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Meadows' New Track 'Gobshite' Will Pummel You into Nothingness

Check this British band out if you're into EYEHATEGOD but prefer scotch to bourbon. Their latest track boasts a blend of stoner doom riffs punctuated by bursts of crusty hardcore.
Charlie Ambler
12.17.14
Culture

Can a ‘Positive Psychology’ App Make You Happy?

A skeptic's review.
Ben Richmond
12.17.14
Afghanistan

Dramatic Gunfight Video Emerges as Suicide Bombers Storm Afghan Bank, Killing Five

A group of militants stormed a bank in the Helmand province of Afghanistan today, leading to a fierce gunfight with security forces and leaving at least five dead.
Ed Upright
12.17.14
machines

This Automated Tool for Judging Programming Ability Is Kind of Ominous

A way of killing creativity in software engineering or of weeding out code-posers?
Michael Byrne
12.17.14
Internet Videos Of Particular Importance

Kendrick Lamar Performed a New Song on Colbert Last Night

The track, which is currently untitled, features Thundercat on bass.
12.17.14
Thinkpieces And Shit

We Read One Direction’s 2015 Annual and Discovered a Band in Breakdown

Entering the band's christmas book as evidence they won't make it to 2016.
Aimee Cliff
12.17.14
Environment

Plummeting Oil Prices Are the Latest Argument Against the Keystone XL Pipeline

The pipeline has already run into a million problems; now crude oil prices, which have plunged to five-year lows, could make it less profitable than previously advertised.
Liz Fields
12.17.14
Opinion and Analysis

Why Seven Just Became a Lucky Number for Syrian Rebels

Rebel forces recently seized two government bases in the country's northwest — an area that is strategically important for a number of reasons.
Ryan Faith
12.17.14
Germany

MUNCHIES Guide to Christmas in Berlin - Part 3

Michel meets up with German pop star Leslie Clio, who shows us how to prepare a superb vegan Christmas menu. The duo then heads to the biggest Asian shopping plaza in Germany for sweets and treats.
Michel Niknafs
12.17.14
You Need to Hear This

You Can Now Hear What People Across the Globe Are Listening to in Real Time

Welcome to The Future!
VICE Staff
12.17.14
earth

Horror: Bacteria-Controlled Fungus That Eats Worms from the Inside Out

Cow dung is a rough neighborhood.
Michael Byrne
12.17.14
crime & drugs

The NYPD Makes 20,000 Misdemeanor Arrests Monthly — And It's Costing the City $400 Million a Year

Advocates and criminal justice experts describe the enormous number of misdemeanor arrests as part of the “broken windows” theory of policing, championed by NYPD Commissioner William Bratton.
Colleen Curry
12.17.14
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