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The Best Music Videos Of 2013
Though it seems like an eternity ago, MTV was a hub for music videos in the 1990s’. They bombarded the pre-Internet era with a culture that willingly reinvented itself – adopting and modernizing...
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The Best Mixtapes Of 2013
As Noisey’s Skinny Friedman pointed out in his insightful piece, the main difference between an album and a mixtape is the former is designed to move units while the latter generates exposure. Granted,...
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White Lung: Destroy Before Reading
In what could have easily been a “let’s write a new record and sort our shit out” year, Vancouver’s White Lung gave their life to the road. They played a total of ten shows at Austin’s South By...
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Track/MP3: St. Vincent –“Birth In Reverse”
If 2013 needed anything, it’d be a new ST. VINCENT record. Fortunately, Annie Clark’s follow-up to Strange Mercy is scheduled for a February release and the first cut from the 11-track self-titled LP...
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Track/MP3: Speedy Ortiz –“Everything’s Bigger”
Even after the head-rocking Major Arcana, SPEEDY ORTIZ are already set to drop a new extended play at the top of next year. The four-song effort called Real Hair is produced by Paul Q. Kolderie – who...
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Watch: Killer Mike & El-P Respond To YouTube Comments
The folks at Noisey have done a pretty awesome job of getting the likes of 2 Chainz, FIDLAR, and Father John Misty to respond to YouTubers but their latest video feature with KILLER MIKE and EL-P is...
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A$AP Rocky: The New Harlem Renaissance
Once offered a staggering $3 million record deal with Sony/RCA after dropping only two singles, it was hard not to wonder how much of A$AP Rocky’s talent was artistry and how much was a marketable...
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The Best Live Photos Of 2013
To face the facts: concert photography is slowly creeping towards a culture shock. A DSLR used to be a rare item to own and thanks to the plaid-wearing interns at Google, it may be phased out in favour...
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Download BLARE’s Best Songs Of 2013 Mixtape
In just a few weeks, 2013 will be finally over. Gone. Dead. Finished. Kaput. Defunct. Obsolete. Fini. It was a crazy year for those self-diagnosed as music addicts and who can argue? Aging bands...
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The Top 50 Albums Of 2013
In a nutshell: 2013 was the year where a lot of stuff happened. It was the year where young MCs pushed their product onto Billboard charts while albums like Yeezus, Magna Carta, and Beyoncé demolished...
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Listen: Morgan Delt –“Obstacle Eyes”
Is psych pop still a thing? We’re destined to feed on new material from Tame Impala, Temples, and Castle Face Recs this year, and fellow Cali songwriter MORGAN DELT is certainly revving up the genre’s...
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Listen: Alvvays –“Adult Diversion”
Thank God for ALVVAYS. “Adult Diversion” isn’t brand spanking new but it’s a well-crafted cut that slips you shades of Dinosaur Jr., DIIV, and Eternal Summers before reminding you why you’d be a fool...
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Listen: Damaged Bug –“Eggs At Night”
For a brief moment, it appeared that Thee Oh Sees’ “well deserved break” would be the end of an era but it seems to be the complete opposite. Even with plans to drop another full band outing in the...
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Listen: Girl Band –“Lawman”
Though they boast no similarities, Dublin’s GIRL BAND take the reins from Girls and Girls Names and continue the trend of gutting you with pent up feelings. In this case however, it’s at a feverish...
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Watch: Nardwuar Interviews Diplo
DIPLO vs. NARDWUAR. The title says it all as the Human Serviette ushered in a pile of new facts to make this one of his more interesting, less-awkward one-on-ones. The two went toe-to-toe at the...
View ArticleVideo: Cherry Glazerr –“White’s Not My Color This Evening”
In support of their debut LP that’s set to jump on shelves next week, California noise poppers CHERRY GLAZERR have shared a video for their single “White’s Not My Color This Evening”. It features...
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