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Rank Your Records: Drummer Dave Rowntree Rates Blur’s Discography
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 preference. Since their inception...
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Behind "Blackstar": An Interview with Johan Renck, the Director of David...
At the beginning of David Bowie’s “Blackstar” film, a woman with a tail comes upon a dead spaceman, his skull adorned with jewels. She removes the skull and travels to the middle of an otherworldly...
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Watch Future's New Video for "Rich $ex" Featuring Blac Chyna
Future is really trying to make a video for every song he has, it seems like. Today he dropped a brand new video for "Rich $ex," a cut off of his most recent solo release DS2. The video stars himself...
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Meet Dead Cross, Dave Lombardo’s New Hardcore Punk Band With Members of The...
Photo courtesy of Dave Lombardo Dave Lombardo's had an awfully busy week. After his band Philm decided to part ways just days before they were scheduled to depart on a short run of tour dates with...
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Get Wrecked to This Crushing New Genre-Crossing Split from Fórn and Yautja
Yautja / Photo courtesy of Gilead Media Gilead Media is one of the best independent, heavy music-focused record labels going right now, and one of the more prolific, too. This time around, the...
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Brain Slug Want to Know Which Dick Claimed That Long Island Hardcore Was Dead
Image: Reid Haithcock Long Island’s Brain Slug play a stripped down and basic New York hardcore punk style. Like a slice from Di Fara it’s not fancy but solid. But while the motto for their upcoming...
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Mermaidens’ ‘Seed’ Sounds Like If Sleater Kinney Were Pagan Goths
Wellington’s Mermaidens describe their sound as witch rock and there’s definitely a necromantic feel about “Seed”, the first single from the trio’s upcoming debut album. With breathy vocals and lyrics...
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A Look Back at Britpop Landfill
‘Whatever happened to the Kaiser Chiefs?’ is a question that nobody has ever asked. But 10 years ago, due largely to the success of the Arctic Monkeys’ debut Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm...
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The Life and Beats of Child-Killer Kodi Maybir
Kodi Maybir, a 31-year-old Sydney hip-hop producer has been found guilty of murdering his girlfriend's seven-year-old son after months of abuse. The boy was found dead inside an Oately music studio in...
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M.I.A. Dropped A New Single "Borders"
M.I.A. is still undoubtably capable of putting out amazing singles, most notably "Platforms" which was released earlier in the year. Today, she just dropped her newest single "Borders," set to come...
View ArticlePREMIERE: FEMME - "Gold"
Fabulous FEMME returns today with another stellar video for shimmer pop tune "Gold"—all about a boy. She likes him, she wants to take things to the next level, but he's being non-committal and just a...
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Watch Seth Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Anthony Mackie Freestyle on 'Sway...
On Sway in the Morning, host and DJ Sway often asks guests to drop a freestyle for the listeners. It often leads to some pretty great stuff, like when Kanye kinda-rapped over Nine Inch Nail's...
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Craig Finn's Best Bunch of Songs This Decade: 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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Meek Mill Amps Up in Churches and Gyms for His "Lord Knows" Video
If there's one thing Meek Mill excels at, it's delivering amazing album opener tracks. "Dreams and Nightmares" is a quintessential Meek track, the dichotomy in the song's two halves. On this year's...
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Oneohtrix Point Never Just Wants You to Be a Good Person
Photo courtesy of Oneohtrix Point Never There's multiple versions of Oneohtrix Point Never—real name Daniel Lopatin. Whichever corner of the internet you hang out in, you're bound to see a distinct...
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PREMIERE: Nessly's "Til It Hurt" Is a Diamond in the Atlanta Rap Goldmine
Photo By Perry24K The post-Future Atlanta rap goldrush continues whether you want it to or not. Stepping up to the plate today is 20-year-old newcomer rapper/producer Nessly, who describes his sound...
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A Conversation with Jadakiss About the Conversation of Hip-Hop
Jadakiss / Photo courtesy of Def Jam If there were a museum of rap—like, serious Smithsonian, Louvre, Metropolitan Museum of Art shit—one would hope that there would be a hallway of statuary. There...
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Florida Cop Gets Fired for Singing “Let the Killing Begin” with Death Metal...
Andrew Ricks, a police officer in Florida, has been relieved of duty after joining the band Vital Remains on stage for a song while in full uniform. Ricks, an apparent fan of the long-running brutal...
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PREMIERE: Eight Bells Set Sail With "Hating," a Heavy, Atmospheric New Track...
Photo by Veleda Thorsson Search "Eight Bells" on Google, and one of the first results points you towards a painting. In 1886, artist Winslow Horner gave 2D life to two sailors; they stood on deck,...
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Pop Country Meets Bass Drops: The Story Behind Lady Antebellum's EDM Song
Lady Antebellum When I first heard that Lady Antebellum had teamed up with noted producer Audien for an EDM collaboration, I choked on my water a little bit. EDM… and country? I mean, the idea wasn’t...
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