Year End Stuff
The Five Stages of Writing a Year-End List
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally, acceptance of the fact that you'll never get to submit a Top 13.
2013: The Year Nelly Was Everywhere and Nowhere at the Same Time
No other artist spent as much time so close to the Zeitgeist as Nelly this year without being even remotely close to being the Zeitgeist.
2013: A Year In Which Some Music Happened
A year’s art starts on Day One of the new year. If we don’t quantify it somehow by December, who are we as a people and what is our worth?
'IKEA Monkey Doin' Thangs,' Or: Toronto's Best Music of 2012
In 2012, Hogtown pooped out more great music than was previously thought possible. Here's a rundown of the best of the best.
The Best Beats of 2012
Every day, I listen to a whale-sized jumbo crap ton of beats from all over the world. Here are the best of 2012.
The Year In "Same Damn Time" Music Journalism References
Satisfying audiences! Satisfying editors! At the same! Damn! Time!
The Noisey Guide To Hip-Hop In 2012
Lots of things happened in rap this year. Here is literally all of them.
The Year In Hip-Hop Production - In Limericks!
When the streets give you lemons, make drill. / Then angrily threaten those lemon's good will.
The Ten Albums From 2012 I Listened To The Most
I still can't tell A$AP Nast and A$AP Twelvy apart but that's on me.