Still holding on to those skinny jeans and Aquanet? Can’t get enough ‘80s girl power? Can’t throw away those giant bracelets just yet? Well, you don’t have to. Your chance to relive the best decade ever is right around the corner. Those get-‘em girls, The Bangles, are coming at you…
Holy shit! Drake is another year older today. So no longer can we say he’s “25 sitting on 25 mil.” Although, if his lyrical content is any indication, he’s already stacked enough paper to match his new age and then some. Like, seriously, this guy is the king of self-hatred-meets-braggadocio…
Another day, another hustle. But stay pimpin’, playa. ‘Cause the light at the end of the tunnel swiftly approaches. You’ve been getting your grind on, but this city will provide you with appropriate after-school activities to help forget all that serious business and corporate blah-blah. This weekend in particular will…
Yo, be very, very quiet. We’re hunting rabbits. Skrillex’s OWSLA imprint is going on tour to showcase its variety of sounds and next-level skillset, and we’re going to catch us some choice bunny meat from Kill The Noise, M Machine and Nick Thayer at Grand Central on Wednesday, November 1…
Justin Bieber is going on an insane spending spree, buying drugs, abortions, and penis enlargers with an American Express card that he jacked from his girlfriend’s dad. Now he’s being taken to court by the poor victim. But, uh, the “victim” is just a totally insane dude from Michigan. Thankfully…
Taylor Swift knows not what she is about to do, and we here at Crossfade can only scream at her from the sidelines: “Taylor, wat r u doin? Taylor, stahp!” In a recent interview with MTV, the country-pop superstar said she unwittingly experimented with the once-underground UK sounds of dubstep…
Britney Spears went fucking crazy, y’all. Back in 2007, she was all over the place, shaving her head, driving with her babies in mama’s lap, and releasing tracks like “Gimme More.” Everyone falls on hard times. But now Spears has to live out her demons in the public eye all…
The DJ Mag Top 100 comes out today. But pretty much no one cares. Like, it’s just an excuse for the machine to rip off more commercial consumers and demand bigger dollars for their predictable set performances, bro. These are producers. They’re not even DJs. You know who lives above…
Gaga’s lady parts might be crawling with critters. But at least she’s got a hit. Two of the most visually striking musical performers of the contemporary era are in a real-life underground vs. mainstream battle, and the subterranean freaks might actually be winning. Die Antwoord picked a fight with Mother…
EDM is the biggest thing on the planet and everyone loves a joke. So when you put your favorite DJs together with five-second rounds of Photoshop, everyone wins! Hell, you could even use MS Paint. Let’s be real, we’re all just button-pushers at the end of the day. We here…
Wow, it’s the weekend already? What the hell even happened these last few days? We here at Crossfade still feel kinda drunk from last Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. But that’s just how it goes. Like they say, the best cure for a hangover is another four days full of…
About four years after Jimmy Brooks graduated from Degrassi Community School, Aubrey Drake Graham can finally say he’s got a high school diploma. Without it, the Canadian superstar managed to have a successful child-acting and rap career. ‘Cause you don’t need basic algebra to hang with Lil Wayne, and you…
The Flight Facilities dudes make funky, chilled-out disco for a hip, EDM-loving generation. That’s what we know about them for sure. Everything else — where they’re from, who they are, how they got their name — is subject to change depending on who you ask. That’s because they’re more interested…
Congorock at Mansion October 19
Kim Kardashian has all but moved into her $10-million Miami mansion with Kanye West. The two have been spotted all around the MIA, fighting photographers and touching each other’s asses, though generally escaping the grabby hands of mere peons. But if you’re the kind of “mere peon” who can afford…
UPDATE Ultra Music Festival 2013’s General-Admission Passes on Sale! Right Effing Now! For $574.95! Damn, where’d you find those Ultra tickets? The Internets are on fire with happy, sad, and just plain confused partiers who may or may not have nabbed early-bird passes to the 15th anniversary edition of Ultra…
It’s been more than a decade since Mystikal had a hit, but he can still hit it from the back. At least, that’s what porn star Pinky said when she heard the out-of-jail rapper would choose her to take his XXX virginity. Basically, if Mystikal can’t make another hit record…
Music fans can be really devoted. But it takes a special breed to join a crazy fan cult. And yet, music has exactly that kind of power over some people. It’s a fine line between in love and psychopathically obsessed. But whose fans are the freakiest? Who is the government…
Scott Storch has been making hot beats for over a decade. His skills once made him a wanted man by hip-hop and R&B acts. But now his dead-beat ways have got him wanted by the cops. And that’s not exactly the kind of hot drop you want as a big-time…
Everyone is beat-freaking the fuck out, trying to guess what the big announcement coming from Ultra HQ is gonna be. The official teaser statement is all “We’re gearing up to make global EDM history, and do something that NO electronic music festival has EVER done.” That’s a lot of caps…
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are getting into some pretty freaky sex practices. You know, watching each other’s sex tapes. And now, public paparazzi beating. How much kink can Kimye take? At least, it seems to be getting Ms. Kardashian off. Just check the cut to see the grin on…
Sorry, Admiral Ackbar. It’s too late for your warnings. The kids cannot escape. America’s youth is addicted to the drug-dealing music. And they ain’t fina stop twerkin’ till they dead. Or in jail. OK, it’s not that serious. But Friday’s performance by Flosstradamus at Grand Central proved that trappin’ is…
