Whether you call it noise rap, industrial hip-hop, or freaky-urban, the music of Arizona’s Moodie Black (pictured) is sublime in a deeply unsettling kind of way. Well-crafted and apocalyptic lyrics ...

Kristen Martinez is many things. Born in Texas and raised in Arizona, she was known for years primarily as a musician, creating dark, edgy noise rap with her group Moodie Black, which toured the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Moodie Blacks fans rejoice. Kristen Martinez is bringing her unique take on tacos to Phoenix, expanding to the Coronado ...

Kristen Martinez never felt like she fit into Phoenix’s music scene. Rather than compromise on her sound or give up, the noise rap artist worked to create her own opportunities in the Valley. “I had ...

Ten days ago Kris Martinez of the Minneapolis-based Moodie Black — an artist on the New Haven-based record label Fake Four — was talking about noise rap and her next show in New Haven at The State ...

Although the industry-defying, rebellious antics of Death Grips get the Sacramento trio a lot of attention, it’s worth saying that they certainly weren’t the ones to start mixing the worlds of rap and ...