“What are you doing Memorial Day Weekend?” If you still don’t have an answer to that question, you might think you’re stuck toughing it out here at home. But fret not — there are plenty of ways for you to get out of town this weekend — none of which…
The site of the future Wynwood Gateway Park.Up until now, the farthest you’ve ventured north in Wynwood is probably the corner of NW 29th Street and Second Avenue — right up to the new Ducati showroom. The few blocks on the other side of the street? It’s the kind of area…
On this week’s Voice Film Club podcast, the Village Voice’s Alan Schestuhl and L.A. Weekly’s Amy Nicholson are joined by special guest Chris Klimek to discuss the strange career of Tom Cruise, the new X-Men movie, and why Han Solo should die. We close the show with a special phone…
Indie garage rockers Deaf Poets may have been born in Miami Beach, but the noise this sonic duo creates is anything but tropical. Featuring bombastic guitar strums and blaring snare-drum smashes, this powerful, bluesy two-piece emits sounds more fitting for a grimy hole in the wall in Memphis. Lots of…
You might know Joel Meinholz as a skateboarder, the guy behind Miami’s longest-running party Chocolate Sundays, the mastermind of IamYourVillain, putting together park jams like Bum Rush the Spot, or perhaps just a friend that you see around town. The list goes on. About a month ago, Joel suffered a…
Courtesy of Flickr user Casey Hugelfink We all know it, but it’s time to show it. Urban Outfitters is a shortsighted cul-de-sac of trends bent for capital gain — one large, unthinking slab of cultural masturbation. But like creepers to a drug deal, we lurch in, grab what we want,…
When news broke last week that Senior Writer Michael E. Miller had won the 2014 Sigma Delta Chi award for nondeadline writing, it was just the cherry on top of an unparalleled year of national prize-winning for Miami New Times. Miller’s award comes for his feature story “Champ,” which tells…
Photo by Timothy Norris Billie Joe Armstrong Joins The Replacements Early in The Replacement’s Friday night set, Paul Westerberg welcomed Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong as their honorary member. Armstrong, matching the rest of the band in plaid suits, seemed beyond giddy to be onstage with his idols, joking “Dreams…
Recently, the Miami New Times published the results of a study from The Humor Research Lab and the authors of The Humor Code, Peter McGraw and Joel Warner, the findings of which claimed Miami as the 48th least funny out of America’s top 50 largest Metro areas. As the head…
Trash While you were busy basking in the Coachella sun, the festival’s fleet of custodians — many of whom looked to be in their teens — were running around the grounds, soaked in sweat, picking up your trash. We talked to a few, and not only do these guys get…
4/20 is more than just a holiday. It’s a lifestyle, man. And there’s nothing like getting high and throwing on some classic rap records. ‘Cause rapping and weed go together like, well, rapping and weed. That’s not to say that all rappers smoke the sticky green flower, but those that…
So here we go again. My band, Juke, was asked to play the Wanee Festival for the third year in a row. We made the seven-hour trek to the 580-acre Spirit of Suwannee Music Park, and I was stoked. This year was to be the Allman Brothers last show. Also…
Timothy Norris Round one of Coachella is over. And damn, was it a good one! We’re all sore, sunburned, and smiling. Here’s the best of another memorable weekend in Indio. Finding 20 bucks on the ground. We spent it on a slice of Hot Lips Spicy Pie pizza and a…
Timothy NorrisCoachella’s first weekend was amazing this year! Except when it wasn’t. Here are the parts of the festival that rubbed us the wrong way. Saturday Night dust storm Conditions may not have been as bad as they were during last year’s Red Hot Chili Peppers set, but Saturday night’s…
There was a time when the cynics believed that record stores were doomed to go the way of Blockbuster video rental joints: abandoned and forgotten by the masses who once flocked to their doors. But the resurging popularity of vinyl has created a new niche market in which local music…
In a galaxy not so far away, Telekinetic Walrus and the Pride of Ions is captivating audiences with a fusion of electronic booty-bouncing hip-hop and fantastic folk. After a two-year hiatus spent recording music and building the Walrus Cave, this team of intergalactic superheroes returned to the Miami music scene…
Most of you might recognize her as Sheldon Cooper’s equally awkward girlfriend on The Big Bang Theory. Some of you might even pinpoint her for the quirky, ’90s golden child who wore oversized sunflowers on her head from the TV sitcom Blossom. Or, if you really want to throw it…
Two years after the release of their last mixtape, Wig Party, Cuci Amador and Tony Smurphio of Miami indie-dance sensation Afobeta are eager to unleash some new music on the world. But even though they’ve been recently performing new material at shows, an official EP or full-length release appears unlikely…
The notion of business over art isn’t something you often hear in young filmmakers, but Miami resident Jarrod Knowles is more than happy to view cinema through that scope. A long while in the making, his feature film What Lies Beyond… The Beginning is getting a red-carpet screening at AMC…
Ultra Music Festival is epic. Until it’s not. There is much about the EDM fest that’s awe-inspiringly, eye-bulgingly, brain-meltingly awesome. It’s among one of the best raver parades on the planet. It’s got 200-foot LED stages that look like arcades from outer space, complete with lasers, pyrotechnics, and other expensive…
Another year, another Ultra Music Festival. We here at Crossfade always make the annual pilgrimage to Ultra land. And from one UMF to the next, there is a lot of stuff that’s not-so-shockingly new. Or as Deadmau5 might screech: “It’s the same fucking thing every year!” Inevitably, though, there’s also…
Why can’t women stay friends? That’s a trick question, of course, but also one that British actresses Emily Mortimer and Dolly Wells — lifelong pals in real life — attempt to answer earnestly and honestly in their new HBO cringe comedy Doll & Em. In the six-episode series, Mortimer and…
