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"Now Is Always the Right Time": The Resurrection and Enlightenment of 70s...
All photos courtesy of Lightstorm “You wanna go for a ride?” It was the late 60s, so a young guy offering two girls a spin on his motorcycle in the parking lot of what’s now known as the “Rock-n-Roll...
View ArticlePaul McCartney Not VIP Enough For Tyga Grammy Afterparty
This article originally appeared on Noisey Canada Sometimes life is odd. Take for example, Sir Paul McCartney, legendary singer-songwriter and Beatles member, who decided to attend rapper Tyga’s...
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Lady Gaga Pivots Back Into Form as Pop Music's Best Chameleon
This article originally appeared on Noisey Canada When Lady Gaga first walked onto the pop-music scene eight years ago, people paid attention. She was a human spectacle—an artist who wanted to earn...
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The 2016 Grammys Sucked: Is Pop Music Stuck in Neutral?
Photo by Lester Cohen/WireImage/Getty Enshrining popular music—an art form based on youth and rebellion, on evading the rule-makers while on the hunt for what's next—might be a bit of a fool's errand....
View ArticleNoisey Bompton: Growing up with Kendrick Lamar (Part 1)
"If I was you and I had a camera right now, where I would go is a little city called Bompton," Snoop Dogg told us last year. "It's Compton, but it's where the Bloods is at. Because they put a B in...
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Inspiration Is the Danger: Savages and the Audacity of Love
All photos by Cara Robbins Jehnny Beth has been thinking about the Devil. “He's there, when you're feeling that feeling of writing a song,“ the Savages lead singer says of the influences behind the...
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Only Two People Showed up at the NFL to Protest Beyoncé, but Lots of People...
All photos by the author Remember the Beyoncé show with a football game around it last weekend? She powered through "Formation," there were backup dancers dressed as Black Panthers, and I think...
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All Hail Head Wound City, the Band Comprised of Members of The Blood...
Head Wound City might just be the supergroup to end all supergroups. Not just end them, scorch the earth behind them. Armed with Jordan Blilie and Cody Votolato of The Blood Brothers, Nick Zinner of...
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Watch Eagles of Death Metal Return to Paris with Josh Homme
Three months after Eagles of Death Metal's concert at Paris' Bataclan was tragically cut short following a terrorist attack, the Southern California band returned to the French capital Tuesday night...
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Mining Tax’s ‘Footy’ Is More Than Just a Video of Australian Football Biffo
Australian Football was a different beast in the mid 80s. It was a time of feathered hair and biffo. An era before $9 cups of mid-strength beer and the Match Review Panel. Perth duo Mining Tax have...
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Rank Your Records: Joey Burns and John Convertino Sort Calexico’s Studio Albums
In Rank Your Records, we talk to members of bands who have amassed substantial discographies over the years and ask them to rate their releases in order of personal preference. Taking their name from...
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Make Kanye Great Again: How Trump and Ye Are Manipulating Call-Out Culture
Conventional wisdom suggests that Kanye West and Donald Trump are outspoken egomaniacs haphazardly spewing foolish and bigoted opinions. They could also be considered geniuses that use similar tactics...
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Arthur Russell, Kanye West and the Restless Creative Genius
Nothing totally coalesces on Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo. Like compressing an entire movie into a selection of short scenes, the album often feels incomplete and rushed. Arthur Russell was another...
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The So So Glos' Video for "A.D.D. Life" Does Just What it Says on the Tin
So So Glos shot by Matthew Greeley Man. You gotta love the So So Glos. No really, that's an order. We've been writing about them for years now because their combination of bratty vocals and pop nous...
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Brooklyn’s B Boys Are Here to Free Your Mind with "Seagulls"
Photo by Heather Strange If you read B Boys' bio, your immediate thought will be “these guys are absolutely nuts.” And they are, but in a way that will definitely benefit your ears. “Three psychos...
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Watch the Trailer for Noisey's New Four Part Series: Converse Rubber Tracks
Getting a demo cut is tough work: the cost, the slog, the hours of work to get a scratchy white-noise tape down that might do just enough justice for your sound to peer through. How do you stand out...
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A Tour of the Work Studio of Mr. Creepy, Flint, Michigan’s Dumpster-Diving...
Flint’s water crisis has been a dark cloud looming over the city for the last few weeks. The national news reports are finally catching up to the everyday struggles that residents of the Michigan city...
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Still Crazy for Best Coast: An Interview with Bethany Cosentino on the...
Photo courtesy of Best Coast's Instagram Crazy for You by Best Coast is an undisputed classic for moody stoners everywhere. Back in 2010, Bethany Cosentino’s shamelessly emotional debut record...
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Watch Sia Sing "Chandelier" and "Diamonds" While Pretty Much Blind in a Car
Sia might not be on Kanye West’s new album anymore, but that hasn’t stopped her from appearing for a round of Carpool Karaoke on James Corden’s Late Late Show. Singing hits like “Chandelier” and...
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Ex-Presidents Don't Want You, They Want Your Babies
In their own words, London group Ex-Presidents don't want to be taken too seriously. Jamie and Kim, the group's initial members, met ten years ago while chugging beer at a campsite in Newquay. At...
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