Weezer

Weezer, World's Best Band Circa Windows 95, Playing South Florida Show on November 8

Remember your first computer? Ours was a rather unflattering, bulky Packard Bell Legend with horrid speakers hanging off the monitor. There was also a flimsy microphone that we could use on the integrated "telephone answering system with full-duplex speakerphone." But a digital phone system was ... More >>

Dinosaur Jr. at Grand Central January 23

Sebadoh, Jacuzzi Boys, and Plains at Grand Central in Miami, January 18

​See the full 30-photo Sebadoh at Grand Central slideshow. Sebadoh With Jacuzzi Boys and Plains Grand Central, Miami Wednesday, January 18, 2012 Better Than: "Brand New Love" on a boat. Less than 24 hours before setting sail aboard the first-ever Weezer Cruise, totally essential alternative t ... More >>

Sebadoh at Grand Central January 18

Sebadoh's Lou Barlow Talks Weezer Cruise, Dinosaur Jr., and Being an Indie Rock Dad

In 1984, Lou Barlow started an indie rock crew called Dinosaur Jr. with J. Mascis and a drummer nicknamed Murph. Four years later, after endless tension, a trio of amazing albums, and a ton of alt-guy fights, Lou got kicked out of his own band. That's when Barlow became almost synonymous with Sebad ... More >>

LA Riots at Arkadia January 6

LA Riots Erupt at Arkadia on January 6

Via facebook.com/LARiotsOfficial​Often associated with violent street crime, urban decay, and N.W.A., South Central Los Angeles is generally considered a residential wasteland, the type of gritty, big-city neighborhood where dreams die and poverty prevails. During the early '90s, it was the epic ... More >>

Surfer Blood Backs Out of Sebadoh's
Pre-Weezer Cruise Concert at Grand Central

Photo by Ian Witlen​What were you doin' the night before Dinosaur Jr. alum and indie demigod Lou Barlow announced that his highly emotional side project, Sebadoh, would be visiting Downtown hipster superclub Grand Central for a pre-Weezer Cruise concert on January 18, 2012? Well, Crossfade was h ... More >>

Muppets Collaborate With Joanna Newsom and Feist! Top Ten Musical Moments of Muppetry

Image by Travis Kotzebue​Music blog Stereogum has posted some teaser tracks from the forthcoming Muppets movie soundtrack and the songs feature two of indie rock's leading ladies: Joanna Newsom and Feist. You'd figure the Muppets would either hit their core demographic with whatever 11-year-old ... More >>

Sebadoh Announces Miami Show at Grand Central With Surfer Blood and Jacuzzi Boys

​Man, oh man! We had the weirdest dream last night. Well, to start things off, Sebadoh was there. Y'know, the weepy and weird side-project-turned-anti-band started by Lou Barlow when his mid-'90s feuding with fellow Dinosaur Jr. bandmate, guitarist and singer J. Mascis, forced his exit. But, lik ... More >>

Pitbull Announces Club 305 Cruise, a "Magical Voyage Coming in 2012"

​File this under "Fuck yes!" Mr. Worldwide, Pitbull, wants to get wild with you, and "2,500 of his closest friends" on the inaugural Club 305 Cruise. Earlier today, Armandito Christian Perez tweeted in the third person, "Pitbull wants you to join him on the party marathon that will be @Club30 ... More >>

Weezer Cruise 2012 Reveals Concert Schedule and Special Activities

Ahoy, sensitive, sea-faring rock fans.​When Rivers Cuomo announced the inaugural Weezer Cruise a few months ago, the emo-pop pioneer provided sensitive, sea-faring rock fans with a pretty comprehensive passenger list. Admittedly, though, he sorta skimped on the details. But today, Rivers and ... More >>

Who Wants Free Tickets and a Four-Night Hotel Stay for the Deluna Fest?

