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PREMIERESUSU Psychs Out Listeners With Trippy "Let's Get High" Video

Credit: Sarah K. Craig The first time Liza Colby and Kia Warren recorded music together, they looked at each other and collapsed into a shared giggle fit in the studio. Since then, they've done the same during live performances; it's one of many habits of theirs that make their relationship akin to...

Annie White

HIGH NOTESPeople Share the Most Bonkers Things That Happened to Them in Ibiza

If you're looking for an adventure involving music, drugs, or (ideally) both, there's no place like Ibiza. The Spanish island is known for its collection of famous DJs and, thanks to the Mike Posner song "I Took a Pill in Ibiza," its abundant supply of recreational drugs. Largely for this reason,...

Annie White

HIGH NOTES6 Ways to Make a Music Festival Exciting Without Drugs

When I first started going to music festivals, drugs were among their main appeal. Then, my body started telling me it couldn’t handle drugs like it used to, so I had to get creative. Over several sober weekends, I developed methods to preserve festivals’ excitement without the illicit substances....

Annie White

HIGH NOTESWhat Music Is Like on Every Popular Drug

Drug culture and music culture have long overlapped, from the psychedelics at 60s and 70s rock festivals to the MDMA, cocaine, and ketamine in modern nightclubs. People bring drugs to these settings not just to facilitate social interactions but also to appreciate the music on a new level. In fact,...

Annie White

HIGH NOTESA New Column About the Intersection of Music and Drug Culture

From the abundant weed references in reggae to the psychedelic imagery in 60s rock songs, drugs have irrevocably shaped music. And, in turn, music has shaped how drugs are used and thought of. Just look...

Annie White

HIGH NOTESMy Struggle to Get Through a Music Festival Drug-Free

“I’ve been microdosing Mali all day.” For some reason, when someone told me this at EDC Vegas last year, I pictured it spelled like the country. I only knew three things about pure MDMA, otherwise known as "Molly": that it had been used to treat PTSD, that an OKCupid date in San Francisco who said...

Annie White

HIGH NOTESA Safety and Health Guide for Music Festivals

After discovering the crazy and liberating world of EDM at EDC Vegas last year, I was alarmed to learn that someone died at that festival and many more ended up in critical condition. A quick Google search for “people dying at music festivals” yielded more reports that made EDC look tame. Many...

Annie White

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VIDEO REVIEWMoon Bounce "Drugs"

Unsurprisingly, Moon Bounce's video for the single "Drugs" is as trippy as its title suggests. Spoofing terrible album art from Wayne Cochran, Grace Jones, Prince, and more, the titillating track takes listeners on a tongue-in-cheek waltz through the aisles of a record store that would make any...

Nicole Ortiz

PLAYLISTYour Indie Valentine's Day Playlist

Love is, without a doubt, the most frequently used topic in songwriting (sex and drugs are probably tied for second place, but that discussion is for another playlist). Since Valentine's Day is just around the corner, here's a list of some of the best, (mostly) romantic indie songs to get you...

Emily Daly

MOVIE REVIEWHit So Hard (The Life and Near-Death Story of Patty Schemel)

I've been on a bit of a grunge binge lately. It could be that the onset of certain anniversaries, observed by nearly everyone who cared about music in the mid-nineties, turns collective thought to the anti-heroes of the genre who destroyed themselves in the process of creating it. But for all the...

Lindsey Rhoades