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Retrospective Reviews: Feist's "Let It Die"

It begins with the now-trademark honey-laden voice exclaiming "Well it's time to begin as the summer sets in, it's the scene you set for new lovers". “Gatekeeper”, the opening track from Leslie Feist's classic Let It Die
Shawn Katuwapitiya
5.18.14
Ukraine

Pro-Russia Rebels Step Up Campaign of Violence to Halt Ukraine's Presidential Election

With less than a week to go, armed pro-Russian rebels are upping the ante with a campaign of violence to stop the vote in Kiev.
Harriet Salem
5.18.14
Motherboard Blog

Ai Weiwei, Caught on Camera and Confined By It Too

Filmed partly in stealth, "The Fake Case" picks up after "Never Sorry," reflecting the dissident artist's complicated relationship with censorship and the foreign media.
Whitney Mallett
5.18.14
we saw this

Chromeo's Normal-Ass Triumph Takes the Stage

We went to their Terminal 5 show last night, and it was awfully noice.
Drew Millard
5.18.14
Music

Pontiak Band Likes Farm Life More Than Touring

For over a decade, brothers Van, Jennings, and Lain Carney have been playing hearing loss-inducing, psychedelic stoner rock under the band name Pontiak—not quite the sound you would imagine from the horse pastures and idyllic fields that surround their...
Justin Levy
5.18.14
Europe

Balkan Countries Scramble to Deal With Fallout From Record Floods

Three months worth of rainfall dumped over the region have impacted thousands of residents in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Liz Fields
5.18.14
Features

Online Rap Song Previews Are Making My Brain Explode, but I Can't Stop Watching

Why does anyone obsess over rap song previews?
Alexander Gleckman
5.18.14
cuba

Colombia's FARC Rebels Choose Peace Over Drugs in Landmark Agreement

The agreement is seen as a step toward a solution against the war on drugs and guerrilla conflict that has taken more than 200,000 lives.
Joan Camejo
5.18.14
we saw this

Check Out These Unbelievable Photos of SOPHIE Live at Glasslands in Brooklyn

SOPHIE is a welcoming, stupid, playground-like DJ musical experience, but it is also an off-putting, mischievously irritating one.
Kyle Kramer
5.18.14
Features

WTF, Big H walked out of his headline clash at Lord of the Mics

We spoke to his competitior, P Money, about why he wimped out.
James Embiricos
5.18.14
North Korea

North Korea Issues Rare Apology Over Fatal Building Collapse

Kim Jong Un was also reportedly upset by the incident and "sat up all night, feeling painful after being told about the accident."
Liz Fields
5.18.14
Stuff

We Asked Seven Drug Addicts What They Learned from D.A.R.E.

If you smoked crack in the last 30 years, you probably also graduated from D.A.R.E. We spoke to seven drug addicts to find out what they learned from D.A.R.E.
Brittany Malooly
5.18.14
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