Breaking Down Drake's Defining Moment of Chill With Boi-1da
This is a column called Major Keys written by Phil Witmer, the only actual musician employed by Noisey. It's about timbres, theory, chords (lots of 'em), and how these nerdy qualities make us feel...
View ArticleTiffany Young's "Over My Skin" Is a Rebirth, So We Asked Her About Everything
Born Stephanie Young Hwang and affectionately known to fans as Fany, DdilFany (clumsy Fany), and Pink Monster (her favourite), Tiffany radiates an infectious passion for life and an inspiring work...
View ArticleHere Are 10 Dope Metal Bands Because the World Is on Fire
To Hell And Back is a weekly column in which Noisey metal editor and lifelong hesher Kim Kelly explores the extreme metal underground and recommends her latest faves. Last week, I wrote about the idea...
View ArticleThe Guide to Getting into Paul McCartney
Even the jokes are cliché. Paul McCartney is so famous—so iconic, so influential a pop cultural figure—that we can't even make "maybe you've heard of him" quips or slap a sarcastic label like...
View ArticleBored of Drake Mania? Charli XCX Just Dropped Two New Songs
Oh, what's that? There's a new Drake album? His eighth in nine years, including playlists and mixtapes and collabs? It's a double album, comprising 25 tracks, aka three-and-a-half times the length of...
View ArticleChance Just Confirmed Albums with Kanye West and Childish Gambino
Praise be! Chance The Rapper just confirmed news that, up to this point, has just been feverish rumour: He's actively working on new projects with Kanye West and Childish Gambino! The Chancebino record...
View ArticleListen to Drake's New Album 'Scorpion', Feat JAY-Z, Michael Jackson, More
Well, it's finally here: You can listen to Drake's new album Scorpion now. After a six-month rollout featuring singles "God's Plan", "Nice For What" and "I'm Upset", revelations of secret children,...
View ArticleListen to Gorillaz' New Album 'The Now Now'
Damon Albarn's cartoon band Gorillaz have released The Now Now, the follow up to their most recent record Humanz. The album includes features from George Benson, Snoop Dogg and Jamie Principle. Last...
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Dark Mofo Made Me Feel Good About Art and Awful About Australia
On my first night here I ran into Katie Pearson (who DJs as Whiskey Houston) at the Hadley’s Orient Hotel Artist Bar. Hadley’s was built in 1834. The carpets are the colour of orchard drippings and the...
View ArticleMeet CHANGES, Melbourne's New Festival With 80+ Acts
This year, a new festival is coming to warm up Melbourne's frosty winter: CHANGES is two days of talks, workshops and music outlining the future of the music industry. A whole big massive host of...
View ArticleA$AP Ferg Keeps it Short and Sharp with "Verified" and "Not the Boy"
A$AP Ferg has followed up his four-song #TrapLordTuesday revival with two new songs. "Verified" and "Not the Boy" are both short, sharp kicks to the pit of the stomach. The former has him bragging...
View ArticleLet’s Eat Grandma’s Album Sounds Like Emotion and Tech Colliding
Back in April, you may remember us mentioning how Let’s Eat Grandma have undertaken an evolution of sorts. The teen duo have always been good – 2016's debut album I, Gemini is proof enough of that –...
View ArticleSome of the UK Drill Videos YouTube Deleted Are Now on Pornhub
Well, that didn't take long. Back in April, a Times (the British one) article linked Tim Westwood's YouTube channel – which frequently features UK drill artists – with gang activity. At the same time,...
View ArticleKid Masterpiece and G0homeroger’s Noisey Mix Is Full of Drama and Airy R&B
The best DJs tell stories with their sets—so the cliché goes—but few try to do so as directly as the duo of Kid Masterpiece and G0homeroger. They’re both connoisseurs of windows-down R&B and spoken...
View ArticleThe Attempted Kidnapping of Bryant Myers
Trap music dominates in rap right now, regardless of language, and each month Cultura explores the Latin side of hip-hop's hottest sound.From my side of the barricade, the one separating Barclays...
View ArticleDissecting the 4 Most Improbable Samples on Drake's 'Scorpion'
After a months-long build-up, a timid but highly publicized beef, three multi-platinum singles, and one carefully timed Degrassi reunion, Drake's eighth full-length project, Scorpion, wafted out into...
View ArticleThe Influence of Black Gay Disco Legend Sylvester Is Everywhere
Black queer artists like Ma Rainey, James Baldwin, Nina Simone, Lorraine Hansberry, and Essex Hemphill have all made it a bit easier for me to dream. I was born in a perfect era as a feminine black...
View ArticleRizzla's Collagist Club Album Is the Sound of Apocalypse and Rebirth
People tend to talk about clubs as sacred spaces for spiritual fulfillment, which, for some, they no doubt are. But dark, loud spaces that function primarily on the back of alcohol sales don’t serve...
View ArticleDijon.'s Take on R&B Is Lovingly Worn and Incredibly Special
Dijon Duenas has one of those voices that feels like its sagging under the weight of the world. It's lovely, sure, a wispy, soaring thing trained to fly by years of listening to psychedelic harmonizers...
View ArticleIt's Tough to Watch Drake Struggle with Fatherhood on 'Scorpion'
Drake has been safe for a long time. Throughout his career he's consciously built himself one of the biggest parachutes the rap world has ever seen. He's proven himself one of pop culture's greatest...
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