indie
With 'Soulquarius,' Phabo Is R&B's New North Star
After penning records for major labels, Soulection Records’ latest indie luminary is now charting his own path as an artist.
Sorry, French People No Longer Think Britain Is Cool
In the heyday of indie music, French millennials were obsessed with their British counterparts. It's a different story post-Brexit.
The Quiet Horror of ‘Fatum Betula’ Harkens Back to a Classic Era of Games
The earliest 3D games were mysterious, weird, and often hostile to players. There’s no hand holding here.
The Cribs Survived Landfill Indie But What Came Next Almost Finished Them
Wakefield’s finest trio of punk siblings are back with an eighth album after escaping a music industry nightmare.
88rising’s New Label Paradise Rising Explores the Next Sound of Filipino Music
88rising paved the way for Asian artists like Joji and Rich Brian, now the label has a new crop of young musicians from the Philippines exploring hip-hop, pop, and R&B.
The Top 50 Greatest Landfill Indie Songs of All Time
An unofficial ranking of the best most average songs in British music history.
Matty Healy on How The 1975 Reinvented Punk for Millennials
The bandleader fills VICE in on his Greta Thunberg collab, the death of genre, and the difference between cosplay and punk.
Inside Club Matryoshka, an Exclusive Club Found in a Minecraft Server
It’s like Berlin’s famous Berghain nightclub but in a 32-bit virtual space.
Strange Ranger’s New Song Is Just Searching for Answers
The Philadelphia indie band’s “Living Free” from their new LP ‘Remembering The Rockets’ is cinematic and resonant.
Week on Week: The VICE India Mixtape
A song for each day of the week, throwing in a mix of new releases and some #throwbacks too—everything from homegrown hip-hop to Bollywood (uh-no?) and K-pop—we gotchyu.
Week on Week: The VICE India Mixtape
A song for each day of the week, throwing in a mix of new releases and some #throwbacks too—everything from homegrown hip-hop to Bollywood (uh-no?) and K-pop—we gotchyu.
Taylor Janzen Thought Her New EP Was Almost Too Raw to Release
We're streaming the 19-year-old Canadian singer-songwriter's 'Shouting Matches' in full ahead of its Friday release.