Whether or not the Black Keys’ seventh studio album is the Akron, Ohio group’s finest, El Camino is undeniably one of the better records of 2011. In a year when folk music seemed to dominate the indie scene, the Black Keys’ singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney upped their…
Curtis Jackson, best known as 50 Cent (pronounced fitty) unloaded a mixtape about an hour ago via Hulk Share, one of those download sites that looks mad shady. Evidently, The Big 10’s so popular that it’s caused a massive cyber traffic jam and subsequent comment uproar. Crossfade’s working on four…
We’re really starting to regret that “Warhol original” that we bought off some dude in a Ford Pinto last week during Art Basel Miami Beach. He swore it was real. And at $490, we couldn’t pass on it. The bad thing, however, we’ve only got $10 bucks to hold us…
We’ve been feeling pretty empty lately. Ever since the art world packed their designer bags and went back to Paris, New York, Milan and Hong Kong, we’ve been itching to fill that Basel void in our heart. Wait a tick, it’s the second weekend of December! Hello, Second Saturday Art…
Stippling, defined as the act of marking a given surface with numerous dots and small pecks, is one of art’s most tedious techniques. For one Miami-based web developer/stipple enthusiast, it’s also the ticket to Internet stardom. Miguel Endara, a self-described “non-stop thinker,” has gone viral after a Vimeo video of…
Earlier this week, the Black Keys dropped one of the best albums of 2011, El Camino. The record quickly skyrocketed to the top of the iTunes chart, slapping Michael Buble’s Christmas record out of the top spot and triggering a Miami-based remix from one of New Times’ favorite hip-hop acts…
Perhaps it was the uncertainty looming around the 2011-2012 NBA season. Or maybe he just needed some extra cash for designer dress shirts. Whatever the case, the Miami Heat’s resident disc jockey, DJ Irie, figured that becoming BankAtlantic’s Brand Ambassador was a good career move. Little did he know he’d…
Off-shore bank accounts, a Hialeah hostage, and 60-inch biceps — three critical components of a botched, mid-90s plan to swindle millions from a successful Miami accountant. When “Pain and Gain”, Pete Collins’s three-part crime feature, ran in New Times, the story’s underlying elements immediately triggered images best suited for a comedic,…
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, contemporary music’s Cleveland equivalent to Major League Baseball’s Cooperstown, has announced its class of 2012. As we here at Crossfade expected, Guns N’ Roses made the cut. But the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys, and “Hurdy Gurdy Man” singer Donovan will also…
The Black Keys released El Camino today, their seventh studio album (or eighth if you include Blakroc) in ten years. And like every record before it, El Camino is a 60-minute, all-you-can-eat aural buffet of blues-driven garage rock. But we’re not going to waste your time reviewing the album; run…
Miami’s TMI tía and South Florida’s favorite Puerto Rican uncle are heading to television’s McKinley High. Gloria Estefan and Ricky Martin will appear on an episode of Fox’s Glee next year, according to Adam Anders, the show’s executive music report. “We just announced Ricky Martin and Gloria Estefan for a…
Less than 20 days from now, Jesus Christ will turn the big 2-0-1-2, though he doesn’t look a day over 33. Around the world, Christians will celebrate his birth with an appalling display of hyper-consumerism and overconsumption. And of course, crappy Christmas music. However, one track that isn’t likely making…
About a month or so after Arcade Fire rocked the music industry by walking away with the Grammy for Album of the Year, the Montreal-based group celebrated with some friends in Haiti. Some 250 people packed into the Hotel Oloffson in Port-au-Prince — many of whom were “expat aid workers…
See the full 38-photo slideshow from Toyota Antics with Special Disco Version and Black Lips at Grand Central. James Murphy and Black Lips Grand Central Thursday, December 1, 2011 Better Than: 28 MPGs in the city, 35 on the highway. New York City hipsters, Pitchfork-approved band, hand-rolled cigarettes, ironic facial…
In the spirit of transparency, we’ll admit that behind-the-scenes at Cultist you’ll find a painstakingly detailed schedule of operations. Every move we make is calculated to best serve y’all, the reader. During Basel week, however, our daily itinerary is interrupted by greater Miami’s traffic nightmare. According to Google Maps’ suggested…
Hotel art typically sucks–at least at the joints we’ve stayed at. Crap watercolored landscapes, generic photographs of generic stuff like clouds and hills, and tacky vases on formica nightstands often make us want to vomit. However there’s one hotel that really knows art–the Aqua. And each year during Basel, the…
Santigold With Wale Wednesday, November 30 LIV Better Than: Waiting in line at a Basel party for free drinks. Nightclubbing … Aside from the 1977 Iggy Pop track, we pretty much hate everything about it. The stringent dress codes, blatant superficiality, remixed dance versions of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic…
Before Lars von Trier’s Melancholia premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, organizers declared the Danish filmmaker persona non grata. The decision was announced one day after the director jokingly told reporters he was a Nazi and sympathized with Adolf Hitler. Though Trier was banned from the festival, stars Kirsten…
Whether you’re dropping mad bills on contemporary art at such-and-such satellite fair or stalking celebrity art collectors at the Miami Beach Convention Center, there’s one thing about Basel week that everyone can agree on — it’s all about the afterparty. Case in point: Electric Pickle. Next week, the North Miami…
About a month and a half before Twin Sister packs its dreamy indie-pop into a van and treks across the United States for a 22-city tour, the Long Island quintet figured a stop at Midtown Miami’s Bardot would be a fitting warmup. Scheduled for December 15, this show is part…
It seems like everyone’s throwing a party during Basel. From invite-only open bars to intimate musical performances, the exclusivity at some of these events is downright nauseating. That’s not the case when New Times throws a party, though. If you’re willing to drop $10 on a day pass ($15 for…
Cultist firmly believes in Occupy Movement–corporate greed and economic inequality are two things we absolutely abhor. Admittedly, however, we got down with the 1% last night at Art Miami. Don’t judge, if you heard there’d be free booze and finger foods you’d jump at the opportunity also. And quite frankly,…
