VICE MUSIC
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Stepfather Factory
When I was twelve, my stepfather (Scott Bivans) beat my mother to near death. He liked to drink. Full story
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The Guy In Shades
TIGA is our nigger. That's why we've never done anything on him before. You feel like you're being lazy if you do something on your nigger. As George Bush put it, "I didn't mention Canada because I thought it was understood. They are our brothers." Full story
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Time Has Come Today
Last year The Yeah Yeah Yeahs played their first gig. Singer Karen O came out slicked down in oil wearing only heart-shaped pasties on her breasts, and the band played so hard they blew headliners the White Stripes off the stage. Full story
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Beats And Rhymes
All boundaries and classifications between different genres of music are now null and void. It is official. This is not up for debate, this is the truth. Full story
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Fiending To Get Off
In a rap game teeming with hungry MCs fiending to get put on, Invincible's story is all about fiending to get off. At 17 she came to NYC from Ann Arbor, MI, and hung out at the Lyricist Lounge, eventually joining the all-female Anomolies posse. She stayed for the next three years… Full story
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Electric Independence
They say only two things come out of Texas: steers and queers. But now that Dallas label Downlow Recordings has just released their latest bomb electro-disco EP you can also add “top-notch techno label” to that list. Full story
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Hooked On Electronics
Billy Pollard makes music on his computer and still lives with his mom, but don't hold that against him. As knifehandchop, the 21-year-old Torontonian is shaking dance floors out of four-on-the-floor complacency and using his plunderphonic speedcore style to expose the frailties Full story
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Non Phixion's Guide To Good Reads
Not a lot of people know this, but Non Phixion actually got their name from their prominence in the literary world. Each member of the group is an emeritus scholar. Full story
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Our Lord Jesus Christ
Remember the first time you: French-kissed, rode a roller coaster, successfully shoplifted, went to a (good) punk show, held a puppy, fucked, got drunk, fell in love, realized you're gonna die, saw a rainbow. Full story
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This Is Disco Punk
When James Murphy and his friends started a record label they didn't know they would be changing the course of music forever. Full story
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Beats And Rhymes
How come people still don't give Eazy-E his deserved props? Full story
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Drive-in And Cryin'
Even though they were a nerdy, teetotal emo rock band, the breakup of At The Drive-In was messier than an X-treme Bukake DVD. Full story
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Electric Independence
When I think about the first time I was really exposed to electronic music, I was too young to be into shit like the sample-a-delic space age pop of Jean Jacques Perrey, or the twisted genius of inventor Raymond Scott. Full story
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Oi! Respect! Aiii!
Based mostly in South and East London and populated by kids from rough council estates, today's UK garage scene still thrives through underground pirate radio. Full story
Thought and Memory
New Fiction by Ed Park
Malaysian Neo-Nazis
Fighting for a Pure Malay Race
The Strongest Dwarf in New Jersey
Remembering My Tormentor
Gay Men and Their Misogyny Problem
It's Not Cute Anymore
Triple Hate - Part 1
The KKK vs. the Crips vs. Memphis City Council
Saudi Arabia's Feminist Revolution
It's Not Happening