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Last Night: the Stooges at Art Basel's Art Loves Music

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Miami Restaurant News: Ins & Outs

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone to Kick Off NADA Art Fair

ADULT. Coming to White Room Art Basel Week

ADULT. is coming to Miami! And what better week to visit the Magic City than during Art Basel? We told you that Basel has the habit of attracting plenty of musical acts to the city during the week its here, and ADULT. is definitely a rare treat. The duo was booked by the semi-defunct Spiderpussy p ... More >>

Art Basel Week: Home Grown party at the Vagabond

Rachel Goodrich While seemingly the whole highbrow world descends on Miami Beach tonight for the official opening of Art Basel, across the causeway, the Vagabond kicks off the artsy extravaganza with a locals-centric fiesta. Okay, so Miami New Times is an official sponsor of the event, but it’s n ... More >>

Art Basel Week: A.R.E. Weapons, J.D. Samson at O.H.W.O.W., Dec. 2

Longtime legends of the lower-lower Manhattan underground, the quartet A.R.E. Weapons have been steadily chugging along since 1999, blasting out something along the lines of electro-rock as imagined by former punk rock types. The band's noisy assault of party-in-your-face found some near-mainstream ... More >>

Art Basel Week: Andy Rourke at PS14, Dec. 5

Static Interference, the occasional locals-only extravaganza thrown by the band Astari Nite at PS14, continues during Art Basel with a night dedicated to a band everyone likes: the Smiths. The party's called, unsurprisingly, Louder than Bombs, and it's billed as a sort-of-tribute night. Besides Ast ... More >>

Art Basel Week: Pink Reason and Times New Viking, Dec. 7

The last of the Art Basel week shows at the Kill Your Idols space kicks off with a set from Brooklyn-based Pink Reason, currently a trio but really the brainchild of Kevin Failure, the band's frontman. It sounds a little like Joy Division or another post-punk act put through a shredder, churned in a ... More >>

Yelle Performing at Art Loves Music

Yelle is coming back ya'll! We just called the Art Basel's Florida offices and they confirmed that the French electro-pop outfit is returning to the Magic City to kick off the Basel festivities at its Art Loves Music event Wednesday, December 3 at 10 p.m. The free concert will take place directly ... More >>

Panda Bear, No Age and the Sads Playing Free Show at Karu & Y Friday UPDATE

Can't tell you how many times we've been specifically asked about hearsay that Animal Collective's Panda Bear was playing in Miami during Basel. Well we can fully confirm that the experimental musician, along with No Age and the Sads, will be playing a free show at Karu & Y Friday night. You hav ... More >>

Completely NOT Basel-Related: Nic Fanciulli at Mansion, Dec. 6

Yes, while everyone else is running around in a pseudo-art-related frenzy, there are a few big events this week that are absolutely NOT related to Art Basel. It seems almost anticlimactic to talk about them, though, with all the big-deal one-off events going on. Still, here's something for the frequ ... More >>

Single Malts At Two Chefs

Art Basel brings so much cool stuff to Miami each year, but also throngs of people and a whole lot of hype. Tonight, however, far from the madding crowd, Two Chefs in South Miami will be offering a single malt sampling that is eminently reasonable in price: Twenty dollars will allow you to "Taste 5, ... More >>

Hanging Up On Osama, Food Bombs for the Homeless, Jack Bauer Endorses Art

Phone Call from Obama, Congreswoman. No wait, Osama.Sure, there are a lot of people wondering how much of a dumbass Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is for hanging up on Barack Obama. It took three phone calls before Ros-Lehtinen finally figured out it wasn't a hoax. But in these times, terrorist ... More >>

Last Night: Yelle (Again!) at Art Loves Music

YelleWednesday, December 3, 2008Art Loves Music, Miami BeachBetter Than: I'm going to skip this.Let me start out by saying: Worst. Crowd. Ever.I'm going to keep this short since we already reviewed Yelle not too long ago. Way to castrate an energetic performer and have her beg you to wake up and ... More >>

Saturday Night: MSTRKRFT at Heathrow Lounge

MSTRKRFT with Pauly Crush and Jessica Who?Saturday, December 6, 2008Heathrow Lounge, Miami BeachBetter Than: Ninety percent of the other Basel parties during the week.Art Basel brought plenty of musical performances during the week. Unfortunately, most of them were invite-only or secret parties no ... More >>

Clive's Scores at Basel

One of the unheralded winners of the recently concluded Art Basel was Clive's Café, (2880 No. Miami Ave. and 890 NW 2nd Ave.). The Wynwood location, generally closed for weekend nights, stayed open for the hipster crowd and was jammed. Best option was the jerk chicken ($7.50) - finest we've ever ta ... More >>

Miami According to Brooklyn: Art Basel Wrap-Up

Last week, we introduced you to Crossfade's latest weekly guest columnist, Brooklyn, the day manager and occasional night-time gatekeeper at the Vagabond. To read a longer introduction about who he is, click here to check out last week's premiere installment of Miami According to Brooklyn.To the pe ... More >>

Free #$%*! Ice Cream!!!

The "Ice Cream Man" a.k.a. Matt Allen is a dude who rolls around the country in an old van named Mitch giving away free ice cream. We caught up with him at O.H.W.O.W Gallery (Our House West of Wynwood) on NW 7th Ave and 32 Street during a Basel week party. There were several hundred people there an ... More >>

On the List - Dieselboy, Holy Ghost!, Switch and Black Sunday

They say distance makes the heart grown fonder, but we sort of dropped the ball with On the List; its being almost three weeks since our last compilation. Don't fret children, we're back! And we promise we will never leave you -- er, again.We aren't sure how many of you actually want to go out this ... More >>

Putting the "Arty" in Party

Stimulate your senses at the New Times Artopia.

