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Premiere: Prawn - "Seas"
Formed in Ridgeword, New Jersey, in the summer of 2007, Prawn are arguably one of the most underrated bands of the so-called "emo revival", and certainly one of the trickiest to pin down. Capable of...
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What I Learned About Spirituality and the Universe from One Direction's Cover...
Screenshot of One Direction performing "Torn" in 2010, via YouTube This article originally appeared on Noisey UK. Yesterday, One Direction were in Radio 1's Live Lounge. They performed tracks from...
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Still Kicking It, 25 Years Later: A Tribe Called Quest’s Phife Dawg Takes Us...
Phife Dawg in the "Can I Kick It" video / Screenshot via YouTube 1990 was a transitional year for the world. Three years after Ronald Reagan’s iconic speech, the Berlin Wall was finally being...
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An American Reviews Every Diss Track from the Western Canada Rap Beef
Photo via Madchild's Instagram The beef that’s erupted between Madchild and Snak the Ripper is easily one of the most exciting thing to ever happen to Western Canada’s hip-hop scene, and has made...
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Middle Eastern Rap to Jewish Southern Folk: Expert Witness with Robert...
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...
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Belieber-Directioner Deathmatch: Who Will Win the Greatest Pop Music Battle...
Image by Dan Ozzi Countless albums drop every week, but once in a great while, two major acts from the same genre camp out on the same release date, and neither blinks and pushes their record back to...
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You'll Fall In Love Again: The Story of School of Seven Bells
There’s a white brick building that squats on Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and it houses a J.Crew which opened at the tail-end of 2014—not long after the area welcomed Urban Outfitters and...
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21st Century Schizoid Man: How Kanye Changed Rap by Making a 70s Prog Album...
Last month, in an interview with SHOWStudio, Kanye West said that he felt like My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was a safe bet, a “bouquet” of all the aspects of his music he knew fans loved,...
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Why Are so Many Adults Obsessed with One Direction?
Image by Giphy There is a double standard surrounding fans of boy bands, and it has nothing to do with gender—it has to do with age. No fans get as unfairly dumbed down as boy band fans, particularly...
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PREMIERE: Total Abuse Keep Punk Dangerous with Their New Album 'Excluded'
Photo courtesy of Total Abuse Sometimes punk is supposed to be gritty and scary. The music itself can often be made too trendy or palatable by squares, but real bands will still rise to the top with...
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Murder Ballads and Abstract Visuals With Ela Stiles
The last time we caught up with Ela Stiles she’d just released a cassette tape with her band the Rangoons. But the talented Sydney musician and composer continues to produce quality material at a...
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11 Albums That Didn't Live Up to the Hype
One thing we're good at as music fans is anticipation. The thirst for new music from our faves keeps us in a perpetual state of excitement. Who's releasing a new single? Who's reuniting? Who's...
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A Tribe Called Quest Reunited to Perform "Can I Kick It?" on 'The Tonight Show'
Last we heard of seminal hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest they were summoned by Kanye West as openers for the New York City stop of his 2013 Yeezus tour. They're functionally disbanded, and you can...
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We Spoke to the Director of the New Blur Documentary 'New World Towers'
On February 19, the legendary British rock band Blur held a press conference to announce the release of its new record, The Magic Whip. It would be the band’s first album as a four-piece since 1999’s...
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Watch Justin Bieber's Visual Album 'Purpose: The Movement'
Justin Bieber's new album Purpose is out and jamming, but you know that already. Today the Canadian singer is celebrating the launch of his new record by releasing a video for every song every hour on...
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Eagles of Death Metal Merchandise Manager Nick Alexander Was Killed in the...
Photo courtesy of the Alexander family Eagles of Death Metal merchandise manager Nick Alexander was confirmed as one of the many people killed in last night's attacks on Paris in a heartbreaking...
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Tune in Sunday for Episode 20 of Noisey Radio on Beats 1
Episode 20 of Noisey Radio on Apple Music's Beats 1 premieres this weekend. The show opening mix features tracks from Cali rap savant Busdriver, Beyonce collaborator BOOTS, who just released a new...
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From Cartridge To Club: A Look At The Labels That Recontextualise Video Game...
The needle drops and it all comes flooding back. I'm young, I couldn't be any older than five or six, and I'm crosslegged on the floor. My neck is craned towards a giant CRT television. With Sega...
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Disclosure Brought Lorde and Sam Smith to 'Saturday Night Live' Last Night
SNL ditched their traditional cold open this week as cast member Cecily Strong delivered a short message of love and solidarity from New York to Paris in English and French: "Paris is the city of...
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Style Rider: British Soul Singer Jess Glynne Is Obsessed with Brogues and...
Photo by Simon Emmett, remaining photos courtesy of Jess Glynne It’s been a big year for British soul-pop singer Jess Glynne, a fiery redhead with the vocal chops of an Amy Winehouse. Jess first...
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