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Between the mid 1960s and the late 1970s, the long-playing record and the albums that graced its grooves changed popular music for ever. For the first time, musicians could escape the confines of the three-minute pop single and express themselves as never before across the expanded artistic canvas of the album. The LP allowed popular music become an art form - from the glorious artwork adorning gatefold sleeves, to the ideas and concepts that bound the songs together, to the unforgettable music itself.

Built on stratospheric sales of albums, these were the years when the music industry exploded to become bigger than Hollywood. From pop to rock, from country to soul, from jazz to punk, all of music embraced what ‘the album’ could offer. But with the collapse of vinyl sales at the end of the 70s and the arrival of new technologies and formats, the golden era of the album couldn’t last forever.

With contributions from Roger Taylor, Ray Manzarek, Noel Gallagher, Guy Garvey, Nile Rodgers, Grace Slick, Mike Oldfield, Slash and a host of others, this is the story of When Albums Ruled the World.

“Best Class Ever?”

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Great illustration of why the “music should be free” argument is bullshit, no?

INCREDIBLE run of shows from, 1980 apparently. I count at least 15 stone-cold classic bands in there from a punk, new wave and rock music perspective….

Just saw this on CTV news in the weather segment of all places!

Hey Gang,

As we wind down here at Noisey, and dive head first into egg nog, we wanted to share The Noisey Guide to Hip Hop in 2012. Or if you will the ABCs. The amazing portraiture is by Meaghan Garvey and if you would like to use any of the art please credit her very hard work.

In a way, every single year feels like the most important year hip-hop has ever had. Still, 2012 may very well go down as the year hip-hop broke. Yeah, rap’s “broken” a bunch of other times in other years, but this feels like hip-hop’s 1978 moment, the year in which everything changed and through the scorched earth emerged something new, different and weirdly, beautifully peaceful. So with that in mind, here’s all of the most important stuff that happened in the most important year for rap ever. I don’t doubt that we’ll look back on 2013 with the same certitude of having reached a high-water mark. And just like this year, it’ll probably be true. Be sure to stream the awesome mix our own Skinny Friedman made for the occasion, complete with drops from The Kid Mero, who is literally the best shit-talker of all time.

- Read The Noisey Guide to Hip Hop in 2012

- Stream Noisey Presents: Awesome Rap From 2012:

Ian note: Is this mix really ‘awesome’ or the most ig’nant sh-t ever and emblematic of what’s actually ‘wrong’ with hip-hop as we get ready to end 2012 and head into 2013 and who the f*ck is Kitty Pryde??!?

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Wow, that’s kind of major!

As they have coined it, “Future Soul” singer/songwriter Jesse Boykins III graces the new issue of Wax Poetics, sharing the cover duties with legendary producer the RZA.  In the feature Jesse touches on being mentored by Bilal, redefining the perception of a “Ladies Man”, and finding balance in all aspects of his sexuality and spirituality, as he move towards finally releasing his magnum opus “Love Apparatus.”  Be sure to go pick up the issue which also features one of his Romantic Movement counterparts, the ever so graceful Bay Area singer/songwriter, Mara Hruby.

In stores now and on iTunes is ZULU GURU, Jesse Boykins III collaborative album with Brooklyn producer/rapper, MeLo-X, featuring the members of the Romantic Movement.  [Singers: Mara Hruby, Chris Turner; Poets: Trae Harris, Joe-Kenneth, Kesed; and Style mavens Joshua Kissi & Travis Gumbs of Street Etiquette.]

This is the one where the music industry melts down and goes NUTS!!!!

SoundCloud has emerged as the song streaming service of choice for a growing number of musicians. And while we have our reservations about the site’s new redesign, for better or worse, it’s one of the best music sites on the Net. There’s only one problem: You can not download the majority of the music streamed on the site. There’s now a way around that.

SoundCloud-Download.com is a straight forward website in the vein of all those sites that allow you to download YouTube clips or convert them into audio files. To download a SoundCloud song, all you have to do is copy the URL of the song’s page, enter it into box on the main page, and press “Download.” From there you’re instructed to right click a link and select “Save Link As…”

That’s it. Enjoy.