The Unexpected Reinvention of Pitboss 2000, or How John Tole Stopped Hating...
Say what you will about John Tole but he’s been battling PC politics for two decades. Tole (who formerly went by John Lockjaw) was a member of the controversial Cleveland hardcore act One Life Crew in...
View ArticleWhat Does Drake's New Lion Tattoo Mean?
Photo via Instagram Drake's new tattoo is not a tribute to DJ Khaled's wonderful garden ornament. Celebrity tattoo artist Dr. Woo posted a picture on his Instagram of a new tattoo on Drake’s forearm...
View ArticlePREMIERE: JIIN's New Video Is Scary, Beautiful, and All Sorts of "Fucked Up"
Photo by Liam Macrae There's nothing more disturbing than watching a music video that looks like a VHS-era home recording. The way those black bars sit on the sides of the picture instead of on top...
View ArticleListen to Sondre Lerche's 80s-Tastic Cover of Drake's "Hotline Bling"
Hotline Bling is one of the best songs of the year for a lot of reasons. A big reason so many connect to the track, is how well made its melody is, able to hook its claws into anybody's brain. This...
View Articlegood kid, g.l.A.A.s.s. city: A Weekend at Houston's Inaugural Day for Night...
All photos by Erin Dyer unless noted On the sight of some studios and industrial buildings in the Sawyer Heights neighborhood, just above the booming Washington Avenue, Day for Night took on a mission...
View ArticleA Film Critic Reviews Chris Brown’s Music Videos from ‘Royalty’
Chris Brown has been doing the most with his the roll-out of his new album Royalty, which made us wonder: What if we were looking at his music all wrong? What if we needed the eye of a trained film...
View ArticleHappy Festivus! @Seinfeld2000 Wrote and Produced a Song for How to Dress Well
HAPPY FESTIVUS BABY!!!!! @Seinfeld2000 here. i dont know if u realize this, but my twetes take the TV show Seinfeld and just go, “hmm. okay now here is a legendery sitcom that is not any longer on the...
View ArticleBieber Tells Fans Not to Buy His Single for Christmas
This article originally appeared on Noisey UK. As of a few hours ago, there were only 650 sales between the current number one in the UK Christmas charts—Justin Bieber’s superb bitch-ballad “Love...
View ArticlePREMIERE: Get Laid but Not Loved to Lou Breed's "Lilly with a Shirt On"
Indie guitar bands may be dying off, but bedroom rock projects like LA's Lou Breed have picked up the torch lately to surprise us with some pretty excellent music more or less out of nowhere. Project...
View ArticleSecond Impressions of Protomartyr
Joe Casey. Photo by Kevin Shea Adams Protomartyr, the great white (and one half Lebanese) hope that everyone knows is from Detroit, standing on stage at Santos Party House during the College Music...
View ArticleStream Katie Got Bandz's New Mixtape 'Drillary Clinton 3'
Just because the year is just about to wrap up, doesn't mean killer music isn't still being pushed out. Like Katie Got Bandz' new mixtape Drillary Clinton 3. It's the follow up to Drillary Clinton 2,...
View ArticleThe Founder of the Pirate Bay Plans to "Bankrupt" the Music Industry with His...
Screenshot via Vimeo Amid the myriad copyright wars and arguments over music piracy that have been happening over the past 15 years, one thing that has stayed more or less constant is the music...
View ArticleKing Louie Has Been Shot and Is OK
King Louie in 2014, photo by Noisey Chicago rapper King L, better known as King Louie, was shot in the head today in Chicago. His PR representative confirmed to Noisey that he was shot and is "ok."...
View ArticleSearching for the Real Music Opinion of 2015
This article originally appeared on Noisey UK. As the year comes to a close, we’re presented with a gargantuan banquet of opinion. Kendrick Lamar released the best album! Grimes went pop! Sufjan...
View ArticleWill Butler Shares Christmas Song "City on a Hill," Tells Terrorists to "Fuck...
Will Butler has shared a new song for your Christmas Eve dinner called "City on a Hill," a lovely little piano ballad that features the Arcade Fire member encouraging listeners to embrace the holidays...
View ArticleSadie Dupuis of Speedy Ortiz Made a New Christmas Song Called "krampus (in...
Image via Sadie Dupuis on Soundcloud Contrary to popular belief, the happier a Christmas song is, the more obnoxious it tends to be when you hear it over and over and over again at Christmas. Quite...
View ArticleIntroducing Haarm and Their Blend of Raw Punk and Sand Blasted Noise
Image: Winxput Los Angeles four-piece Haarm produce an aggressive style of music that leans on the noisier side of punk. We're talking the lurching sound of Jesus Lizard and associated Amphetamine...
View ArticleListen to Every Single Goddamn Song by The Beatles
Folks, it's the moment you've been waiting for. The entire discography from The Beatles—the only other band in the world to ever exist besides Nirvana—is now available across all streaming platforms....
View ArticleColumbia House Is Back and Getting into Vinyl, Here’s How to Scam Them for...
The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that Columbia House, the once billion-dollar mail order music club, is planning on relaunching and is setting its sights on vinyl. It’s a smart move, given...
View ArticleEnjoy This Christmas Song from The Hold Steady
Your parents probably don't know who The Hold Steady is. But! We'll bet if you played them some of their music today, maybe while you're decorating your tree or making ginerbread houses or whatever,...
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