No Cats Were Harmed in the Making of Minor Victories' Video for “Scattered...
Photo by Brian Sweeney There’s a lot going on in this video. For one: Giant cats. For two: Lasers. Giant cats with lasers firing out of their eyes (and their sophisticated vests) decimating a city!...
View ArticleWho Thought Adding Blackface to a Bob Marley Snapchat Filter Would End Well?
Lots of unequivocally stupid things have happened in 2016. This is the year, after all, that a shit load of white people decided to cover Beyonce’s “Formation”, leading to grown men with acoustic...
View Article"Just Because It's 420" Enjoy Rihanna's New Video For "Needed Me"
We imagine the words " Just because it's 420" will be thrown around a lot today. However, when Rihanna says it over Instagram, it carries a bit more weight as she's kindly decided to gift us with a...
View ArticleSaving Money, Being Vegan, and Other Life Lessons from JME
This article originally appeared on Noisey UK. Remember when Coca-Cola released a short-lived orange-tinted flavor? Or when Ribena was available to purchase as a fizzed up version, which was served in...
View ArticleWatch 'NOISEY Chicago' in Full, with Chief Keef, Vic Mensa, Common, and More
If you're not all the way caught up on VICELAND's NOISEY, which grants a look inside bubbling music scenes in cities all over the world, get familiar. Today you can watch NOISEY Chicago online in...
View ArticleWhere Did Jelani Blackman Go?
All photography by Dan Wilton Cast your mind back, if you will, to 2014. The year Macaulay Culkin bravely embarked into the realm of pizza-themed cover bands, Courtney Love claimed to have unearthed a...
View ArticleJamie Isaac Gets Lit at the Dog Track with Rejjie Snow and King Krule in the...
Jamie Isaac is off to a pretty good start. A classically trained pianist with a background in choral singing and Brit school training, the 21-year-old is one of several artists we've seen emerge from...
View ArticleListen to a Blistering New EP from No Ditching and Baby Ghosts
This article originally appeared on Noisey UK Is there anything better than seeing two bands from completely different parts of the world unite through the forces of punk rock? The answer is no. No,...
View ArticleTy Dolla $ign Premieres His Documentary 'FREE TC,' a Short Film About His...
Photo courtesy of Atlantic This past fall, LA singer, songwriter, and all around musical genius Ty Dolla $ign released his debut record Free TC, an album dedicated to his brother who's currently...
View ArticlePREMIERE: Watch NoMBe's "Kemosabe" Video
Photo by Tarek Reid and Gio Solis Like a dollop of Half & Half in your coffee, or some clotted cream on your scones, NoMBe's R&B is smooth and rich and delicious and not nearly as bad for you....
View ArticleWe Found Out If Listening to Canadian Music Sounds Better When You're High
Illustration by Jane Kim This article originally appeared on Noisey Canada. At Noisey, we come up with a lot of bad ideas when we're starved for content. And today, on this very special day of...
View ArticlePREMIERE: Darcys Ditch the Art-Rock and Go Big with The Pop-Minded "Miracle"
Photo courtesy of Maya Fuhr A lot has changed since we last heard from Toronto art-rock band the Darcys. Three years ago, they released their third album, Warring, to high acclaim, earning all sorts...
View ArticleHe Hears Either Way: Julien Baker Is Writing a New Gospel for Broken Hearts
All photos by Jennica Abrams When Julien Baker came out to her father at 17, he reached for his Bible. “I was like, ‘I think I’m going to hell.’ He said, ‘Okay, stop,’” the now 20-year-old singer and...
View ArticleNWOBHM Icons Diamond Head Stand the Test of Time on Their Self-Titled New Album
Photo courtesy of the artist What was the New Wave of British Heavy Metal? Was it a sound? A genre? No, but it was a widespread movement that set the post-punk United Kingdom aflame. As the 70s ended,...
View ArticleHere's Who We Think Should Win the Taite Music Prize For New Zealand Album of...
Image: Salad Boys Named after Dylan Taite, the respected New Zealand music journalist, who among other things, chased down a dazed Ozzy Osbourne at an airport, cornered Lou Reed in a pharmacy and...
View ArticleHash Oil Coffee and Bruce the Bong: We Spent 420 With The Bennies
It’s no secret that the Bennies occasionally enjoy eating smoke from the Gatorade bottle. The Melbourne punks pioneered the Photobong, an art form that has gained a Reddit following, and their new...
View ArticlePREMIERE: The City Yelps’ ‘Now’ Nods to UK Odd Pop Greats The Fall and...
“Now”, a track taken from The City Yelps’ forthcoming debut album The City Yelps Half Hour, is a brilliantly loud but lo-fi piece of fuzzed pop that seems as British as bedsits, bitter ale and...
View ArticleIcelandic Black Metal Gods Svartidauði Unveil 'Hideous Silhouettes of Lynched...
Photo by Laufey Elíasdóttir By now, diehards around the globe will be anxiously eyeing their mailboxes, awaiting the arrival of Svartidauði's new EP, Hideous Silhouettes of Lynched Gods. Unleashed by...
View ArticleA$AP Ferg Will Bless Your Life with His New Kirk Knight Produced Track "FLEM"
Tomorrow, A$AP Ferg is going to bless all of us with the release of his long-awaited sophomore record, Always Strive And Prosper. For the past few months we've heard several new tracks from the...
View ArticleAfter Several Months, Viet Cong Announces Official Name Change for Band
Photo via Jagjaguwar Records Calgary, Alberta band Viet Cong has been under a lot of criticism for their band name as their profile has grown over the last year or so. The name, which they said they...
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