President Obama didn’t mention Band of Horses when he was asked about the music on his iPod during an interview with Rolling Stone’s Jann Wenner, but British Prime Minister David Cameron did. In a chat with the Daily Telegraph, Cameron admitted that Band of Horses and Lana Del Rey are…
See also “Fashion Freakouts at Lollapalooza 2012” — plus “Lollapalooza 2012, Day One: M83, Black Sabbath, Die Antwoord, Afghan Whigs, TEED” and “Lollapalooza 2012, Day Two: Frank Ocean, The Weeknd, Twin Shadow, and Others.” What have we learned following Lollapalooza 2012? Not only do reunions (Afghan Whigs, Black Sabbath, At…
Madonna’s awfully public exploration of post-menopausal sexuality and her apparent midlife crisis have Elton John flaming mad. “She’s such a nightmare,” John recently said in an interview with Australia’s Molly Medrum. “She looks like a fucking fairground stripper.” According to the Huffington Post, John’s publicity team quickly redacted the comments,…
See also Crossfade’s concert review of Identity Festival 2012 in Miami. We’re getting used to ravers dressed like candy-coated, rainbow-drenched, half-naked furries. Still, the crowd at Bayfront Park’s Klipsch Amphitheater for Identity Festival really upped the ante. While some stuck to the old rave faves, some brazen girls and guys…
See also “Meek Mill’s Announces Dreamchasers Tour, Show at Fillmore Miami Beach on August 13.” “Whenever somebody got a dream,” Meek Mill muses, “they want it to be reality.” Coming up in North Philly during the late ’90s, Mill was still a wiry 12-year-old kid named Robert Williams, hanging out…
See also the full 32-photo slideshow from Rick Ross’s God Forgives, I Don’t Release Party at King of Diamonds. Question: On a scale from Rick to Ross, just how ridiculously baller was the God Forgives, I Don’t album release party at King of Diamonds last night? Answer: Rick Ross…
See also “Fashion Freakouts at Lollapalooza 2012” — plus “Day One: M83, Black Sabbath, Die Antwoord, Afghan Whigs, TEED” and “Day Three: Jack White, Sigur Ros, Florence + The Machine, and Others.” The second day of Lollapalooza could not have been more different than the first. A bunch of noted…
Gigantes Tour Marc Anthony, Marco Antonio Solis, and Chayanne American Airlines Arena, Miami Saturday, August 4 Better Than: Reality television for relationship drama. The three Gigantes who sold out two of three shows at the American Airlines Arena this weekend delivered a whopping 36 songs in three and a half…
See the 55-photo slideshow from Identity Festival 2012 at Klipsch Amphitheater as well as The Fashion at Identity Festival Miami. Identity Festival 2012 With Eric Prydz, Excision, Doctor P, Porter Robinson, Le Castle Vania, Audrey Napoleon, and others Klipsch Ampitheater at Bayfront Park, Miami Saturday, August 4, 2012 Better Than:…
Photo by Erik HessThe rains left Lollapalooza mud-faced, but undeterred.See also “Fashion Freakouts at Lollapalooza 2012” — plus “Day One: M83, Black Sabbath, Die Antwoord, Afghan Wigs, TEED,” “Day Two: Frank Ocean, The Weeknd, Twin Shadow, and Others,” and “Day Three: Jack White, Sigur Ros, Florence + The Machine, and…
See also “Fashion Freakouts at Lollapalooza 2012” — plus “Day Two: Frank Ocean, The Weeknd, Twin Shadow, and Others” and “Day Three: Jack White, Sigur Ros, Florence + The Machine, and Others.” The first of three days of music in the hot cauldron of Grant Park in Chicago is now…
See also “Lollapalooza 2012, Day One: M83, Black Sabbath, Die Antwoord, Afghan Wigs, TEED,” “Day Two: Frank Ocean, The Weeknd, Twin Shadow, and Others,” and “Day Three: Jack White, Sigur Ros, Florence + The Machine, and Others.” Now more than ever, Lollapalooza is a mélange of different fashion decisions to…
See also “The Five Ravers You’ll Meet at Identity Fest 2012 in Miami” — plus Crossfade’s interview with Eric Prydz and “ID 2012’s Five Most Exciting Artists.” Life is a beat-freaking party, bro. So even if you’re a half-man, half-unicorn EDM fan who gets stuck all alone at home with…
You already know Rick Ross is having his official album release party for God Forgives, I Don’t at King Of Diamonds tomorrow night. But you probably don’t know that two formerly felonious armed-robbing cocaine jackboys from North Miami are the promoters. Tru Story Ent’s Dave and LT took the time…
Ever since World Cup-predicting Paul the Octopus went to that great fried calamari appetizer in the sky, the world has been adrift and directionless. How are we to know what is supposed to happen? Ask a tic-tac-toe-playing chicken? It turns out that the answer has been in front of us…
Los Enanitos Verdes’ next album won’t be out until early next year, but that hasn’t stopped the Argentine rock group from promoting it. “We’re recording the new album, that’s why we’re celebrating,” lead singer Marciano Cantero recently told Mexico’s Diario de Yucatán. “The album’s so good, I’m so proud of…
See also “The 15 Richest Musicians: From Jay-Z to Rihanna, Justin Bieber, and Dr. Dre” and “Eight Richest Musicians in Their Teens and 20s.” Dear haters … Even though beefcake-y blonde Dutch disc jockey Tiësto is kind of a corporate whore, he’s also a pranksterish dude who enjoys talking shit,…
It’s the first weekend of the month. That means it’s time for your favorite museum happy hour. But you probably already spent the bulk of your paycheck on rent this week. And we’re guessing you haven’t eaten a solid meal in three days, just to save the last few bucks…
See also “Bear in Heaven’s Mustache Speaks! Anticipates ‘Mustache Afro’ in Miami” Adorably tragic or tragically adorable? The legacy of Knut the Polar Bear is still being debated by experts everywhere. Rejected by his mother and raised by zookeepers, Knut captured the heart of anyone who, like some New Times staffers,…
Weezy is bored. Ever since Lil Wayne got outta the clink after serving eight months on Rikers Island for “attempted criminal possession of a weapon,” he’s been dropping clues about retiring to a life of chillin’ with his kids, writing memoirs, watching 18 hours of ESPN per day, managing his…
George W. Bush knew that he had “made a mistake” when he sent troops into Iraq, according Tony Bennett. “He told me personally [at the 2005 Kennedy Center Honors].” At 86 years old, society sort of gives you a get-out-of-jail-free card. You can say pretty much whatever you want. Outlandish…
Remember your first computer? Ours was a rather unflattering, bulky Packard Bell Legend with horrid speakers hanging off the monitor. There was also a flimsy microphone that we could use on the integrated “telephone answering system with full-duplex speakerphone.” But a digital phone system was only the beginning of our…
