We Got Max from Arkells to Confront the Criticisms of His Band’s Biggest Fan
Arkells. Max Kerman second from right. Photo courtesy of Matt Barnes. This article originally appeared on Noisey Canada. Hamilton, Ontario’s Arkells are nothing short of national heroes, their buoyant...
View ArticleNow That's What I Call Menstruation: The Noisey Guide to Period Pop
Still taken from Tacocat's video for "Crimson Wave" (get it). You’ve heard about rap. You’re down with techno. You know your way around an afrobeat pop track. But have you heard about period pop?...
View ArticleBlood Orange Announces New Album That Looks Awesome, Shares Visual Teaser
It’s almost too obvious now to point to Dev Hynes’ versatility as an artist. Starting out with the abrasive, borderline-parodic Test Icicles and moving through to his delicate solo work as Lightspeed...
View ArticlePlease, Help Fund my Uncle's A-Z Grime Tour of London
About a month ago, my Uncle Aby told me in passing at a family meal about how he wants to capitalise on the sightseeing tours you see constantly parading around the streets of London, and the growing...
View ArticleJulian Casablancas Tells Zane Lowe He Wants to Spend the Rest of His Life...
Photo by Joshua Mellin If you’ll remember, we spent Friday watching The Strokes’ euphoric, triumphant Governors Ball headline set, a solid hour and a half of classics that left us feeling all sorts of...
View ArticleDanish The Mountains' New Track "Changes" is an Upbeat Wake-Up Call
With an orange xenophobe running for the White House, refugees drowning in the Mediterranean and the world's oceans rapidly dying and turning against us thanks to climate change, The Mountains are...
View ArticleWitness Him: Justin Bae-ber Is Objectively Perfect in New Video "Company"
Stop whatever you're doing right now and make a time capsule. Yeah, like you did in elementary school. Shove that shit in the ground to mark today, June 8th, 2016, the day humanity created the...
View ArticleG-Eazy on Being Satan, Sounding Like Drake, and Looking Like Eminem
In the latest episode in this series of The People Vs., we recently caught up with rapper G-Eazy, who responded to some of the YouTube comments on the video for "Me, Myself, and I." Follow G-Eazy on...
View ArticleListen to The Kills Kill It Covering Rihanna's "Desperado"
After five long years The Kills returned last week with Ash & Ice—a fantastic reminder of what made the duo such a formidable force when they first exploded on the indie rock scene back in the...
View ArticleWhat Happened When Adele Spent £2 Million on a Hen Party Mash-Up In Ibiza?
This article originally appeared on Noisey UK. Imagine, for a second, that you are Adele. You are Adele Laurie Blue Adkins MBE, and you are absolutely minted. You recently reportedly signed the most...
View ArticleRick Ross, Meek Mill, and Wale Just Dropped a Track Together Called "Make It...
Photo via Meek Mill's Instagram It was only a few months back that Meek Mill defiantly took to Instagram to say tell Wale “U not MMG NOMORE!” The back-and-forth between the two had kicked off...
View ArticlePromiscuous World: Ten Years Ago, Nelly Furtado's 'Loose' Ate Music Alive
You probably haven't thought about or listened to Nelly Furtado's Loose album in a while. The Canadian singer seems to keep a pretty low profile these days and her third LP, which dropped 10 years ago...
View ArticleOh Dammit All, The New Blink-182 Song Isn’t Trash
Let’s be clear about one thing before we proceed. The first two cuts to come out from Blink 182’s soon-to-be-released new record California were not very good. The band’s first album in five years and...
View ArticleRZA and Interpol's Paul Banks Announce New Album and Share "Giant"
Two artists in totally different genres pairing up can either be a disaster or something killer. The pair of RZA and Interpol's Paul Banks announced their new project under the name of Banks and...
View ArticleWe Saw Canadian Rapper Snak The Ripper with Some Hells Angels and a Baby at...
Snak the Ripper at Regina's 306 Shop. All photos courtesy of the author This article originally appeared on Noisey Canada. West Coast rapper and Stompdown Killaz (SDK) leader Snak the Ripper has been...
View ArticleYep, Zooey Deschanel Starred in The Offspring's Video for "She's Got Issues"
1998 was an emotional year for us all. The UK hosted the Eurovision song contest and came second (marking a slow, embarrassing decline ever since), legendary crooner Frank Sinatra passed away, and...
View ArticleYeah! Hear Usher's New Track "No Limit" Featuring Young Thug
Isn't it great when your favorite artists come back after a long absence with new music that isn't embarrassing? Today, Usher came back after four years of no new music, with a new track titled "No...
View ArticleHoly Shit! It's the Best British Tracks of 2016 (So Far)
Photo by Carys Lavin This article originally appeared on Noisey UK, obviously. Not to get too self-aggrandising about it, but Britain has the best music scene in the world. We know this, because we...
View ArticleSerenade Your Guilty Pleasure Center with phlake’s New Track “Moldavia”
The people (of Spotify) have spoken. We can no longer carry on ignoring the highly danceable easy listening that is Danish bro force-sensation, phlake. The dynamic Danish duo of Jonathan Elkær og Mads...
View ArticleI Went Door to Door to Find Out If Music is Harder to Sell Than Religion
This article originally appeared on Noisey UK. In 2015, buying a CD has become about as appealing as watching Home & Away. You’re not just averse to it, you’re barely aware it still exists....
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