Stream Old Mate’s New Album ‘Maraby’
Hawker is a small one-pub outback town located in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia. It can get dry and hot. It’s always unspectacular. I imagine the pub is a highlight. Adelaide-via-Melbourne...
View ArticleStyle Rider: Nicole Dollanganger Gets by On Her Lucky Charms
Lately it seems like Grimes has become a magical music fairy godmother. First, Grimes’ tour singer/friend HANA grabbed the attention of electro-pop fans everywhere with her singles “Clay” and...
View ArticleStream Two Darkly Hypnotic New Songs from Rising Chicago Rapper Ign Inglor
Chicago rapper Ign Inglor assembled an intoxicatingly moody sound over two acclaimed releases, 2013's New Wave and its 2014 follow-up New Wave 2, before taking a long hiatus to get sorted out. This...
View ArticleTune in Sunday for Episode 10 of VICE on Beats 1
VICE on Apple Music's Beats 1 radio charges into its week ten this Labor Day weekend with a brand new episode. The weekly megamix focuses on a selection of cuts ranging from hip-hop veteran Method...
View ArticleListen to Drake's Remix of The Weeknd's "Tell Your Friends"
Drake's OVO Sound show on Apple Music has been full of surprises, from the first edition's stream of unexpected remixes to week two's one-two punch of the Meek Mill diss and the ubiquitous summer jam...
View ArticleCarly Rae Jepsen on 80s Pop, Broadway and Tom Hanks
Though the chances of Carly Rae Jepsen repeating the success of 2012’s “Call Me Maybe” were considered unlikely by all but her most most ardent fans, few would have anticipated the statement of...
View ArticleBurger-a-Go-Go United Three Generations of Women in Rock for a Day-Long...
Burger-a-Go-Go is a festival sponsored by dedicated SoCal indie Burger Records touting one of summer festival season's only all-women lineups. In a business dominated by men, Burger-a-Go-Go's creation...
View ArticleThe Julie Ruin's Burger-a-Go-Go Set Was a Safe Space for Women, On Stage and Off
Photo by Alice Baxley Discovering Kathleen Hanna and Bikini Kill is a rite of passage for every teenage girl with a punk rock pulse. Ask any first wave, second wave, or Tumblr wave riot grrrl and...
View ArticleTune in Sunday for Episode 10 of VICE on Beats 1
VICE on Apple Music's Beats 1 radio charges into its week ten this Labor Day weekend with a brand new episode. The weekly megamix focuses on a selection of cuts ranging from hip-hop veteran Method...
View ArticleStream Two Darkly Hypnotic New Songs from Rising Chicago Rapper Ign Inglor
Chicago rapper Ign Inglor assembled an intoxicatingly moody sound over two acclaimed releases, 2013's New Wave and its 2014 follow-up New Wave 2, before taking a long hiatus to get sorted out. This...
View ArticleStyle Rider: Nicole Dollanganger Gets by On Her Lucky Charms
Lately it seems like Grimes has become a magical music fairy godmother. First, Grimes’ tour singer/friend HANA grabbed the attention of electro-pop fans everywhere with her singles “Clay” and...
View ArticleStream Lil Durk's "Like Me" Remix Featuring Lil Wayne, Jeremih, and Fetty Wap
Photo courtesy of Def Jam Recordings "Like Me" was one of the highlights of Chicago rapper (and friend of Noisey) Lil Durk's debut album Remember the Name, and this weekend he drops a star-studded...
View ArticleHeavy 70s Teen Rockers Midnight Revisit Their Heyday & Revive Their Long-Lost...
Photo courtesy of Midnight and Drag City Records Roughly 30 years before the name Midnight became synonymous with the excellent heavy metal outfit from Cleveland, a group of Chicagoland teenagers...
View ArticleWhat Musicians Were Wearing and Sharing on Instagram This Week 9/6
So last week I thought it was LDW (the douchey way of saying “Labor Day Weekend”) and now it’s here, and I still have no plans. So for this week’s Instagram column, I have chosen photos where everyone...
View ArticleNight Beds: "We're Trying to Make Art That's Devastating"
Right now it’s fair to say people are a little confused about Winston Yellen. Back in 2013, the Colorado-born singer released his debut LP, Country Sleep, under the moniker Night Beds. The...
View ArticleTravis Scott Issues the World's Worst Apology for Using Homophobic Slurs on...
This article originally appeared on Noisey UK. Travi$ Scott is a man who likes to get lit - on stage, off stage, and everywhere else. His name is literally "La Flame". So for someone who loves rap so...
View ArticleDetroit Rapper Dex Osama Was Shot and Killed Early This Morning
Dex Osama / Photo by Anastacia Campbell for Noisey Dex Osama, the 26-year-old rapper ascending to become the next big thing from the Midwest after co-signs from both Meek Mill and DeJ Loaf, was killed...
View ArticleMade in America Festival Capped the Summer Off in Style
Labor Day Weekend is a lot of people's last summer blast before wisening up and getting serious about school and the like; for those who've already graduated, it's one of the last times to get away...
View ArticleTen Years Later, 'Lords of Dogtown' Remains a Monument to Teen Boy Bravado
Photo courtesy of Columbia/Tristar Pictures The summer of 2009 was the first time I watched Lords of Dogtown. Released in 2005, the biographical drama film, directed by Catherine Hardwicke and written...
View ArticleSt. Vincent Returns Home to Texas, Wanders the Wilderness, and Sings at a...
Though St. Vincent currently resides in New York City, she's something of a Texan at heart, having grown up and gone to school in Dallas before her pursuit of a career in music drove her toward...
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