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A-Trak & Dillon Francis - "Money Makin'"
Get funky, Mr. ATM machine.
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We Talked to NOFX About Raising Children
NOFX has been around for almost 30 years, and they continue to make new punk bands look like they're all trying too hard.
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No Joy
Stacking fuzzed-out guitar upon fuzzed-out guitar, Quebecois grungers No Joy produce the sort of no-frills riffage that the bland nu-gaze establishment sorely needs. We saw No Joy at the Casa Del Popo…
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Dillon
Moody music about robots that hunt crystals.
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FIDLAR
Another bunch of incorrigible do-nothings making music.
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Kill For Total Peace
Bands get labeled "psychedelic" for a bunch of different reasons. Sometimes it's because they wear bandanas. Sometimes it's because they smoke weed. For Parisian quintet Kill For Total Peace, it's pro…
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Tom Vek
Tom Vek is back. After a six-year sabbatical from the limelight, the London-based "beat rock" specialist has reemerged with a new album and a new lease on life. Properly tweaked for the 21st century,
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YACHT
A power duo that traffics in breathless, upbeat electro-pop.
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Turbowolf
This British four-piece has blown the cobwebs off the UK rock scene with high-octane shows that trade in crunchy, dinosaur-shaped riffs, the death-or-glory spirit of DFA1979, and the pantomime stage a…
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Meet Lady Chann
Lady Chann, formerly known as Chanelle Williams, got her start in the Suncycle Crew, a North London squad of the best talent around. They built up a serious rep, using dancehall as a reference point i…
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Meet Spoon
No one's gonna mistake Spoon for the Stones, but it's worth remembering that they've been around a while: Telephono, the Austin guitar-pop outfit's first LP, came out in April of 1996, a few months be…
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Soviet Pop
Calling themselves a "sound-based oscillator duo," the members of Soviet Pop shape electrical currents into pulsating anti-hits. Androgynous soulmates Li Qing and Li Weisi formed the band in Beijing i…
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Uncapped - The Rassle
The Rassle show us around their adopted hometown of Brooklyn and tell us what it's like being a band in New York. Then we head to the bar Union Pool where they fire up the audience with their triumpha…
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TV Buddhas
Saved from slack-jawed alienation.
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Uncapped - Reading Rainbow
The D.I.Y. rockers in Philadelphia's Reading Rainbow took us around their neighborhood of Fishtown to check out The Little Bar, their appropriately named home away from home. After that we headed to J…
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Veronica Falls
Few bands have run with the classic sound of mid-80s British lo-fi indie-pop quite like Veronica Falls. Their doom-laden musical vision meshes romance, tragedy, and energy to C86-era audio stylings. T…
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Male Bonding
Like the best modern rock 'n' roll myths, British punk-pop trio Male Bonding met during a stint working in a record shop. "It was Reckless Records in London," explains guitarist and singer John, "and
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Za!
We know a lot of opinionated people, but we don't know anybody who doesn't like Za! Over the past four years, Papa du Pau and Spazzfrica Ed (best pseudonyms you've ever heard, right?) have been schlep…
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Two Gallants
The title characters in James Joyce's short story "Two Gallants" are a couple of jerks, scam artists cheating an unsuspecting woman out of some change. It's tough to square this portrait with Two Gall…
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Gross Magic
Sam McGarrigle mines the same eccentric territory as Ariel Pink, but with more humor and a lot less baggage.
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Bass Drum of Death - Part 1
Lo-fi is a technique, not a genre. But that doesn't stop critics from lumping the "genre" on so many disparate bands. Oxford, Mississippi's Bass Drum Of Death got the lo-fi treatment at first, but whe…
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Shapes have Fangs
Live at the Mohawk, Shapes Have Fangs deftly continued that Austin psych tradition.
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Sundress
Sundress transmutes the rain-soaked realities of their canonized shoegaze godfathers into a sound that reflects the Lone Star State.
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Nisennenmondai
Nisennenmondai is to rock music what the ‘Y2K’ bug was to technological Armageddon.
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Noisey: The Harlequins
This week Cincinnati's retro garage rockers The Harlequins took us around town to visit their favorite hot spots.
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Meet Theophilus London
Dell & Intel's Special Engagements is a new kind of live music series that brings the best bands on the planet to unique venues all over the world.
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Noisey: Big Business
Some might have thought that the pair would ditch Big Business and focus on their new gig full-time, but instead, Warren and Willis cemented their identity as a duo, opening for the Melvins on a serie…
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Noisey: Weakness
Splitting their time between Cincinnati and Columbus, OH, Weakness epitomizes the DIY spirit that has always defined the region.
