What Musicians Were Wearing and Sharing on Instagram This Week 5/15
This week we bring you some really cool shit like fashiony things and bloody finger nails. That’s all I’ve got, really. Enjoy! Adam Lambert will either wanna kiss me or cut me when he finds out that...
View ArticleAzealia Banks Writes Apology Letter on Instagram for Recent Actions
Photo via Wikimedia Commons Yesterday, Azealia Banks apologized for her recent actions and statements. The past week or so, she caught heavy flak from multiple groups and people, sending inflammatory...
View ArticleStyle Rider: Esmé Patterson Needs Kimonos and Fireworks
Photo by Daniel Topete Pop storyteller Esmé Patterson knows how to live life on the road. Her music career began over a decade ago in the Colorado mountains where she founded indie-folk outfit Paper...
View ArticleWatch Justin Timberlake's Eurovision Medley
Photo via Justin Timberlake's Instagram All signs are pointing to Justin Timberlake's massive return to his pop throne, as seen in recent weeks. Earlier this month he put out a new song "Can't Stop...
View ArticleWatch Kehlani Give a Speech to Her Crowd About Mental Illness
Last night at a concert, Kehlani took some time in her set to address the crowd about a topic very important to her, mental illness. Back in march, the R&B singer was hospitalized after a suicide...
View ArticleWe Caught the First Preview of Local Natives' New Album at a Surprise LA Show
All photos by Andrea Domanick Indie rock giants Local Natives don’t really have casual fans. Generally speaking, people will either evangelize them, or scratch their heads, wondering what all the fuss...
View ArticleHappy Lagwagon Day: Joey Cape Explains the Significance of “May 16”
There are a handful of days in the year that music fans will always know for certain songs: Jimmy Eat World fans will always know December 23, 1995, Pedro the Lion and David Bazan fans will wonder who...
View ArticleExclusive: An Intimate Look Behind the Scenes of Halsey's Japanese Tour
All photos and captions by Don's Lens. For the past couple years Halsey's life has been a whirlwind. She went from being cult-ishly adored on Tumblr to proper bona fide pop star huge in the space of...
View ArticleSubmerge Yourself in the Awkwardness of This Car Crash Father John Misty...
Image by Derek Key via Flickr There’s a strangely perverse pleasure in watching an interview go south. Have you ever been more enthralled with Avril Lavigne, for instance, than when she threw Alex Zane...
View ArticleListen to Tiny Moving Parts' Optimistic New Album 'Celebrate'
Two years on from Tiny Moving Parts’ acclaimed second record, Pleasant Living, Benson, Minnesota’s premier—and only—math-rock/emo outfit has returned with Celebrate, the band’s third LP. As the two...
View ArticleGlenn Branca's Really Experimental Music: Why the Composer Is Still Punk...
Photo by Maria Jose Govea, courtesy of Red Bull Content Pool Soon after we met, Glenn Branca led me to a dimly lit basement tavern near his Manhattan apartment. We searched unsuccessfully for a quiet...
View ArticleTurn Up with SNE and Nadia Rose on "GOKU"
East London-based rapper SNE is made from bones, hair follicles, atoms, skin, space dust, and a healthy dose of self-confidence. We know this, because SNE has labelled himself as the "golden child" of...
View ArticleHow Music Helped Me Back from the Edge of Suicide
Illustration by Colleen Tighe This feature is part of 'The Noisey Guide to Music and Mental Health'. You can read more from this series right here, and follow 'Mental Health Awareness Week' on Twitter...
View ArticleWhat's It Like to Be in a Band When You're Living with Bipolar Disorder?
Illustration by McKay Felt This feature is part of 'The Noisey Guide to Music and Mental Health.' You can read more from this series right here, and follow 'Mental Health Awareness Week' on Twitter...
View ArticleInside the Terror One Musician Faced with His Addiction to Alcohol
Photo by Gabriele Burton This feature is part of 'The Noisey Guide to Music and Mental Health'. You can read more from this series right here, and follow 'Mental Health Awareness Week' on Twitter here....
View Article'Top Gun' Still Kicks Ass and So Does the Soundtrack
Top Gun is one of those movies where I can't remember if I've seen it before or if it is referenced so much as part of the pop culture canon that it just feels like I’ve seen it before. But after...
View ArticleSnort a Double Dose of Waylon Jennings with a New Highwaymen Documentary and...
Photo by Melinda Wickman It's a good time to be a Waylon Jennings fan. Those of us who've been missing the ultimate country music outlaw and dearly departed ramblin' man will soon be positively...
View ArticleYung Lean Talks Haters, His Weight, and the Movie 'Bully' - The People Vs....
It's Yung Lean’s turn to take on the people in this episode of The People Vs, where we give artists the chance to respond to the comments left about their music videos on YouTube. In this episode, the...
View ArticleWe're Pretty Sure FORM Arcosanti Wasn't a Desert Hallucination Because These...
All photos by Rocco Avallone This past weekend, the Hundred Waters-curated mini festival FORM Arcosanti convened for its third year. The gathering was almost twice the size as last year's, with about...
View ArticleSonny & the Sunsets Premiere Politically Charged "White Cops on Trial"
San Francisco-based Sonny Smith is a musician who's been making catchy indie rock for over the last decade, and on May 26, his band Sonny & the Sunsets will release Moods Baby Moods. Ahead of its...
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