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Skepta's 'Konnichiwa' Is the Sound of the UK Underground Finally Standing...
Photo by Quann from Wot Do You Call It This article originally appeared on Noisey UK. Somewhere in the back of a cupboard I still have an old "grime is dead" T-shirt. DJ Logan Sama had them made up in...
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Hold Up! Here's King Krule Unleashing 20 Minutes of New Music in This Boiler...
Image by Henry Laurisch via Wikimedia Just a handful of weeks ago, everyone’s favourite redhead Peckham kid and lowkey creative genius Archy Marshall (aka King Krule) played a 20-minute set at Boiler...
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Yungen Is Gonna Steal Your Girl in the New Video for “Take My Number”
You ever get the urge to ghost all your other half’s calls and ring up Yungen instead? In what is essentially the spiritual sequel to Beyonce’s “Upgrade U,” the South London MC takes chirpsing to a...
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A Non-Supernerds' Guide to Radiohead's New Album, 'A Moon Shaped Pool'
Well, now it's here. Four days after announcing the imminent release of a new studio album, Radiohead has unleashed its ninth studio album onto an only somewhat suspecting audience. A Moon Shaped Pool...
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Kissing Fans, Getting Arrested, and Other Key Learnings from Drake's Epic...
Still via YouTube If you’ve ever watched a Drake interview (like last week’s one with Zane Lowe, for instance) you’ll know that the guy has the kind of big beaming eyes, lulling voice, and shiny white...
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How Dizzee Rascal Won New York City by Preaching Grime's Old Testament
All photos courtesy of Red Bull Music Academy It’s become a mainstay of these shows in New York—a DJ spinning a combination of US hip hop and London-bred grime to warm the place up. Tonight DJ MK is...
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Minnesota Lawmakers Have Introduced the 'Prince Act'
Image via Wikimedia Commons An 11th hour piece of legislation prompted by Prince's untimely death on April 21 was introduced today in the Minnesota state legislature. The Personal Rights in Names Can...
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Drake Diddy-Bops to His First Number One Hit in “One Dance,” Lands 20 Total...
Drake is a man of many accomplishments. He currently has the highest first-week sales of any album this year, he's in great shape, has beautiful skin reminiscent of salted caramel ice cream, and the...
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Last Night’s Sold Out Skepta Show in London Felt Like the Establishment of a...
All photos by Ashley Verse It’s starting to feel pretty official. Grime is no longer a compelling facet of the London sound. It is the London sound. And it’s fast becoming the UK sound. There may also...
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PREMIERE: Ride Easy with Electric Citizen's Riff-Heavy New Album, 'Higher Time'
Photo courtesy of the artist RidingEasy Records continues to demonstrate its dominance over all things scuzzy, fuzzy, and stoned with the latest album from Electric Citizen. This Cincinnati four-piece...
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We Forced Gene Simmons to Listen to Skepta, Death Grips, Radiohead, and More
If anybody is well-known for their tongue, it’s Gene Simmons from KISS. At the start of our conversation, however, I can’t be totally sure I’ve got Gene Simmons from KISS at all. On hearing my English...
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Philly Bummer Punks Psychic Teens Let the Ugly Stuff Flow on 'NERVE'
Just because summer is creeping closer doesn’t mean you can’t retreat from the sun and fun by locking yourself up in a dark room with some appropriately dismal tunes. One album that fits that kind of...
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Lose Yourself Completely in Slovenlie’s Color-Drenched Video for “Disaster”
“Revenge is a dish best served cold” is how the common saying goes. But maybe people have been wrong all these years—maybe revenge is, in fact, a dish best served sweet. South London newcomer...
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According to Skepta, Drake Actually Signed a Real Contract to BBK
Photo via Instagram Over Instagram earlier this year, Drake announced to the world two things. First, a miniature sized tattoo of 'BBK' on his shoulders and then his recent signing to Grime collective...
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MUNA On Their Own Terms: "If We’re Lucky Enough to Have a Platform, We Should...
Getting hooked on dark-pop trio MUNA won’t take long. In fact, the title track from the band’s Loudspeaker EP—all three minutes and 30 seconds of it—should do it. At face value, “Loudspeaker” is a...
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Watch Grimes Embrace Her Inner Country-Goth for "California"
Grimes dropped another video from her genius Art Angels album this morning, for the Dolly Parton-inspired opener "California." Directed by Claire Boucher herself and her brother Mac, the video...
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James Blake’s Video for "I Need a Forest Fire" Is Here and There’s No Bon...
James Blake just dropped the UVA-directed video for his The Colour in Anything collab with Bon Iver, "I Need a Forest Fire." Weirdly enough though, his duet partner and sadboy-in-arms Justin Vernon...
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Get Out of Your Head and Stream Stephen's Incredible Debut LP 'Sincerely'
This past fall we premiered Stephen's track "Fly Down" and since then it's had 1.2 million plays on Soundcloud—holy cow!—but actually this is just the tip of the numbers iceberg: his debut tune,...
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YACHT’s Sex Tape Hoax Took Advantage of People’s Empathy for Revenge Porn...
via Yacht's sex tape website Never blame the victim. That’s the mentality the social media age has attempted to foster on cases of abuse and sexual assault. And on the surface, it’s a good one. Victims...
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Meet the Student Using His Master's Thesis to Unite His Local Music Scene
Photos Courtesy of ATHIRDTIME Regina’s music scene has always been fragmented–you’ve got the hardcore kids hanging out in basements, hip-hop fans at club gigs and everybody else is at the Craven...
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