Sam Barker possesses the kind of restless intelligence that’s best expressed within a set of parameters. The Berlin-based producer and Leisure System boss is fond of approaching music through the lens of behavioral science, both […]
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Epstein’s Calendar Contained Multiple Meetings With Peter Thiel
Deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein scheduled multiple meetings with conservative financial operatives, including billionaire Peter Thiel and real-estate mogul Thomas Barrack, in the run-up to the 2016 election, according to a report from The Wall […]
Slowdive Soothes And Stuns On ‘Everything Is Alive’
Less arty than My Bloody Valentine, less angsty than Swervedriver, less cheeky than Lush, and rarely as loud as any of them, Slowdive was the beautiful, beating heart of the ‘90s U.K. shoegaze scene for […]
A Tech Millionaire’s Plan for Full-Body Rejuvenation Has Gone… Down There
Tech millionaire Bryan Johnson’s anti-aging health regimen, “Project Blueprint,” has become the subject of countless media profiles for its severity. The venture capitalist takes more than a hundred supplements a day, eats only between 6 […]
N.Y. Governor Orders Cops to Look at Missing-Teens Cold Case After Rolling Stone Investigation
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has directed the state police to investigate the 50-year-old disappearance of a teen couple that headed to one of the biggest concerts in rock history. Sen. Chuck Schumer has also […]
Canada Warns LGBTQ+ Citizens About Dangers of Entering U.S.
The Canadian government issued a new advisory to its LGBTQ+ citizens traveling to the United States Tuesday, warning them of “laws and policies” certain states have enacted against the drag and transgender communities. On the […]
Burna Boy: I Told Them…
“I told them I’m a genius” is succinct and grand as an opening salvo, and Burna Boy is nothing if not grand. This is the lyric that introduces I Told Them…, the Nigerian superstar’s fifth […]
Ruth Garbus: Alive People
The Japanese concept of mono no aware, roughly translated as “the pathos of things,” has gone on a curious journey through the music underground. Invoked almost two decades ago by William Basinski to describe a […]
DJ Muggs: Soul Assassins 3: Death Valley
After landing a series of crossover hits, Cypress Hill turned to Indiana Jones for inspiration. Where their early records pulsed with blunted humor and buzzed paranoia, 1995’s Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom was slower […]
Earl Sweatshirt / The Alchemist: VOIR DIRE
Earl Sweatshirt, rap’s professor emeritus of dread, has inspired a whole subgenre of rusted, wavy, micro rap songs best absorbed on headphones with a hoodie pulled over. That Earl would become one of the many […]
Diego Raposo: YO NO ERA ASÍ PERO DE AHORA EN ADELANTE, SÍ
Dominican multi-instrumentalist Diego Raposo plays with contrast on YO NO ERA ASÍ PERO DE AHORA EN ADELANTE, SÍ. Melding jungle breakbeats, fuzzed-out electric guitar, and frantic bass with melancholy downtempo production, Raposo’s new LP, which […]
Osees: Intercepted Message
It’s always a toss-up which style of guitar music John Dwyer and his rotating cast of Osees collaborators will lean into with each new album. Last time it was hardcore, but sometimes it’s prog or […]