Pond Frontman Nicholas Allbrook Returns With a Surreal Take on Australian Life
In the music game comparisons get thrown out more than two-year-old exercise bikes. While some are accurate, most are pure hyperbole. But we really like, “Justin Timberlake if he were a crack addict”...
View ArticleKneeling Knave Debuts With a Savage Industrial Throb
Image: Caitlin Hurik Kneeling Knave is the latest project for Cooper Bowman, a Melbourne musician who NOISEY has covered before through his work in Roman Nails. Whereas Roman Nails, was all twisted...
View ArticleTroy Ave Has Reportedly Been Arrested in Connection with Last Night's Irving...
The NY Daily News is reporting that rapper Troy Ave, who attended the T.I. show last night in Manhattan's Irving Plaza that tragically exploded into gunfire, has been arrested in connection with the...
View ArticleWatch Chance the Rapper's Cameo-Filled "No Problem" Video, Featuring 2 Chainz...
Screenshot via Twitter There are a whole bunch of reasons why Chance The Rapper’s Coloring Book stands out as one of the most brilliant and rewarding albums in recent memory. It’s a clever, soulful...
View ArticleListen to the Debut Album from Chicago Pop Punks, Tens
Tens realize they’re not reinventing the wheel with their debut album. But that doesn’t mean they can’t have fun spinning it, right? The band has been kicking around Chicago since 2013 and has amassed...
View ArticleAlert! Radiohead Are Not Robots, They Are Humans Who Make Mistakes and Laugh...
Still taken from live footage Last night, Radiohead played London's Roundhouse, marking their first string of live shows since 2012. The tour sold out so fast tickets ended up on Viagogo at £1,400 a...
View ArticleJoey Bada$$ Has Stopped Trying to Revive Boom Bap on "Devastated," and Damn...
Joey Bada$$'s boom-bap-a-rific rap sound has been so well documented (across Joey's own mixtapes, but also through the last two decades of East Coast rappity-rap) that you probably think you know what...
View ArticleHow LEVELZ Are Injecting a 'No Bullshit' Policy into Manchester’s Burgeoning...
Photography by Jody Hartley This article originally appeared on Noisey UK. By now, even the most casual of hedonists will have recognised that UK nightlife has been undergoing a radical shift. Last...
View ArticleIt's Gucci! He's Back! With "FIRST DAY OUT THA FEDS," Produced by Mike WiLL...
"I'm hearing shooters loading pistols while I'm brushing my teeth / I get so many death threats it's getting normal to me." These are Gucci Mane's first words back. And wow. Gucci is back. Right away....
View ArticleJoey Purp Drops His Proud, Triumphant Mixtape 'iiiDrops'
Chicago and the SaveMoney crew have been doing shit right for the past month. Earlier in May, Chance The Rapper put out Coloring Book, which put on the city heavily, featuring some of the city's...
View ArticleRemembering the Time Justin Timberlake Was Slapped in the Face With Some Ham
Justin Timberlake is a Very Cool Guy. There’s really no two ways about it. Like, if there is one absolute truth in this volatile and conspiracy-filled universe, it’s that Justin Timberlake is smoother...
View ArticleHold Up! Did Justin Bieber and Skrillex Rip Off Someone’s Song for "Sorry"?
Image via Justin Bieber’s Instagram Justin Bieber has spent the past few weeks revelling in his newfound wokeness. First, he started tip toeing around parks barefoot, feeding the squirrels like a...
View ArticleGothic Tropic's Tune "Stronger" Is Tight Like Your Favorite Ass-Hugging 501s
Photo by Ryan Aylsworth It was a little over a year ago that we described Gothic Tropic as Ariel the mermaid if she starred in My So-Called Life. That was in for the video for "Underwater Games"—a...
View ArticleChance The Rapper’s 'Coloring Book' is Now Available Everywhere
Two weeks after dropping one of the best albums of the year (no YOU stop talking about it), Chance The Rapper has now delivered on his promise and made Coloring Book available “everywhere.” That means...
View ArticleDaniel Romano Shares the Romantic "I Had to Hide Your Poem in a Song"
Photo by Sebastian Buzzalino Daniel Romano originally played in punk and indie bands growing up in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. He shifted away from punk to a folksy sound in his earlier albums...
View ArticleGlide into the Long Weekend with Sam Hunt's Sun-Drenched "Single for the...
Country/R&B crooner Sam Hunt's stellar debut album Montevallo has a couple miles on it by now, but it still sounds every bit as fresh as day one. Today, just in time for Memorial Day weekend, Hunt...
View ArticlePeople Were Stealing Music Long Before Millennials Ruined Everything with...
Illustration by Dessie Jackson Read more of our privacy and security coverage, and be sure to tune into HBO Friday at 11 PM EST as VICE founder Shane Smith meets the man who started the conversation...
View ArticleRoots Rock Radicals: Expert Witness with Robert Christgau
Welcome to Expert Witness with Robert Christgau, the self-proclaimed "Dean of American Rock Critics." He currently teaches at NYU and published multiple books throughout his life. For nearly four...
View ArticlePREMIERE: Bodega Bamz's Unstoppable Offensive Begins with His "All Eyez Off...
Stills via YouTube "Yeah, back up on that park bench, yeah," Bodega Bamz snarls, stopping abruptly. It's been a minute since you've heard from Bamz, and what a way to return to him. The sharp-tongued...
View ArticleCool Off with Rich The Kid and Marz Léon This Weekend on Noisey Radio
It got pretty fucking hot in like the turn of a second, didn't it? Gotta change your entire wardrobe into something new, so why not maybe pick up some new music to go with it? This week's episode of...
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