John Lennon Listen to The Beatles Botch an Early, Unreleased Recording of 'Come Together'VICE - Drew SchwartzImagine being there, in the spring and summer of 1969, while The Beatles recorded Abbey Road—sitting in the studio while they fiddled with their parts, cracked jokes, and played take after take until finally
Bob Dylan Bob Dylan Died 11 Years Ago, According to SiriVICE - Drew SchwartzBob Dylan is very much alive. The 78-year-old singer-songwriter recently announced he'll be going on a nationwide tour starting in October; on Thursday, he broke the news that he's putting out a new installment
Music This Photo of (Sandy) Alex G Is Not Beto O’Rourke Peeing HimselfVICE - Josh TerryFake news is everywhere. With social media's sensory overload, bad actors are intentionally and unintentionally spreading disinformation, which is easier all the time thanks to our increasingly declining
Music Creed's Scott Stapp Is a Baseball Dad Who Vapes NowVICE - Drew SchwartzThere once was a time, long, long ago, when Scott Stapp fucked: The lead singer of Creed played sold-out shows at massive arenas around the world; he grunted through the "Star Spangled Banner" at NASCAR
Bob Dylan My Father Was Left Out of Martin Scorsese's Bob Dylan MovieVICE - Julien LevyThis summer, Netflix released The Rolling Thunder Revue: A Film by Martin Scorsese, a major production critics described as, variously, "simply brilliant," "a little too much of a good (indulgent) thing,"
Music Keane's Hit 'Somewhere Only We Know' Is Apparently About Smoking WeedVICE - Josh TerryFew songs better embody mid-aughts pop rock than Keane's "Somewhere Only We Know." The piano-led number was nostalgic, catchy, and emphatically performed by frontman Tom Chaplin and paved the way for corny
Mandy Moore Mandy Moore Is Making Music Again, Thank GodVICE - Kristin CorryMandy Moore is making a triumphant return to music with her new single "When I Wasn't Watching." The prospect of new music from the singer-turned-actress is cause for celebration, because Moore, an underrated
Music Ja Rule Is Filming 'Over 40' New Music Videos, Still Won't Explain Fyre FestVICE - Bettina MakalintalOver his two decades in the business, Ja Rule has released seven full studio albums, which range in length from 13 to 20 tracks each, skits included. In an ambitious new endeavor, the rapper announced
Music Sorry, 'Don't Call Me Angel.' Destiny's Child Made the Better 'Charlie's Angels' AnthemVICE - Kristin CorryThere are few soundtracks as catchy as "Lucy Liu, with my girl Drew / Cameron D, and Destiny / For Charlie's Angels, come on." You probably even read that to the beat of the song. Last year, Sony announced
Music Kanye West and Taylor Swift's VMA Fiasco Would Never Happen in 2019VICE - Taylor HoskingTen years ago today, Kanye West shocked MTV Video Music Award viewers everywhere by infamously interrupting Taylor Swift's acceptance speech for Best Female Video. "Yo Taylor, I’m really happy for you,
Music 'House of Sugar' Is (Sandy) Alex G's Most Essential AlbumVICE - Josh TerryHaving a favorite (Sandy) Alex G album is like a Rorschach test. The Philadelphia songwriter born Alex Giannascoli has such a surprising, prolific, and eclectic catalog that each of his eight studio albums
Tim Ryan Tim Ryan's Album Better Win a Grammy—a Grammy for 'Worst Album Ever' Ha Ha HaVICE - Drew SchwartzWhile you've been busy forgetting he exists, Democratic hopeful Tim Ryan has been busy recording his debut album, A New and Better Agenda, 10 tracks of policy proposals and political jargon set to the
Daniel Johnston What We Lost When We Lost Daniel JohnstonVICE - Hilary Pollack“Listen up and I’ll tell a story / About an artist growing old.” So starts the song “The Story of an Artist” by Daniel Johnston, the beloved, eccentric, Austin-based musician who was found dead yesterday
Rick Ross Rick Ross Got Extremely High With Bon Iver and Had No Idea Who He WasVICE - Drew SchwartzThere's a surprisingly rich historical record of extremely famous people failing to recognize other extremely famous people, a phenomenon that only seems possible to occur to someone with so much money,
Music Wait, Rivers Cuomo Got Violently Attacked by an Electric Eel in 2012?VICE - Josh TerryYesterday, alt-rock behemoths Green Day, Fall Out Boy, and Weezer announced that they'll be hitting the road together on what they call the Hella Mega Tour. It's sponsored by Harley Davidson, and will
Music Twenty-Five Years Later, Korn Are Still 'in This for Life'VICE - Gary SuarezLife on the road used to be a lot different for Korn. "We’d be at a rest area or a truck stop," says Jonathan Davis, the band’s frontman, slumped in his chair in a conference room at VICE’s Brooklyn office.
