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Leave Your Lures at Home, Nerds: Rihanna Unveils No 'Pokémon Go' Policy
The Pokémon Go backlash seems to have begun in record time. Along with news that Nintendo's stocks are plummeting because a bunch of dumbass investors didn't do their research, now Rihanna–the Umbreon...
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As LA's Beat Scene Evolves, Can Low End Theory Festival Survive?
All photos by Gaius Roberts Low End Theory started small. By most accounts, attendance on that first Wednesday night at Lincoln Heights’ Airliner in October of 2006 was roughly 30 people, and almost...
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Here's Vic Mensa and Joey Purp Completely Going Off on 'Sway in the Morning'
Image via YouTube Chicagoans Vic Mensa and Joey Purp, both riding off strong projects this year, made an appearance on Sway in the Morning and did a freestyle together. It's completely bonkers, with...
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72 Hours in Cleveland: Searching for Rock 'n' Roll in Donald Trump's America
Illustration by Adam Mignanelli TUESDAY: The Armed Occupation of Cleveland, Prophets of Rage and Chris Christie Duet, Be Very Afraid of the Rick Springfield Noogie There are more guns here than I’ve...
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Big Narstie Is Starring in the Most Ridiculous Film of All Time
Image via YouTube What's the worst film ever? You may be inclined to point towards Tommy Wiseau’s The Room, in which every single scene, every single word uttered, and every single move made, is an...
View ArticleLooking to a Happy Future with Yung Lean: Noisey Raps
A few years ago, Yung Lean emerged on the internet out of Sweden with a weird mishmash of bizarre rap born out of the world of Lil B. His music was sludgy and heady, carried by massive beats that felt...
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Dad Attends Cosmic Festival of Electronic Music, Science, and Stargazing,...
Let me start off by saying: I think weed is dumb. I mean, it's definitely not the worst drug—that accolade probably goes to heroin for ruining lives and mephedrone for being shit—but it is arguably...
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How Being a Music Journalist Made Me Wind Up in a Psychiatric Hospital
All photos supplied by author There's a well-known saying, "writing about music is like dancing about architecture." Perhaps you know it. Its origin is variously attributed to Elvis Costello, Frank...
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Can You Find Love at a Music Festival?
Annalise and Kim hiding in the air conditioned cool of "The Lab" at Panorama Festival Annalise has been to about five music festivals in her life. When she thinks about festivals she thinks: sweat,...
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C'mon Dude, Cut Your Festival Wristbands Off
Photo via Flickr user doop These festival wristbands have been festering upon your skin for... How long is it now? A couple of days? A month? A year? Maybe five? Most sentient beings immediately snip...
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'Load' Is the Definitive Metallica Album Because It Stinks
Design by Adam Mignanelli Looking back on the vaguely depressing history of Metallica, there's a clear distinction between the band's best album and its ultimate album. Their best album is probably...
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C'mon Dudes, PARTYNEXTDOOR Isn't Actually Lying About His Age
MFW I hear these theories. Conspiracies. What would the rap game be without 'em? No one is who say they are, people aren't as cool with each other as they appear to be, everything is lies and...
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Redd Kross and Side Eyes Remind Us How Badass the Go-Go's Actually Were
SoCal alt-rock legends Redd Kross have been snarling around for more than three decades, and now they've teamed up with the next generation for a split 7 inch with The Side Eyes, a punk outfit headed...
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Boys Don't Cry: A Story of Rock 'n' Roll and Surviving The Cure
Lol shot by Scott Witter Laurence ‘Lol’ Tolhurst met Robert Smith at the age of five. Years later, he’d become a founding member (and the original drummer) of The Cure. Cured: The Tale of Two...
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Your Birthday Party Will Never Be as Good as Stormzy’s Birthday Party
Image via Instagram What did you do for your last birthday? Have a few tinnies in the park while your girlfriend played “Re-Rewind” on her portable iPod speakers until you got kicked out at 11pm?...
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Watch Radiohead Play “Let Down” Live For the First Time in a Decade
Image by Daniele Delledonne via Flickr Have you noticed anything… odd about Radiohead lately? Anything a bit… out of the ordinary? Like, I dunno, how they keep cracking jokes at their gigs, as if...
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This Is How to Vomit (Successfully) at a Party
On this week's episode of PARTY LEGENDS on VICELAND, Marissa Paternoster of Screaming Females gets animated by Jeff Owens and tells us how to vomit in the most respectful way at a party. Considering...
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Don't Be Alarmed, But Smash Mouth Are Back... With an EDM Song
You all remember Smash Mouth, right? The American rock band who did those two songs from Shrek that were distressingly inescapable for the entirety of 2001? Likely the only band that has ever...
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Dancehall Is Pop Now, but We Can’t Let Pop Stars Steal Dancehall
Image by Mikey Espinosa If you turn on the radio, you’ll still be able to catch the infamous, minimal and digitally-induced bassline that made its debut five months ago. Paired beneath a melody dotted...
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Cam & China Are the Twin Sister Rap Duo About to Fuck LA Up
Photos by Candice Morgutia Friday marks the release of Cam & China’s self-titled debut EP, but the twins from Inglewood are hardly newcomers to the LA rap world. In the early Obama years, Cam...
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