VICE MUSIC

VICE Premiere: 'Children of ATOM' by DProsper

VICE is pleased to premiere DProsper's follow up to 'ATOM 12.12.12'—the short film 'Children of ATOM.' The video features shocking imagery of a woman in a designer niqab swinging a chain with a blade to the sounds of DProsper's super political raps. Full story

No Zu Communicate in Circadian Rhythms

NO ZU is a rhythmic weirdo band that hails from the suburbs of Melbourne and shines on festival and neighborhood rec center stages alike. Headed by Nic, NO ZU’s sound doesn’t really fit in anywhere, just like you. Only joking, they probably have heaps of mates. Full story

Zombies, Comics, Fast Cars, and Video Games: An Interview with Kavinsky

Our fascination with superheroes grows out of the desire for an alter ego, a Superman to our everyday Clark Kent. Most of us fall into characters of our creation quite often. Through our art, flirtation—even our social networking pages—we present amplified versions of our true se… Full story

The American Student Who's Planning an Israeli-Palestinian Music Festival

Since spending four months in Jerusalem, a college student named Andrew Roseman has been working to create a festival (called Man of a Thousand Teas) that would feature musicians from both sides of the Green Line and bring Israelis and Palestinians together, at least for a day. Full story

My Life Online

The Web 1.0 Music of Jerome LOL

Jerome LOL is a young artist who found his niche in reappropriating GIFs and images from the early days of the internet—a time he calls web 1.0. His work hits a certain nostalgic nerve, and if you remember Rihanna's 'SNL' performance with the dolphins in the background, then you'… Full story

DJ Wika Is Older and Cooler Than You

Wirginia Szmyt, aka DJ Wika, is a 74-year-old who can mix tracks on a pair of laptops better than most 20-year-olds with shitty attitudes who think they’ve mastered Serato. Wirginia’s been a fixture of the senior-citizen party scene in Warsaw for more than a decade. Full story

Here Is the Melvins Covering Queen's "You're My Best Friend"

This one goes out to all our buds! The Melvins are releasing what they call an "unconventional covers album," adapting songs from artists like Queen and David Bowie. Here's one of their first offerings from that album, a cover of Queen's "You're My Best Friend." Full story

Neither Big nor Easy

Someone Stole My Students’ Music Writing

Last Tuesday, my car was robbed. I don't care about my old laptop or anything else that was in there, only the pages and pages of handwritten essays my young students had penned about Katy Perry, local New Orleans musicians, and themselves. They didn't deserve that. Full story

Irrelevant Interviews: Greer McGettrick of the Mallard

We met up at a park. The sun was out, and Greer McGettrick squinted into it as I circled her, taking photos. She lamented wearing sunglasses. “I hate pictures of musicians in sunglasses,” she said. I suggested we stand in front of a brick wall, or maybe some railroad tracks. She… Full story

We Made the Casino Priest Review Hillsong's "Zion"

The new album by Sydney-based super church Hillsong is going bananas. It's reached number one in Australia and number five in the US. We sent a copy to our buddy, Father James Grant, to have a listen. He offered it right back. Full story

Taji's Mahal

Hanging with Al Rogers

For this week's Mahal, I met up with Baltimore rapper Al Rogers and New York City shredder Eby Ghafarian to cruise the Lower East Side and pregame the release of Al's first ever LP, 'Almost.' Al got his start by reciting poetry then graduated to writing his own. Full story

Meet the Nieratkos

Hip-Hop Isn’t Dead, It’s Just Repackaged

Skateboarding ruined hip-hop, and Lil Wayne sucks, but at least we have our CDs and cassettes from the 90s to drown our sorrows. Full story

Wavves, "Demon to Lean On" (Plus an Interview)

Nathan Williams and Stephen Pope were probably stoned when I called them late in the afternoon. I imagine they’re stoned all the time. They were the last time I met them… or at least looking to get stoned. It’s part of who they are as the two notoriously juvenile, famously fun cl… Full story

James Stockbauer's SXSW 2013 Survival Tips

SXSW is a gauntlet of booze, bands, and BBQ. When we first started going to it years ago, we were assigned mentors to help us avoid the typical rookie pitfalls. One of these Austin lodestars was Lyndon James Stockbauer, owner of the venerable East Austin watering hole and protoge… Full story