X, formerly Twitter, may sound like a porn site, but it’s growing more hostile to adult content. Although currently awash in misinformation and extremist hate speech related to the ongoing war between Israeli armed forces […]
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Boygenius: The Rest EP
For years, Phoebe Bridgers has been on an odyssey to the moon. She yearned for a spaceship to carry her away from a strained relationship on Boygenius’ 2018 self-titled EP; the trio’s full-length debut ends […]
Joni Mitchell: Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975)
We hear a drummer counting off and then a half-sentence from his bandleader, Joni Mitchell, who in April 1972, was embarking on the first official recording sessions for For the Roses. One year earlier, she’d […]
Truth Club: Running From the Chase
For all that’s changed over the past 30 years, you can still take comfort in certain recurring phenomena, like Martin Scorsese movies that require booking an afternoon off work and North Carolina acts raising the […]
ĠENN: Unum
The sound of art-punk quartet ĠENN reflects their collective experience: tenacious drum lines from UK post-punk, sinuous vocal melodies inspired by Maltese folk music, and the heavy guitars of modern psych-rock or even nu-metal. Formed […]
TikTok Dragged Her for Eating 48 Oysters on a Date. Restaurant Manager Says It’s ‘Nothing New’
A woman who slurped down four dozen oysters at an Atlanta seafood restaurant and recorded the whole meal for TikTok has sparked new debates about dating etiquette — but the eatery’s general manager says it […]
How an Obession With Self-Care Paved The Way for Ozempic
In the six years since Ozempic’s release, the drug has grown from a relative newcomer on the market into a dominating force in the weight loss industry — one inspiring a handful of similar medications, […]
Karina Rykman: Ace Of Bass
Karina Rykman identifies as “genre-fluid.” The bassist/singer is almost frighteningly conversant on the guitar sparring of Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes, 311, Captain Beefheart and metal. After learning the White Stripes’ “Seven Nation Army” on […]
His True-Crime Podcast Stood Up for Victims. Now, He’s Accused of Abuse
W hen Sara Benincasa first met Ben Kissel in 2010, she was smitten with him almost immediately. Tall and handsome with boyish features, a six-foot-seven-inch frame, and an aw-shucks Midwestern mien, Kissel was working as […]
The Most Shocking Moments in Caroline Ellison’s Testimony Against Ex Sam Bankman-Fried
On a Wednesday afternoon in SDNY’s courtroom 26A, Caroline Ellison cried on the witness stand after reading a text message she had sent to Sam Bankman-Fried last November. It was Ellison’s second day of testimony […]
Carlee Russell Found Guilty in Hoax Kidnapping Case
Carlethia ‘Carlee’ Russell, a woman who admitted that she lied about being kidnapped when she went missing for two days in July, was found guilty of two misdemeanor charges during her court appearance in Hoover, Alabama. The […]
L’Rain: I Killed Your Dog
On the title track of her third album as L’Rain, Taja Cheek chants, “I killed your dog.” The repetition of the four words sounds dissociative at first; as Cheek croons through a scrim of vocal […]