Midnight thinkers

Big Sean & Metro Boomin come together on a collab album that doesn't actually suck.

Big Sean and Metro Boomin come together to drop one hell of a collaboration album Double or nothing. Collab albums haven’t been done well since watch the throne. Q-tip and Busta in a close second. But away from those two they are just boring outside of the single. Especially Rapper Producer albums. It’s actually baffling how bad they are! Big Sean has actually just come from a collaboration album…

South London duo Vesce come with an exceptional piece of work. showcasing just how creative music should be. We are an excitable group of people when it comes to music. So much so we had to wait a few days before writing about Vesce and the absolute madness they have just put out, just so we knew it was real. Not a dream. That’s how good they are. Hailing from South London, UK electronic duo…

Designer Johanna Schneider breaks down how Nike’s new ACG collection strikes a balance between emotion and purpose.

Dropping December the 9th (Europe) Nike’s new ACG collection strikes a balance between emotion and purpose. Johanna Schneider is clear about what the latest ACG collection is designed to do and she understand the pressure on keeping the quality of ACG above the rest, she says. “My ultimate expectation for ACG garments is to provide the highest and best support in everyday situations that I faced…

Indie collective Avante Black Drop a nostalgic video for Acid Love.

Alt-pop outfit Avante Black have released their new video for latest track Acid Love a cool video accompanying a cool sound. Acid Love captures a chilled feel, about the joy of being in love and in a relationship where feelings are reciprocated. This combined with that old school VHS feel engrosses an unfamiliar Sweetish/London feel. That being said it is not at all out of place. Front…

N.E.R.D are back W/Rihanna and no one was ready. (Watch video here)

There were rumours, of course there were rumours. But no one actually believes them. We are still waiting for Space Jam 2. But they are back now and that’s all that matters. Because everyone was starting to think we’d be playing Everyone nose  in our DJ sets for the rest of our lives. Pharrell is rapping and Chad Hugo isn’t actually dead. It’s the first new material from them since the ‘SpongeBob…

Blade runner 2049 Your new favourite film. (Review)

Okay so we know it is very likely we are going to lose half of you after this next statement and we don’t blame you but…YOU MUST SEE Blade runner 2049 IN THE CINEMA* *Stick with us we have a very good reason. Earlier this year the trailers for Blade runner 2049 came out. And though we were a little bit keen, It just wasn’t top of the priority list…Because well Ryan Gosling is starting to piss us…

This Friday saw Jessie ware drop her 3rd studio album Glasshouse and it epitomises her ability to write incredible pieces of work. Jessie ware is always the difference in a world of pop music that sounds the same. When she first came onto the scene she opened the door to artists like Sampha who wanted to write great looking songs without being worried whether it would sell or not. This is a…

Eminem Literally says ‘Fuck You’ to His Trump-Supporting Fans in new Freestyle.

Last night saw the return of the BET Hip-Hop Awards in Los Angeles, Eminem held no feelings back as he took fire at Donald Trump in a pre-recorded freestyle called “The Storm.” So we’s like to say we saw this one coming but if we are honest we didn’t even know Eminem was still rapping. Any way listen, At first this is the weirdest thing we’ve seen come out of rap. (We are millennials sooo we’ve…

"I believe it is arts duty to shine a light on political affairs." - Throwback on past resident artist Karimah Hassan.

Karimah. 25. Newport//London So in the beginning there was? I’ve always drawn. Anyone close to me knows that I can’t be without my sketchbook and I carry a bottle of ink with me everywhere I go.  From as far back as I remember drawing was my coping mechanism to process emotions. I draw to find out what I’m thinking: I never know what I’m going to draw until my pen hits the paper, and even then…

Indie: @Wiley is right Maybe we should reclaim the Genre?

This morning saw rapper Wiley count his feelings towards the relaxed use of the word independent and we completely agree. It must have been around 2007/8 where bands like Bloc party, Franz Ferdinand and Arctic monkeys absolutely dominated the charts through a genre oddly named as ‘Indie’ which is really weird as none of the bands were actually Indie at the time. You see the Genre was created by…

A talent beyond our comprehending, border-lining genius if we are going to be honest. His new album Aromanticism completely embodies that.

