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Words

Apex Tour is the DJ-centric Concert Series You Shouldn’t Wear Kandi to

“The art of DJing kind of took a backseat in the recent past.”
Ziad Ramley
5.6.14
Words

Kaytranada, Sango, and Stwo Talk Drunk Food and Louisiana Cooking

Blurring the lines between beat-making and burgers.
Ziad Ramley
5.6.14
News

Last Night's Protest on Q&A Revealed the Problem with the Show

In theory it allows debate, and holds public figures accountable in front of the public they represent. In practice, it's an hour of theatre, shouting, and point scoring that ultimately satisfies no one.
Lee Zachariah
5.6.14
Features

Greg From Sunn O))) on the Darkness of Tasmania and Striborg

If ever two musical acts were suited to the cold, dark and misty mystique of a Tasmanian winter it’s Sunn O))) and Striborg.
Tim Scott
5.6.14
Words

RAVE-OFF

May the best festival win.
THUMP Staff
5.6.14
Motherboard Blog

William Basinski's Crushing 'Melancholia,' the Sound of Technology's Afterlife

Further disintegration.
Michael Byrne
5.6.14
Motherboard Blog

One Way Your Immune System Fights Off Bacteria: Cell Suicide

Desperate plagues call for desperate measures.
Michael Byrne
5.5.14
Ukraine

Eastern Ukraine Is On the Cusp of Descending Into Brutal Street Warfare

Sloviansk, as well as Luhansk, Kramatorsk and Horlivka, have been under the armed pro-Russia milita in the area for more than two weeks.
Harriet Salem
5.5.14
Art

This Is What The Internet Sounds Like

Data centers are REALLY loud.
Brian Anderson at Motherboard
5.5.14
New music

When Merchandise Sings "No You And Me," You Will Believe Them

The latest Merchandise track isn't just good, it's their best yet
Fred Pessaro
5.5.14
Space

Bacteria Are So Good at Surviving in Space, NASA Needs a New Way to Kill Them

Bacteria has been planet jumping since there were no multicelled organisms on Earth, sonny, you think you can solve this?
Ben Richmond
5.5.14
Stuff

Rory Scovel Would Like More Comedians to Be Nice

After a series of incredible guest spots on Conan, an album on Jack White's Third Man Records, and a gig in the cast of the TBS sitcom Ground Floor, comedian Rory Scovel is producing his first hour-long special himself. Despite all this...
Allen Strickland Williams
5.5.14
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