“Isolation has not worked,” President Barack Obama said today in his address on U.S.-Cuba policy. “It’s time for a new approach.” At the same time, Cuba’s Raúl Castro, speaking to his own country from the capital city of Havana, delivered the news of the two nations’ plans to normalize relations…
Who knew that Latin rock guitar gods liked to unwind with some putt-putt? We would’ve guessed Carlos Santana preferred the relaxing effects of marijuana, transcendental meditation, and a marathon jam sesh. Rather than, say, six hours in the sun, 18 holes, and a frosty Arnold Palmer. However, the psychedelic axe…
“Taking the party from the Big Apple to the Pineapple.” Once known as Mr. 305, Pitbull has since become Mr. Worldwide. He’s brought “Calle Ocho” to all of Planet Earth. And he’s taught Cubonics to children on every continent. So, pero, it’s only natural that Armando Christian Pérez would celebrate…
C’mon, Miami… Of all the places in America that should possess an encyclopedic understanding of what it means to “dance in a sexually provocative manner while in a squat, thrusting the hips and popping that booty,” we’d expect the 305 to be numero uno con ese culo. And yet it…
Party till sunrise on South Beach… That’s just standard. The megaclubs are open till 5 a.m., the VIPs are total pros blessed with superhuman dance-floor stamina, and the DJs will never “keep you up, up, just to bring you down.” Of course, an “Up All Night”-er is rarely free. Unless…
In the spring of 1980, Joy Division’s Ian Curtis hung himself. His tombstone reads “Love Will Tear Us Apart.” However, in the wake of Curtis’ suicide, his bandmates Peter Hook, Bernard Sumner, and Stephen Morris decided to stay together. They’d made a pact, though, to abandon the Joy Division moniker…
Feelin’ “Fancy”? We thought so. After all, everyone’s favorite Australian rapper, Iggy Azalea, just announced her Great Escape tour. She’s hitting 24 North American cities in 47 days. And obvi, she’s coming to Miami. With her “swagger on super,” Iggy will prance and hump from Fresno, California, to Los Angeles…
Glitz. Glamour. And obscene, seven-figure weekly paychecks. Such is the life of the rich and famous pop tarts, rock stars, rappers, and superstar DJs who enrich our lives with their inspiring music, spectacular tours, semi-nude Instapics, and endless drug-taking, DUI-ing, sex tape-ing antics. Can you imagine making $100,000 a day?…
“Yop = Your Own Path.” This maxim is the essential tenet of the simple, self-empowering philosophy practiced and preached by Niko Javan, the Miami music producer, member of rap duo O’Grime, and eternal optimist whose “non-stop yoppin'” has led to festival slots at Bonnaroo and TomorrowWorld, as well as shoutouts…
Neutral Milk Hotel is coming to town. After 15 years apart, the much mythologized indie band, led by cult legend Jeff Mangum, got back together in 2013. An ever-extending world tour came next. But now Mangum and company have announced “spring 2015 will be our last tour for the foreseeable…
Welcome to Wanee, where even the gnomes trip so hard and party so groovy that they end up crashing out on toadstools like narcoleptics on Ambien. Each and every spring, this fest lures hundreds of bands and 25,000 music fans to the 580-acre Spirit of Suwannee Music Park in Live…
After a four-year stage absence, Phil Collins was finally set for a comeback concert. During Art Basel Miami Beach week, he would perform “three or four songs” as part of a gala to benefit the Little Dreams Foundation, a youth scholarship and mentoring program that he founded with ex-wife Orianne…
“I felt like a sell-out.” That’s what André 3000 recently told The Fader magazine about Outkast’s 2014 reunion tour. At least, though, he seems to have enjoyed designing the jumpsuits. Emblazoned with slogans like “art or fart?” and “i’ve never had f@cebook, twitt@r, or inst@gram” and “make love like war,”…
The world’s most sensitive rapper got cold-cocked by the mogul with the softest name in the game.
The palace got ratchet. Over the weekend, Basel Castle packed a couple thousand party people (Scandinavian spitter Yung Lean, NYC shapeshifter Mykki Blanco, New Wave-y crew Future Islands, rap producer Mike Will Made It, some graffiti artists, even the chicken and the egg) into an actual castle in Wynwood. But…
Every arty party must come to an end. And so it goes… We have indeed reached the final day of Art Basel Miami Beach 2014. Of course, all that means is #ABMB closing parties and one last night of bar-hopping till 5 a.m., from SoBe to downtown to Wynwood. Just…
With less than 48 hours left in Basel 2014… It’s about time to forsake sleep till sometime next week. We can certainly all agree there’s absolutely no reason to waste precious hours on unconsciousness when you could be arty partyin’. So drink lots of water. Ditch the depressants. Stick to…
After three days of arty partyin’… Your legs are jelly. Your ass is sore. Your ears are ringing. Your eyes are dry. And your head feels like Brion Gysin and William S. Burroughs’ Dream Machine at a South Beach foam party circa 1995. Congratulations! That’s what the #ABMB pros call…
Fat blunts. Penis costumes. A topless Amazonian disco diva. And the art-world elite. Last night, Miley Cyrus brought the hot mess to Art Basel Miami Beach week with a ratchet cabaret show at the Raleigh Hotel, as part of Jeffrey Deitch, Tommy Hilfiger, and V Magazine’s ultra-exclusive #ABMB kickoff bash…
Don’t stop the arty party. You’ve done all the art fairs. You’ve endlessly chit-chatted sophisticated babes of both sexes. And you’ve sipped enough free champagne to keep your pee bubbly till New Year’s Eve. All that culture and glamor can be exhausting. But that’s no excuse for heading home (or…
Please don’t let us down. We begged. And pleaded. But sadly, Solange Knowles (AKA Beyoncé’s sis) is canceling her Art Basel Miami Beach week music series at Select Art Fair 2014. The Saint Records founder was supposed to be headlining and curating six nights of free Basel parties, starring label…
Take a shower. Pop a pill. Slip into another little black dress. For the truly dedicated Art Basel Miami Beach attendee… The arty party ends at dawn. The gallery-going begins before noon. And the #ABMB bashes resume as soon as last night’s hangover wears off. That leaves just hours to…