Moses Sumney is talent beyond our comprehending, border-lining genius if we are going to be honest. His new album Aromanticism completely embodies that. As we always seem to claim here at Noctown. We invest our time in Great music, we honestly don’t care what it is as long as the time and effort has been put in. Tbh you shouldn’t either. That being said. Time and effort. It seems like such a…

Off White founder Virgil Abloh has been one of our favourites here at Noctown. actually some sort of God if you’d like to used the word. Here he collaborates with Nike to re-create 10 Iconic shoes. In typical Off-white fashion.

“What we’re talking about here is larger than sneakers, it’s larger than design culture,” says Abloh. “It’s nothing short of state-of-the-art design. These 10 shoes have broken barriers in performance and style. To me, they are on the same level as a sculpture of David or the Mona Lisa. You can debate it all you want, but they mean something. And that’s what’s important.”

The 10 shoes were divided into two themes. The first, “REVEALING,” was designed to look accessible: hand-cut, open-source and reconstructed. It includes the Air Jordan I, Nike Air Max 90, Nike Air Presto, Nike Air VaporMax and Nike Blazer Mid.

The second, “GHOSTING,” was designed with translucent uppers to further the idea of revealing and unite the second set of silhouettes through common material. It includes the Converse Chuck Taylor, Nike Zoom Fly SP, Nike Air Force 1 Low, Nike React Hyperdunk 2017 and Nike Air Max 97.

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Nike will host “Nike Off Campus” events in New York City and London to celebrate The Ten through presentations of the full collection and exchanges about the ideas that inspired it. “Nike Off Campus” will take place in New York City from September 6 to 8 at 23 Wall Street and from September 14 to 17 at various locations in East London.

The first five icons of The Ten — the Air Jordan I, Nike Blazer, Nike Air Presto, Nike Air Max 90 and Nike Air VaporMax — will be pre-released at NikeLab stores in New York City (Sept. 9-13), London (Sept. 18-22), Milan (Sept. 21-25) and Paris (Sept. 26-30).

The full collection including all ten silhouettes will be available in November at NikeLab stores and select retailers worldwide.

Summer is over! Left us some bangers though...

So summer is over and we are seriously struggling to come to terms with it. Not sure it was actually here but we’ve been in Japan for two weeks so that’s your issue not ours. This summer has been great for Music. Mainly because we are sure all the producers making Tropical House mysteriously don’t exist anymore. But we had a great time sitting around listening to these. (if you’re asking why 6,…

Multitalented Gavin Turek Is one to end the summer with. Her EP Good look for you, gives that F**k it let's go dance feeling.

Multitalented Gavin Turek Is one to end the summer with. Her EP Good look for you, gives that Fuck it let’s go dance feeling. We are seriously obsessed with the French house disco movement this summer. In our opinion out of all of dance music about, It’s the only genre worth it’s weight in gold in terms of how well it does in and out of clubs. We feel the genre was a lot more about the music than…

You want underground British Mc’s? Well look no further because we just found ‘BANGIN’, the dirtiest grimiest piece of filth you’ll here this week! Here we have what can only be described as a complete 360 creative talent; producing his own beats, writing his own raps, and directing his own videos all pretty masterfully. The bravery is evident. In the way he carries himself and especially in his…

Kelela is back with new music. We can't wait for this album. No seriously, Kelela if you're reading Hook us up!

Kelela – LMK. The singer has answered almost everyones prayers and came through with some new music yesterday. It’s great, of course it is…It’s all we have played for 24 hours. We need help. Queen of Alternitave R&B teased the artwork for her upcoming album Take Me Apart. She stated earlier this month that her debut full-length is coming before the end of the year. It’s about time though. We…

adidas releases the most intuitive UltraBOOST to date and the first laceless high-performance running shoe

Adidas has stepped up again and releases the most intuitive UltraBOOST to date and the first laceless high-performance running shoe of its kind. This year has been the year of innovation and creativity for adidas. We’ve said before. They’ve done well, completely outshining their rivals on most fronts today marks a landmark occasion for the brand which, with the launch of its first-ever laceless…