The Arting of Miami

Young Turks to elder statesmen in 10 little years.

High-Class Heists

Hang on tightly to those Picassos at Basel. Art crime is on the rise.

Madlib

Hang on tightly to those Picassos at Basel. Art crime is on the rise.

Homegrown

Hang on tightly to those Picassos at Basel. Art crime is on the rise.

The Real World

Hang on tightly to those Picassos at Basel. Art crime is on the rise.

Big Breaks

Cheap Art and Cheaper Booze at Art Rx II

The Dying Light

A neo-hippie art collective slams into the 21st Century

And You Can Surf on Them Too!

A neo-hippie art collective slams into the 21st Century

Weekend Flavor: Just Add Basel

A neo-hippie art collective slams into the 21st Century

Art Blobble

Even the Broward and Palm Beach holdouts are getting sucked into this year's Basel

Artmageddon!

Art Basel '06 is bigger than ever. Is bigger better?

Peach on the Beach

Peaches

An Army of Artists

Contemporary art storms Miami Beach

It Basels the Mind

Art Basel: another big-ass festival takes over Miami

Xmas for the Art Lover

Art Basel: another big-ass festival takes over Miami

Sugar-Coated Lollipop Art Collective Ready For Basel

Together, Sam Borkson, of Plantation, and Arturo "Tury" Sandoval III are the creative minds behind "Friends With You," a Miami-based artist collaborative producing a peculiar brand of modern art. As of late, FWY has been getting plenty of attention from the international art community and internati ... More >>

The Skinny Dip: A Concert to Benefit Melanoma Research and Awareness

Together, Sam Borkson, of Plantation, and Arturo "Tury" Sandoval III are the creative minds behind "Friends With You," a Miami-based artist collaborative producing a peculiar brand of modern art. As of late, FWY has been getting plenty of attention from the international art community and internati ... More >>

FriendsWithYou Brings Adorable Creations to Art Basel

Together, Sam Borkson, of Plantation, and Arturo "Tury" Sandoval III are the creative minds behind "Friends With You," a Miami-based artist collaborative producing a peculiar brand of modern art. As of late, FWY has been getting plenty of attention from the international art community and internati ... More >>

Off the Basel-Beaten Path

Together, Sam Borkson, of Plantation, and Arturo "Tury" Sandoval III are the creative minds behind "Friends With You," a Miami-based artist collaborative producing a peculiar brand of modern art. As of late, FWY has been getting plenty of attention from the international art community and internati ... More >>

Concert Review: Gang Gang Dance at Max Fish Miami

Together, Sam Borkson, of Plantation, and Arturo "Tury" Sandoval III are the creative minds behind "Friends With You," a Miami-based artist collaborative producing a peculiar brand of modern art. As of late, FWY has been getting plenty of attention from the international art community and internati ... More >>

Orgasmic Origami

Together, Sam Borkson, of Plantation, and Arturo "Tury" Sandoval III are the creative minds behind "Friends With You," a Miami-based artist collaborative producing a peculiar brand of modern art. As of late, FWY has been getting plenty of attention from the international art community and internati ... More >>

Let the Basel Begin

Together, Sam Borkson, of Plantation, and Arturo "Tury" Sandoval III are the creative minds behind "Friends With You," a Miami-based artist collaborative producing a peculiar brand of modern art. As of late, FWY has been getting plenty of attention from the international art community and internati ... More >>

Art Basel Miami Beach's Masterful Slate of Music Performances

Together, Sam Borkson, of Plantation, and Arturo "Tury" Sandoval III are the creative minds behind "Friends With You," a Miami-based artist collaborative producing a peculiar brand of modern art. As of late, FWY has been getting plenty of attention from the international art community and internati ... More >>

Art Basel Satellite Fairs Outshine the Big Fair on the Beach

Together, Sam Borkson, of Plantation, and Arturo "Tury" Sandoval III are the creative minds behind "Friends With You," a Miami-based artist collaborative producing a peculiar brand of modern art. As of late, FWY has been getting plenty of attention from the international art community and internati ... More >>

Basel Shmazzle!

Together, Sam Borkson, of Plantation, and Arturo "Tury" Sandoval III are the creative minds behind "Friends With You," a Miami-based artist collaborative producing a peculiar brand of modern art. As of late, FWY has been getting plenty of attention from the international art community and internati ... More >>

Art Lurking

Together, Sam Borkson, of Plantation, and Arturo "Tury" Sandoval III are the creative minds behind "Friends With You," a Miami-based artist collaborative producing a peculiar brand of modern art. As of late, FWY has been getting plenty of attention from the international art community and internati ... More >>

Rich? Art Trip to Art Basel!

Together, Sam Borkson, of Plantation, and Arturo "Tury" Sandoval III are the creative minds behind "Friends With You," a Miami-based artist collaborative producing a peculiar brand of modern art. As of late, FWY has been getting plenty of attention from the international art community and internati ... More >>

Post-Basel Fix

Together, Sam Borkson, of Plantation, and Arturo "Tury" Sandoval III are the creative minds behind "Friends With You," a Miami-based artist collaborative producing a peculiar brand of modern art. As of late, FWY has been getting plenty of attention from the international art community and internati ... More >>