Roadburn Day I: Icelandic Dominance, Finnish Forest Folk, and American Gloom...
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Photo courtesy of Clay Rossner Alright boys and girls, dust off your dad's old record player, head to your closest Urban Outfitters and purchase that Black Keys record you've wanted "like forever" but...
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Not too long ago, we spoke to several Muse fans about why exactly they would pay legal tender to willingly attend a Muse concert, instead of enjoying a nice evening doing literally anything else....
View ArticleWhy Does the New Microsoft Bot Hate Drake so Much?
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View ArticlePearl Jam Will Also Cancel Their North Carolina Show in Protest of the...
Photo via Facebook Pearl Jam has joined Bruce Springsteen and Boston in the list of artists who are cancelling their shows in North Carolina over the state’s controversial HB2 “bathroom law” which...
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View ArticleSkepta Sits Down for Revealing Interview with Zane Lowe: "I Will Keep Doing...
To prep for the release of his upcoming record Konnichiwa on May 6, Skepta sat down for a revealing interview with Zane Lowe on Beats 1. In typical Zane fashion, this shit gets pretty real. Skepta...
View ArticleBritney Spears's Instagram Is the Most Joyful Thing on the Internet
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View ArticleKanye West Is Updating 'Yeezus' Now, Too
Kanye West's The Life of Pablo has been, from its inception, a shifting work in progress, but that mindset was made explicit when Kanye continued tweaking the album after the supposed final version...
View ArticleI Got Barfs in Atlanta: Watch Desiigner Vomit Mid-Dab Onstage and Keep Rapping
18-year-old G.O.O.D. Music signee Desiigner's "Panda" is one of the biggest rap songs in the country right now, and you can tell why when it's playing: the song comes in like the air raid before a...
View Article"I Would Love to Do a Musical with Oasis" - An Interview with Richard Ashcroft
In this episode our host John Doran sits down with former Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft ahead of the release of his fourth solo album These People. Ashcroft discusses fatherhood, what he misses about...
View ArticleDrake's 'Views from the 6' Pop-Up Shop Didn't Sell Anything But Still Made...
Like all good friends of Beyonce, Drake treasures the element of surprise. He’s been known to drop a whole mixtape on the fandom with little more than small hints as notice. So when word came across...
View ArticleNorth Accidentally Flushed Kanye's Phone Full of 'TLOP' Lyrics Down the Toilet
Have you ever found yourself listening to "Wolves" and asking yourself why Kanye would drop cringe bars like, "I know it's corny bitches you wish you could unfollow/ I know it's corny niggas you wish...
View ArticleIt Speaks for Itself: Giggs Takes Us Inside the London Rap Scene
The United Kingdom's strict approach to gun control has helped diminish crime in the capital, but street violence still exists and Giggs has been there to document it. His association with South...
View ArticleRead AC/DC Singer Brian Johnson's Devastating Letter About Retiring from...
Brian Johnson at Coachella 2015 / Photo by Frank Thomas I still remember hearing “Rock ‘N’ Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution” for the first time. It was just after my 11th birthday. My aunt says she stood in...
View ArticleWatch Tupac Discuss Income Inequality and Donald Trump in This Unaired 1992...
Screenshot via MTV News Income inequality. Giving people a level economic playing field. Donald Trump. You'd be forgiven for assuming that someone bringing these topics up was talking about the 2016...
View Article'Noisey London' Is Tonight: Here Are 6 Stories About Grime You Need to Read Now
Jammer in NOISEY London Conversations about grime in 2016 are built around the past, present, and future. Most genres just deal with the last two of those three—they have their established origin...
View ArticleChristian d’Or’s “Tough Soul” is the Best Thing to Ever Happen to Bass Riffs...
After traversing Copenhagen's night life for the better part of 15 years, spinning discs and purveying everything from disco, to psych, to jazz, Copenhagen-based DJ and recording artist Christian d'Or...
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