words and photos of Black Lips at Logan Square Auditorium: Andrew McLees
No chickens; no vomiting; no dinks; no band violence; no airborne metal chairs; no Voodoo; no cure for herpes (sorry, South Florida); no problemo? Theoretically, any band with a live presence that precedes its musicianship is in serious trouble the instant Mr. […]

photo: Matt Grayson graphics: Ryan Speer / ignore Magazine
We just launched our latest feature, Sounds Like Kong, and it’s so good we may have to leave our computers and pull a McCandless. In an exclusive interview, director Seth Gordon (the come up!) talks about his new ridiculously funny documentary/social study The […]

words and photos of Bonde do Role at the Empty Bottle, Chicago: Andrew McLees
At one point, Marina, the hyper-sexed phenom of Brazilian baile funk ballbusters Bonde do Role, her mouth full of fake blood, clipped her partner MC Pedro in the mouth with her mic! She looked positively terrified as Pedro spit out real […]

photos of Animal Collective in Portland by Jackie Gomez
words: Brendan Grubb
Animal Collective shared their duly-hyphened minds like Johnny Appleseed with a large crowd of minors last Sunday at Portland’s annoyingly voluminous Roseland Theater. Like most press peoples, I was crammed into the balcony section like luggage next to the aged & bittered to witness […]

If you do not believe that the United States will strike Iran before Bush leaves office, look at these photos. President Ahmadinejad has quickly taken the seat labeled Enemy #1. Everything is “falling into place,” eh?

photos of protest at Columbia University by Shawn Wines

photo source: Daily Mail UK
Actress Helen Mirren on LSD in her 20s.

photos of Le Loup at Shubas in Chicago: Matthew Solarski
words: Andrew McLees
There are groups like, oh, say Peter Bjorn and John, Arcade Fire, and Trail of Dead that have heaps of early web hype to spare like snow outside a cabin door after an avalanche, or prop popcorn at William Atherton’s. These bands’ level of […]

photos from this weekend’s protests in Washington, D.C. by Kira Wisniewski

photo: Zach Stephenson
We’ve added new photos by staffers Jillian Mayer, Kira Wisniewski and Zach Stephenson to the Out section, with more on the way like a floating robed hunk.

photos: Colin Foord
Our staffer Colin Foord returned from a diving stint in Bali with photos. There is a new and strange punk scene developing among the youth there that has entangled itself thoroughly in Hindu parades, Eddie,and Hot Topic fashions. This hypnotically goofy scene may be influenced by the land’s fucking ginormous supply of mushrooms, […]