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Noisey: Criolo
Criolo built his reputation in the São Paulo hip-hop underground. Alongside DJ DanDan, he’s been financing and hosting the Rinha dos MC’s, an infamous local freestyle battle.
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Noisey Uncapped: Purple Rhinestone Eagle
On this week’s episode of Uncapped, The Thermals lead us to Purple Rhinestone Eagle, three female worshippers of the riff.
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Special Engagements: Theophilus London Director's Cut
Here it is, the director's cut of Dell & Intel's first ever Special Engagement, live from the Lustre Pearl in Austin.
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Noisey Uncapped: Younger Lovers
A tour of Oakland with The Younger Lovers, in an episode of Uncapped curated by The Thermals.
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Noisey: The Offset: Spectacles
The most stubborn band in Beijing.
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Noisey: Marvin
To get a good sense of Marvin, try reorienting your thinking to the early 60s, when vocal-less outfits like the Ventures privileged high-energy fun over experimentation.
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Noisey Uncapped: Birthday Suits
Twin Cities punk rock duo Birthday Suits take us cruising around town before bringing their high voltage live show to a legendary Minneapolis venue.
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Noisey: Mannequin Men
Chicago’s garage rock fixtures took us on a tour of the Second City.
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Noisey: Mujeres
The Black Lips may be responsible for kickstarting the garage-rock movement in the US, but Mujeres is spreading that rough-hewn gospel across Spain.
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Noisey: Das Racist
Unless they've been kicked out of a venue, Das Racist is loved wherever they go, and Seattle is no exception.
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Noisey: Bun B
When the history of Texas rap is written, its authors will need ten chapters to cover Bun B.
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Noisey: 2UP
What started as images of 2UP became images about Sendai, and the devastating effect that the Tohoku earthquake had on the city.
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Noisey: Mogwai
Mogwai have built a career that's spanned over fifteen years, standing firm as the UK's sonic landscape oscillates from guitars to synths and back again.
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Noisey: Criolo
Criolo built his reputation in the Sao Paolo hip-hop underground.
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Noisey: Hedgehog
Hedgehog's jangly, noise-kissed rock descends from grunge and artier elders like the Cure and R.E.M., but trades world-weariness for wide-eyed enthusiasm.
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Noisey Uncapped: Averikou
Florida's Averikou is proudly spearheading a new lineage of shoegaze bands.
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Noisey: Bo Ningen
Noise-Rock Destruction from Psyched-Out Japanese Longhairs.
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Noisey Uncapped: The Future Now
We capped off our day about town with The Future Now by catching their set at The Atlantic, a cozy venue deep in downtown Gainesville.
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Noisey: PK 14
P.K. 14, often described as China's most influential band, plays a blend of straight-up punk dosed with a sensible hit of experi-rock play.
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Noisey Uncapped: Gross Ghost
At The Cave, a well known rock-and-roll venue in the heart of downtown Chapel Hill, Gross Ghost captivated us with their catchy tunes and charismatic personalities.
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Noisey: Giggs
Is Giggs as terrifying in real life?
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Noisey Uncapped: Last Year's Men
In early March of this year, Noisey and vitaminwater took a trip down to Chapel Hill, North Carolina to hang with uber-talented rising band, Last Year's Men.
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Austra
Austra is built around singer and principal songwriter Katie Stelmanis, who career in opera was sidetracked by an obsession with Nine Inch Nails and Bjork records.
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Mujeres
The Black Lips may be responsible for kickstarting the garage-rock movement in the U.S., but Mujeres is spreading that rough-hewn gospel across Spain.
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Mannequin Men
Mannequin Men, Chicago's garage rock fixtures, took us on a tour of the Second City.
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Uncapped - Mannequin Men
Mannequin Men, Chicago’s garage rock fixtures, took us on a tour of the Second City.
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Criolo
Criolo built his reputation in the São Paulo hip-hop underground. For the rest of Criolo’s series check out Noisey.
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Noisey Cheveu - VBS
Since coming together in the summer of 2003, the trio has routinely channeled the mundane into something charmingly surreal.
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Mogwai
Mogwai have built a career that’s spanned over fifteen years, standing firm as the UK’s sonic landscape oscillates from guitars to synths and back again.
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2UP
What started as images of 2UP became images about Sendai, and the devastating effect that the Tōhoku earthquake had on the city.
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Bun B
When the history of Texas rap is written, its authors will need ten chapters to cover Bun B.
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Das Racist
Unless they’ve been kicked out of a venue, Das Racist is loved wherever they go, and Seattle is no exception.
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We Asked Some Cute Kids To Review Azealia Banks 
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The Last Supper Gets A Robotic Makeover 
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A Body Architect Explains Herself: Lucy McRae At TED 
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This Guy Is A Better Dancer Than You 
