Sarah Shook Has Words for the Rich-Ass Motherfuckers of Pop Country
Country music's most biting comedian, Sarah Shook, begins her second album Years with a pointed impression. While her longtime guitarist Eric Peterson’s drunkenly flits around a sluggish, chugging drum...
View ArticleDante Leon's "The Sky" Is a Good Version of the Corny Guitar-Playing Friend
Dante Leon isn't really a rapper, isn't really a singer, isn't really a producer. The Toronto artist occupies all three spaces, making his many genre about-faces feel natural. His latest single, "The...
View ArticleBambara’s New Noise Rock Record Echoes the Grimy Loneliness of City Life
Part of the reason people move to big cities is that parts get forgotten. The simple fact of throwing millions of people and thousands of buildings into a few square miles means there are pockets where...
View ArticleSOPHIE's New "Faceshopping" Video Is Terrifying but You'll Love It Anyway
SOPHIE's colourful, hyper-unreal visuals are impossible to divorce from the brute force, unclassifiable music she's been making over the past several months. Her latest, "Faceshopping," didn't have a...
View ArticleCardi B Addresses Pregnancy Rumours, Nicki Beef in New Interview
We're mere hours away from the release of Cardi B's debut album Invasion of Privacy, and she dropped by Ebro Darden's Beats 1 show to chat about it. In the interview, Cardi addresses a variety of...
View Article#MeToo Can’t Happen in Australia if Sticky Fingers Aren’t Held Accountable
Late last year, a group of women in the Australian music industry banded together to stamp out assault and sexism in music. In an open letter titled #meNOmore––inspired by a similar document created by...
View ArticleSome Fucking Genius Combined Dr. Seuss and Migos and It's Fire
Just last month, Migos and Drake were scooting down Soul Train lines for their "Walk It Talk It" video but the internet has truly outdone itself this time. A rapper, Win Nevaluze, gave Dr. Seuss the...
View ArticleBehold a Confusing But Exciting Trailer For the New Arctic Monkeys Album
Now we're talking. Mere days into Q2, one of its biggest rumored releases has now been confirmed: Arctic Monkeys' long-awaited sixth album, which is titled Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (the...
View ArticleA Few Key Things Elton John Should Be Aware of Now That He's Joined Tumblr
Elton John is going hard in the publicity for his marathon farewell tour, with two covers albums out tomorrow. He's also decided to complete his social media portfolio by finally joining Tumblr,...
View ArticleAzealia Banks' New Song "Anna Wintour" is Surprisingly Sweet
I really root for Azealia Banks. She's had a real rough go of it the past few years –– that whole Russell Crowe thing, issues with mental health, and so on –– so I'm really glad to see she's back on...
View ArticleListen to Cardi B's Debut Album 'Invasion of Privacy'
Bronx icon Cardi B has released her major label debut, Invasion of Privacy. Since announcing the record last Monday, Cardi has been omnipresent –– in a mere two weeks she's released new songs "Be...
View ArticleSt. Vincent, Alice Glass and Laurie Anderson Are Playing Dark Mofo
Dark Mofo, the darkest, coolest and best festival in Australia, is back for 2018 from 13–24 June, and the music lineup is killer. Glam rock queen St. Vincent, legendary Canadian punk firebrand Alice...
View ArticleDrake Drops New Lauryn Hill-Sampling Track "Nice For What"
Noted Fortnite-streamer Drake has taken a break from gaming for a hot second to release "Nice For What," a new Lauryn Hill-sampling single. The song, and its accompanying video, was released tonight...
View ArticleSeimei’s Noisey Mix Is an Ecstatic Echo of the Energy of Tokyo
There was a time at which the general focus of the label TREKKIE TRAX was condenseable into just a few words, but we’re far past that point now. Over the last half decade, the Japanese netizens have...
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Why Being in a Group Labelled as “All-Female” Isn’t a Weakness
When Zimbabwean rapper Awakiwe Sibanda first started seriously pursuing a career in music, she came up against more than the usual ‘no one replies to my Soundcloud links dropped under viral tweet’...
View ArticleCardi B's Weekend Was Definitely Better Than Yours
No one had a better weekend than Cardi B. Since last summer, the former Love & Hip-Hop reality star had been prepping us for Cardi Season with the release of the now five-times platinum, "Bodak...
View ArticleThis Heavy Metal Singer Became a Lawyer Fighting Sexism in Music
Ann Boleyn may be the coolest woman to laugh at Kim Fowley’s dick that you’ve probably never heard of. When the infamously creepy rock producer was assembling his teen scream-queen band the Runaways in...
View ArticleRaise Your Fist and Blood Pressure with War on Women’s ‘Capture the Flag’
A week before the 2016 election, War on Women frontwoman Shawna Potter was asked by Noisey what the band’s plans were if Donald Trump was defeated. It seemed like a good question at the time. The...
View ArticleA Brief History of Drake's Relationship with New Orleans Bounce
The 34th edition of WrestleMania was held at New Orleans' Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Sunday night, but the city's culture would have gained a lot of newfound exposure regardless over the weekend thanks...
View ArticleThe Thermals Are Breaking Up, and That Sucks
The Thermals are done. After a 15-year career that produced precisely no bad albums and a couple of truly great ones, the Portland, Oregon-based indie rock trio are breaking up. Co-frontman Hutch...
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