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From the Bogs of Aughiska 'Fenian Ram' Is a Dark Ambient Ode to the Inventor...
Photo courtesy of the artist From the Bogs of Aughiska's excellent new EP, Fenian Ram, steers well clear of typical metal tropes—or rather, dark ambient tropes, since that's a far closer approximation...
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Can A$AP Ferg Be His Generation's Next Great Visionary?
Photo by Brook Bobbins A$AP Ferg is tucked in the back of the Crosby Bar at New York’s Crosby Hotel, and he’s feeling under the weather. He’s wearing an inside out sweatshirt with “PSYCHO” emblazoned...
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My Purple Circle Revolution: Living in a World Without Prince
Drawn by Magnus Atom This article originally appeared on Noisey Canada. Hardcore Prince fans are a breed of our own. Known amongst ourselves as the Purple Circle, the Purple Army, and, in Canada, the...
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Holy Shit, Drake Just Dropped the Tracklist for 'VIEWS'
Photo via Instagram UPDATE: According to a Universal representative the album is officially entitled VIEWS and no longer Views From The 6. With anticipation mounting, and the release of Views ever so...
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Khal Drogo of ‘Game of Thrones’ May Have Died But His Taste in Death Metal...
I don't know much about Game of Thrones, but I do know quite a bit about metal, so I was pleasantly surprised to see that Khal Drogo (who is apparently some kind of undead warlord?), has really solid...
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Kesha's Mother Drops Countersuit Against Dr. Luke
Photo via Facebook Kesha's mother, Pebe Sebert, has voluntarily dropped her countersuit against producer Dr. Luke, just weeks after a New York judge dismissed the singer's appeal to be freed from her...
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Stream the New Luca Brasi Album and Go to Their Next House Party: At Your Place
An easy way to spot the punk rock house show is by the number of bikes locked outside and the mattresses pushed up against the living room windows. Oh, and the punks hanging out front. To celebrate...
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Danny Brown Proves to Be a Wild Child Even on a Sober Tuesday Night
Images: Issy Beech To be honest; a hasty last-minute downsize in venue doesn’t exactly fill you with confidence before a show. That apprehension is multiplied when the artist being shuffled around...
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Listen to Oberhofer's Deluxe Edition of 'Chronovision' Because It's All Heart
So this is the thing: Oberhofer released their second album Chronovision back in August last year, but here we have the deluxe version of the album which contains not one, not two, but 12 new tracks....
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Kesha and Zedd's New Single "True Colors" Appears Online
Photo via Kesha's Instagram Coachella's first weekend was filled to the brim with a series of pretty wild guest appearances. One of the biggest, most heart-warming collaborations during the show was...
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Stop Complaining About Streaming Services, We Live in a Music Consumer Heaven
For some Beyonce fans, the wait was interminable. Having gone over a year and a half since the release of her last album, the roughly 24 hour-long delay between Lemonade’s debut on Tidal and it’s...
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PREMIERE: Bonnie McKee Shares Her Cover of "When Doves Cry"
Photo by Darren Craig Prince is gone and we're all still reeling. It's been a week and we're all still pressing repeat. This will continue. Everyone was a Prince fan because he meant a million things...
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A Love Letter to Ace Frehley: Artists Share the Blazing KISS Solos That...
Image by Kelly McGovern More than four decades after the original members got together to rehearse in that loft on 10 East 23rd Street, KISS is still looked at by many as a joke. Silly clowns....
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William Bell Reflects on Love and Legacy with "This Is Where I Live"
Photo by Ginette Callaway, courtesy of William Bell Memphis is one of the most storied cities in music, and a lot of that reputation has to do with Stax Records, the home of such artists as Otis...
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Lemonade, Love, and Being a Black Girl Who Becomes a Black Woman
Illustration by Adam Mignanelli There are some words that belong to black art criticism: visceral, raw, unapologetic, pride, defeat, struggle, overcome, profound. Not unuseful, but have carried the...
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Drake Just Dropped a New Promo Video for 'Views'
The day you've been waiting for patiently is just about here. We know you're going to spend the rest of today pacing around your office or school, decked out in all the OVO clothing you have in your...
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PARTYNEXTDOOR and Drake's Full Reference Track for Rihanna's "Work" Is...
A couple weeks back a grainy demo for Rihanna's smash Anti single "Work" surfaced with Drake affiliate PARTYNEXTDOOR on vocals. A lot of us didn't see it coming despite his name being in the credits...
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What Makes Grindmother, the Gardening "Grindcore Grandma," Scream Like Hell?
Photo courtesy of the artist Grindcore doesn’t fuck around (and neither do those who play it), so I was initially a little afraid of Grindmother, the genre's newest nonconformist. When setting up the...
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Mashrou' Leila Are Banned from Jordan for Supporting LGBTQ Rights but Refuse...
Outrage spread across Jordan and the Middle East this week after Lebanese rock band Mashrou’ Leila were forced to cancel their Friday concert in Amman. Jordan’s Ministry of Tourism withdrew the band’s...
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Listen to "Sin Eater" from San Diego Metallic Hardcore Bruisers Poison Headache
Photo courtesy of Metal Blade I'm as sick of "mysterioussssss" bands as the next guy, but new Metal Blade signings Poison Headache have a pretty good reason to keep their membership rolls under wraps...
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