Anthony Gonzalez M83's Anthony Gonzalez Wants People to Forget About 'Midnight City'VICE - Will SchubeIf you visited Cap d'Antibes last summer and found yourself wandering along the water at night, there's a decent chance you encountered 39-year-old Anthony Gonzalez beginning his day, staring at the moon
Dixie Chicks Sixteen Years Later, Country Radio Is Still Mad at the Dixie ChicksVICE - Josh TerryIn March 2003, Dixie Chicks' lead singer Natalie Maines stood onstage in London and said, "Just so you know, we're on the good side with y'all. We do not want this war, this violence. And we're ashamed
Megan Thee Stallion Watch Megan Thee Stallion Recreate 'I Love New York' in Maxo Kream's New 'She Live' VideoVICE - Taylor HoskingMaxo Kream is bringing back the glory days of early-2000s VH1 with the video for "She Live," which dropped Tuesday morning. In the video, Megan Thee Stallion lounges on glamorous purple sofas, rapping
Lil' Kim How Diana Ross, a Pasty, and a Public Boob Pat Enshrined Lil' Kim as a LegendVICE - Kristin CorryBelieve it or not, there was a time when MTV's Video Music Awards were not as pointless as they are now. The award show had the power to defy reality. It was where aging superstars could French kiss former
Def Jam With 'TM104,' Jeezy Is Proving that Rappers Are Allowed to MatureVICE - Gary SuarezIn the summer of 2005, you couldn't avoid Young Jeezy if you tried. Between his solo Def Jam singles "And Then What" and "Soul Survivor" as well as "Dem Boyz" with P. Diddy's Boyz In Da Hood, all of which
Paninis Lil Nas X's 'Panini' Video Shows He's Dead Set on World DominationVICE - Kristin CorryAfter 19 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard charts, Lil Nas X has ended his reign as the longest-running chart-topper. Now he's ready for world domination with "Panini," his follow-up single. In June, the
Elton John Elton John Is the Biggest Bon Iver Fan EverVICE - Josh TerryElton John hosts a radio show on Apple Music's Beats 1 called Elton John’s Rocket Hour where he selects an eclectic mix of his favorite songs and occasionally interviews artists. This week, John has Bon
Music No, Cardi B Isn't Beefing With Some Suburban Rapping QuadrupletsVICE - Kristin CorryWhen a clip of Cardi B clapping back at "little fucking white boys" popped up in an unsolicited diss video on YouTube, publications like The Daily Beast and Page Six assumed she was talking about ZN8tion,
Megan Thee Stallion Megan Thee Stallion's 'Hot Girl Summer' Video Is Here, So Fall Is CanceledVICE - Kristin CorryContrary to popular belief, Labor Day does not signify the end of summer. So while everyone was prepared to pack up their all-white outfits after celebrating the season's last three-day weekend, Megan
Music Prince's Autobiography 'The Beautiful Ones' Has a Heartbreaking Story Behind ItVICE - Colin JoyceWhen Prince died in April 2016, he seemed to have a lot of creative energy left in him. He was recording new music and was still mentoring younger artists. He was excited about a new way of performing
Lana Del Rey Lana Del Rey Will Never Change, and That's Why She's the GreatestVICE - Duncan CooperWhen Lana Del Rey opens her sixth studio album with "Goddamn, man-child," she calls back, reassuringly, to her first record: "Go play your video games." She projects the same self-confidence, a wise mix
Music You Need to Listen to Ms. White's Songs of Love and ReclamationVICE - Jaime SilanoMs. White is summoning the songstresses of 60s and 70s pop in a performance in the lobby of the VICE's Williamsburg office on a Thursday afternoon earlier this summer. Signed to queer progressive pop Flat
Music Here Are Some Beautiful Covers of Silver Jews SongsVICE - Colin JoyceDavid Berman, the songwriter best known as the driving force behind Silver Jews, died tragically earlier this month. When any artist dies, it inspires a fair amount of introspection and grief among peers
