The Music Issue
We Talked to Kim Gordon and She's Just Like Us (Not Really)
Kim Gordon sweats. Kim Gordon shits. Kim Gordon likes Rihanna's "Work."
Artists' Odes to Their Favorite Musicians
We asked some of the our favorite photographers to create shrines to their favorite musicians. From Madonna to Chumbawumba, Eurhythmics to Morrissey, these were the results.
A Close Look at the FBI's File on Wu-Tang Clan
The FBI has always had a hard-on for gangsta rap music, specifically the creative forces behind the genre's most iconic and provocative hits. We used the Freedom of Information Act to find out more about the bureau's file on the Wu-Tang Clan.
The Story Behind the Cover of VICE Magazine's October Music Issue
We spoke with Luis Gispert and Jeff Reed about their 'Stereomongrel' project and the inspiration behind the October cover of VICE magazine.
I Met the Rappers Trying to Legitimize Hick-Hop and One of Them Licked Me
Country rap, also known as hick-hop, has been dismissed as cultural appropriation and musical abomination. One group of rappers is trying to change that.
'Universal Harvester': An Excerpt from John Darnielle's New Novel
Bob spent most of the year by himself in a farmhouse on a property he owned outside Collins. If he still hunted or fished, it wasn't with anybody he'd known back when he lived in town: Nobody really knew what Bob did with his time.
Comedian Jon Glaser Reviews the Best Music Gear
Comedian Jon Glaser loves gear. He loves it so much that this fall, he's launching a new comedy series on truTV—called, appropriately enough, 'Jon Glaser Loves Gear'—that documents his obsession.
We Reviewed Some of October's Best Music
From Jenny Hval's latest album, 'Blood Bitch,' to alto saxophonist Steve Lehman's avant-garde jazz and hip-hop inspired 'Sélébéyone,' we took a listen to this month's best new albums.
Teen-Focused App Musical.ly Is the Music Industry's New Secret Weapon
How America's favorite lip-synching video app is disrupting the way music marketing works.
How Syria's Messy Borders Complicate Journalism, Aid Work, and Politics
The Syrian civil war has made going from country to country in the Middle East a messy business.
Cold War in the Desert
On the ground with the Polisario Front, a guerrilla movement that has been fighting to end the Moroccan occupation of much of Western Sahara for almost four decades.