YACHTElectric PickleThursday, December 1, 2011Better Than: Yachting on Biscayne Bay.”Anybody have any questions?” asked frontwoman Claire Evans three songs into YACHT’s set at the Electric Pickle last night.”I love you!” someone shouted back.”That’s not a question,” she answered.True, but we really do love you, YACHT. And last night’s show might…
MOCA LA Beach Bash with SoulwaxWednesday, November 30The Raleigh, Miami BeachBetter than: Being surrounded by candy ravers at Ultra.We’ll start out by saying that MOCA LA’s Beach Bash is one of the parties you couldn’t get into unless you were invited. Or a member of the media who sent an…
View more photos from Art Basel Miami Beach 2011 here.”I haven’t seen this much pussy all year,” we told our colleague as we were exiting the Miami Beach Convention Center for Art Basel Miami Beach’s Vernissage Wednesday night. There were enough uses of female genitalia to fill The Vagina Monologues.As…
When French electro-pop outfit Yelle last visited Miami in 2008, it gave the city a one-two punch, performing at the Polish American Club and then returning barely two months later to perform at Art Basel’s Art Loves Music event. So does Yelle have a little crush on the Magic City?…
Right now, Miami is being swarmed by art fairs, galleries, and artists from across the globe. Of course, we’re talking about Art Basel Miami Beach. A side benefit to all this arty international activity is the influx of awesome music to entertain all the jetsetters. And naturally, Crossfade is keeping…
Back in March, we debuted Ultra Bingo. The exploration of a subculture through a game of chance was more enjoyable that we thought it would be, so why not apply it to another major Miami event? So here you have it, Basel Bingo!Like its Ultra cousin, Basel Bingo is packed…
A lot can be said about OHWOW’s quick two-year residency in Miami. In a short time, the gallery-meets-performance space brought us an incredible amount of quality exhibitions as well as unforgettable parties, all coming out of a simple black-and-white warehouse in the middle of Allapattah. Who can forget exhibits by…
Suzy Buckley: Mining Miami Luxury
DJ Jessica Who: Spinning the Globe
For months, we’ve been working hard to put together our Miami People 2011 issue. We dedicated most of this week’s editorial space highlighting 30 of the city’s most intriguing artists, athletes, intellectuals, and visionaries through photographs and interviews. Not all of them are famous but trust us when we say…
With all the South Beach Wine & Food Festival events scheduled for next year’s edition, we are perhaps most excited about Trucks on the Beach. The bash, hosted by Andrew Zimmern and serving as the official closing party, will feature 15 trucks dishing out mobile-made bites on the sands of…
A lot can be said about OHWOW’s quick two-year residency in Miami. In a short time, the gallery-meets-performance space brought us an incredible amount of quality exhibitions as well as unforgettable parties, all coming out of a simple black-and-white warehouse in the middle of Allapattah.Who can forget exhibits by David…
UPDATE Ultra Music Festival has finally announced its Phase 1 lineup. Check out Ultra 2012’s 92-act roster, headlined by Avicii, Tiësto, and David Guetta. Our sources have confirmed that next year’s three-day Ultra Music Festival will be taking place at Bayfront Park, the home of the festival before it moved…
From now until the new year, we all tend to overindulge. Eggnog latte with whipped cream, anyone? And all of that turkey and pumpkin pie can’t be good. So perhaps it would be wise to squeeze in some exercise. After you’ve received your annual Black Friday trampling and beating, head…
As luxury retailers like Louis Vuitton and Hermes ready themselves for the move into Miami’s Design District, Craig Robins and Dacra seem to have big plans in store for the area. The most shocking so far seems to be the removal of the iconic pedestrian bridge that connected two buildings…
Ultra Music Fesitval quickly announced (and sold out) early bird tickets. But so far, the fest has given no indication of what else is in store. No acts. No venue. Nothing.However, a reliable source told Crossfade today that a venue announcement is coming very soon. In fact, the festival is…
Few nightclubs can claim to inhabit a building as old as the historic Miami-Dade County Courthouse. But the Meyer-Kiser Building (AKA the Dade Commonwealth Building) has been standing in Downtown Miami since 1925, first as a 17-story structure, later salvaged as a seven-story building when a 1926 hurricane toppled the…
In the ’80s and ’90s, Miamians fled the city’s urban core for suburbia, leaving mere shells of once-grand buildings in their wake. The Upper Eastside, which was once a tourist destination for its MiMo architecture and neon lights, began to look like something out of a postapocalyptic George Romero film…
Sucks when a perfectly good party is hampered by situations beyond its control. Perhaps Oh Jack at the Dream Hotel wasn’t the only Halloween bash that got its fair share of rain on Saturday night. But considering it was touted as a party on the hotel’s rooftop, the downpour played…
Everyone can’t seem to stop raving about last night’s return of Beavis and Butt-head to MTV. What could have been a disaster of epic proportions (you aren’t suppose to mess with a teenage classic) actually turned out to be a great return for the duo. Mike Judge seems to realize…
When Chris Glover (AKA Penguin Prison) tells us that he’s never ever been to Miami, we are a bit shocked.Never?”Never.”Considering the 305’s unofficial status as the sixth borough, we tell him he’s probably the only New Yorker who’s never stepped foot in our swampy waters.”You are from Miami?” he asks…
Arguably one of the best parties last year and Best One-Nighter winner for this year’s Best of Miami, Basel Castle returns for another night of awesome music and kickass art at Overthrow Castle. The Overthrow, which seems to have been a little quiet lately, has amassed a lineup that includes…
