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Welcome To The New Noisey

Don’t freak out—here’s how it all works.

When we started Noisey last year, we thought we’d be satisfied traveling the globe to time zones we didn’t know existed, documenting the year in music from the ginormous heavy hitters to the no-fi podunk garage bands that usually just play to their girlfriends and moms. To do this, we were compelled to sift through the stale detritus of a bazillion music sites, and guess what—most of them have about as much to say about music as Macaulay Culkin’s dad in the “Black Or White” video. A few months ago we decided hey, why not just give the people what they want?

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You know what most music sites do? They rewrite press releases, give you inane previews of “exclusive advance album artwork,” and generally urinate all over this whole music thing that we all sort of live for. So we decided to one-up them, and make an all-killer, no-filler, full-service music site that's actually fun. Simple idea, right?

We’re already pumping out daily videos on YouTube—this is the best place to find them. But from now on, we’ll also be bringing you daily reviews, new music recs, photos of babes in bands, insanely witty opinion pieces—everything you want from a full-service music site without any of, well, the nerdy, snobby garbage you have to deal with when you’re just trying to figure out what’s going on in music. So click all those little categories on the top of the page—we’ve laid out exactly what each of them will be up to as we move forward into the future. There’s a ton of great music out there—here’s your spot for the best of it.