Hey, kids. In just seven days, print copies of New Times’ 2013 Best of Miami issue will plop onto street corners, loaded with 330 winners across categories such as “Best Hot Dog,” “Best Strip Club,” and “Best Place to Go Stoned.” But today, we here at Crossfade got a preview…
Hey, kids. In just seven days, print copies of New Times’ 2013 Best of Miami issue will plop onto street corners, loaded with 330 winners across categories such as “Best Hot Dog,” “Best Strip Club,” and “Best Place to Go Stoned.” But today, we here at Crossfade got a preview…
Flight School Preps know all about delays. They know the so-called “New Miami” hip-hop party started a few years ago. And their follow-up to last year’s breakout Expensive Dreams mixtape was set to drop in March. Now, two months after the planned street date, FSP’s Jay, Sly, and Reese have…
For a band that hails from Moscow, where winters are long and summer heat waves send citizens into daytime revelries of a life beyond their crowded, artificial riverbank beaches, Pompeya’s sound is something like diving into a deep blue Caribbean lagoon, where lush green foliage dips into sparkling waters and…
Deep within a room that lies within another room – which is behind a locked door — there exists an old steel cabinet labeled “Metaphysical Sciences.” The documents date back to the 1950s and belonged to Dr. Valentine, a local and peculiar expert on telepathic communication and a foremost scholar…
When we left the Starz original series Magic City at the end of its first season, Judi Silver and Ike wound up in the clink, with Ben eventually springing Judi. Mercedes and Danny finally got around to hooking up with an uncertain future in front of them. And Ben tried…
Travis Wall knows a thing or two about dreams. Firstly, the 25-year-old dancer, Emmy-nominated choreographer and reality star is living his; the dance company he founded with his best friends, Shaping Sound, recently set off on a multicity tour. Secondly, the show of his dreams is, in fact, inspired by…
Ladies and gentlemen–anyone, really, who cares about his or her mug–step right up. According to a bit of advice proffered in one of the festival editions of The Hollywood Reporter a few days back, the beauty product to buy while in Cannes is Avibon, an “only-in-France aging cream.” If sun…
I love Wynwood, I really do. And I also love stickers; I’ve been collecting stickers since I was a kid and pride myself on having a pretty dope assortment. But something has been really bothering me about the sticker culture in Wynwood. They’re everywhere. I mean, everywhere. You can’t go…
Miami artist Jessy Nite may be as “Bad As [She] Wanna Be,” but that doesn’t mean she can’t also use her art skills for good. Nite recently launched Nite Writer, her own design, illustration and typographic studio. So we asked her about the sites around town that inspire her creations…
Alejandro Sanz La música no se toca Tour With Carlos Varela American Airlines Arena, Miami Thursday, May 9, 2013 Last night, thousands of Latin music fans had an amazing night at the American Airlines Arena, leaving rapt and satisfied, thanks to Alejandro Sanz and his conquering desire. See also: -Alejandro…
Among the most commercially successful and artistically respected Latin pop artists in the world, singer, songwriter, and composer Alejandro Sanz has sold more than 22 million albums over the last two decades while also becoming the most Grammy-winning Spanish-language artist in history, with three Grammys and 16 Latin Grammys in…
Over the last few years, the so-called “New Miami” hip-hop scene has started to thrive, with artists J. Nics, Lil Fway Champ, Flight School Preps, Jigg, and 24-year-old Phresh James leading the charge. A couple weeks ago, though, the scene seemed to take a big blow, when Phresh took to…
Jarabe de Palo’s A piano y voz With Ulises Hadjis and Mr. Pauer Grand Central, Miami Saturday, April 27, 2013 In a very intimate setting at Grand Central in downtown Miami, Spanish rock band Jarabe de Palo kicked off its latest tour around the United States, called A piano y…
My band, Juke, was invited to play our first Wanee Festival last year, up at the Spirit of Swanee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida. We played the opening night’s festivities, rocked out, and suffered from a bit of culture shock. This 500-plus-acre park just outside Georgia is in the…
Native American Headdresses These have still not gone away. In fact, one particularly irritating woman (not pictured) wore a towering feather mohawk weave, a sartorial statement that combined racism with rave gaudiness. On Friday, she pushed her way in front of us, obstructing our and everyone else’s view of the…
The Visual Stimulations for People Who Were High Coachella’s art installations — the ones designed to impress you while you’re high, aka all of them — were particularly impressive this year. There was the tesla coil, the crane that was formerly a flower but now a praying mantis, the giant…
Home Run, in theaters April 19, is about a famous baseball player named Cory Brand (Scott Elrod), who has a serious drinking problem. He is an alcoholic. He causes a terrible D.U.I. accident, severely injuring the passenger of his car. This is his second D.U.I., and police footage from the…
Karen O’s Outfit Karen O’s wardrobe on Friday night was bad ass. The Yeah Yeah Yeah’s front woman appeared on the main stage in a technicolor cape draped over a suit that looked like it was made of mercury. The vibrant collage was topped with a headpiece that Liberace might…
Daft Punk Fake-Out Friday and Saturday, all anyone could talk about was if Daft Punk was going to show up during Phoenix’s set. Why? Because we were fucking teased. On the main stage before the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, a long commercial for their new album played, and then we found…
Pac Div Featuring Johnny Polygon Eve, Downtown Miami Saturday, April 13, 2013 Better Than: Watching Three Musketeers, Three Stooges, and Three Amigos. Descending from atop of the stairs, the three California dudes (Mibbs, Like, and BeYoung), who make up Pac Div, headed toward the EVE stage as they gave daps…
It’s been a couple of years since Los Angeles has seen Phil Jackson’s triangle offense dominate not only the West Coast, but the country. In that same period of time, California hip-hop trio Pac Div has delivered two albums, The Div, and most recently, GMB. An acronym for the Pac…
