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Shura’s New Track "What’s It Gonna Be?" Sounds Exactly Like Having a Huge...
There’s a fine art to making a perfect pop song. It has to be catchy but not grating, sweet but not sickly, emotional but not draining, and, most importantly, it has to have a melody you might want to...
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Listen to the Stunning Debut Release from Empara Mi
Treading through the streets on a hangover is like tip-toeing across the precipice of a monumental cliff face, with limbs that appear to be made from glass. Each step is carefully placed, as your...
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Holy Hell, Watch The Ergs!’s Reunion Set from Tonight’s Episode of ‘The Chris...
As we mentioned last week, The Ergs! are BACK. Okay, maybe not ALL CAPS back, but they’re back for now. The band is playing Fest this year and releasing a four-song seven-inch soon. They’re also...
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I Went to the Great Escape Festival to See If I Could Get a Record Deal
All photography by Jake Lewis For the superhumans of Britain’s music industry, a yearly migration to Brighton has become a more intrinsic part of natural life than the salmon run. Record label head...
View ArticleKano on Giggs's Jacket and His Secret Lovechild: The People Vs. Kano
In the latest episode in this series of The People Vs., we recently caught up with legendary grime MC Kano, who responded to some of the YouTube comments on the video for "3 Wheel-Ups (feat. Giggs)."...
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Unwinding Dâm-Funk's Everlasting Groove
Photo by Jason Favreau for Noisey Dâm-Funk is our funk provost, our funk ambassador. In his work, across entries like 2009’s breakout double album Toeachizown and last year’s exquisite, underrated...
View ArticleBorn Free: Hip-Hop in Johannesburg
In recent years, a new generation of hip-hop artists have emerged in South Africa and they're taking it back to the roots and celebrating the many cultures that surrounded them growing up in townships....
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Introducing Cocovan and Her Sleek Video for "Chic (Someone to Love)"
You know, when you say Cocovan out loud you pronounce it coq au vin. I don't know about you, but that makes me hungry. YUM. But seriously, it's time to familiarize yourself with Cocovan, the...
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PREMIERE: Listen to Big Jesus's New Song "SP"
Atlanta quartet Big Jesus have been causing a stir in their local scene for a while now, meshing big riffs and pop-heavy melodies, honing a sound that’s simultaneously bold and accessible. Their new...
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Stream Yung Lean Associate Bladee's Chilly, Gorgeous Debut Album 'Eversince'
Photo by Sam Bayliss Ibram Sweden's Gravity Boys / Sad Boys crew strikes again today with the release of Bladee's debut album Eversince. Flanked by WhiteArmor on production that calls to mind...
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Fat Joe, Remy Ma, and Jay Z's "All the Way Up" Remix Doesn't Quite All the...
via The remix to Fat Joe, Remy Ma, French Montana, and InfaRed's simmering single "All the Way Up" dropped last night in Yankee Stadium. It features Jay Z. You may know him from such enterprises as...
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Up and Down with Danny Brown and His New Documentary 'Live at the Majestic'
Photo by Laura June Kirsch, courtesy of House of Vans Danny Brown, as he tends to do in his music, moves through different registers in the span of a sentence. He settles into a low drawl when he...
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Embrace Unknown Mortal Orchestra's New Track "First World Problem"
Thank you for the funk Unknown Mortal Orchestra. They've just dropped new song "First World Problem" and it has a very Prince-ly vibe. Those nimble licks, that booty-popping bass, it's a shimmy-shake...
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Bootymath's Guide to Better Living: How to Watch Porn
Images by Bootymath If you’re anything like me, you came out of the womb with a samurai outfit and half a pack of Camel Crushes that ain’t even yours but you’re gonna smoke them shits. That has...
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Marissa Nadler’s Many Different Shades of Black
All photos by Seher Sikander Sitting across from me in a honky-tonk, hands folded, frozen coffee unsipped, dark folk muse Marissa Nadler is talking about country music. The musician, artist, and...
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How RAM's Combination of Vodou Culture and Politics Became the Soundtrack to...
All photos by Daniel Morel It's an interesting moment in the life of Richard Morse, a Haitian-American musician/proprietor/vodou priest living in Port-au-Prince. Haïti is still embroiled in election...
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I Love Tori Kelly and I Don't Care What Any of You Think: An Unbiased Live...
Photo via Twitter For many of us, YouTube is a form of escapism. We use it to get away from our boring lives and stick our little noses into the lives of other more interesting people. YouTube was...
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Laurice’s ‘Big Boy’ Is Not For the Prudish or Those Allergic to Leather
The gay performer using campy sexual double entrendre for humor and entertainment has become as big a gay cliché as the guy from Will and Grace. But on his song “Big Boy”, Laurice doesn’t have time...
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Meet Gremlns The Young Hip-Hop Crew Repping Melbourne’s 3977
Images: Ben Thomson “What do you know about me? What do you know about we?” fires young MC Kmalith over a woozy trap beat on the track “3977”. “Put it down for my town right now, I can’t say I got the...
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Meek Mill Reignites His Feud with Drake on "All the Way Up" Remix with Fabolous
The "All the Way Up" remixes are rolling in, with Meek Mill and Fabolous debuting a new freestyle over the original's instrumental on Funk Flex's Hot 97 show today. But if Jay Z's take saw him more...
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