Swim for free with the Shins at Deluna.​Now and again, the average music fan needs to escape the humdrum realities of daily life by fleeing to some alluringly exotic locale (say, uh, Pensacola), sucking back loads of intoxicants (only legal shit, of course), and vibing out to a cross-genre cluster ... More >>

Juggalos, Rebecca Black, and Three Other Crappy Music Cruises We Hope Never Set Sail

​Why are music cruises all the rage? Is it some kind of reactionary Great Recession diversion for those few who can actually afford it? Back in February, Miami's young-adults-in-leather-jackets got a taste of the open seas with the garage rock-themed Bruise Cruise. Atlanta scuzzballs Black Lips w ... More >>

Rivers Cuomo and Crew Set Sail From Miami Aboard the Weezer Cruise on January 19, 2012

Rivers Cuomo wants to cruise with you.​Who would've pegged Weezer's Rivers Cuomo for a cruise enthusiast? But in a YouTube commercial posted today, the emo icon appears ocean-ready (no Buddy Holly glasses) and dressed in a totally Carnival-appropriate outfit (crappy baseball cap and striped, navy ... More >>

The Adolescents at Respectable Street January 7

The Adolescents Rip Into Respectable Street This Friday

Photo by Kelli Hayden via myspace.com/theadolescents​More than a decade before Weezer's "Blue Album" toasted undone sweaters, surf boards, and Happy Days, the Adolescents' highly influential debut was well known for its cerulean cover. Springing up from the ashes of Agent Orange and Social Disto ... More >>

Dancey Dance Time

Rivers Cuomo Reminisces With the Cast of Jackass in Weezer's Latest Video for "Memories"

Photo by Sean Murphy​When we reminisce and look at days gone by, we tend to think of the fun times we've had first, and the people who we've shared them with. We have a hunch that Rivers Cuomo was on the same track mentally when he came up with the idea behind Weezer's latest music video for "Memo ... More >>

Concert Review: Weezer, We Are Scientists, Crash Kings and Gringo Star at SunFest's New Music Night

Photo by Ian WitlenWeezer's Rivers Cuomo amps up himself and the SunFest crowd Wednesday night​SunFest New Music Night With Weezer, We Are Scientists, Constellations, Crash Kings Gringo Star, Locksley, and These United States West Palm Beach Waterfront Check out Ian Witlen's slideshow of photos f ... More >>

Q&A: These United States' Jesse Elliott Proposes a "In the Garage" Duet With Weezer

Photo by Sarah LawThese United States' Jesse Elliott is the guy with the second-least amount of facial hair​SunFest 2010 -- AKA a five-day injection of live music, food, art, and maybe a few beverages -- begins today at the West Palm Beach waterfront. New Times will be there all week, and updates ... More >>

SunFest: Weezer Prefers Beach Balls to Mud Balls in Chat With New Times

Photo by Sean MurphySunFest hopefully won't get dirty for Weezer​Due to our "production schedule" and "editorial standards," Alex Rendon's amazing article about SunFest's New Music Night ran in last week's print edition. Somehow, dude scored interviews with musicians set to play tonight at SunFest ... More >>

Admire the Full SunFest 2010 Lineup and Schedule, Advance Tickets Still Available

Weezer's Rivers Cuomo, after knocking out Chris Cornell in four rounds​Now Crossfade isn't taking any steps to become Sunfade for the week, but there's going to be a lot of SunFest coverage. The lineup, which includes Weezer, the Flaming Lips, Nas, among many others, is strong to say the least. A ... More >>

Destroy Your Sweaters

Pitchfork Captures Surfer Blood Playing "Floating Vibes" in a Sunoco Station

Surfer Blood's "Floating Vibes" clip, filmed by Pitchfork and currently streaming here, could be an official video judging by its multiple camera angles and gratuitous product placement. No pajama shots like their last one, though. Read a liveblog of the thrilling action in the garage (did Weezer ev ... More >>

SunFest's New Music Night: These United States, Crash Kings, Constellations, Gringo Star, and We Are Scientists

