Noisey São Paulo: Watch the Trailer for Episode Two of Our VICELAND TV Show
Funk is the most exciting genre of music in Brazil right now, with artists lighting up both national stages and neighborhood baile funk parties. But not everyone is a fan. In the past few years,...
View ArticleHere’s Everything We Know About Kendrick Lamar’s 'untitled unmastered.'
Almost a year has passed since Kendrick Lamar released To Pimp a Butterfly, Noisey’s favorite album of 2015. Given the response to that album, it would’ve been easy for Lamar to lean back for a moment...
View ArticleCountry Icon Loretta Lynn Is Still a Mountain Girl
Illustration by Nels Arne Loretta Lynn once got a stick’n’poke tattoo. She can't give me a straight answer on her longtime friend Dolly Parton’s alleged collection of secret tattoos (“I don’t think she...
View ArticleStream Bent Shapes' New Record 'Wolves of Want' and Be Happy to Be Sad
We tend to throw the word catharsis around a lot. Any record with transparently personal lyrics and a decent back story suddenly becomes an act of splurging onto the page or bleeding out in full view....
View ArticleJared Scharff of the 'Saturday Night Live' Band Wants You to Love Guitar...
You've definitely seen Jared Scharff before, but you just didn't realize. Every Saturday night, Scharff is beamed into the televisions of millions at home on Saturday Night Live, where he's served as...
View ArticleExperimental Pop Duo Majical Cloudz Calls It Quits
via In a just released Tumblr post titled "Greener pastures," singer Devon Welsh of the experimental pop duo Majical Cloudz announced that he and multi-instrumentalist Matthew Otto have decided to go...
View ArticleGet Ready for Father and Awful Records Takeover Noisey on Beats 1
On episode 35 of Noisey on Beats 1, we're bringing a load of world premieres to you. For the majority of our show, we'll be handing the reigns over to Father and Abra of Awful Records, where you'll be...
View ArticleI Discover All the Best Music in My Life Through Video Games, and I’m Not Alone
I’m pacing across a road that’s been colored with a century’s worth of dust, waiting for a lone car to pass by. When one starts to crawl from the horizon, I place myself directly in its path. Like...
View ArticleJazz Cartier Hops on Y.E. Ali's "Ring 4x" for a Remix
Photo via Instagram Friendships between musicians are great. Just look at Tyler and A$AP Rocky in their latest Freestyle 4 remix, it’s adorable. However, another less known relationship is the one...
View ArticleCam'ron Interviews a Former Drug Customer in His New Web Series "Giles...
Real heads know Dipset general Cam'ron is just as funny off his records as on, and a new web series called "Giles Investigation" is capturing the finer absurdities of his persona in the wild. Episode...
View ArticleLil Yachty's Bubblegum Trap Is Sailing the Rap Internet's Uncharted Waters
Lil Yachty, left, on Snapchat / Photos by Daniel Brothers I can’t believe it, but I’m explaining memes to the 18-year-old rapper Lil Yachty: “Wait, are memes and GIFs two different things?,” he asks...
View ArticleWhere to Hear the Best Live Music in Regional Australia
Castlemaine's Theatre Royal has been home to some seriously good gigs. Photo via Wiki Commons JD Future Legends & Noisey present THE NEXT ON TOUR series of summer gigs. Hitting six metro and...
View ArticleA Nasa Space Universe Show Was More Like a European Soccer Match Than a Punk...
From Black Flag to Bad Brains, Saccharine Trust to Die Kreuzen, the best hardcore has always had a good dose of oddness about it. Nasa Space Universe have an element of bonkers about them. Since 2006,...
View ArticleKendrick Lamar Just Released a New Album, 'untitled unmastered.'
Over the past year and change, Kendrick Lamar has been making use of various televised performances and live sets to hint at new music to follow his masterful To Pimp a Butterfly, performing...
View ArticleAtlanta Rapper Bankroll Fresh Has Been Murdered
Photo via Bankroll's Facebook Page 28 year old rapper Bankroll Fresh was murdered last night at a recording studio in Atlanta. AJC Reports indicate that the shooting occurred outside of Street Execs...
View ArticleWatch Lil' Wayne and 2 Chainz Battle Rap Each Other in Their New Video for...
Yesterday, 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne's new collaboration Collegrove came out. It's a twelve track collection of poignant and fire tracks from both artists, who want to put Spring off to a good start. To...
View ArticleHovvdy Embrace iPhone Memo Melodies with "Problem"
Listening to Hovvdy’s new track "Problem," it’s easy to forget that this is a guitar band comprised of two drummers. Maybe you could have figured it out on 2014’s EP or 2015’s split with Loafer, Stay...
View ArticleQuitter Are Doing Their Bit In Keeping Baltimore Dark and Weird
Quitter are a band from Balitmore who play loud and weird synth rock that’s influenced as much by schlocky horror as it is munted and mutated punk. The story goes that William hit up Mark Plasma...
View ArticleSTYLE RIDER: Polica Need Their Lucky Charms and Bernie Sanders T-Shirts
Photo via Polica's Facebook Page This week marks the release of Polica’s third LP United Crushers, an album full of raw feelings, fear and isolation. For the band, this record was meant to be...
View ArticleWe Watched New Orleans' Second Line Protest Against Donald Trump
All photos by L. Kasimu Harris. Tiffany, a hair salon owner from Slidell, Louisiana, explains between drags from her cigarette that she sees herself in Donald Trump. “I’m that type with nothing to...
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