Heavy metal v Bagdádu - Part 1

Heavy metal v Bagdádu

Hrát heavy metal v muslimské zemi bylo vždy složité, ale po Husajnově pádu nastal krátký okamžik, v němž byla skutečná svoboda možná.

Talking to Ghost About the Beach Boys

A nameless ghoul from the Swedish metal band Ghost sat down with us to talk about Satan's faith in his band and his band's faith in the Beach Boys.

Curren$y ft. Daz Dillinger - "Fast Cars Faster Women"

New Orleans' Curren$y is gearing up to launch his debut commercial LP, The Stoned Immaculate, on June 5.

Sebastien Tellier's Extremely NSFW Video for "Cochon Ville"

A bacchanal orgy in which Tellier, dressed in ceremonial robes and grinning like a madman, oversees a bunch of nubile French babes.

The Odd Future Pop Up Store

Before a sold-out OFWGKTA show at Hammerstein Ballroom, we went down to the Lower East Side to check out the new Odd Future pop-up shop, where they sling self-described "ugly, tacky shit."

Do Cute Kids Love Indie Rock?

We asked some cute cuddly little tykes to review the Cribs' new single, "Chi Town," in hopes of answering that age old question: do little kids like indie rock? They didn't pull any punches.

Syd Tha Kyd Gets More Ass Than Anyone in Odd Future

Filmmaker Lance Bangs cruised to Venice Beach to chill with Syd Tha Kyd and found girls pouring out of her room. In this video, Syd opens up about her MC kid-brother Taco and how she met Tyler.

Scion A/V Presents Black Lips - New Direction

Black Lips have premiered the third video directed by our very own Jake Burghart from their latest album Arabia Mountain.

GONZOWORLD TV: Bang On! - 'Got It' Official Music Video (VBS)

Bang On!‘s as funny as he is furious. And here’s proof: the video for his new single “Got It”, produced by up-and-coming director Jamie Roberts. (And us. We helped out, a…

Black Lips Video Premiere of 'Modern Art'

Black Lips just dropped a new video for “Modern Art” — it’s the first taste of their collaboration with Mark Ronson.

Heavy Metal in Baghdad

Heavy Metal in Baghdad is a feature film documentary that follows the Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda from the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 to the present day. Playing heavy metal in a Muslim co…

Win Win - Interleave (Feat. Alexis Taylor) Music Video

Check it out, it’s the premiere music video for Win Win.

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

This is one of my favorite live performances I’ve filmed; Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy walking out onto a minor league baseball park in Coney Island in the summer of 2003.

Black Lips Video Premiere of "Go Out and Get It!"

Man, what a drag. We had to go all the way to the fucking Bahamas this weekend to make a video for The Black Lips.

Ryan Z

Sporting flamingo neck tattoos and flowing blonde hair, Ryan lives to make music, drink vast amounts of SoCo and remain true to his Spicoli-like nature.

Ink & Dagger

After 11 years, the remaining members of Ink & Dagger’s original line up, along with new frontman Geoff Rickly, play their very first show at Party Expo in Brooklyn.

New Garage Explosion

We travel to Memphis to mind-meld with Magic Kids and to go head-to-head with Jay Reatard in the last interview he filmed before his death.

OFF! - Behind The Scenes: Darkness

The second video from OFF! is for their track “Darkness.”

OFF! - Behind The Scenes: Black Thoughts

“Black Thoughts,” the third video released from OFF!, includes a cameo by Raymond Pettibon, the painter responsible for penning all of the band’s album a…

OFF! - Behind The Scenes: I Don't Belong

The fourth and final video from OFF!‘s First EP is the 60 second song, “I Don’t Belong,” and stars actual denizens of LA vocalizing the song’…

Cheeseburger @ The Bell House

Brooklyn’s own Cheeseburger play the Bell House.

Build Ride Crash

Ecstatic Peace

Uncontrollable Women

Lance Bangs gets down with the Uncontrollable Women Bike club in Dayton, Ohio.

Acrassicauda's Garden of Stones Music Video

Acrassicauda’s first ever music video.

