Articles by Benjamin Shapiro

Benjamin Shapiro

Editor-In-Chief, Noisey.com

Ben is from Providence, RI, but he’s currently living across the hall from a cat hoarder in Brooklyn, NY. He’s played drums in Pop. 1280, Asobi Seksu, Scary Mansion, and a shit ton of other bands. Now he’s a regular contributor at the New Yorker Magazine, a film programmer at Spectacle Theater, and the Editor-In-Chief of Noisey. His columns, profiles, essays, and stories have appeared in the New Yorker, Film Comment, VICE, Slant, and a bunch of ‘zines.

Articles By Benjamin Shapiro

Here Is Black Pus' New Video

Black Pus is Lightning Bolt drummer Brian Chippendale's solo project, and "1000 Years" is composed of flipbooks he put together in middle school. Historia completa

2013 feb 25 Benjamin Shapiro
Daedelus Feeds Off the Blood of the Audience

All my friends in LA are always talking about mashed yeast and weird hippy shit, but they're also talking about the Low End Theory, a weekly club night that nurtured Daedelus, the cream of LA beat-obsessed crop. Historia completa

2013 feb 21 Benjamin Shapiro Features
Stream Isaac Delusion's 'Early Morning' EP

Vibe is a tough concept to describe, and an even tougher one to nail. On their new EP, the French duo Isaac Delusion perfectly defines the contours of airy indie-electro, elevating it to something far more nuanced and deeply therapeutic. Historia completa

2013 feb 20 Benjamin Shapiro New Music
311 Was An Inside Job

The powers that be have worked very hard to keep their involvement in 311 a secret. Records have been destroyed, data has been classified, and bleached dreadlocks have been shaved. Historia completa

2013 feb 15 Benjamin Shapiro Features
This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet

A few hours ago I wrote a story called 'Phish Has Been a Band for 30 Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time.' Now it's a few hours later, and the Phinternet has declared open war on me. Historia completa

2013 feb 1 Benjamin Shapiro Features
Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time

Believe it or not, 2013 is the thirty-year anniversary of Phish, Vermont's pied-pipers of Wookie stoner trash. For snobs looking to bash a shitty band, Phish is pretty low-hanging fruit, but it's important that we never forget that this band is total awful garbage. Historia completa

2013 feb 1 Benjamin Shapiro Features