Ugh, Noonie Bao You're So Rad: Watch Her Video for "Reminds Me"
Noonie Bao's "I'm in Love" was one of the best music videos we hosted on Noisey last year. Namely because the music was coy-pop with a side of knowing and the video was creepy and featured and...
View ArticleAction Bronson, Meyhem Lauren, and Jah Tiger Surf a Reggae Wave with "Mr. 2...
Hungryman and eater of things Action Bronson, who “only became acquainted with the octopus recently,” has taken some time out from working on his VICELAND show Fuck, That's Delicious to drop some new...
View ArticleI Went on a First Date with Zara Larsson, the 18-Year-Old Pop Star Who's...
All photos by Matt Hooper This interview originally appeared on Noisey UK. I wasn’t entirely sure how to feel about the fact that my first date in three years was with a Swedish pop star, but now that...
View ArticleDetroit Will Be Better: Danny Brown Takes Us Inside the Magic of the Motor City
Danny Brown in NOISEY Detroit We met Danny Brown at a poetry class he was guest teaching near downtown Detroit. He was telling a classroom of high school students about his writing process, which he...
View ArticleThat Time Jay Reatard Ripped Down a Disco Ball and More: A Select History of...
The Empty Bottle bar / Photo by Clayton Hauck, courtesy of John Dugan Editor's Note: The Empty Bottle is one of Chicago's most beloved venues: It's a favorite of touring bands due to its reputation...
View ArticleMelbourne's Newest Record Stores Are Barely Bigger Than Elevators, But You...
A G Picks proprietor Michael Zulicki. Image: Patrick O'Brien We don’t know who came up with the claim that Melbourne has more record stores per-capita than anywhere else in the world, we don't even...
View ArticleWatch Deftones Rip Jimmy Kimmel a New One By Performing Tracks From 'Gore'
Last night, Deftones, also generally known as one of the greatest bands in the world, blessed Jimmy Kimmel Live with their presence. They performed the singles "Prayers/Triangles" and "Heart/Wires"...
View ArticleWTF Is Happening in This Video for Kanye West’s "Famous" Starring Aziz Ansari...
Image via Vimeo Everyone loves going to Italy, getting pissed on good wine, getting stuffed with piles of spaghetti and getting to know some ancient monuments. Hell, you might even take a few pics on...
View ArticleBehind the Lens: An Interview with the Director of 'A Band of Five'
Filmmaker Oliver Würffell (in glasses) with the Pumpkins It takes less than a day to drive across Germany in any given direction. For 34-year-old filmmaker Oliver Würffell, the commute from his...
View ArticleGet to Know Big Ears, America's Most Distinct and Defiant Music Festival
Sun O))). Photo by Tina Haver Currin Market Square in Knoxville, Tennessee epitomizes modern Southern pleasantry. The pedestrian mall in the middle of this post-industrial college town, where there...
View ArticleLatterman Reunite, No Joke
On the afternoon of April 1, the website Punknews ran a post with the headline: “Latterman reunite, change name to Latterperson.” It was an April Fools Day joke seemingly directed at the defunct...
View ArticleWatch Mitski's "Your American Girl" Video Because It Is Perfect
It's funny that as cuffing season officially comes to a close and we're all shedding clothes and hitting the street for some action (right? Right!), two videos should come out over consecutive days...
View ArticleMembers of Chumped and Elway Combine Forces, and It’s Your Loss
After beloved pop punk wunderkinds Chumped tearfully called it a day last year, guitarist Drew Johnson packed up and left New York for his home of Colorado. While there, he got to messing around...
View ArticleA Freak Is a Freak, and Egyptian Lover Is an Icon
Photo courtesy Stones Throw If LA has a “Planet Rock,” it’s Egyptian Lover’s “Egypt, Egypt.” Forever b-boy canon, the 1984 single evolved Afrika Bambaataa’s cosmic funk into a new, distinctly West...
View ArticleStream Guided by Voices' New Album 'Please Be Honest' Immediately!
Guided by Voices is Robert Pollard. He is the the constant creative force that stands at the center of one of the most beloved indie rock bands of all time. The GBV following is cultish, he is...
View ArticleHypnotized by the Dance: Here's Marks' Video for "Heartbeat"
The oscillations start off very Grimes before seguing into a slippery synth-pop tune, a little 80s, a lotta modern too. This is Marks, a.k.a. Lindsay Marcus, a promising new LA artist who drops her...
View ArticleIs Sigur Ros Just Music for Adult Babies?
Photo by José Goulão, via Wikimedia Commons This article originally appeared on Noisey UK, which you can probably tell by all these British insults we don't understand but sound funny. Recently I found...
View ArticleZheep's New Song "Oowee" Is Full of Wordplay but You Better Believe You Can...
Photo by Aaron Brown, courtesy of Zheep Zheep, the Baltimore rapper formerly known as Black Zheep DZ, of the city's talented Basement collective, is up to some shit. Specifically, he's getting ready...
View ArticleNOISEY London: Watch the Trailer for Our VICELAND Show
Skepta in NOISEY London Over the last two years, there’s been an explosion of appreciate for grime in America. Drake “signed” to the label Boy Better Know. Skepta’s 2015 smash “Shutdown” ended up on...
View ArticleToronto Noise Punks Greys Want Less Talk, More Complaint Rock
All photos by Ebru Yildiz This article originally appeared on Noisey Canada. “I just got out of the shower, do you mind giving me a second?” Shehzaad Jiwani tells me when I ring his phone. In all of...
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