"Time for a Banger, Throw up Your Middle Finger" - Here's M.I.A.'s New Tune...
God love a girl who sings about socks and slippers over a hip-wiggling beat and a Bhangra groove. M.I.A.'s latest cut is sinuous and chill, with a press repeat appeal that's instant. But predictably...
View ArticleHitta J3 - "Westside YGz" (Official Video)
West Coast hip-hop upstart Hitta J3 pours a cup of dirty Sprite and reminisces about a hard upbringing in the video for his new cut "Westside YGz." In it, he celebrates his family, the Compton...
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Watch Massive Attack's New Video for "Ritual Spirit" Starring Kate Moss
More Massive Attack is never a bad thing. After six years of not hearing much, the British duo came back last month with a new EP Ritual Spirit. Today, they've released a video for the title track,...
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Let's Enjoy This Trey Songz "Life on Mars?" Cover We Didn't Know We Needed
via HBO's Vinyl is so full of wild twists and turns that if you miss an episode or two, you stand to come back to a completely different set of circumstances for your favorite characters. When you...
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Mountain Rock Kings Karma to Burn are Still Addicted to the Riff
Photo courtesy of the artist Appalachia can be an unforgiving place to come up in this world. Endemic poverty has coupled with a unique cultural and geographical isolation to create a specific...
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Lil Yachty and Quavo Trade Bars on the Infectious "No Hook"
You either get Lil Yachty or you don't. And that's cool. Everybody can't be down. Card carrying Boat Hive members will be delighted to know that he's already tossing out new music after releasing his...
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Will Toronto Lose Another Black-Owned Festival in Afrofest?
Photo via Despite Toronto’s insistence on branding itself as a music city, another long-running black-owned festival is in dire straits. Announced over Facebook, the largest free African music...
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The National to Drop Vast Grateful Dead Comp 'Day of the Dead'
The Dessner brothers shot by Shervin Lainez Red Hot—the not-for-profit organization fighting HIV/AIDS through pop culture and music—has put out some genuinely brilliant and unexpected compilation...
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Scenes of Unofficial SXSW: Austin 2016 Says I Just Kicked Your Ass
Sheer Mag performing on the bridge Well, here we are again, at SXSW, the great land of bands, brands, and opportunities. So far, we’ve managed to receive only three free tote bags, one of which was...
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20 Years Later, How a Demo CD Became One of Hanson’s Most Desired Collectibles
Illustration by Jane Kim By the summer of 1997, millions of people across the world were singing “MMMBop,” even if no one knew what the hell "MMMBop" even meant. The earworm of a track was...
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Relive Your Uncomfortable Youth With Paideia's New Track "Restless Child"
Photo by Nancy Seline Ng Music doesn't have to be easy listening all the time, Brooklyn's own Paideia knows that. Charlie Mischer, better known as the mastermind behind this project, plays with this...
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The Inevitable Rise and Transcendence of Saul Williams
Illustration by Stefani Akner When you're in the presence of Saul Williams, you feel time and space slow down. When he arrived for our interview, he was wearing what looked like a cloak, his wrists...
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Where Is R&B Headed in the Post-Chill-as-Hell-Rihanna Era?
Bibi Bourelly / Photo by Ryan Muir for The FADER, courtesy of The FADER Fort Presented by Converse Bibi Bourelly is drunk, she informs us. She would like to encourage us to be the same way. This is a...
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Gene Simmons: Rock Is Dead, Rap Is Dying, Pop Is Karaoke, EDM Is All Light...
via Kiss's stone cold guitar rock classic Destroyer turned 40 this week, and to commemorate the anniversary, Rolling Stone spoke to the band and complied an oral history of the album. Today the mag...
View ArticleHere Is a Video of a Bird Dabbing to the Migos, Because Why Not?
well here's a bird dabbing to migos pic.twitter.com/eVDFha6Lxg — ABE ROADMAN (@AbeBroman) March 17, 2016 The Migos' dab dance blew up so big over the last year that we've seen everyone from popular...
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Kehlani, Beach Slang, Mick Jenkins, and More Played Last Night's SXSW...
All photos by Jason Henry You may or may not know that at Noisey we call our sense of taste "genre agnostic." Meaning we firmly believe every type of music should mix together, even at the same time....
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Domo Genesis, Wiz Khalifa, Juicy J, and Tyler, the Creator Salute Good Green...
Photo by Carrington Scott Odd Future's Domo Genesis releases his debut album Genesis next Friday, and tonight we get another preview, following last week's drop of the ultra-suave Anderson .Paak...
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The Rise of Marlon Williams, As Told By a Guy Who Used to Loan Him a Couch
The first time I heard the name Marlon Williams, I wanted to hate him. I had been living overseas for a couple of months when I started to hear from Christchurch friends about some impossibly handsome...
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How a Tarot Card Reading Turned Victoria Reed from a Wannabe Philosopher into...
Photo: Rebeckah Campbell Growing up, Victoria Reed was surrounded by mysticism and divination. Her parents took her to church, but also turned to astrology and psychics. Spirituality was a large part...
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Instigate Sonic Violence: A Not-so-Brief History of the Synthesizer’s Impact...
Illustration by Sleep Sparrow From the moment of Queen’s inception, they proudly stated that no one played synthesizers on their albums. They would post small declarations on the back of their album...
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