Photo by Sarah LawAbout to become SunFest professionals: These United States​Whoa, we were sure excited the day SunFest announced their initial slate of performers the 28th installment of the music festival, which takes place April 28 - May 2 in downtown West Palm Beach. Nas, Damian Marley, the F ... More >>

South by South Florida: Surfer Blood Head to SXSW Next Week, Cover Guided by Voices

Surfer Blood, seen above covering Guided by Voices' "Game of Pricks," has quickly become huge. Not Kings of Leon huge, not headlining a North American arena tour huge, or the biggest thing to hit Europe since, well, the euro huge. At least not yet. Stick with huge for a band from West Palm Beach tha ... More >>

Nas, Weezer, Damian Marley, Flaming Lips and Rise Against Among Acts Confirmed for SunFest 2010 April 28 - May 2

311 performing at SunFest 2009​West Palm Beach hasn't had this much musical excitement since Ozzy Osbourne rolled through town. An impressive crop of national acts are set to play the 28th installment of SunFest, which takes place April 28 - May 2 in downtown West Palm Beach along Florida's Intrac ... More >>

Least Surprising News of the Year: Pitchfork Loves Surfer Blood's Debut Astro Coast

​Snobby, indie music site Pitchfork awarded Surfer Blood's debut album, Astro Coast, an 8.2 rating, also tagging as "Best New Music." However, if you've followed the bands meteoric rise, thanks in large part to Pitchfork, this doesn't necessarily come as a surprise. The site has shown its love for ... More >>

Surfer Blood Headlines Haiti Benefit Concert at Propaganda Monday, January 18

​As more and more details come out about the widespread devastation and the desperate conditions in Haiti following the earthquake, local venues, promoters, and bands have been teaming up to answer the call for help. One of the quickest to respond in this way is Propaganda's Steve Rullman, who put ... More >>

Pitchfork Shows Surfer Blood More Love

​Pitchfork's love affair with West Palm Beach's Surfer Blood continued this week when the online music site picked "Swim" as the one of the top singles of 2009. It came in at number 37 out of 100. Pitchfork says, "Any self-respecting 'pop craftsman' would've whittled away at that 'Needles in the C ... More >>

Moving Units: Top Five Albums at Local Independent Music Stores

Moving Units is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling albums at South Florida independent record stores.Top Five Albums for the Week of November 8 - 15This ain't your kid sister: Kid Sister climbed Radio-Active Records charts with her new hip hop/electro debut, Ultraviolet.​Uncle ... More >>

The Get Up Kids Rise Again

The emo pioneers really were worth writing home about.

Fort Lauderdale Foursome Fantastic 5 Plays Radio-Active Records This Saturday, July 25

 Fort Lauderdale-based foursome Fantastic 5 blend indie rock and '90s alternative with echoing guitars, stripped down rock, and grungy  vocals, and name The Pixies, Weezer, The Strokes, and Velvet Underground among their musical influences. Their songs vacillate from Nirvana-inspired openi ... More >>

L.A. Riots

Q&A with Tokyo Police Club's Greg Alsop

Any band that can crank out seven songs in the span of just 16 minutes and not give up a thing is all right by me.  And that's exactly what Tokyo Police Club did with their 2006 debut EP titled A Lesson In Crime.  Their single off that EP, "Nature of the Experiment", which features br ... More >>

The Name Game

Twenty years of identity crisis.

Weird Al Yankovic

Straight Outta Lynwood (Volcano)

Rivers Changing Course

Weezer's auteur takes a tentative step into the real world

Digby

Weezer

Make Believe (Geffen)

Ash

Meltdown Record Collection

Number 3 Pencils

Delicate Subjects Dark Lead Records

Screaming Fidelities

This fan has her own Dashboard Confessional to give

Mark Ronson

Here Comes the Fuzz (Elektra)

Arlo

Stab the Unstoppable Hero "Sub Pop Records"

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Into the Night

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