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Wray's "Relative" Is Way More Original and Interesting Than Your Actual Relatives

Listen to the Birmingham, Alabama, band's satisfying take on genre-blending shoegaze.
Sarina Bloodgood
6.24.14
Opinion and Analysis

Egypt Jails Journalists, and America Sends Military Aid

Though Egypt just sentenced three journalists to jail, the US is going ahead with a plan to send the country more than $500 million in aid.
David Keyes
6.24.14
Power

Police-Grade Mobile Spyware Is Spreading Through Saudi Arabia (and Beyond)

"It’s giving governments the power to impose ancient ideologies with modern technology.”​
Thomas Fox-Brewster
6.24.14
Travel

I Went to Vulcan, Canada, for a Small-Town Trekkie Convention

For two decades the amusingly-named rural community has been holding a Star Trek–themed festival called "Spock Days."
Jeff Toth
6.24.14
News

The Huron-Wendat Nation Is Standing Up to Enbridge and the Ontario Government’s Billion Dollar Development Dreams

The Huron-Wendat Nation have indicated their intentions to file court injunctions against both Enbridge's proposed half a billion gas pipeline expansion in the GTA, and the Ontario government's multi-billion dollar expansion of Highway 407 East. With...
Tim McSorley
6.24.14
Gaming

Video Gamer Diets Get a Bad Rap for Good Reason

I recently spent three days at E3, the world's biggest video gaming conference where I hung out with international gamers to play, discuss, debate, and consume.
Wendy Syfret
6.24.14
iraq

Mosul Residents Enjoy Calmer Lives Under ISIS Control, For Now

Many feared brutal violence when ISIS fighters took Iraq's second city. Instead, they're acting with moderation and gaining local support.
John Beck
6.24.14
Design

"Flex Tower" Stretches Towards The Sun Like A Yoga Master

This concept design sits like a normal building at ground level, but its upper levels rotate in a 30 degree angle towards the sun, not unlike a sunflower or yoga master.
Zach Sokol
6.24.14
Features

It's Raining Khat in California

According to DEA documents obtained by Motherboard, seizures of the leafy African stimulant skyrocketed on the West Coast in 2013, after a decade without a single bust. What gives?
Max Cherney
6.24.14
Comics!

The Detective Is Still Stuck with Miss Juniper's Panties

When we last left Flowertown, the Detective was stuck with Miss Juniper's panties. What shady business is going on concerning the constant theft and resale of her bike seat? And who are Doofus and Henry Hotchkiss?
Rick Altergott
6.24.14
New music

Cold World and Kool G Rap Are Here To Send You Into "Hell's Direction"

From the new LP 'How The Gods Chill'
Noisey Staff
6.24.14
Objectively Correct Lists

Why Are YOU Mad About the Aaliyah Movie?

If you are a living human, you are upset about the fact that there is an Aaliyah biopic happening. This is an objective fact.
Julie Mitchell
6.24.14
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