…
A lot of kids have dreams, and we’re all told to shoot for the stars, but the unfortunate reality is a lot of us get lost along the way. Well, the Cocodrills guys must have found some magic map, because they never wavered or wandered while reaching for the sky…
UPDATE The police have revealed that cocaine was found in Alex Omes’ condo after his death. Only 43 years old, Alex Omes has passed away. He was a cofounder of Ultra Music Festival. And he was a Miami nightlife icon. But most important, he was a father, a son, and…
UPDATE The police have revealed that cocaine was found in Alex Omes’ condo after his death. Word spread on social media today that Ultra Music Festival cofounder and longtime Miami nightlife fixture Alex Omes has passed away at the age of 43. According to the medical examiner’s office, Omes died…
It’s been a tumultuous three years for Miami singer-songwriter Kat Dahlia. In 2012, the fledgling recording artist and former waitress signed a recording contract with Epic Records. A year later, she released her first single, the piano-laced hit “Gangsta,” which ranked 47th on Billboard’s Hop R&B Songs of 2013 list…
Update: An arrest has been made: Cameo bouncer Cody Quaife, AKA Q. Nearly two weeks. But there’s been no progress in the investigation of the South Beach beating on New Year’s Eve that left Mohamed Youness Adlan, a 22-year-old tourist, in a coma. “Unfortunately, he is still in a coma…
True hip-hop will never die. But if the people want to rescue real rap music, they’re gonna have to fight. That’s what Miramar producer Hazardis Soundz is doing with his latest mixtape, Save the Culture, which is a battle cry of lethal verses, head-cracking beats, and OG rappers from the…
#FreeElCritico On March 21, 2013, Ángel Yunier Remón Arzuaga, a Cuban rapper also known as El Critico Del Arte (which translates to The Art Critic), was arrested during a raid on his home by agents of the Castro regime. On October 15, 2014, he was sentenced to six years in…
Saturday night in Miami is flashy, glitzy, glamorous, and quite often expensive. So what is a party kid to do when your wallet is low and your mood is chill? Can’t you just hit a club, have a drink, and listen to some dope tunes without going all out? Sidebar…
“We’re a brand that’s growing from the bottom up,” the Life in Color crew told Crossfade back in 2013, just days before the first-ever LIC Festival was set to splatter neon paint across the Magic City. “We want to just stay hungry, stay humble, and if all goes well, we’ll…
Who’s going Grovin’? Well, we only just announced Miami New Times’ new role as the musical party planner for the Coconut Grove Arts Festival last month. But yep, it’s already time to reveal the 14 national and local bands playing February 14 to 16 at Peacock Park in Miami’s original…
When King Sporty died, Rihanna cried. The man who wrote “Buffalo Soldier” with Bob Marley in a smoke-filled studio in Hialeah flew to the other side on Monday, January 5 in a Miami hospital at the age of 71. With roots in Jamaica’s Trenchtown music scene that wholly informed hip-hop,…
Darren “DJ Spin” Rudnick produced “Scarred,” “It’s Your Birthday,” and “Raise the Roof.” And he was just 12 years old when he first saw 2 Live Crew in concert at the Miami Baseball Stadium. He’d known the group’s music since age 11, when a buddy from school showed him the…
Ballin’ with Hova and Becks… For the past year, former fútbol star and underwear model David Beckham has been working to bring Major League Soccer to Miami. It’s been an absolute soap opera, with starts, stops, schmoozing, recriminations, failed stadium site proposals at Port of Miami and Museum Park, worries…
It’s been a decade and a half. But Fleetwood Mac is whole again. For 15 years, the legendary rock outfit had been touring without singer and keyboardist Christine McVie. She, along with Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, ex-husband John McVie, and Lindsey Buckingham, were the classic Fleetwood Mac crew that crafted…
