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…
305 Pride is not just another perfunctory saying any comemierda can go around claiming with no regard for what it stands for. It is something that is demonstrated through actions, not words. Whether you do things to help unite our community or publicly come to its defense when some comepinga…
Kinky With Feneiva and Mr. Pauer La Covacha, Doral Saturday, April 6, 2013 Kinkier Than: A swinger’s party en La Saguesera. Over the weekend, La Covacha welcomed Mexican rock band Kinky, after an absence of seven years from Miami. In a city where reggaeton, salsa, and merengue are the constant,…
Yesterday evening, on the neverending shopping maze that is Lincoln Road, the high-end denim label, 7 For All Mankind, hosted its first “How do you distress” event. Guests could see and learn the different methods one could use to “distress” their jeans, from the traditional to the avant-garde. Annie Vasquez,…
Traditions are kept alive by constant change. The roots music of the 21st Century is being created as much with electric guitars, sequencers, and laptops as with drums and flutes. That’s one of the ideas behind the Rhythm Foundation’s Heineken TransAtlantic Festival, whose 2013 headliners include Argentine-Uruguayan electro-tango group Bajofondo…
Last week, I was bombarded with emails regarding a Facebook post I made wishing the gay community luck and expressing my hope that the Supreme Court delivers a favorable decision on their behalf. The majority of the emails were from fans of my work, gay and straight, just saying “thanks,”…
“What the fuck does unicorn taste like?” Stardust. Rainbows. Maybe black-market horse meat from Miami’s C-9 basin. There’s really no way to know, though. Because this fabulous one-horned equine creature doesn’t actually exist. Except when you’re raving, raging, and tripping out at Ultra Music Festival. Here are 50 WTF quotes…
The ravin’ and ragin’ life isn’t all epicness. Sometimes, stuff sucks. Like “free water!!!” and “free Wi-Fi!!!” Or Yeasayer’s Chris Keating talking all kinds of mad shit about Ultra Music Festival 2013’s happy, half-naked, supernice party people. We here at Crossfade just enumerated the five best moments from weekend one…
Welcome to Ultra land. The weather is perfect. The kids are nice. There are “No Guns Allowed.” But famous lady rapper side-boob is plentiful. So are the naked dancing dudes. And even 70-year-old ravers feel totally at home. Quite honestly, Ultra Music Festival is paradise, if you’re into fist-pumping and…
Each week, Miami dating expert Nikki Novo gives us advice on finding love in this hopeless place. Today: How to meet potential dates, even if you’re not perched on a barstool and wearing beer goggles. You’re sitting at Miami’s hot new bar, dressed to the nines, sipping on some overpriced…
With more work, maybe Dave Grohl (seated on drums) can finally find success in the music business. Being a successful musician really has to be a slice of heaven. And of course the chicks are great. It’s why from the beginning of time, men (and women) have taken up instruments…
Things have been tough for Kim Kardashian lately. (Well, as tough as we imagine things can get for a gazillionaire musician’s gazillionaire girlfriend with lucrative TV deals, paid public appearances, and a range of products that fans are apparently buying.) Sure, she’s “glowing” with pregnancy. Sure, she keeps telling us…
In a city that sometimes seems strictly divided along ethnic lines like Miami, one would hardly think that Cubans and Haitians have anything in common. But they do, and much more than they know. The Creole Choir of Cuba, in concert this Sunday in North Miami Beach, is proof of…
For Christ’s sake, don’t break any of these commandments this year.You’re going to South by Southwest, right? Or you’re already there? One of those things is bound to be true. Well, we here at DC9 have got some advice for you, and we’ve managed to format it all into the…
Every March, Miami is seized by total EDM insanity, reverberating with bass, techno, house, trance, and everything electronic. With Ultra Music Festival (this year expanding to two weekends), Winter Music Conference, and Miami Music Week all falling within the same ten-day span, the uhntz-uhntz will be (almost) inexhaustible. See also:…
Kim Kardashian: homemade porn-star-turned-reality-TV-personality-turned-millionaire-marketer-turned… private investigator? Yep, Kim has dreams of being a detective. Or so the latest episode of Kourtney & Kim Take Miami would have you believe. Last night, Kim rode along with Larsa Pippen’s friend, a private detective, in an attempt to solve a pro bono case…
Afro-Caribbean folklore entered Peter London’s soul at age six, and never left. In the hilly Trinidadian countryside, the then-youngster would take part in religious ceremonies often led by his family members, who were strong keepers of the Yoruba-derived faith and drumming. From there, his love for dance sprouted into classical…
Early first adopters of the Second Saturday Art Walk who complain about the “CocoWalk-ification” of the narrow NW Second Ave corridor will have to complain a little louder this Saturday. Otherwise, their voices could be lost beneath the impressive vocals of Florida Grand Opera. Following its stints at Wynwood art…
If you’re not attending Artopia at the Coral Gables Museum tonight, you’re missing out. This year’s annual bash presented by New Times has expanded into a full-on art fest, with local representatives from every corner of culture on display. (A limited amount of general admission tickets will be available at…
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater’s performance at the Arsht Center last Friday night began and ended with a prayer — or rather, with an electrifying, raging, shimmering, sassy, full-bodied reminder of what prayer can mean. A work by choreographer Garth Fagan, of Lion King fame, opened the show. Fagan has often…
Dear Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr.,Acere, it looks like it’s time for you to start re-evaluating your public image and the legacy you’re going to leave behind for your kids to follow. Right now, as far as the human race goes, you’re a step below una cucaracha con trensas. In the…
What’s better than an art party in Miami? An art party for half the price. For weeks now, we’ve been spotlighting Miami’s best artists, musicians, filmmakers, and other creatives who earned an honorable mention in our New Times MasterMind Awards, presented by the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts…
