Articles By Benjamin Shapiro
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The Best Thing I Heard This Week: Sleeping Bag's 'Women Of Your Life' LP
Since I'm a music editor guy I have to listen to music every single second of every single day. I get a bajillion records shipped to the VICE offices, and I listen to every single one that I don't throw away before opening. Full Story
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Holy Shit, Black Flag Is Getting Back Together
This is not a joke. This is real life. The original 1979 Black Flag lineup is playing this summer in the UK. Full Story
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Boys Noize Just Made a Sick Remix of "Protovision," Kavinsky's New Single
What was once hyper-stylized and ghostly throwback has been recast as a laser-fried electro banger. Full Story
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How To Make Stuff… with Jacob Bannon
Jacob Bannon is one of those rare artists who doesn't allow his body of work to be overshadowed by its best-known export. Most people know Bannon as the prime mover behind the virtuosic hardcore group Converge, a band that, eight records in, continues to walk through the paper wa… Full Story
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Here Is Viceroy's New Video, "Dream Of Bombay," Featuring Chela
Viceroy, the electro project started by Austen Afridi, is responsible for some of the best remixes we've heard in the past few years, in part because he doesn't pander to "hot buzz bands" or flavors of the week. So today, when he sent us over his new video for, "Dream Of Bombay,"… Full Story
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Lewis Bowman from Chapel Club Has a Really Loud Mini-Schnauzer
I managed to cut through the Cujo-level barking to get his opinions on UK club nights, the new video for "Good Together," and what it feels like to leave a major label. Full Story
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Trinidad Jame$, Japandroids, Action Bronson, Flying Lotus and Public Enemy Added to New Orleans' Buku Music and Art Project, Noisey Teams Up For Coverage
Noisey is teaming up with this new NOLA tradition, now in its second year, just formed like Voltron into a damn-near perfect music festival. They've even got Primus! Full Story
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Fat Mike Just Got Nominated For a Porn Award
We've got the premiere of "Shedonistic Society," his new collab with the Mad Caddies' Dustin Lanker and fetish model Hudsy Hawn, and it's as horny as you'd expect. Full Story
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Holy Shit: Nirvana, Stevie Nicks, John Fogerty, and Rick Springfield are Starting a Band
In what might be seen as the greatest power move of all time, Dave Grohl has formed a lumbering behemoth rock 'n' roll Voltron to stomp the Sundance Film Festival into a trembling, wussified pancake. Full Story
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Reasons Why It's Impossible To Get Laid On Tour
On tour, there are a set of conditions at play that make crashing the custard truck nearly impossible. Full Story