Lester Bangs

Crossfade's Got Jobs! Apply to Become a Professional Music Writer

Be like Lester Bangs. Write about music. And get paid for it.​OK, so we were joking about the professional part. There are no suits and ties in the Crossfade office. And we don't carry a briefcase unless it's full of Four Loko. But we do got jobs! And if you wanna write about music and get paid f ... More >>

Win CMJ Passes and Join the Ranks of Music Journalism With WVUM's Writing Contest

Be like Lester Bangs!​Everybody wants to be a rock star. But eventually you realize that playing power chords, drinking gallons of Jack Daniel's for breakfast, and slutting it up with groupies of every sex (yes, there are more than two) is a totally ridiculous way to make a living. Sure, it pays h ... More >>

Iggy Pop to Cameo Star in Beastie Boy-Produced William S. Burroughs Documentary

​Most bibliophiles know about the lurid tales of William S. Burroughs. He shot and killed his second wife by accident while drunk, became openly gay, had an affinity for guns, a serious opiate addiction the last 50 years of his life -- and for all of you Floridians, he spent a small time living in ... More >>

National Album Review: The Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out (40th Anniversary Edition)

​The Rolling StonesGet Yer Ya-Ya's Out! 40th Anniversary Edition (ABKCO)In rock and roll, 1969 was perhaps the most historic year of the 20th Century. Of course both The Isle of Wight and Woodstock went down that year. Black Sabbath and The Doobie Brothers were formed. And, yes, the Beatles broke ... More >>

Sinking Ship

Pirate Radio gets a tame U.S. release, but we still love rock 'n' roll.

Made With Love

Rosanne Cash is the friend who will say, or sing, what you can't

BEST LOCAL ALBUM OF THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS

Strokes Is For Dopes

Curious Hair

Listen to the Movie

Almost Famous rings in your ears -- and heart -- long after it's over

A Fan's Notes

After Jerry Maguire, Cameron Crowe comes of age ... finally

Unfoolish Behavior

Generation Beck

Uncommon One

Rotations

Chronicling the King

Counting Down

It was only a matter of time before the critics turned on the Crows

Cool, Cool, Cool

The blue mood of an ex-Doll