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

Reasons Why Canadian Music is Better Than American Music

Here's all the things about the Great White North that make their music so much better. Full Story

2012 Dec 7 Benjamin Shapiro Features
Listen to "Someone's Got It In For Me," LOWER's New Single

Is Denmark just an endless stream of disillusioned young roustabouts playing bleak-as-death post-punk and huffing paint? Full Story

2012 Dec 5 Noisey Staff New Music
RIP Dave Brubeck (1920-2012)

If you don't know him, here's why you should. Full Story

2012 Dec 5 Benjamin Shapiro Features
Reasons Why Music Scenes Are For Idiots

Can humans play music without affiliating themselves with a phony regional "movement?" Full Story

2012 Dec 4 Benjamin Shapiro Features
I Was the First DJ in North Korea

This August, Brian Offenther (AKA DJ BO) became the first DJ to rock the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Full Story

2012 Nov 30 Brian Offenther as told to Benjamin Shapiro Features
Stream 'The Whole Buffalo,' Bad Credit No Credit's New Record

Bad Credit No Credit is led by the insanely charismatic Carrie Anne Murphy, who works at a kitchen supply store by day and tears the shit out of a saxophone by night. Full Story

2012 Nov 27 Benjamin Shapiro New Music
Did Bad Brains Rip Off Their New Album Cover?

All signs point to yes, and they could face legal action under Creative Commons law. Full Story

2012 Nov 21 Noisey Staff Features
Baauer Remixes Prodigy for 'The Fat Of The Land' Reissue

These days, EDM is as much a marketing term is it is a genre. Prodigy's reissue of their magnum opus feels downright political. Full Story

2012 Nov 20 Benjamin Shapiro New Music
Playing to a Dead Room

Cinematic Western-psych act Spindrift just finished a tour of US ghost towns, abandoned cities where nobody lives. Full Story

2012 Nov 13 Benjamin Shapiro Features
Holy Christ, My Bloody Valentine is Making a New Record

Stop thinking about the election. Stop thinking about Hurricane Sandy. Everyone's favorite eardrum ruiners have announced the follow-up to 'Loveless!' Full Story

2012 Nov 7 Benjamin Shapiro Features