Set Times for Sweatstock 2012

See Crossfade’s Sweatstock 2012 miniguide to rocking out, buying records, and getting weird — plus our interview with Sweat Records’ Lolo, Jsin, and Emile about Record Store Day. Protect your ears and armpits. In less than 69 hours, the scene at Sweat Records and Churchill’s Pub will become a loud…

Dick Clark, American Bandstand Host, Dead at 82 From Heart Attack

New Year’s Eve will be a little less rockin’ without the smiling face of “America’s oldest teenager,” Dick Clark. The beloved media mogul passed away today after suffering a heart attack at the age of 82, leaving behind a television legacy that will be hard to top. Way before Ryan…

Top Ten Seizure-Inducing Music Videos

Music videos are the ultimate promotional tool. Sometimes they tell a story. Sometimes they bring the concert into our homes. And sometimes they just slam us in the face with superfast editing and more erratic, bright lights than is medically advisable. Everyone knows the best vids come with a surgeon…

Magrudergrind Talks Screaming, Graffiti, and Smoking Crack

On Magrudergrind’s Crusher EP, there’s a track called “Heaviest Bombing” about writing graffiti. It fades from grindcore brutality into a hip-hop breakdown, ends in a squall of screeching feedback, and then jumps back into violent chord changes for the next song. That shit’s pretty cool. And the Washington D.C. band…

Nicki Minaj and Four Other Famous Twitter Quitters

Nicki Minaj’s fans are pissed. The rap star deactivated her Twitter account (@NickiMinaj) on Sunday after accusing a fan site of leaking music from her album. Although she blocked the site, Nicki decided to say her goodbyes. “Like seriously, its but so much a person can take. Good fucking bye,”…

DeLuna Festival 2012 Announces Lineup, Pearl Jam and Foo Fighters Headlining

Yesterday, CNN ran an interesting article about Southern stereotypes, “The South: Not all Bubbas and Banjos.” “The lower right-hand portion of the U.S. of A. is often pigeonholed as a tobacco-spittin’, Bible-thumpin’, gun-totin’ (and worse) backwater,” writes Todd Leopold. “So go ahead, fry up the buckwheat cakes, spoon out the…

Vince Neil Falls at His Vegas Strip Club: An Extremely Detailed Breakdown

Vince Neil performing at his new Vegas strip club and singing Mötley Crüe songs about hot slutty babes sounds like the most greasy, redundant spectacle since The Gathering of the Juggalos. Nevertheless, this past weekend, Mr. Neil indeed launched a Sin City adult entertainment complex that follows this exact model…