Minus the Bear

Metric Headlining Bud Light Music First Tour's 50/50/1 at Fillmore Miami Beach

"50 concerts, 50 states, one day" ... Just a couple of weeks ago, we here at Crossfade announced that Bud Light Music First tour would be coming to Miami. Other cities had already gotten their headliners, including Kendrick Lamar and The Hold Steady, for "Bud Light Music First's grand finale, 50/ ... More >>

Minus the Bear at Revolution Live October 22

Five Band Name Trends That Totally Suck

In our day, you had to walk 15 goddamn miles in the snow to name your band. ​We'd say kids these don't know how to name their bands properly, but kids (and, really, we mean grown men, sometimes zillionaires) have been coming up with crappy band names for quite some time now. And it's only going t ... More >>

Art: Minus the Bear at Revolution Live on May 11, by Iron Forge Press

Poster created by Iron Forge Press​Fort Lauderdale-based Iron Forge Press creates some of the most eye-popping rock posters we've ever seen. Whenever possible, we'll share their designs right here on Crossfade.Iron Forge Press designer Ian Rowan sent over this shot of a Minus the Bear poster for T ... More >>

Moving Units: Radio-Active Records' Top 5 Releases for May 4-10

Flying Lotus: Possibly as bangin' as Sleigh Bells' new album, and actually available in brick and mortar stores​In our Moving Units column, Mike Ramirez at Fort Lauderdale's Radio-Active Records  graciously keeps us up-to-date and comments on the current releases flying out of his store each ... More >>

Moving Units: Radio-Active Records' Top 5 Releases for April 27-May 3

No confirmation if Caribou's album title is a nod to Surfer Blood​In our Moving Units column, Mike Ramirez at Fort Lauderdale's Radio-Active Records  graciously keeps us up-to-date and comments on the current releases flying out of his store each week.Hole is officially back. And, er, so is C ... More >>

Surfer Blood Enter Remix Chamber to Benefit Haiti

​Current NPR darlings Surfer Blood already got a co-sign from Brooklyn electro-house producer Drop the Lime when he spoke about the bands he spins when not spinning for cash in an interview last year. Now the DJ, who rolled through Miami last month, has taken his adoration to the next step by remi ... More >>

South Florida According to Brooklyn: Spring Break Is Here

Photo by Justin Namon, thepopnessparty.comTo read past installments of South Florida According to Brooklyn, click here. Spring break is here, and the streets of South Beach are filled with jackasses. I've noticed more and more as I get older and wiser, that the people who come here from out of town ... More >>

How to Scream Like a Metalhead

2007 Music Year in Review

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New Radiohead...Come and Get It

Last Night: Apples in Stereo at the Culture Room

Purple Popcorn