S.S. Coachella: Gettin’ My Nails Did with Sleigh Bells’ Alexis Krauss

Courtesy of SephoraAlexis Krauss is all about the nails, girl. Fashion and music are the funniest-looking twin sisters. They’re always together, always kinda sloppy. Sometimes they dress up like a swan or wear a big mouse head. Together, they’re always looking to make a bold statement. If you follow Sleigh…

S.S. Coachella Cruise, Day One: Father John Misty, Yeasayer, !!!, Pulp

Photo by Ian WitlenJarvis Cocker and Pulp aboard the S.S. Coachella.The S.S. Coachella set out to sea rather unceremoniously. There weren’t horns, not a streamer in sight, and no one smashed bottles against the body of the ship. But we’d all been aboard the Celebrity Silhouette for about four hours…

Brook Dorsch: Father Wynwood

Kids crunch food-truck tacos; long-haired, barefoot musicians strum and sing; and overdressed hipsters with mixed expressions watch performance art. Gallerist Brook Dorsch remembers a time before scenes like these dominated Wynwood. “It was a lot quieter,” he says of the days when he first purchased a place in the area…

Afrobeta: Perfect Pair

Afrobeta’s magnetic force and upbeat songs dare you not to dance. The duo has a look, feel, and sound that captures the energy of a midsummer Miami rave on the sand. Cuci Amador belts out tropical lyrics while Tony Smurphio mixes dance tracks behind her. Miami-bred, they attended Catholic school…

Primate Couture

​Getting your hair cut is an intimate experience, and finding a new stylist is like meeting a new sexual partner. You have to find out if you’re compatible. If they’re worth the cost and risk. You wear your hair on your head every single day, so whomever is manhandling it…

Imagine This

Pure Imagination is proof that radio as a medium for art is alive and well in Miami. Matt Gajewski — former radio DJ, music teacher, writing tutor, and all-around nice guy — weaves tales that are romantic, complex, and intoxicatingly entertaining. With Pure Imagination, Gajewski places our secret feelings, odd…

Get Deco’d Out

Drunk, drugged, bedazzled tourists stumble around South Beach intent on getting laid, with eyes only on the next party. It’s good for our economy, but it also sucks, because their glazed gazes miss out on Miami’s greatest treasure: its architecture. Happily for the rest of us, the 35th annual Art…

Fashion Freakouts Aboard the Holy Ship! Electronic Music Cruise

Check out Crossfade’s fifteen photo highlights from Holy Ship! “Modern neon hippy,” “kooky candy raver,” and “almost naked” seemed to be the looks du jour aboard HARD’s Holy Ship! electronic music cruise. On Monday, the three-day rager landed ashore in South Florida, a ship of fools with sea-legs and hangovers…