Destroyer's Dan Bejar Walked Us Through Seattle - JanSport Bonfire Sessions
We've been having a pretty awesome time with Destroyer's Dan Bejar and JanSport's Bonfire Sessions. Last time, we saw him do a beautiful and wonderful rendition of "Times Square" in Seattle. Today,...
View ArticleStream Two Uber Rare Tracks From Guitar Great Sir Richard Bishop
Trans-Pecos has emerged as a hub for experimentalism and adventurous music in a city of prefabbed clubs and turnkey operations (aka NYC). September is particularly interesting for the space too, as...
View ArticleWelcome to Fall with Threading's Shoegazing New Song "Candy Ghost"
Threading is a shoegaze band from Michigan that plays ultra lush and enrapturing music. You can act super hard like you're over the newest wave in shoegaze, but Threading deliver music that stands...
View ArticleEnter Hell With Birds In Row and WAITC with This Two Track Premiere
You know what's better than one killer new song from an insane hardcore band? Two songs in one! This fall, Birds In Row and WAITC are coming together to put out a split full of killer music. This is a...
View ArticleIs Drake the Reason Serena Williams Didn't Win the US Open?
Drake at the US Open / Screenshot via Twitter This weekend, Serena Williams had a chance to make tennis history by becoming the first tennis player—male or female—to win a Grand Slam since 1988. For...
View ArticleGet Down with Mexican Garage Rock OGs Los Panky's
All photos courtesy Ryan San Martin By 1962, rock n’ roll had infiltrated Mexico’s collective psyche. Even though record players were luxury items and TV sets exceedingly rare, the hip-gyrating sounds...
View ArticleHere's a Video of Arsenal Keeper Petr Cech Playing a Drum Cover of Nirvana's...
This article originally appeared on Noisey UK. Over time, YouTube has evolved from a place to store videos of babies and cats into a hub of interaction, information, and entertainment where you can...
View ArticleStryper vs Fred Nile
You may be familiar with the Reverend Fred Nile as the anti-Muslim, anti-progressive, openly homophobic leader of the Christian Democratic Party, and an all all-round gross guy. He’s also against head...
View ArticlePREMIERE: Stream New Jersey Rapper Da$H's Thrillingly Druggy New Album '17...
Hackensack, New Jersey rapper (and Noisey Rap Monument alum) Da$H's profile is steadily rising, as a string of increasingly accomplished mixtapes and EPs alone and with his buddy RetcH, as well as...
View ArticleStyle Rider: MUNA Loves Pink Tees and Fake Carnations
MUNA are a band that scream girl power. With a lot of love for pink, sticking up for ladykind and dark clothing, MUNA make “dark pop” that makes you want to cry and dance at the same time. The...
View ArticleRiot Fest: Chicago Day 1 Took the Good and the Bad in Stride
Photos by Alison Green, except where noted It’s 11:45 AM, and the gates to Riot Fest and Carnival in Chicago’s Douglas Park should already be open. Chalk it up to the first day on a new site or the...
View ArticleFortebowie and Ducko McFli Give Rihanna's "BBHMM" a Funk-Laced Facelift
Rihanna's massive overdue back pay anthem "Bitch Better Have My Money" was plenty brutal, between the casual callousness of the vocal, the lumbering dropkick of the production, and the...
View ArticleThe Scenes of Riot Fest Chicago, Day 1: Punk and Metal Mayhem
For over ten years, Riot Fest has brought an eclectic mix of punk rock, emo, ska, metal, and rockabilly acts to Chicago (and more recently, Denver and Toronto) for an end of summer musical blowout. The...
View ArticleStrobes, Sweat, and Silhouettes Swirled at Small Black’s Private Bushwick...
On Wednesday, Noisey ran an in-depth interview with Small Black to accompany the premiere of the track “Back At Belle’s” off their upcoming album Best Blues. Last night, the band played an intimate...
View ArticleDrake and Future Took Toronto's Ryerson University Frosh Week by Storm
Despite their prophesied collab mixtape still being MIA, Future and his "secret" guest Drake managed to put on one hell of a show for the students of Ryerson University during the campus' frosh week...
View ArticleSynthpop Eccentrics Surrender the Spirit Go Manson Family in Their "Control"...
Surrender the Spirit is Jonathan Rauberts and Kristen Sonntag. They are happily married, have a beautiful baby, and are creepy as fuck. Marriage can engender an “us versus them” attitude where...
View Article2 Chainz Celebrates His Birthday with the Zaytoven Assisted Slapper "No Off...
Blessed be the T.R.U. and the real, for this weekend our once and future hair weave killer 2 Chainz celebrates his birthday. Pastor Chainz has been on a roll this year; he ran off with one of the best...
View ArticleRiot Fest: Chicago Day 2 Was a Seamless Mix of Punk, Metal, and Country
Rancid, photos by Alison Green The music lineup for Day 1 of Riot Fest Chicago was stacked in its own right, but the trend of the debauchery exhibited by three drunk guys lost in front of the entrance...
View ArticleMeet Lycia, Type O Negatives (And Possibly Trent Reznor's?) Favorite Darkwave...
It’s a ringing endorsement if ever there was one: Type O Negative frontman Peter Steele once called Lycia “the most depressing thing I’ve ever heard in my life.” Steele enjoyed the Arizona-based...
View ArticleThe Scenes of Riot Fest Chicago, Day 2: Good Times Had from Gwar to Hag
For over ten years, Riot Fest has brought an eclectic mix of punk rock, emo, ska, metal, and rockabilly acts to Chicago (and more recently, Denver and Toronto) for an end of summer musical blowout. The...
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