Russell Dean Stone

Vice World News

'He’s Got A Point, It’s Just That His Point Sucks' – Artists React to Spotify CEO Saying They Need to Work Harder

The streaming platform pays artists approximately $0.00437 per stream, while Daniel Ek’s personal wealth is thought to be $4 billion.
Russell Dean Stone
8.7.20
Interviews

Lotic Are a Force to Be Reckoned With

On the producer's latest album 'POWER', they process a load of emotions and emerge with their lightest (at least for them) listen yet.
Russell Dean Stone
6.1.18
Music

meet the key players in cape town’s hip-hop scene

South African photographer Imraan Christian turns his lens on local musicians.
Russell Dean Stone
4.13.18
Sex

This Website Makes Custom Death Videos for Murder Fetishists

Which, yes, is a fairly niche fetish.
Russell Dean Stone
4.12.18
Music

country is cool again and this is why

Country music has a reputation for being a guilty pleasure. It’s often written off as corny or camp, but in 2018 it’s got a heck of a lot to offer as a platform for critiquing antiquated masculinity and promoting the voices of strong females.
Russell Dean Stone
4.12.18
Interviews

Kali Uchis on the Music Business, Online Trolls and Being “Dislikable”

We sat down with the Colombian artist in London ahead of the release of her upcoming album.
Russell Dean Stone
9.5.17
Longreads Or Whatever

"It's Taboo, No One Ever Mentions Their Name Again": What Happens When an Artist Gets Dropped?

What's it like to get dropped? We speak to artists who've been let go and the record label bosses who have had to cut the chord.
Russell Dean Stone
6.17.15
Photo

The Man Who Resurrects Thousands of Rolls of Undeveloped Film

Levi Bettwieser has developed 5,500 rolls of film he found in thrift stores and garage sales and uncovered a lot of other people's personal moments in the process.
Russell Dean Stone
2.2.15
Photo

Jeannette Montgomery Barron Captured the Energy of New York's 80s Art Scene

"You always romanticize the past, but New York really was a place you could live and work as an artist. That's all changed now."
Russell Dean Stone
1.15.15
Premieres

BEA's New Video Brings 'The Virgin Suicides' into the Tumblr Era

Equal parts shuffling chillwave, brass stomper, and hypnotic siren call.
Russell Dean Stone
1.15.15
NSFW

What I've Learned from Working in a Gay Fetish Shop

Firstly, lesbians are the nicest customers. Secondly, the last people you'd imagine buying a particular item will, without question, always be the first ones to buy that item.
Russell Dean Stone
10.29.14
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