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51 Names for Paris Hilton's New Young Money/Cash Money Album
I snuck into Cash Money headquarters and managed to steal a few documents straight off of Birdman’s desk. You don’t need to know the details because they don’t fucking matter, all you need to know is we now have an EXCLUSIVE list of 51 potential titles for Paris’ new record. You’re welcome, Internet. Full Story
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Why We Need The-Dream and His Beautiful, Contradictory Love Story
The-Dream’s fanbase is growing, getting burnt, and making “Grown People Mistakes” that inevitably need an accompanying soundtrack—without the pretense, naivete or artifice that comes with youthful infatuation. Full Story
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Meet Little Pain, the Leader of the Sad Rap Revolution
Little Pain makes beautiful music where he brags about how sad he is. But is there a difference between being Sad and genuine sadness? We interviewed him to find out. Full Story
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Listen to W-H-I-T-E's New Record, 'III'
W-H-I-T-E is an electronic pop project from LA's Cory Thomas Hanson. He's a Cal Arts grad that knows exactly what he's doing, and in a world of electronic musicians who don't know a Korg SV-1 73 B from a Korg Ms-20 semi-modular synth, W-H-I-T-E is a blessing in disguise. Full Story
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Sir Christopher Lee, AKA Saruman From 'The Lord of the Rings' Movies, Has a Seriously Brutal Metal Band
Sir Christopher Lee, the actor famous for portraying Saruman in Peter Jackson's 'Lord of the Rings' movies, is obsessed with heavy metal. He turns 91 on Memorial Day, and to celebrate he's doing the world a big fat favor and dropping a new record called 'Charlemagne: The Omens of… Full Story
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I Saw Red Bull Music Academy's "Drum Majors" Event and Some it Was Great and Some of it Really Sucked
Red Bull Music Academy's “Drum Majors” was supposed to be an all-star line-up of hip-hop producers “exclusively reinterpret[ing] their biggest tracks live onstage.” What it actually was was an all-star line-up of hip-hop producers doing DJ sets of wildly varying quality. Full Story
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SKATERS Are Giving Away a Bunch of Free Shit
Here are Noisey, we've got a serious band crush on SKATERS. They're hitting New York's Bowery Ballroom on Friday, July 19, and to celebrate, they're giving away a seven-inch, a record player, a hat, a limited edition poster, and a pair of tickets to the show. Full Story
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Listen to Peter Hadar's "Magic"
Have sex to Peter Hadar's "Magic." Full Story
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Honestly, @Seinfeld2000 Intarviewed Ezra Konig From Vampire Wekend
Honesty? Im prety sure this interview with Ezra from Vampire wekend just raise the bar for journelism and forever change the way we look at modarn culture today. Full Story
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Feathers Love 'Battlestar Galactica' and Sound Like a Female Depeche Mode
Feathers front fox, Anastasia Dimou, ditched her goth roots and swapped NY for Austin, where everyone looks really good. Even in a sack. Full Story
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In Search of Tim Dog, the Rapper Turned Con Artist Who Probably Faked His Own Death
This February, the legendary rapper turned grifter Tim Dog died. So why is there a warrant out for his arrest? We spoke to several people close to him who think he's still alive, and after some digging, we think so, too. Full Story
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Are Slayer Fans Planning To Confront the Westboro Baptist Church at Jeff Hanneman's Memorial Service Today?
Today the Hollywood Palladium will host a memorial service for Jeff Hanneman, the recently deceased founder of Slayer. The Westboro Baptist Church is planning on picketing, so we spoke to an organizer of the event, who told us his plans to drench the WBC in fake blood. Full Story
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Watch "The Man," the First in a Three-Part Documentary on The-Dream
Here's the first in a new three-part documentary series on The-Dream, "The Man." In part one, Terius Youngdell Nash shares the difficult life lessons that propelled his career and shaped his philosophies on parenting, among other things. Full Story
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Listen To Kim Wilde Cover Stevie Wonder
Martyn Ware's British Electric Foundation are notorious for turning some of your favorite pop hits into freakish, sexualized dance nightmares. Here, they've enlisted Kim Wilde for a dark take on Stevie Wonder's "Every Time I See You I Go Wild." Full Story
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Ace of Base's Secret Nazi Past
Before he founded Ace of Base, Ulf Ekberg was a member of Commit Suiside, a Nazi punk band.
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Parquet Courts - "Light Up Gold Road Trip" (Full Documentary)
In this new documentary, Noisey follows rising indie rockers Parquet Courts from Mexico to Texas and London as they tour to support their debut LP, 'Light Up Gold.'
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Yung Lean Doer Is the Weirdest 16-Year-Old White Swedish Rapper You'll Hear This Week
Yung Lean raps over pillow-fluffy beats and raps about glory holes and Arizona Iced Tea. Who the fuck is this kid? And why is he like this?
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Adam Ant - The British Masters, Chapter 6
Noisey's John Doran talks with the great post-punk pop star Adam Ant about tribal body mods and layering tape.
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Photos: Taking Acid at Coachella
When Paley sent these photos in, she included a nice little caveat over email that we've decided to reprint here in full, not only because it's too good to edit, but because her photographs of her and her weird buddies riding the snake are some of the best
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R.I.P. Storm Thorgerson (1944-2013)
On Thursday, the hyper-talented graphic designer, artist, and famed album cover creator Storm Thorgerson passed away after a battle with cancer. He was 69 years old.
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The Internet Is Scary
As of six months ago, my Facebook fanpage is like a dojo where hormonal teenagers hone their technique. Here is a heartfelt poem from some kid who wants to rape, kill, and marry me.
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I Accidentally Touched Little Richard's Butt One Time
It was in the Detroit airport. After it happened Little Richard said, "He graze my derriere."
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Listen to St. Lucia's Remix of The Colourist's "Little Games"
Last month, Cali quartet the Colourist released "Little Games," and St. Lucia just pulled a warm Balearic blanket over the whole thing, sanding away its rough edges with bright synths and lightly gated percussion.
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Aaron Montaigne, Godfather of Screamo, is More Interesting Than You Can Ever Hope to Be - Part Two
On surviving combat in Iraq and Afghanistan with the help of magic, 'Bladerunner,' and everything in between.