The Reluctant Solo Career of The Gaslight Anthem's Brian Fallon
In the summer of 2014, when Noisey met up with Brian Fallon, the Gaslight Anthem singer was at the tail-end of an intense period of self-doubt. Just shy of the release of his band’s divisive fifth...
View ArticleWalk Among the Sky with 'Pillars of Ash,' Black Tusk's Final Album with...
Photo by Jeff Johnson It's fitting that I'm hungover as shit while I try to write this, because if there's one thing that stands out about the years I spent on the road with Black Tusk, it's the...
View ArticleAnnouncing Nature World Night Out Fest with Antwon, Soulja Boy, Trash Talk,...
Hey LA, what are you doing Saturday, February 27? Actually, it doesn't matter, because you'll want to be at Nature World Night Out, a night-long mini-fest helmed by Antwon and his Nature World...
View ArticleBeef Alert: Neil deGrasse Tyson's Nephew Just Destroyed B.o.B with Science...
As you may know by now, a war of words about the earth's curve was exchanged yesterday between physicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and rapper B.o.B, who debated about whether or not the earth is flat. B.o.B...
View ArticleWe Insist You Watch WALL's Richard Kern Directed Video for "Cuban Cigars"
WALL shot by Peter Senzamici Two awesome entities coming together: rising Brooklyn band WALL and New York filmmaker/photographer Richard Kern—a union guitarist Vince Mcclellend describes as "fast and...
View ArticleRihanna Just Premiered Her New Single "Work" on BBC Radio One in the UK
BBC Radio 1 just pressed play on the world exclusive of Rihanna's new Drake-featuring single "Work", and confirmed that Anti will be released within the next few days, confirming reports that it may...
View ArticleAre Earl Sweatshirt and Chance the Rapper on Kanye West's New Album (Which Is...
Update (Jan. 27, 1:45 PM): Kanye has shared an updated tracklist that hints more at Earl and Chance, plus others. See below. #Waves pic.twitter.com/Azig7aNYOu — KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27,...
View Article"Waves" Is Here and It Features Travis Scott
Image by Joanne Lee The wait is finally over and "Waves" has finally arrived. Oh what? Oh you meant the Kanye West album with the ever-changing title? No, we were talking about the Miguel song...
View ArticleAxe Painted Blood: An Interview with the Artist Who Drew Lucifer in Blood on...
Photo by Nathaniel Shannon Music of the heavy variety is rooted in the act of sacrificing blood, sweat, and tears, often in the revelation of truth, darkness, and passion. But what about adorning one...
View ArticleMike Huckabee's Dismal Adele Parody Campaign Ad Will Send You to the Other Side
Voting in the crucial 2016 United States presidential election's Iowa caucus begins next week, and candidates on both sides are straining to paint themselves out as down-to-earth and rootsy via...
View Article"I Need Something New": On Seeing Savages Before 9 AM
Photos by Nathan Lucking It’s a little before 8:45 on a Tuesday morning in January when Savages vocalist Jehnny Beth approaches the lip of the stage. Before her is a sold out 100 Club. “Good morning,”...
View ArticleMolly Drag's "Rabbits" Video Is Pure Hallucinatory Dream-Pop
Molly Drag is a project by Michael Hansford that combines emo, dream-pop, noise, and way more into one prism of emotion and truth. A couple months back, we gave you a taste of how his music will...
View ArticlePREMIERE: Hail Disharmony with Black Shape of Nexus's "Facepunch Transplant...
Photo by Bernhard Hoell Sure, it's always nice to see bands getting along, but as history has made clear, disharmony can foster great art. Think of all the bands who hated each other—Fleetwood Mac,...
View ArticleMartin Skhreli Either Wants to Destroy the $2 Million Wu-Tang Record or Make...
Photo by Bobby Viteri for VICE Today, VICE published a massive profile on everybody's favorite price-gauging pharmaceutical rep (and audiophile / emo-lover) Martin Shkreli. The piece, written by staff...
View ArticleMAAD*MOISELLE Scares off Prudes and Diabetics in Her Video for “Sweet &...
The first time I was referred to as a member of the “slash generation,” I wanted to slash someone’s tires. After hearing about artists like 27-year-old MAAD*MOISELLE, I was a little more accepting....
View ArticleFreddie Gibbs Borrows Kanye and Kendrick's Madlib Beat for "Cocaine Parties...
Photo by Andreas Brauning for Noisey Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar's "No More Parties in LA" damn near broke the internet when it was released earlier this month, but today another Los Angeles-based...
View ArticleHere’s How It Felt to Grow Up in Northern England During the Rise of the...
Photo by M Tarvainen This article originally appeared on Noisey UK. There are two types of people in this world: Those who think Alex Turner’s 2014 Brit Awards acceptance speech was righteous,...
View ArticleSIA Just Dropped "Broken Glass" And You Need to Hear It Now
Image via Twitter Sia, never one to do things by the book, just dropped her latest track, "Broken Glass," a follow-up to "Reaper" —which was co-written and produced by Kanye West— ahead of her latest...
View ArticleCounterparts’ Brendan Murphy Talks Humble Beginnings In Canada’s Most...
Photo via Facebook This article originally appeared on Noisey Canada. Somewhere in Hamilton Ontario, the small sleepy city outside of Toronto mainly known for its industrial focus, lies Brendan...
View ArticleDeeper Than Rap: Why Are Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa Beefing?
Last night Kanye West abruptly announced that he had changed the title of his soon-to-be-released Swish (formerly So Help Me God) to Waves, igniting a peculiar burst of outrage from fans of the...
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