Coxy the turtle Today, dance music DJ Carl Cox helped to release a turtle back into the wild. Coxy the turtle was found near the island of Conejera in San Antonio, Ibiza. The turtle got caught among some plastic net ropes tied to three plastic bottles. Coxy was rescued and thankfully survived his ordeal, thanks to...
I still respect Henry Rollins. His original column on suicide for LA Weekly was a tad clumsy and characteristically blunt, but as honest as ever. His further thoughts are more pointed, and clearly heartfelt, and charged with a genuine intention of trying to understand and to educate himself further. I think he...
Jessie performed a staggering three times in the 30 song Symphony of British Music at the closing of the London games… baffling. The London Olympics come to an end with a Symphony of British Music The 2012 Olympics came to an end with a spectacular closing ceremony – seriously, the best...
Editorial Radiohead’s concert at Downsview Park, Toronto tonight was cancelled after a stage collapse pre-show left one man dead and three other people injured. Update: 17/06/2012, 11.33 am – The man killed has now been named as Scott Johnson, a drum technician from South Yorkshire. Sources including the BBC have confirmed...
Music mail from around the world My favourite part of running Music Vice is all the amazing email and mail I receive from bands. Every week my inbox is flooded with hundreds of emails from record labels, publicists, promoters, and from artists themselves. A lot of this is what I call...
Stop Press… after running Music Vice for nearly 10 years, I just made my first $10. Please hold your subdued applause and muted giggles. I’m totally serious. Our first donation $10 might not sound like much but it’s the thought that counts, absolutely. I am sincerely pleased and grateful to a...
The RADIOHEAD presale for Toronto, Montreal and remaining US 2012 tour dates went live sometime after 10.15 am EST today. The presale for Toronto and Montreal via Radiohead’s W.a.s.t.e. website has sold out. The general sale is still to come. Some people have messaged me on Twitter to say that were...
Found yourself owning an instrument and getting together to make music with several like-minded friends but not quite sure how to do the whole band thing? Here’s a guide!! How to be in a band: Thanks to Dan Cleavers for the art – original Photoshop abomination by me, here. The above...
It’s Monday 20 February 2012, and if Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain was still alive he would have turned 45 years old today. 45. Think about that for a sec. Dave Grohl is now 43 and Krist Novoselic is 46. It’s 18 years since Kurt died in 1994, but the legend of...
The Machine Room Happy Robbie Burns day! In celebration of Scotland’s national literary hero, here are five new bands from my homeland that you need to hear. Django Django – “Default”. This brand new video was released last week. These guys are fab. Hoping – nay, expecting – to see Django...Music Vice Magazine - www.musicvice.com - Independent online music magazine established 2002: UK, Canada, Australia and Planet Telex
