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Mapping hip hop, this site, and Philadelphia
Hip hop makes no equivocation about the importance of place and origin. The importance of what city’s taking, making, creating or faking. North vs. South, East vs. West. Representing where you’re from...
View ArticleTropical vacations with jj & Gucci
Philly boy Diplo’s remix of Gucci Mane’s “Dangers Not a Stranger” brings in Jason Waterfalls-esque piano to back up Gucci, taking the hardness of the original and sending it on a vacation. One can only...
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Philebrity's lush life
Philly’s local tastemaker blog Philebrity is occasionally infuriating with its snark and local scene infighting, but brass tacks: I go to this website at least as much as any other on the web for its...
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Trademarked Philly Geography
13th and Morris, circa 1967 Philebrity did another Philly focused post yesterday, and it’s full of great stuff. But, given that Noise Narcs’ first post waxed on hip hop, Philadelphia, and the...
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1-Up: How I Got Over Joanna Newsom
The Roots, legendary as their crew continues to be, burned their brighest for me the summer after high school. Things Fall Apart was the soundtrack of (white suburban) graduation party after (white...
View ArticleFol Chen and Baths at Johnny Brenda's
Next Thursday, 8/5, Johnny Brenda’s will be hosting two interesting California acts fresh off of new releases. Headlining will be the mysterious Fol Chen, who dropped their sophomore album, Part II:...
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That Asian Chick, What Was Her Name
In honor of David Lynch’s release on vinyl of his single “Good Day Today” (and our love of all things Lynch), Noise Narcs is posting on the music of, for, and about David Lynch this week. See our intro...
View ArticleThree reasons Noise Narcs Is Rooting for Green Bay
1. Big Ben 2. We’re pretty sure it was a Steelers fan who hacked our site this weekend because of our “laying a pillow down where we’re going to post a song” policy 3. Lil Wayne exploding all over Wiz...
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Tyga’s Chilly Raw Cheesteak
There are a lot of reasons to ignore Tyga’s “Really Raw,” from his forthcoming album Careless World. Some real clunkers of lines (which is more cringe-worthy? Tyga’s “Ever seen Piranha? It’s like the...
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