Karen O Just Dropped New Song "I Shall Rise" for 'Rise of The Tomb Raider'
Karen O cannot deliver a song without killing us with the emotion in her voice. It's her superpower. This new tune—written for XBox One’s Rise of The Tomb Raider—seems an unlikely one to tug at the...
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Love, Doubt, and Death in New York City: Expert Witness with Robert Christgau
Welcome to Expert Witness with Robert Christgau, the self-proclaimed "Dean of American Rock Critics." He currently teaches at NYU and published multiple books throughout his life. For nearly four...
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Travis Scott and Kanye West Fashion In a Forest for the "Piss On Your Grave"...
Just in time for the Halloweekend, Travis Scott has dropped the video for his stoner metal Kanye collaboration "Piss on Your Grave" through Apple Music. The clip for the Rodeo song features Scott and...
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Murder Music of Canada: The Anthems Behind the Homicidal Stories of The North
Illustration by Graeme Zirk Many things inspire artists, including hideous acts of bloodshed. The murder ballad is a genre of music with a rich history. Humans have been singing about homicide likely...
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Pictureplane Wants You to Control Your Own Cyber-Fate
Screengrab of the "Technomancer" video via YouTube Meeting Travis Egedy, or Pictureplane, in real life can take you aback momentarily. When he arrived to the VICE offices, he came equipped with a...
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Jeremih, Future, and Big Sean Rule the Club with "Royalty"
It's hard being a Jeremih fan. He goes quiet sometimes, and you're stuck with your record collection, and your undying hope that Late Nights: The Album will come out expeditiously enough to silence...
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Use Ancient Technology to Listen to Justin Bieber's "Hotline Bling" Remix
It's not easy being Drake. Recently, after trying to get the number one Billboard spot for his song "Hotline Bling," Drake's train to the top was derailed after suffering an unexpected hit by Adele's...
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RIP Grantland: An Ode to the Site's Best Music Longreads
ESPN abruptly announced today that it would be suspending the publication of Grantland, Bill Simmons’s sports and culture brainchild site started in 2011. The news came as a huge and surprising blow...
View Article13 Spooky Albums That'll Terrify Your Halloween Party
Halloween is the best holiday. The primary objective is to get trashed and also scare the shit out of everyone around you, two activities that are loads of fun on their own but just pure magic when you...
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Costumed Chaos Reigned Supreme at Day One of Voodoo Fest 2015
The Voodoo Music + Arts Experience is a music festival held every year in late October / early November in New Orleans that melds sights and sounds across barriers of genre and medium with a dash of...
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L7's Donita Sparks Loves Drugstore Bling But Hates Airplanes
Photo by Rob Sheridan, remaining photos by Bryan Lee Brown For the first time in 18 years, L7 granted a ton of fan wishes by reuniting for a tour. The band, known for their hard rock humor, created a...
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Young Thug's 'Slime Season 2' Is Out Now!
Young Thug had really only just released the first Slime Season tape when he announced that another was forthcoming before year's end a few weeks back, but if this sped up, Lil Wayne inspired stream...
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Tune in Sunday for Episode 18 of VICE on Beats 1
Start November off right this Sunday with episode 18 of VICE on Apple Music's Beats 1 radio. The opening megamix includes music from Wet, California Furniture, and Conner Youngblood as well as a world...
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Listen to Eyedress's Warped and Wonderful LP 'Shapeshifter'
It's somewhat appropriate that Eyedress, a.k.a. Idris Vicuña, has called his debut album Shapeshifter. He's a tough man to pin down. Just the other day we premiered his recent video for "Where My Girl...
View ArticleBig Shocker... Everyone Was Drake for Halloween This Year
The beauty of the stunning vastness of the internet is that it allows us to follow our personal compasses through the stacks of history, to burrow deep into individualistic principalities of taste,...
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Watch Ghost Make Their Arresting American Television Debut Performing...
It's odd that no one stateside has tapped Swedish gothic rock lords Ghost to perform on TV, since the visual aspect of their art is so striking, singular, and memorable. And yet, here we are, watching...
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Here Is the Sufjan Stevens "Hotline Bling" Cover You Didn't Know You Didn't...
Thousands of Americans agree: Drake is a thing. He is so famous that liking him seems corny, but not liking him because of how many other people like him seems cornier. Drake is currently enjoying one...
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We Spoke to the Crazy Costumed Ozzy Osbourne Fans of Voodoo Fest Day Two
Voodoo Fest 2015's Halloween night headliner this year was metal god Ozzy Osbourne, so we caught up with a bunch of fans dressed in full regalia for the occasion to see what it is about the Black...
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What Musicians Were Wearing and Sharing on Instagram This Week: The Sort-Of...
So what was the like popular Halloween costume this year? Was it the Power Rangers or am I just 87 years old? I saw a Ninja Turtle so I can’t be that far off. Anyway, I decided to collect anything from...
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Soon You'll Understand: Jay Z's 'The Dynasty' and the Ascension of the Best...
Photo courtesy of Tidal How many chains can you dole out in 66 minutes? Fifteen years ago today, Roc-A-Fella Records issued The Dynasty: Roc La Familia. I say “issued” because the album was first...
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