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Captain, Not the Crony: Why Speedy Ortiz Is the Artist of the Year
Each day this week, Noisey is announcing and discussing one of the five artists we believe defined 2015. The first Artist of the Year is Speedy Ortiz. Follow along here all week and in the weeks ahead...
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PREMIERE: Rich Homie Quan's New Song "The Most" Is Doing the Most of...
It's been a good year for Rich Homie Quan. Back when we covered him in Noisey Atlanta, it was as one half of a duo with Young Thug. When that duo headed their separate ways might have left some people...
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How to Survive Rock 'n' Roll with Justin Hawkins from The Darkness
In 2003, The Darkness took a seat at the popular table. In a musical landscape dominated by identikit, leather jacket-wearing indie rockers trying their best to look like they woke up like this, The...
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Watch Built To Spill Play One of Their Rarest Cuts "Good Enough"
Built To Spill has been a band for over 20 years. With that time spent and eight records under their belt, they've completely mastered their craft in performing live. To show their ability, the band...
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King Krule Has Created an Instagram Account and Announced a New Project...
Via Instagram It's been a minute since we heard from King Krule. Sure, the South London artist only released his debut album 6 Feet Under The Moon two years ago. But in a high-speed age where we can...
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The 31 Most Important Music Beefs of 2015
Image by Alex Cook “A wise man told me don't argue with fools, ‘cause people from a distance can't tell who is who.” – Jay Z “Let’s get ready to ruuuuuumbllllle.” – Michael Buffer “Are you not...
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Death, Glory, and Triumph: Why Iron Maiden Is the Artist of the Year
Each day this week, Noisey is announcing and discussing one of the five artists we believe defined 2015. The first Artist of the Year is Iron Maiden Follow along here all week and in the weeks ahead...
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Waka Flocka Flame Just Dropped Flockaveli 1.5
In 2010, Waka Flocka Flame put out Flockaveli, a record that winded up being more influential than people would have guessed before its release. It showed us the rise of Lex Luger who would lay the...
View ArticleVic Mensa Protested in Chicago Over the Death of Laquan McDonald
.@VicMensa out in the streets protesting, via his Snapchat #LaquanMcDonald pic.twitter.com/uFRDmVBijQ — Paul Biasco (@Paul_Biasco) November 25, 2015 Yesterday, the Chicago Police Department released...
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Black Death, Resurrected: The Ballad of Siki Spacek and the First All Black...
Photos courtesy of Black Death Siki Spacek is in Cleveland, where he’s pretty much always been. That’s where he was in 1978 when he started Black Death, the first heavy metal band to feature all black...
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Interstellar Overdrive: A Heavy Music Fan’s Guide to Forgotten Synth Icons
Heldon/Richard Pinhas / photo courtesy of Cuneiform Records Nearly 50 years ago, two men changed the future. Working completely independently of one another, inventors Robert Moog and Don Buchla each...
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Run Away with Me? A First Date with Carly Rae Jepsen
Carly Rae Jepsen, left, with the author / Photos by Seher What kind of flowers would you buy Carly Rae Jepsen? How, were you to find yourself standing in front of a wall of plants that each in some...
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'The Bag I'm In' Charts the Underground Music and Fashion In Britain from...
Orange Juice by Peter McArthur. The Postcard look 1979-1981. Nearly two years ago, I spoke with Sam Knee, author of A Scene In Between, a photography book which chronicles the UK’s 80s indie scene...
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"There Wasn't a Single Sound": A Survivor of the Bataclan Attacks in Paris...
The photo Rodrigue Mercier posted to Facebook on Saturday morning to let his family and friends know he was safe. A week and a half ago, you were probably texting friends and setting up your Friday...
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Boosie Has Been Diagnosed with Kidney Cancer
Baton Rouge rapper Boosie, a.k.a. Lil' Boosie or Boosie Badazz, went on Instagram today and asked his fans to pray for him after learning he has been diagnosed with cancer. According to TMZ, the...
View ArticleEagles of Death Metal Discuss Paris Terror Attacks
During Eagles of Death Metal's November 13 show at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, gunmen entered the venue and opened fire on the crowd, leaving at least 90 dead. The band spoke to VICE about the...
View ArticleNomad’s “Fakka Me Mej” Will Make You Wanna Throw Molotovs Everywhere
During the first few seconds of Swedish Nomad’s “Fakka Me Mej”, you’ll probably feel your fists clench and your adrenaline glands pulsate. Apparently, that's what "punk trap" does to you—aka the name...
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Meet the Guy Who Gives You the Heads Up If an Album Leaks
Staffan Ulmert will let you know if and when an album has leaked. His site Has It Leaked is like the Neighborhood Watch of musical leaks which, according to the official website, aims to mediate...
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Adele Just Announced a 2016 Tour by Impersonating Harry Potter Doing the...
Stop the fucking car! Adele just announced a 2016 tour with dates across UK, Ireland, and Europe with a suspicious Glastonbury-sized hole in the schedule. More importantly, though, it's probably the...
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franskild's Remix of Alex Winston's "Head Down Low" is Your New Winter Jam
Seriously, what is it with Swedes having some sort of magic ability to consistently produce icy-cool, club-friendly pop and dance music? The latest group continuing that tradition is franskild—a...
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