Strange Ranger emerged from lockdown transformed. With a heavier, more expansive sound, the band’s 2021 mixtape, No Light in Heaven, explored the sustained restlessness and dread of a moment when no one knew what the […]
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Elon’s Twitter Rebrand to ‘X’: Doomed From the Start?
Elon Musk has pulled some lousy marketing stunts in his time, but this one reeks of desperation. As Twitter‘s owner has hinted in recent months — and announced more formally on Saturday — the social […]
Carlee Russell Was Not Kidnapped, Attorney Says
Carlethia ‘Carlee’ Russell, a woman who disappeared for two days and was found earlier this month, was not kidnapped, according to her attorney. During a press conference on Monday afternoon, Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis […]
Keith Lee, Dylan Mulvaney, Hasan Abi Among Nominees for Streamy Awards 2023
Some of the internet’s top personalities, including MrBeast, Keith Lee, Dylan Mulvaney, and more, will compete for major awards at the 2023 Streamy Awards. Announced Monday, July 24, this year’s Streamy nominees have been recognized […]
Valee & Harry Fraud: Virtuoso
Just a few years ago, it seemed a foregone conclusion that Valee would be a star. He materialized fully formed in 2015 as a new kind of Chicago rapper. Instead of drawing from well-established lanes—Kanye […]
NewJeans: Get Up EP
NewJeans arrived on the K-pop scene last year unannounced, a bold move in an industry obsessed with drawn-out lead-ups to artist launches. The day after releasing “Attention,” their breezy, ’90s R&B-indebted debut single, the K-pop […]
Elon Musk Claims Twitter Will Soon Ditch Bird Logo for ‘X’
The de-feathering of Twitter may soon be upon us as Elon Musk claimed in a series of Saturday night tweets that the company’s logo will soon shift from its trademark bird to simply “X.” In […]
The Decathlete-Turned-Grifter Who Conned L.A.
N ov. 27, 2007, was a hot and humid Tuesday in Manila, Philippines, and David Bunevacz was getting the shit kicked out of him. He had been invited to the home of one of his […]
Dionne Warwick: Presenting Dionne Warwick
Warwick. It was a misprint on the label of her first single. In 1962, the 22-year-old Dionne Warrick was on her way to becoming one of the greatest singers in American history. But her record […]
Mort Garson: Journey to the Moon and Beyond
Before he was a paradigm-shifting synth pioneer, Mort Garson was a composer. Born in Canada to Russian Jewish refugees, Garson took up the piano at 11 and practiced obsessively during his teen years. He went […]
Lionel Messi Scores Game-Winning Golazo During History-Making Debut With Inter Miami
One of the best soccer players in history now plays in the United States. World Cup champion Lionel Messi scored the game-winning goal for Inter Miami CF during the 94th minute of the team’s Leagues […]
Sam Bankman-Fried Leaked Ex-Girlfriend’s Personal Writings to the Press, Feds Allege
Federal prosecutors are accusing embattled crypto honcho Sam Bankman-Fried of leaking documents about his ex-girlfriend and business partner Caroline Ellison to the press in an alleged effort to taint the prospective jury pool. The filing […]