Back and Forth: Wu Tang's RZA x Interpol's Paul Banks
Banks and Steelz is the union of Wu Tang's RZA and Interpol's Paul Banks. On the eve of the release of their joint album, Anything But Words, RZA and Paul Banks talk about The Wu Stash Box, MILFs and...
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Watch Metronomy Go Renegade and Perform "16 Beat" in Paris Charles de Gaulle...
Honestly baggage claim is balls. There's a wonderful sense of freedom when you can stroll straight off a plane, bag in hand and swan out of the airport, sunglasses on. But the crew behind La...
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Please Enjoy Dave Grohl Joining Prophets of Rage on Stage to Cover MC5's...
Are you a fan of political engagement and righteous jams? Well, good news for you. Prophets of Rage – the supergroup featuring members of Rage Against the Machine, Public Enemy, and Cypress Hill –...
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Reflections on 'Demon Days': How Gorillaz Turned Global Turmoil into a...
In an interview with the New York Times, ahead of the release of Demon Days, music critic Jon Pareles noted two phrases scrawled on the walls of Damon Albarn’s London studio in large, black letters....
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Watch Rihanna Perform at the VMAs Because You Need Something to Talk About...
The VMAs are tonight, baby. That means there will be countless tiny little astronauts handed out to lots of celebrities and lots of Must See TV™ moments. Here's the first one. It's Rihanna performing,...
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Who Needs Exercise When You Can Watch Ariana Grande's and Nicki Minaj's...
Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj performed together at the VMAs two years ago, when "Bang Bang" was a thing. They're naturals at this thing! So now they're back, for the 2016 installment—introduced by...
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Here It Is, the Best Thing Ever to Happen on TV: Beyoncé's Performance at the...
Screenshot via MTV What is the VMAs without Beyoncé? If not for Bey's "Single Ladies" video, we wouldn't have had years of Kanye West/Taylor Swift rivalry. If not for her legendary 20-minute Video...
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Holy Shit! Britney's Back Baby!
Britney's back and she's still wearing a spangly leotard last seen on a Vegas showgirl called Crystal. Or perhaps she borrowed and bedazzled Borat's mankini. In any case we're always rooting for Brit,...
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Well, This Billboard Looks Like the First Real Sign of a Drake and Kanye...
Photo by El_Chico_Fuego on Reddit The prospect of a collaborative album between Drake and Kanye West was teased at the start of this month when Yeezy joined Drake onstage at OVO Fest in Toronto. “I...
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Loud Love: Soundgarden and the Heyday of Alternative Metal
Soundgarden / Photo by Charles Peterson This week, Soundgarden’s 1989 album Louder Than Love is being treated to a vinyl reissue, as it deserves to be. The band’s major label debut—after releasing...
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Kanye West Has a Flying Stage!
Photo by Virgil Abloh Kanye West just kicked off his Saint Pablo Tour and, to cut to the chase, he has a flying stage – as in, a stage THAT FLIES. He opened his first North American show of the year...
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Britney Spears Carpool Karaoke Will Make You Wish Britney Spears Was Your...
Image via YouTube How are you feeling today? A bit… meh? If someone asked you on a scale of 1-10, what would you be? A five? Would you describe your current mood as “fine”? Because it’s Friday and...
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We Don’t Deserve Vince Staples
Photo by Jason Favreau Prima Donna, the new EP from Vince Staples, is a twisting force. Clocking in at a short seven tracks, it aggressively bounces, feeling a bit like a warped and chaotic punch to...
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Frank Ocean’s ‘Endless’ Has Been Deemed Ineligible for the Billboard Charts
One of the sub-dramas bubbling beneath the last two weeks of Frank Ocean-dominated news has been over the artist’s method of release for his two (!) albums. Last week, it was reported that Endless,...
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Here's Kanye West's New Video for "Fade," Premiered at the VMAs
On Thursday afternoon, we wondered what Kanye West might do with the four minutes of free stage time that the VMAs were giving him. This, after all, is a man who made whose incident at the 2009 VMAs...
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Chicago Police Department Apologizes to Rhymefest After Gunpoint Robbery and...
Photo via Rhymefest on Instagram Chicago rapper Rhymefest received an apology the Chicago Police yesterday afternoon after posting a video to Twitter of an attempt to report a gunpoint robbery at his...
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People Get Naked in the Grocery Store to Seductive Trentemøller Grooves in...
Remember all of those hot, naked people walking around in the dimly and sexily lit laundry aisle last time you were in Aldi? No? Probably because you don’t do your grocery shopping in a gloomy and...
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Spike Jonze Directed a Kenzo Commercial That's Better Than 94 Percent of...
Is it any surprise that Spike Jonze's commercial for Kenzo's latest fragrance, Kenzo World, is better that 94 percent of all music videos around right now? Uh, no. The man's brain is a wonder and he's...
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Awww-SOME! Kim Kardashian West Made a Playlist of Her Favourite Kanye Songs
Image via Twitter Apparently, no one is a bigger Kanye fan than Kim Kardashian. I mean, wouldn't you want to be in a relationship where there is a mutual support of each person's work, no matter how...
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Pop Is Dead, Long Live the Artist: The VMAs 2016
Here it was, finally, three hours into the show, almost too late but just in time: The Moment. The GIF. The Meme. “We love the woman, who hasn't changed since day one,” Drake said, prompting an...
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