The Classics

Watch Queen’s incredible 1985 Live Aid performance
By The Strut on July 13, 2013
28 years ago today was one of the greatest performances in rock history. Queen played Wembley Stadium in London as part of Live Aid to...
Watch the Beastie Boys performing as a punk band in 1984
By The Strut on July 9, 2013
Once upon a time the Beastie Boys were a young up and coming punk band that played NYC venues like CBGBs. They featured future Luscious...
Lou Reed reviewed Kanye’s new album and loved it
By The Strut on July 2, 2013
Lou Reed reviewed Kanye West’s new album Yeezus at length (yes really) on a site called Talkhouse. The review had been down due to internet...
The guitarist who was kicked out of both Nirvana and Soundgarden and went on to be a war hero
By The Strut on July 2, 2013
Today The NY Times published a piece about Jason Everman, a guitarist who was in both Nirvana and Soundgarden before being kicked out and eventually...
Bob Dylan’s most famous guitar is going up for auction
By The Strut on July 1, 2013
One of the most famous guitars in music history will soon be up for auction. Bob Dylan’s electric guitar from the 1965 Newport Folk Festival...
Animated Louis Armstrong stories
By The Strut on June 27, 2013
The latest in the PBS Blank on Blank series features Michael Aisner and James R. Stein’s 1964 interview with Louis Armstrong animated by Patrick Smith....
Watch Iggy Pop give a 1993 tour of The East Village
By Josh Morrissey on June 18, 2013
Check out this rare clip of Iggy Pop giving a tour of his East Village neighborhood in 1993. He talks about his favorite cafes, street...
Listen to Toro y Moi’s remix of Billie Holiday’s ‘My Man’
By Josh Morrissey on June 13, 2013
Toro y Moi put his fascinating spin on the Billie Holiday classic My Man. The track is off the forthcoming album Verve Remixed: First Ladies...
Meet The Beastles
By Josh Morrissey on June 13, 2013
After having both his Beatles/Beastie Boys mashup albums removed from the internet djBC re-uploaded them, and now has released an Adam Yauch dedicated third album...
A Short Film About Cassettes
By Josh Morrissey on June 13, 2013
Noisey put together this great video exploring the history and future of the cassette tape as a music medium. Watch