Over Labor Day weekend, a podcaster and minor TikTok influencer named Julia Mazur posted a video describing what her Saturday morning looked like for her as a single, child-free 29-year-old woman. After going to a […]
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Tirzah: trip9love…???
“I’m not dancing,” Tirzah Mastin proclaimed on her debut EP: “I’m fighting.” That might have come as a surprise, because the music—produced by Mica Levi and released on the Hot Chip-affiliated Greco Roman label, no […]
Sprain: The Lamb as Effigy or Three Hundred and Fifty XOXOXOS for a Spark Union With My Darling Divine
Across the 96 minutes of The Lamb as Effigy or 300 XOXOXOs for a Spark Union with the Darling Divine, Sprain’s Alexander Kent curls and shrinks and shrivels. He is consumed with guilt the way […]
Real Bad Man / Blu: Bad News
In the early 2010s, Los Angeles rapper-producer Blu went from a scrappy, true-blue hip-hop devotee with a Warner Records deal to California beat scene and underground hermit. He seemed determined to play against type, cranking […]
Linda Evangelista Reveals 5-Year Cancer Battle
Linda Evangelista shared that she has been privately battling breast cancer for the past five years. The Nineties supermodel opened up about her experience for the first time during an interview published Tuesday with the […]
Elon Musk Blames Anti-Defamation League for Destroying Website He Ruined Himself
While much of America enjoyed a relaxing Labor Day weekend of cookouts and beach trips, X (formerly known as Twitter) owner Elon Musk was doubling down on his absurd claims that the Anti-Defamation League, a […]
Alex Murdaugh’s Attorneys File Motion for New Trial, Claims ‘Clerk of Court Tampered With the Jury’
Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys have filed a motion for a new trial and are seeking a federal investigation, claiming a South Carolina clerk tampered with the jury that convicted him of murdering his wife and son. […]
Stephen King Knows Anti-Vaxxers Are Going to Hate His Latest Book: ‘Knock Yourself Out’
THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for Stephen King’s new book Holly, which comes out today. Stephen King is readying himself for a flood of hate when his next book, Holly, drops on Sept. 5. “I think that […]
Jeff Rosenstock: HELLMODE
Jeff Rosenstock doesn’t want your money. In the 2000s, as the mastermind of Bomb the Music Industry!, he turned down record label offers, gave away his music for free, and spraypainted his fans’ shirts instead […]
Speedy Ortiz: Rabbit Rabbit
The steady churn of the average Speedy Ortiz album complements singer-songwriter Sadie Dupuis’ vocal approach; she sounds as if she’s thinking through the scrupulously worded one-liners, bits of fridge door poetry, gnomic confessions, and tart […]
Open Mike Eagle: Another Triumph of Ghetto Engineering
Another Triumph of Ghetto Engineering should have a familiar ring to it: The title first appeared on a print illustrated by McKay Felt and sold with an exclusive vinyl edition of Open Mike Eagle’s 2022 […]
Burning Man 2023: How Rain Brought Black Rock City Together
“You don’t get the burn you want; you get the burn you need,” a burner friend told me this when I told him I was headed to Black Rock City for the first time. We […]

