Fred Pessaro

Music Op-Ed

Buying Merch Is the Best Way to Support Musicians Right Now

The industry is suffering serious blows as festivals and tours are canceled en masse, but buying shirts and records can help the musicians we love.
Fred Pessaro
3.13.20
Interviews

Look at Danger and Laugh Your Head Off: Nothing on the New LP and the Unluckiest Six Months Ever

A glimpse at the world of Domenic "Nicky" Palermo: from knife-wielding family members to crashing airplanes, jail time, death, the Intensive Care Unit, suicide, addiction, religious zealotry, and more.
Fred Pessaro
12.8.15
Interviews

Stretch & Bobbito on The Notorious B.I.G., Big L, Jay Z, and That Time Kool Keith Met Michael Jackson

Plus get details on a lost Notorious B.I.G. freestyle from when he was 16 years old, including the lyrics.
Fred Pessaro
10.21.15
Interviews

Collect Records' Geoff Rickly on the Label's Involvement with Price-Gouging Pharma Exec Martin Shkreli

"I can’t see my future at all in the label. I have to see what the bands want first, and see if there is any meaning or any mission following all of this."
Fred Pessaro
Dan Ozzi
9.22.15
Interviews

The "Supercollider" Never Turned Off: Cavity's Daniel Gorostiaga on Returning to Ruination

Bringing the heaviness to you this fall at Saint Vitus Bar in Brooklyn, NY.
Fred Pessaro
9.22.15
Rank Your Records

Rank Your Records: New Order's Stephen Morris Rates the Band's Pioneering Catalog

The founding member talks about his favorite records, his favorite New Order track, and what it's like to be a drummer in a band that leaned heavily on drum machines.
Fred Pessaro
9.3.15
Rank Your Records

Rank Your Records: Scarface Ranks All of His Solo and Geto Boys Releases

The Houston Rap legend talks about his career from day one, how much he hates all of the Geto Boys projects and several of his solo LPs, and how he promises to beat 2Pac's ass if he's still alive.
Fred Pessaro
8.27.15
Interviews

Kickass Shoegazers Nothing Are Recording a New Album So We Asked Them About It

There's no name and no exact release date yet, but it will come out next year on Thursday's Geoff Rickly's Collect Records.
Fred Pessaro
6.25.15
Interviews

Stephen Brodsky on Cave In, Miley Cyrus, Sir Lord Baltimore and Mutoid Man's New Album 'Bleeder'

Stream all of 'Bleeder,' by the band formerly known as Narcoleptic Beagle, for the first time here at Noisey.
Fred Pessaro
6.24.15
Interviews

Stream Radioactivity's Pop-Kissed Punk Masterstroke 'Silent Kill'

It's incredible. Plus, check out our interview with founder Jeff Burke and Dan Fried.
Fred Pessaro
6.23.15
Holy Shit

Royal Headache Will Get You "High" with the Title Track from Their New LP

Aussie favorites return with a new LP filled with hooky, classic pop-punk. Must.
Fred Pessaro
6.4.15
Interviews

We Talked to Bongzilla About Weed

Oh, and their recent reunion too.
Fred Pessaro
5.21.15
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