Articles By Benjamin Shapiro
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I Met Paul Williams Once
Today our arty sister site the Creators Project dropped an interview with this Oscar-winning singer-songwriter as part of their new series on Daft Punk's new record. I met him a few months back, and let me tell you, he's tiny. Full Story
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Listen to Kylesa's New Single, "We're Taking This"
We love Kylesa, and we love that they've got a new record coming out next month. We especially love the sludge-metal crushiness and isolation-tank psychedelia of their new single, "We're Taking This." Full Story
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Ace of Base's Secret Nazi Past
Before he founded Ace of Base, Ulf Ekberg was a neo-Nazi skinhead. Did Ekberg use Ace of Base's success as an opportunity to erase his neo-Nazi past and rise to a position of geopolitical influence? Full Story
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Exclusive Premiere: The Lonely Island's "YOLO" Single, ft. a Remix by Sam F
The Lonely Island are releasing the "YOLO" single for Record Store Day, a 3,000-copy run of yellow vinyl seven-inches. Here's the exclusive stream, plus the exclusive world premiere of Sam F.'s remix. Full Story
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Watch The First Installment of JanSport's 2013 Bonfire Sessions, with Divine Fits and Japandroids
To celebrate our second year hanging with our buddies at JanSport, we headed to the magical, mystical land of Austin, TX, to enjoy cheap Mexican food and performances from Divine Fits and Japandroids. Full Story
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Ozzy Osbourne Just Admitted He's Been On Drugs for the Past Few Years
What a bummer. What a thing to wake up to. Yesterday, in a very candid Facebook post, the Prince of Darkness himself came clean about the last year and a half of his life, during which he's been drinking and taking drugs. Full Story
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Watch The Body's Brutal New Video, "The Ebb and Flow of Tides in a Sea of Ash"
If you're predisposed towards muscular, nihilistic metal and forensic photography, this video is for you. Full Story
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Daniel Cronin Takes the Most Amazing Photos of Juggalos You've Ever Seen
An interview with photographer Daniel Cronin, who has been lugging a huge large-format camera to the Gathering Of The Juggalos since 2010, snapping the most strikingly intimate portraits of Juggalos and Juggalettes ever taken. Full Story
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Scientists Finally Figured Out How To Get Shitty Songs Out Of Your Head
The only thing this worthless research taught me is that "KYLIE MINOGUE" is an anagram for "I LIKE GUY ON ME." Full Story
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Here's "California Grrls," the New Single from Shark?
At the Savannah Stopover fest a few weeks back, there was a vast abundance of solid rock 'n' roll bands loading out of vans and smashing young Savannaian's minds into a cold, mushy paste. There was one that stuck out to me, and they were called Shark? Full Story