Acrassicauda: Our Long Story, Short

The story of Acrassicauda from Heavy Metal in Baghdad to their arrival in the US.

Heavy Metal in Baghdad:Trailer

The trailer for Heavy Metal in Baghdad, a feature film documentary that follows the Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda from the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 to the present day.

Acrassicauda: DVD Extra: Heavy Metal in Istanbul

After the completion of Heavy Metal in Baghdad, Acrassicauda fled to Damascus, Syria for Istanbul, Turkey.

Acrassicauda: DVD Extra: A Brief History of Acrassicauda

Baghdad, August 2006

Acrassicauda: DVD Extra: Mike, Our Buddy in Damascus

Damascus, December 2006

Acrassicauda: DVD Extra: Abu Halu, The Iraqi GodFather in Syria

Damascus, December 2006

Acrassicauda: DVD Extra: Curfew is Over and We are on the Road

Baghdad, August 2006

Acrassicauda: DVD Extra: Picking Up Gear Before The Al Fanar Concert

Baghdad, Summer 2005

Acrassicauda: DVD Extra: Live performance of "King Without a Throne"

Rehearsal. Istanbul, January 2008

Acrassicauda: DVD Extra: Live performance of "Message From Baghdad"

Kemanci Club. Istanbul, January 2008

Acrassicauda: DVD Extra: Live performance of "Underworld"

Live at Vitality Café. Damascus, December 2006

Acrassicauda: DVD Extras: Ahmed and the Palestine Hotel

Baghdad, August 2006

Tell Them Anything You Want

A Portrait of Maurice Sendak by Lance Bangs and Spike Jonze. DVD out now!

Family Portrait

Family is a comic-book, regular book, CD, tape, poster, T-Shirt, and-whatever-else media store in LA that's caught the attention of artists and bands of all stripes.

Shy Child @ Live at the Old Blue Last

Shy Child, a keytar-oriented synth pair, at Live at the Old Blue Last.

Rumblestrips @ Live at the Old Blue Last

Soulful horn-backed tunes from Rumblestrips at Live at the Old Blue Last.

Jammer

Jammer at Live at the Old Blue Last.

Neurosis @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple

“Given to the Rising”,“Hidden Faces”,“Water is Not Enough”

Crom @ Cakeshop, NYC

Crom brings the West Coast power violence to the East Coast masses.

Japanese Motors @ Detroit Bar

The Japanese Motors are a band of Southern Californians fronted by professional surfer Alex Knost.

The America We Used to Hear

We asked a couple of Kenyan dudes what they thought about their countryman and then-future-president Obama’s shot in the election. Here’s what all they had to say.

The Beijing Underground

China’s punk scene is easily the best thing they’ve bootlegged from the West.

Jay Reatard on Choosing Bandmates

Memphis’s garage wunderkind walks us through the tricky process of choosing bandmates.

Gorgoroth Live @ Scala, London

“Unchain My Heart”

Lumia Domestica

Willie Williams uses household glassware to produce psychedelic lightshows of DMT-level trippiness.

No Age at Food Fight

Dean Spunt and Randy Randall of No Age tear shit up in a vegan grocery store in Portland.

Fucked Up @ Zoobizarre, Montreal

“Year of the Pig”

Against Me @ Siberia

Against Me! live in Hell’s Kitchen’s stickiest dive.

Menomena "Wet and Rusting"

Menomena plays us a number off their latest album then go for a little spin on a rolling trampoline built for three.

Annihilation Time

Annihilation Time live at the Charleston.

Dogondoutchi Street Music

Collective busking in Niger.

Arcade Fire "Wake Up"

The Arcade Fire descends into the audience for an extremely up close and personal encore of their song “Wake Up.”

Developing New Comedy Material

Fred Armisen invites us in to personally witness the rigorous mental labor that goes into developing the funnystuff.

Bands Get Robbed

Members of the Gossip, Modest Mouse, and Decemberists dish about the woeful experience of being on tour and getting your equipment stolen. It happens all the time!