From: VBS TV on Sat, Jun 25 2011 8:48 PM

NWA’s notorious anti-cop diatribes targeted life in South Central LA in the late-80s. Sure, that’s a long time ago. But for the UK rapper Nathanial “Giggs” Thompson, the sentiment still rings true.

From: VBS TV on Wed, Jun 22 2011 12:57 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 Tue, Jun 21 2011 7:33 AM

This past March, Noisey and vitaminwater were lucky enough to catch up with lo-fi garage rockers Gross Ghost, a band handpicked to participate in our Uncapped series by local legends The Love Language, in their quaint hometown of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In this episode, the band’s frontman ...

From: VBS TV on Sun, Jun 19 2011 12:10 AM

P.K. 14, often described as China’s most influential band, plays a blend of straight-up punk dosed with a sensible hit of experi-rock play. They’ve been affectionately described as “Sonic Youth meets Gang of Four in China,” or, more succinctly, Nation of Ulysses singing in Mandarin.

From: VBS TV on Thu, Jun 16 2011 4:17 PM

Film director Barney Clay teams up with the most iconic rock photographer of our time, Mick Rock, to uncover and remix Rock’s classic footage of David Bowie’s music video for “Life On Mars.” Choosing this particular video for “its iconic, pure, simple, and memorable qualities,” the duo began to ...

From: VBS TV on Wed, Jun 15 2011 2:54 PM

In late February of this year, vitaminwater and Noisey fled the frigid Northeast and flew South—Gainesville, Florida, to be exact. While we were enjoying the sunshine, we also got the chance to enjoy an amazing local band by the name of The Future Now. With the Bobby, Salmon and Tim as our ad ho...

From: VBS TV on Wed, Jun 15 2011 2:54 PM

In this fourth episode of Picture Perfect, VICE visits Vincent Fournier in Paris to discuss his distinct style that merges fantasy with reality in photographs of rockets, otherworldly landscapes, research facilities, and cosmonauts. We then travel with Fournier to the NASA Kennedy Space...

From: VBS TV on Sat, Jun 11 2011 8:20 AM

Mike Brown is a tattoo artist who, if you know your history, always comes up when people talk about those who pioneered tattooing in the late 1970s.  He worked at China Sea (formerly owned by Sailor Jerry), ground zero for traditional American tattoos, and at the birthplace for black grey penite...

From: VBS TV on Sat, Jun 11 2011 8:19 AM

There are a couple of ways you can look at traditional tattooing. If you’re Japanese, you might think of the large koi fish or dragons that typically adorn the bodies of your local crime syndicate. Or you could imagine the tats seen on sailors in old cartoons, where most of the images comprise o...

From: VBS TV on Thu, Jun 09 2011 5:28 AM

AntiVJ is a collective of French experimental artists who share the common goal of extending web-based visual technology outside the confines of our square screens. In building the blueprints for dynamic concert projections in warehouses and cathedrals, AntiVJ repurposes software and technology ...

From: VBS TV on Thu, Jun 09 2011 5:28 AM

The Kuchars’ Room 666 was funded by VICE because we wanted to produce a documentary about the brothers working collaboratively, which hasn’t happened in decades. Here it is in full. Enjoy.

From: VBS TV on Thu, Jun 09 2011 5:28 AM

You don’t need to be Sacco & Vanzetti to know that nothing ups the fun factor more than having a buddy around to get in trouble with. With that in mind, we decided to check out what our favorite duos are up to these days. We scoured the worlds of architecture, fashion, music, food, film, and fun...

From: VBS TV on Wed, Jun 08 2011 5:09 AM

From their doubled-up vocals bouncing around in an echo chamber to their guitars blown out to the walls with a million springs of reverb, Gainsville, Florida’s Averkiou is proudly spearheading a new lineage of shoegaze bands. Naturally, as the next in line to inherit the dream-pop crown, Averkio...

From: VBS TV on Wed, Jun 08 2011 5:09 AM

George and Mike Kuchar are preternatural fraternal twins who have been making oddly amazing motion pictures for over 50 years. Their work has consistently defied the film industry’s staid standards of aesthetics, plot, acting, direction, production, and when it’s appropriate to show a 65-year-ol...

From: VBS TV on Fri, Jun 03 2011 9:48 PM

What if you went back in time and drained that angsty gloom from the early-90s alt-rock scene, leaving only bittersweet joy? You’d end up with a bunch of bands that sound a lot like Hedgehog. This Beijing trio’s jangly, noise-kissed rock descends from grunge and artier elders like the Cure and R...

From: VBS TV on Thu, Jun 02 2011 7:50 PM

Jordan heads to Seattle to catch up with Mudhoney.

From: VBS TV on Thu, Jun 02 2011 7:50 PM

Move quickly through the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, down the main thoroughfare Eastern Parkway, past a conflicting intermingling of beautiful terraced homes and marred vacant buildings, and you could easily miss a modern cultural landmark. Hidden in plain sight, packed inside a shuf...

From: VBS TV on Wed, Jun 01 2011 5:45 PM

In the third episode of Picture Perfect, Vice meets up with Dutch photographer Rob Hornstra in Utrecht, the Netherlands. There, we discuss his advocacy for slow journalism and the genesis of his ongoing Sochi Project.

From: VBS TV on Sun, May 29 2011 10:34 AM

Criolo built his reputation in the São Paulo hip-hop underground. Alongside DJ DanDan, he’s been financing and hosting the Rinha dos MC’s, an infamous local freestyle battle. His first record was released in 2006, quickly becoming a favorite for local hip-hop heads. The songs focus less on favel...

From: VBS TV on Thu, May 26 2011 1:58 AM

To celebrate the 41st anniversary of Earth Day, Nick Zinner partnered with Loomstate and rounded up some friends to create an orchestral ensemble of 41 Strings. Listen to how Zinner added a twinge of rock ‘n’ roll to the delicate sound of the strings, in an exercise that was “totally different” ...