VICE MUSIC

JETS Are Back in the US

While expats Jimmy Edgar and Travis Stewart have been busy with their own solo careers in Berlin, their duo JETS has skyrocketed them to superstar status stateside. We chatted with the two electronic dignitaries about what it's like to tour the US as phenoms, when they left the country years ago as obscure knob-twisters. Full story

The Dos and Don'ts of Coachella

This was my third time attending Coachella, so by now I've seen it all—from Rave Dad to a technologically reincarnated Tupac Shakur. For those of you who are going for the first time next week, or are just insane and returning for week two, here are some tips to making it out of… Full story

The Creators Project

Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories' Collaborators: Pharrell Williams

In a new series, with direction from Ed Lachman, we're taking a look at the collaborators behind 'Random Access Memories,' the new album from Daft Punk. For episode three we spoke with Pharrell Williams. Full story

The Underachievers Talk About Stop-and-Frisk and Kimani Gray

The Underachievers have managed to rise up out of their Brooklyn neighborhood of Flatbush. But it wasn't long ago that they were getting stopped and frisked by the cops, just like the other hundreds of thousands of black and Latino male New Yorkers. I talked with them about the N… Full story

Rick Ross: The Most Misinterpreted Man in Music

You think when that John Keats guy wrote the poem "Ode to a Grecian Urn," he was describing an actual Grecian urn? No way. These are symbolic metaphors we're dealing with. That urn was probably his Greek grandma who was a good singer or something. Full story

The Creators Project

Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories' Collaborators: Nile Rodgers

We've been taking a look at the collaborators behind 'Random Access Memories,' the new album from Daft Punk. In episode three we speak with guitarist, virtuoso producer, and frontman of disco-funk band Chic, Nile Rodgers. Full story

Noisey

Bot'Ox Featuring Anna Jean - "The Face of Another"

Here's an animated ditty with people wearing masks and humping each other and walking around all dazed and sad. Imagine if the audience at 'Sleep No More' started making out and then boning all over the place—that's sort of what's going on here. Full story

Noisey Premiers Dick Diver's New VIdeo

There's something irrefutably charming about Melbourne's Dick Diver, and it's probably not just their name. It has been a little while but the Australians have a brand new album coming out called Calendar Days, and we're pretty happy about it because we've missed their scratchy g… Full story

Never Party with the Brick Squad - the Video

If you party with the Brick Squad, you might end up drinking an entire bottle of Hennessy and almost dying. That's what the valiant 'Noisey Raps' host Wilbert learned backstage with Waka Flocka and Gucci Mane. Thankfully, he survived and was able to capture one of their last appe… Full story

Thatcher's War on Acid House

There was a time when plugging in a record player in an abandoned building brought a police response more appropriate to the assembly of a nuclear device. Whatever rattled the establishment about rave culture, in their own warped way they had a point. It was dangerous. Full story

The Creators Project

Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories' Collaborators: Todd Edwards

In a new series, with direction from Ed Lachman, we take a look at the collaborators behind 'Random Access Memories,' the new album from Daft Punk. In episode two we speak with innovative American producer and godfather of UK garage, Todd Edwards. Full story

Alex Cameron's Secret Material

I was supposed to see Seekae last year but then I said something dumb to my girlfriend and pissed her off, and like band member Alex Cameron puts it, “That can feel like the world is ending.” And that’s how I feel when I listen to their stuff anyway, so it was kind of a win-win… Full story

Mexicalia

The Cumbiaton Super Stars of Mexico City

A group of Mexico City DJs known as "Under Style" has come together to create a new sound based on reggaeton and cumbia that they call Cumbiaton. Ignored by the affluent crowd, and often criticized for the fashion and dance styles of their fans, the Cumbiaton DJs are super stars Full story

Sad on Purpose

Composing Music for a Video Game About Depression Doesn't Sound Like Much Fun

'Depression Quest' is a a text-based role-playing game that, according to its website, is “not meant to be a fun or lighthearted experience.” Its objective is to simulate the misery of clinical depression, which probably qualifies it as the most masochistic video game of all time… Full story