Mick Jenkins on Isaiah Rashad, Drake, Serena & Skepta - The People vs....
Chicago rapper Mick Jenkins responds to viewers' comments from his epic "P's & Q's" video. He discusses how they made the video, his hip hop lookalike ILoveMakonnen, and the other "P's & Q's"...
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Erykah Badu Absolutely Rinsed Iggy Azalea at the Soul Train Awards Last Night
Sunday night saw the 2015 Soul Train Awards grace televisions everywhere, and Erykah Badu—fresh off the Friday release of her new But You Caint Use My Phone mixtape—was the evening's host. Blessing...
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Listen to a Snippet of a New Skepta Track Called "Gang"
Via Instagram It's pretty hard to get excited over new music that only lasts 30 seconds and is recorded in poor quality, but if you're going to get your headphone cable in a twist over anything then it...
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Premiere: Naadei's 'I'm Fine' EP Gleefully Celebrates Isolation
Montreal's Naadei has been experiencing a slow burn through progress, working with a number of artists in France and the U.S., as well as touring Africa and Europe with Wyclef Jean. But after months...
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Why Is DJ Smooth the Only Hip-Hop DJ on Montreal Radio?
All photos by Visually Tasteful It’s easy to let your imagination run wild with all of the potential activities tucked into the forests surrounding Kahnawake, a Mohawk reservation 20 minutes outside...
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Wiki and Nasty Nigel Rescue Their Mothers from an Evil Villain's Clutches in...
Over the weekend, Ratking's Wiki dropped off a quick, tart solo joint called "Hate Is Earned" with a grimy beat from Black Milk, but he's already back today for another. "Livin' with My Moms" features...
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Forget Flannel: Seattle's New Artistic Hope Is its Feminist Punk Scene
Photo courtesy of Mommy Long Legs It is eleven o’clock on a Friday night on Pine Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, and the block is bustling with young people coming in and out of...
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Aerial Ruin Will Brings Its Rituals of Voice and Acoustic Guitar to the West...
Photo by Photic Photographic Man, the West Coast gets all the best tours. It's probably really irritating to see someone from New York City whining about the amount of shows we get (true, it's a lot)...
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PREMIERE: This New Video Proves That Stearica's Instrumental Post-Rock Shines...
Photo courtesy of Stearica For an instrumental post-rock band, it is on stage—when the fourth wall between musician and listener has been wrecked—that they do the best. Even though we could write...
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Coldplay and Beyoncé Made a Song Together Called "Hymn for the Weekend"
A Head Full of Dreams cover First 'Ye told Jay he did a song with Coldplay, next thing we knew Jay had a song with Coldplay, and—what do you know—now Bey has a song with Coldplay. The Knowles-Carters...
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Introducing New England Power Poppers Laika's Orbit
Image: Angela Owens If the music of the Exploding Hearts, Royal Headache or the bands associated with Mark Ryan puts a smile on your dial then there’s a strong chance you are going to dig Laika’s...
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Forget The Star Wars Holiday Special, This Year Spend Your Christmas In The...
It takes a special kind of masochist to willingly submit themselves to the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special. An amazingly coked out Carrie Fisher is the only thing that redeems an otherwise achingly...
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It's Official! King Krule Is Releasing a New Album, Book, and Film with His...
Last week we posted news that King Krule would be releasing new music soon. Well, put the tea down and remove all breakables from the desk, because today we know all the details. As reported earlier...
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Listen to Glassjaw's Newest Song in Four Years, "New White Extremity"
It's been thirteen years since Glassjaw released their last full-length record, Worship and Tribute and today they've put out the first song from their not yet titled third album. "New White...
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Fetty Wap Just Dropped a New EP "For My Fans"
Fetty Wap has had a hell of a year. Catapulted from local fame to performing to 60,000 people with Taylor Swift off the strength of "Trap Queen" alone, Zoo Gang has gone worldwide. Containing at least...
View ArticlePREMIERE: JONES - "Hoops"
It starts—like all the best things do—with the crackle of a needle reading a record and a line that totally crushes: "Meet me at the moment it was equal / And those weekends when love seemed so...
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This Punk Named Bim Is Running for Mayor of Portland
All photos courtesy of Bim Ditson A photo of a guy with a mohawk and leather jacket sprawled out on top of 15 cases of PBR showed up on my Facebook feed the other day, but that wasn’t what was weird....
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We Ranked the BBC 'Sound of 2016' List from Worst to Best so the BBC Don't...
This article orginally appeared on Noisey UK. It's happened. The BBC have finally released their 'Sound of 2016' longlist for this year's award, as polled by over 140 music writers, industry fatcats,...
View Article"My Blackness Is My Largest Assumed ‘Accessory'": Lizzo Breaks Down Her Video...
Ever since we first encountered Lizzo last year in a lake in Minneapolis she's continued to impress and surprise—whether making us attempt to twerk with bangers like "Batches and Cookies" or bounce...
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The 50 Best Songs of 2015
What determines a good song in 2015? Does it simply have to be well written? Does it get stuck in your head? Does Drake have to sing it? Well, there’s no real answer to this question. Like all music,...
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