New York’s Most Abrasive Dance Night Is Coming to an End
Photos by Reed Dunlea No-Tech has hosted two years of fog, strobes, beats, and noise. Sometimes the back room of Williamsburg bar Over the Eight had barely enough space to move, and other times it was...
View ArticleThe 13 Worst Songs from the 90s
Sure, the 90s gave birth to musical abominations like “Barbie Girl,” “Who Let the Dogs Out,” and “MMMBop” and yes, these songs all suck shit in their own right. But as we put over a decade and a half...
View ArticleThe Latest Chapter in Nomadic Duo Jucifer's Long, Strange Journey Is a DIY...
Photo by Scott Stewart Jucifer is undoubtedly one of—if not the—hardest working bands around today. For 15 years, the married duo of Gazelle Amber Valentine and Edgar Livengood has criss-crossed North...
View ArticlePREMIERE: Spookyland Is Fluid in Genre and Emotion in "Bulimic"
Is there anything more exciting in music than how fluid a band can make their sound? Sure, if a band commits to something strict it can be very impressive, but seeing something turn from one movement...
View ArticleGuitar Moves with Keith Richards: "The Acoustic Guitar Is the Most Important"
Legend is a word that’s thrown around probably too much, but there’s no real other way to describe Keith Richards. What else can you even say about the Rolling Stones guitarist? The 71-year-old is not...
View ArticleSplit Feet's "Selective Mommery" Video Will Give You and Your Dumb Gender...
Split Feet / Photo courtesy of Split Feet Split Feet aren’t important. “Important” is too often what we call politically aware bands that we’re not planning on listening to all that much, or at least...
View ArticleWarpaint's jennylee Dances and Howls in Her Solo Debut Video "Never"
Warpaint's Jenny Lee Lindberg sent fans into a frenzy last month with a teaser trailer announcing her solo debut album right on! under the moniker jennylee, due out December 11 on Rough Trade. Today...
View ArticleBlack Lung Gets Moody and Monochromatic in the New Video for "Behemoth"
Photo courtesy of Black Lung Black lung is a terrible, terrible disease. Known more formally as coalminer's pneumoconiosis, black lung is an ugly, preventable affliction that was once the scourge of...
View ArticleRank Your Records: The Cribs Argue About Their Six Albums
The Cribs L-R: Gary, Ross, Ryan. In Rank Your Records, we talk to members of bands who have amassed substantial discographies over the years and ask them to rate their releases in order of personal...
View ArticleDance Through the Tears with Justin Bieber's New "Sorry" Video
Justin Bieber's hit some kind of magical stride with these apologetic dance bangers, with "Where Are Ü Now" and "What Do You Mean?" taking emotional trop house to new commercial heights this year....
View ArticleKiwi Pop Legends The Chills Release Their First Album in 20 Years and Share A...
The curiously named The Memorable Order of Tinned Hats (MOTH) Club is a returned servicemen's club in Hackney, London. Due to dwindling membership the club has had to open it’s doors to new audiences...
View ArticleTerrible Truths European Tour Diary
Melbourne’s Terrible Truths recently returned from a European tour with their good buddies Totally Mild. Judging by their Instagram account it looks like a lot of fun was had by everyone involved....
View ArticleLooking Back on Suburban Lawns, The Great Forgotten LA New Wave Band
Image: Charles Wharton The post-1970s Los Angeles new wave scene was undoubtedly one of the most interesting and rich musical breeding grounds of the modern era. Epitomised by people like Geza X and...
View ArticleDust Off Your Tear Ducts! Adele Has Released the Video for "Hello," Her First...
Happy fall everyone! Adele has returned from her three-year hibernation of deafening silence with a proper full new song with a baby poo sepia tone video and everything. You remember Adele right? One...
View ArticlePornstar Playlists: James Deen
Photo via Instagram In Pornstar Playlists, we do some hard-hitting journalism and get into some long, deep conversations with pornstars about the arts of music and fuckin'. We've discussed haikus about...
View ArticleHalfway Happy: An Interview with Future
Image by Trey Smith The mansion is bathed in an occult red glow, alternately jungle-like and perfectly manicured. There are bizarre faceless angel statues and serene Buddhas. This is Harry Houdini’s...
View ArticleThe New Fuzz Record, ‘II,’ Will Make Your Head Explode
Chad, center / Photo by Denee Petracek The knocks don’t come for Chad Ubovich every night. But when they do, it’s while he’s drifting off. “Sometimes as I’m going to bed, right as I’m falling asleep I...
View ArticleStormzy’s Mom is More Road Than You - The People vs Stormzy
For the latest episode of The People vs, we caught up with UK grime don Stormzy at Fresh Island Festival in Croatia to get his take on the comments on his video for the anthem "Know Me From". He...
View ArticleWe Made Banoffee Fill Out Our Dating Questionnaire
Banoffee shot by Freya Esders We've been keeping an eye on Melbourne-based Banoffee for a minute—the spry "Let's Go to the Beach" was one of the best songs 2014—but in general her spare synth-pop...
View ArticleWatch Lionel Richie Get Curved By Adele
Adele's video for her comeback single "Hello" dropped in the wee hours of the morning today, snatching our collective heartstrings like a thief in the night. [Insert 1,000 cryface emoji]. In the...
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