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In the Streaming Era, Should Musicians Be Thinking Like Startups?
In the war to win streaming, services are highlighting their analytics features to appeal to artists. Is it time for those artists to get on board and disrupt themselves with data?
How Widespread Is Ghostwriting in Music and How OK With It Should You Be?
Last month’s Meek vs Drake bunfight left a question mark hanging over the link between authorship and authenticity.
Way Out West: How Flying Lotus, Kamasi Washington, and Brainfeeder Are Bringing Jazz Back to the People
An LA electronic label is making jazz cool to people who don’t listen to jazz—an impossible dream for most jazz labels. How did we get here?
What I Learned From Being a Groupie
There shouldn't be so much stigma around women using their sexuality to get ahead in a music industry that is still rampantly sexist.
Noisey Beach Reads: Catch Up on Our Best Stories of 2015 so Far
We talked to everyone from Detroit rap crews to Madonna. All in one convenient place.
Tamaryn Tells All
On the cusp of releasing her third album, Tamaryn opens up about her unconventional upbringingwhich includes fleeing NZ under duress—and her search for self through art.
After Ten Years, Fort Minor Is Back, and Mike Shinoda Still Wants You to Remember the Name
The Linkin Park member opens up on his revived rap project and the nature of identity.
Welcome to ASMR - The Audio Phenomenon That Makes Your Entire Body Tingle
The sounds of crinkling crisp packets and lighting matches have become an established art form. We spoke to its leading stars.
"It's Taboo, No One Ever Mentions Their Name Again" - What Happens When An Artist Gets Dropped?
What's it like to get dropped? We speak to artists who've been let go and the record label bosses who have had to cut the chord.
This Is a Hudson Mohawke Story
On the cusp of his release of 'Lantern,' we spent a night in New York with Kanye West's secret weapon. This is what happened.
Long Live the Trap King: Fetty Wap Tackles Fame, Fatherhood, and the Future
The breakout rap star behind "Trap Queen" takes us to his home town of Paterson, New Jersey.
This Is Who Shamir Is
We join the 20-year-old Vegas native in London to talk pop, perceptions, prom, astrology, androgyny, and much, much more.