From: VBS TV on Fri, Jul 15 2011 7:18 PM

Animal Collective chose the noise rock band, Black Dice, to create a 70-minute visual experience for their Coachella set—their largest show to date. Using everything from old movie clips to simple splashes of color, Black Dice created both the organic and fluid lo-fi projections that made up the...

From: VBS TV on Thu, Jul 14 2011 5:00 PM

Part One of Tattoo Age finds us at Smith Street Tattoo Parlor getting to know Dan Santoro, along with his shop-mates Bert Krak, Steve Boltz, and Eli Quinters. Dan takes a nostalgic view on how destiny landed him at Smith Street, and what a person can expect to find if they enter this ha...

From: VBS TV on Thu, Jul 14 2011 4:59 PM

For the encore of their Coachella set, Arcade Fire partnered with legendary director Chris Milk (who they previously collaborated with on This Wilderness Downtown) to visually portray the collective emotional experience of the band’s performance. During the band’s final song cascades of beachbal...

From: VBS TV on Thu, Jul 14 2011 4:59 PM

In March 2011, the wave of Arab Spring hit Bashar al-Assad’s regime when the people of Syria rebelled against the government, rallying for democracy and civil rights. As a result, Syrian forces got even more brutal, killing and imprisoning thousands of civilians.The situation deteriorated upon t...

From: VBS TV on Thu, Jul 14 2011 4:59 PM

After the Fukushima disaster, nuclear energy faces it’s biggest questions in decades. But a ragtag band of Internet enthusiasts is on a mission to spread their answer: more nuclear power than Walt Disney could have dreamed up, green enough to save the climate (the energy secretary and NASA’s chi...

From: VBS TV on Tue, Jul 12 2011 1:22 PM

In March 2011, the wave of Arab Spring hit Bashar al-Assad’s regime when the people of Syria rebelled against the government, rallying for democracy and civil rights. As a result, Syrian forces got even more brutal, killing and imprisoning thousands of civilians.The situation deteriorated upon t...

From: VBS TV on Tue, Jul 12 2011 1:22 PM

Mannequin Men, Chicago’s garage rock fixtures, took us on a tour of the Second City. After a quick peek at their 9-to-5s and favorite local haunts, we made our way to the Viaduct Theater. Packed with friends and fans, the band brought the house down with a batch of explosive new songs.

From: VBS TV on Sat, Jul 09 2011 10:18 AM

Since 2006, Vice has closely followed and chronicled the growing political turmoil in Pakistan, when founder Suroosh Alvi visited the infamous gun market of Darra Adamkhel.

From: VBS TV on Sat, Jul 09 2011 10:17 AM

The Black Lips may be responsoible for kickstarting the garage-rock movement in the US, but Mujeres is spreading that rough-hewn gospel across Spain.

From: VBS TV on Sat, Jul 09 2011 10:17 AM

It is by now a somewhat common event, one that for most Americans is signaled by nothing more than a brief clip on the news. But a shuttle launch is still one of mankind’s most complex and massive undertakings, a carefully-primed $1.3 billion event that turns years of planning and construction i...

From: VBS TV on Fri, Jul 08 2011 5:03 AM

In March 2011, the wave of Arab Spring hit Bashar al-Assad’s regime when the people of Syria rebelled against the government, rallying for democracy and civil rights. As a result, Syrian forces got even more brutal, killing and imprisoning thousands of civilians.The situation deteriorated upon t...

From: VBS TV on Fri, Jul 08 2011 5:03 AM

In this second installment, Suroosh gets the Pakistani Taliban on the phone to discuss their retaliation against Bin Laden’s death, their goal to violently implement an Islamic state, and how they view the war in Afghanistan. He then visits a local militia who protect themselves and fight agains...

From: VBS TV on Thu, Jul 07 2011 3:28 AM

For part one of Vice’s recent journey into Pakistan, Vice founder Suroosh Alvi travels to Bin Laden’s infamous compound, chats with Osama’s neighbors, and visits a local university to see what people really think about having lived next to America’s most vilified fugitive for the past five years...

From: VBS TV on Sat, Jul 02 2011 6:57 PM

Formed in 2010, Austra is built around singer and principal songwriter Katie Stelmanis’ bewitching voice. The band’s moniker, taken from Stelmanis’ middle name, is nod to the Latvian goddess of light. That might sound weird for a goth-pop act, but it’s that back and forth between darkness and li...

From: VBS TV on Thu, Jun 30 2011 1:59 PM

Tattoo Age is the new series that takes an inside look at the craft of tattooing through a series of profiles on some of the most interesting and sought-after artists in the world. The series kicks off on July 13th with Dan Santoro, and new episodes featuring such artists as Troy Dennin...

From: VBS TV on Thu, Jun 30 2011 1:57 PM

It all began with the Webby award winning “Gun Markets in Pakistan” back in 2006, followed by “The Taliban in Pakistan” in late 2010, making this the third and final episode of our Pakistan Trilogy. Vice founder Suroosh Alvi returns once more to the turbulent nation in “Pakistan after Bin Laden”.

From: VBS TV on Thu, Jun 30 2011 1:57 PM

Tom Jenkinson of Squarepusher loves the "sound of information” and understands his sonic environment as numbers and sequences. In the video, he discusses his successful collaborations with drummer Alex Thomas after years of working independently, how visuals supplement his music, and his recent ...

From: VBS TV on Thu, Jun 30 2011 1:57 PM

Tom Jenkinson of Squarepusher loves the "sound of information” and understands his sonic environment as numbers and sequences. In the video, he discusses his successful collaborations with drummer Alex Thomas after years of working independently, how visuals supplement his music, and his recent ...

From: VBS TV on Tue, Jun 28 2011 2:11 AM

In the newest episode of Vice’s Practice Space, Vice rambles over to Portland, Oregon to visit the Reed College wunderkinds, Ghost Animal. Marissa and Michael, two sprouting college mavens, both transplanted from California, take a break from their love affairs with Virginia Wolfe and art histor...

From: VBS TV on Tue, Jun 28 2011 2:11 AM

In early March of this year, Noisey and vitaminwater took a trip down to Chapel Hill, North Carolina to hang with über-talented rising band, Last Year’s Men. Handpicked for our Uncapped series by local legends The Love Language, the fellas showed us where they work, where they play, and how to h...