West Thebarton Brothel Party is the Australian Dream
JD Future Legends & Noisey 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 Australia’s rising...
View ArticleI Toured Australia’s East Coast With Wu-Tang Clan and Lived My Childhood...
I love rap. In primary school my friends and I would have 8 Mile inspired mock rap battles. We all sucked. Still, it didn’t stop us from appreciating the real stuff—and it doesn’t get much realer than...
View ArticleOpen Mike Eagle and Paul White Want to Escape the High in "Admitting the...
Photo by Owen Richards There's something special about the way LA-based rapper Open Mike Eagle can seem so disaffected with life in his verses and still talk about it with such clarity that it feels...
View ArticleJungle Rot's New Video Predicts a Death Metal "Doomsday"
Photo courtesy of the artist For all the glorious, blood-speckled shades of gray that heavy metal now comes in, sometimes you can't help but reach for something comfortingly familiar. No matter how...
View ArticleHave a Cup o'Joe with the Sheer Terror Box Set
Photo courtesy of the artist Since 1984, Sheer Terror has willfully, gleefully, self-loathingly been against whatever you got. Existing from 1984 till 1998, then reuniting in 2010 and releasing new...
View ArticleLittle Simz is Going to Change British History, One Step at a Time
This article originally appeared on Noisey UK. Little Simz is a good person to hang out with. She doesn't want to dominate every moment of silence with some pointless comment, she thinks about what...
View ArticleRae Sremmurd and Their SremmLifeCrew Party Hard on "Doggin"
via Rae Sremmurd's nutty energy was sorely missed in hip-hop over the winter, but today they're back with a new single from the forthcoming Trailmix tape, billed not just to the Sremmlets but to their...
View ArticleHere Are Some Fire Bars from Four Rising Toronto Rappers in Honor of...
Have you ever heard someone rap so good you had to close your eyes and ask Our Lord Saviour what you did to deserve this? Well in honour of International Women's Day, Team Backpack has put together...
View ArticleHead Wound City Share the Video for "Scraper," Remain the Superest Supergroup
The lifespan of a supergroup is often short, dependent as it is on tour schedules and big personalities. That can a pain, too, because once in a while—rare as it may be—a bunch of good musicians get...
View ArticleBehold! The Full Length Batshit Crazy Trailer of 'Adam Green's Aladdin'
When we visited the set of Adam Green’s Aladdin back in 2014, the whole thing seemed colorful, surreal, and fun. Green leftfield dreamer, anti-folk hero and accurately described by VICE as “one of...
View ArticleYung Lean Digs His Own Grave in “Miami Ultras”
It’s hard to tell exactly what’s going on in Yung Lean’s new video for “Miami Ultras”, but if you’ve seen the film The Survivalist (which is set in a post-apocalyptic forest and involves digging...
View ArticleThe Kano Doubters Are Dead, He Turned Them All To Dust
This article originally appeared on Noisey UK. “Motherfuckers want their cake and to stuff their fucking face”—so says Kano on the freestyle he delivered on BBC Radio 1Xtra’s 'Fire in the Booth'...
View ArticleWatch This Lit Trailer for 'Game of Thrones' Which Has a Song in the...
At Noisey we usually cover music and all things Kanye and Drake related. However, sometimes, a given piece of media is so great we have to break our editorial strategy, and it just so happens this...
View ArticleSaint's Debut LP 'The New Funky Dread' Is Some of the Best Scandi Hip-Hop...
If you haven't heard of Saint, chances are, you will. As you read these words, the 19-year-old Malmö, Sweden-based Gambian rapper's debut album The Funky New Dread is hitting streets worldwide (or...
View Article4700 Miles: Converse Rubber Tracks Featuring The Magic Gang
The English south coast town of Brighton is a thriving, pretty, culturally rich place with an ocean lapping onto its shores. Its indie scene ranks among the best in Europe: Royal Blood, The Eighties...
View ArticlePREMIERE: Chicago Rapper Ibn Inglor Fights Back Depression with "Pray for...
You might not have heard from Chicago rapper Ibn Inglor for a little while, but it's for good reason, and he's got a new album coming called Honegloria that gets at why. There's palpable darkness...
View ArticleWatch Stormzy, Chip, D Double E, and Too Many Other MCs to Name Tear it Up on...
This article originally appeared on Noisey UK. In past few months, Radar Radio has cemented itself as an essential radio station for anyone who wants to remain in the loop of what's happening deep in...
View ArticleHe’s in You, Acoustic Style: Peter Frampton Comes Back to Life with a New Tour
Collage by Kelly McGovern Music has a way of recycling itself, muddling the authenticity of what was once classic. But there’s one type of recording that has no choice but to strip away the effects and...
View ArticleCDs, Ranked
via Flickr There’s been a lot of conversation lately about whether or not the CD is dead. We hope not because there have been so many awesome CDs! Literally dozens of them. Man, CDs rock, the more we...
View ArticleThe Curious Case of The 1975, the Most Hated and Loved Band in the World
Photo by Getty Images Don’t bother trying to box The 1975 in—they’ve already done it for you. In the video for “The Sound,” a throaty diva-pop single from the Manchester outfit’s brilliant new album I...
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