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Sacramento Doom Upstarts Chrch Reach High and Tune Low with "Stargazer"
Photo courtesy of the artist Sacramento's Chrch (formerly known as Church, but hey, vowels are overrated anyway) emerged as one of last year's most promising new doom bands. Thanks to their sludgy,...
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An Interview with Rock's Greatest Interviewer, Neil Strauss
Photo via Twitter In his 2011 book, Everyone Loves You When You’re Dead, Neil Strauss lists some of the things he’s done in his life. He has: gotten wasted with Bruce Springsteen, made Lady Gaga cry,...
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ÌFÉ Synthesizes Ancestral Powers with Contemporary Dancehall
In 1999, a two-week trip to Puerto Rico turned into a nearly two-decade stay that lead Mark Underwood to become Otura Mun, a priest in the Yoruba faith (a predecessor of Santeria). In his early days...
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A Rare Version of Nirvana's "Marigold" Has Surfaced, Featuring Some Pretty...
There is almost nothing left un-pilfered about Nirvana. There have been more box sets, re-releases, bonus tracks, and #rare archive material than I care to remember, but just when you think the well...
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Is the Album Review Dead?
Illustration by John Garrison On Friday the thirteenth of February in 1970, a little band from Birmingham, England released their self-titled debut album, Black Sabbath. Shortly after it hit the United...
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Listen to Greys' Powerful Reaction to the Fallout of The Paris Bataclan...
Photo by Ebru Yildiz Some of the best punk rock hinges on how well a group of musicians can transform a reaction into music.One band that's found how to create concise, poignant tracks without...
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Enter Another, More Beautiful Dimension in Nacho Picasso's Video for...
To summarize Seattle rapper Nacho Picasso as "trippy" wouldn't cover it. His bars are littered with drug and pop culture references from Gundam Wing to The Labyrinth, with many of them draped over...
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You Haven't Heard Trap Like Kadiata's "Dumb" Before
This article originally appeared on Noisey UK. Oi, you lot. In case you've been sleeping, here's a quick catch up on Kadiata. He's 22 years old, he's from South London, and he self produces a unique...
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PREMIERE: On 'Dane On,' Baltimore Noise Punks Baklavaa are More Weird than...
Photo by Brendan Fieldhouse Rising out of Baltimore roughly five years ago, Baklavaa has emerged as a new force in its hometown’s vibrant DIY community, offering listeners an enticing fusion of...
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For Some Reason Hoverboard Rapper J Staxx Dropped a Diss Track About Stitches...
Remember 2015’s most hoverboard-focused music video? Turns out the creator of that masterpiece, Saskatchewan-based and California-born rapper J Staxx, has beef with rapper and K.O. victim courtesy of...
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Oslo Duo Apothek Will Fascinate You with Their Stripped Down "Waiting for the...
Photo by Anna Valeur, courtesy of Apothek Norway, I imagine, is cold. The type of place where one might have plenty of time inside to consider the inner workings of the human mind while sipping on a...
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College Hoops and 47-String Harps: A Conversation With Mary Lattimore
Image: J Makary US college basketball coach Jimmy Valvano was a boisterous, charismatic and colourful character. Not someone you’d associate with the soft and subtle beauty of the harp. But after...
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Action Bronson is A Food and Rap Shaman
Action Bronson aka Arian Asllani is living his dream. With a solid career as a rap star and a food show host, he says from sunny Los Angeles that he’s, “blessed to have hit on a winning fucking...
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Baro and THE NEXT ON TOUR Gave Freo a Night to Remember
Noisey is teaming up with JD Future Legends to Present the NEXT ON TOUR series of summer gigs. Hitting six metro and regional cities around the nation, the NEXT ON TOUR will showcase some of...
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Nap Eyes Want to Be More Than the Sum of Their Influences
Photo via Facebook This article originally appeared on Noisey Canada. Nigel Chapman has a dry throat and he can’t stop coughing. It is nagging enough that most musicians would generally ask if the...
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Gene Brown Is the Guy Who Finds the Rare Samples for All Your Favorite...
Photo courtesy of Gene Brown Long before Kanye West called on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to help him achieve his dreams, he dialed Gene Brown. Brown, a former MC and producer living in North...
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Small City, Big World: A Night with Pinegrove
It was 2007 when they made the pact. Evan Stephens Hall and Zack Levine were stoned out of their minds, ready to graduate high school, devouring Gushers in Levine's beat up car, listening to My...
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Black Hills Black Metallers Woman Is the Earth Raise the Torch with "Brother...
Photo courtesy of the artist Born in the Black Hills of South Dakota and nurtured by affiliations with labels like Init Records and bands like Panopticon (whose Austin Lunn has invited the band to play...
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Detroit Rapper ZelooperZ and Ratking's Wiki Crack Skulls with "Heart"
Photo by Jake Bayer ZelooperZ is the tallest, wildest member of Detroit rapper Danny Brown's ragtag Bruiser Brigade clique. Later this week he drops a new studio album called Bothic full of crazed...
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Wrong Make the Right Kind of Noise Rock in "Turn In"
Photo via Wrong Wrong is a Miami based four piece that play the sludgiest, noisy kind of rock. It only makes sense when you realize the band is composed of former members from Torche and Kylesa. The...
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