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How Drake Found Himself in Future's Shadow on 'What a Time to Be Alive'
Photo courtesy of Derek Hui for Noisey On paper, What A Time To Be Alive is one of the best things to happen to rap music in 2015, with two artists who have had great individual years coming together...
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Lana Del Rey's Doomed, Weary 'Honeymoon' Is the Perfect Album for Her to Have...
Lana Del Rey drowns in vowels. Her voice may wobble and wail when she sings of feeling most vulnerable, which she does in large supply on Honeymoon, her gloomy, depths-plumbing third album. But on...
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The Netherlands's Eclectic Incubate Festival Brought Death, Blood, and...
Empyrium / all photos by Falk-Hagen Bernshausen Incubate is the kind of festival that sets you up for failure. Of course you want to catch as many bands as humanly possible, and since the majority of...
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Chvrches Just Turned Justin Bieber's "What Do You Mean?" into an Even Bigger...
Historically, the greatest covers in the world do not tend to emerge from Radio 1's Live Lounge. The late Amy Winehouse did such a good job of The Zutons’ “Valerie” that everyone forgot The Zutons...
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Father John Misty Reckons Lou Reed's Ghost Told Him to Remove Taylor Swift...
You wouldn't think there would be much of a market for Ryan Adams covering Taylor Swift's 1989 in the style of Bruce Springsteen. It seemed, to the bystander, like a triad of qualities that cancelled...
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Is This the First Music Video Made Using Google's Deep Dream?
Quick question: why did Google make their Deep Dream software? Was it purely so that we could see everything as if we were on drugs without taking a shit load of drugs? If so, hats off. Personally,...
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Screw Your Gender Norms: Talking Politics With Könsförrädare
Photo by Anna Rönnqvist Ok, so we don’t live in the ‘60s when making politicized and abrasive music was THE thing to be doing, but we do live in a particularly fucked up time. As in, we’d rather hide...
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Kesha, Slut Shaming, and the Tyranny of Pop Music Patriarchy
Power, for women in pop, is an illusion. At least that’s the case for unruly, disruptive women like Kesha, who last October, filed a lawsuit for sexual harassment against her producer Dr. Luke, and...
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Watch Golden Ratio Syrup's Unsettlingly Beautiful Short A Screaming Comes...
Sit up and pay attention, because this is going to get a little confusing. In January an eponymous EP by someone going by the name Golden Ratio Syrup was released via the label NOREMIXES—a fledging...
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Gross, Future's Grandma Has Those Gucci Flip-Flops
Photo courtesy of XXL When everything is said and done, Drake and Meek Mill beefing may be the cultural touchstone that 2015 is remembered for. One person who found himself in the custody battle was...
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PREMIERE: Synths and Colors Become One in Flatliner's New Video for "Blasted...
Are you ever browsing around on the internet, and you see a whole mess of strange colors and aesthetics? It can be really overwhelming at times, a barrage of strange colors and vibes. Above all that...
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Listen to a New Disclosure and Lorde Collaboration "Magnets"
Caracal is coming in like two days! It seems as though nearly every track from the record has come out, but the duo still has a ton in the pipeline to throw at as. Like this new track featuring Lorde...
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Remember Hostel? The New Libertines Video for "Heart of the Matter" is a Bit...
The Libertines have released their new video for "Heart of the Matter" and it's particularly gruesome and sordid, riffing on all sorts of dystopian sexual desires, using hammers, planks and slaps. So...
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Listen to Wavves' New Track "Pony" and Know Life Will Get Better
Let's be honest: the best things in life are really uncomplicated and easy. Making out? Easy! Fresh baked bread? No problemo. (Praise be to carbs!) Cheese balls? Toxic, but still divine. Lying in bed?...
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Lens Flare, Cash and Giraffe-Patterned Overalls Run Amok in Dej Loaf's New...
In the middle of a busy schedule which now includes her recording singles with famous actresses, Detroit rapper Dej Loaf has managed to bless us with the video for “Like A Hoe.” Always a subtle...
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Watch a Teaser for Sia's New Single "Alive"
It's been a minute since we saw some new Sia. Last year's record 1000 Forms Of Fear found Sia reaching into all kinds of different genres, like reggae and electro-pop. Now, about a year after its...
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Listen to Peaches' New Album 'Rub' in its Entirety
This Friday, Peaches will release her sixth full-length record, Rub through I U She Music. We've been incredibly excited for the record's release for a while now, and all of the killer features its...
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Watch Fetty Wap and Monty's Long-Awaited "My Way" Video
Why is Fetty Wap the year's most exciting new artist? Certainly it's not because he's let his career unfold according to some sort of methodical plan—if that were the case we would have gotten the...
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Young Thug and Fashion Models Try on Clothes and Dance to "Good Times"
Young Thug is easily one of the most influential rappers in the world when it comes to fashion. During New York Fashion Week Thugger took time out of his busy schedule, which included performing in...
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From Punching Michael Cera to Taking Journos Hostage: It's Rihanna’s Most...
This article originally appeared on Noisey UK. I rewrote the intro to this four times and each time was more shit than the time before because let's face it: How do you sum up Rihanna? To even try is...
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