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North Accidentally Flushed Kanye's Phone Full of 'TLOP' Lyrics Down the Toilet
Have you ever found yourself listening to "Wolves" and asking yourself why Kanye would drop cringe bars like, "I know it's corny bitches you wish you could unfollow/ I know it's corny niggas you wish...
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Five British MCs That American Grime Fans Need to Hear Right Now
Elf Kid, shot by Wot Do You Call It Us Brits understand that rap is one of America’s greatest exports, calmly slotting in next to McDonalds, the swivel chair (invented by Thomas Jefferson, of all...
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Drake's 'Views from the 6' Pop-Up Shop Didn't Sell Anything But Still Made...
Like all good friends of Beyonce, Drake treasures the element of surprise. He’s been known to drop a whole mixtape on the fandom with little more than small hints as notice. So when word came across...
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It Speaks for Itself: Giggs Takes Us Inside the London Rap Scene
The United Kingdom's strict approach to gun control has helped diminish crime in the capital, but street violence still exists and Giggs has been there to document it. His association with South...
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Listen to GIUNGLA's Latest, "Forest," and Remember How Beautiful Things Are
Photo by Stefano Masselli Meet GIUNGLA, the new project from Italian-born singer-songwriter Emanuela Drei. In Italian, Giungla means “jungle,” which is how Drei would like you to think of her...
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A Look Back on Atom and His Package, the One-Man Band That Made Punk Uncool...
Photo by Shawn Scallen Every so often, in the small independent high school outside of Philadelphia where Adam Goren teaches physics and chemistry, a student will tell him they spotted his face on a...
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PREMIERE: Gates Blend Resonance and Exuberance Together in Their New Video...
Gates is a band out of New Brunswick, NJ that pushes together and molds different genres and sounds to create a steady, emotive mix. Today the band is announcing their sophomore record Parallel Lives,...
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Go Wild, Get Surreal, and Open Your Mind with Chicago Singer theMIND's "Pale...
Screenshot via YouTube If you pay attention to a certain swath of more cerebral hip-hop, especially coming out of Chicago, you've probably noticed the name theMIND creep into the occasional song...
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This Election Season, Vote 'Swaggerdick 2016'
OG Swaggerdick in his Dick Cheney garb Today, I voted. New York has its presidential primary today, and, if you live in New York, you should vote, too. Regardless of where you live in America, you...
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PREMIERE: Mode's "Dance With Me" Is the Soundtrack to Your Late Summer Nights
Photo by Zac Wolf Back in 2014, a great dance tune called "Pillars of the Temple" by a project called Mode cropped up. The Nicolas Jaar-produced number offered a taste of cheeky, sinister dance pop...
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R&B Singer Travie Wants to Hear Your Body Call for "Invitation"
Photo via MartianLab Brampton's Travie is back again with a new track, "Invitation." Produced by Curtis Huron and Ramriddlz collaborator Jaegen. the song features a slow and simplistic downtempo beat...
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'Noisey London' Is Tonight: Here Are 6 Stories About Grime You Need to Read Now
Jammer in NOISEY London Conversations about grime in 2016 are built around the past, present, and future. Most genres just deal with the last two of those three—they have their established origin...
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Someone Is Selling Tupac's Old Love Letters for $35,000 Because Nothing Is...
There’s nothing quite like the sweet, visceral melodrama of being a teenager in love. You write letters, you construct mixtapes, and you truly believe that your class crush will be your one and only...
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Watch Tupac Discuss Income Inequality and Donald Trump in This Unaired 1992...
Screenshot via MTV News Income inequality. Giving people a level economic playing field. Donald Trump. You'd be forgiven for assuming that someone bringing these topics up was talking about the 2016...
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Man Don't Care: Get Ready for 'NOISEY London' with This Grime Playlist, Bruv
Kano in NOISEY London Tonight, on the season finale of NOISEY, we're in London covering Grime, an energetic DIY music and lifestyle likened to hip-hop but descended from the dance music, UK garage....
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Billy Corgan Defends the KKK's Free Speech and Blames Music Pirating on the...
Billy Corgan is many things—singer, guitarist, Pumpkin, whatever a Zwan is—but his most amusing gig of late is guest on conspiracy theory hawk Alex Jones' Info Wars. The two have had all sorts of...
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Read AC/DC Singer Brian Johnson's Devastating Letter About Retiring from...
Brian Johnson at Coachella 2015 / Photo by Frank Thomas I still remember hearing “Rock ‘N’ Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution” for the first time. It was just after my 11th birthday. My aunt says she stood in...
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Photographer Steve Schapiro on the Magic of Shooting David Bowie
David out of character. One of my favorite photos of David. I particularly like his hands in this shot. Los Angeles 1975. All photographs by Steve Schapiro, from Bowie, published by powerHouse Books....
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PREMIERE: Scream Out Your Frustration to Big Deal's "Avalanche"
Big Deal by Steve Gullick We've been championing Big Deal forever so when the duo—Kacey and Alice, who are now a quartet—announced they would return this year with their third album Say Yes, we were...
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Fetty Wap Just Dropped a Classic Rags to Riches Banger with “My Environment”
Image via YouTube Where the hell has Fetty Wap been these past few months? Well, if his Instagram is anything to go by, he’s been engaging in some serious leisure time; going quad biking with his boys,...
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