Róisín Murphy has always made a point of standing out. For nearly three decades the Irish diva has pitched herself as your friendly neighborhood pop star; a couture-clad weirdo at odds with her surroundings but […]
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Teezo Touchdown: How Do You Sleep at Night?
On the list of things to know about Beaumont, Texas native Teezo Touchdown, it may take a while before you get to the songs. The nails he wears woven into his braids weigh, supposedly, 15 […]
Babe, Terror: Teghnojoyg
Babe, Terror is the moniker of the São Paulo-based electronic producer Claudio Katz Szynkier, and the woozy, magnetic music he issues under this alias has attracted pockets of influential admirers. In 2010, Four Tet’s Kieran […]
Sid Sriram: Sidharth
The first thing you need to know about Sid Sriram is that the guy can really sing. He’s got a lush, honeyed baritone with just a hint of smoldering melancholy, at once sensual and brooding. […]
Five Memphis Cops Hit With Federal Charges in Tyre Nichols Killing
Five former Memphis police officers are facing federal civil rights charges tied to the deadly beating of Tyre Nichols, who was killed after a traffic stop in January. A federal grand jury returned the four-count […]
Ruby Franke Is True-Crime TikTok’s Next Target
When homeowners in suburban Utah called the police on Aug. 30, they were just trying to help a young boy. Police reports from that day detail that a 12-year-old had escaped from a nearby house […]
Aoki Lee Simmons Doesn’t ‘Regret’ Speaking Out About Dad Russell Simmons’ Alleged Verbal Abuse
Family Business “It was playing out in, like, a silent bubble,” the model said in a new interview As Teen Vogue’s latest cover star, Aoki Lee Simmons detailed her life as a model, Harvard graduate, […]
Posthumously, Jaimie Branch Releases a Masterwork
“We’re gonna-gonna-gonna take over the world,” chants Jaimie Branch with breakneck urgency. “Give it give it give it back-back-back to the la-la-la land.” Her fury in this song, “Take Over the World,” is fueled by […]
Andrew Tate Accuser Has ‘Trouble Meeting Even Basic Needs’ Due to Harassment
Two alleged victims of Andrew and Tristan Tate have filed a protective order to keep their identities confidential, citing intense doxxing and harassment from the Tates’ fans, associates, and even the brothers’ legal team, according […]
Romy: Mid Air
As a teenager, Romy Madley Croft burned CDs to play in gay clubs, loading them with unabashed floor-fillers like Ultra Naté’s cathartic house hit “Free” and Ian Van Dahl’s elegiac Euro-trance anthem “Castles in the […]
Raphael Rogiński: Talàn
Raphael Rogiński was supposed to be a sculptor, but his guitar got in the way. He practiced more than he slept; blood “was pouring” from his fingers, he told the Polish publication Polityka in 2015. […]
Laufey: Bewitched
Growing up, Laufey Lín Jónsdóttir found that the jazz singers of the past, with their rumbling low registers, resonated more deeply with her than charting pop vocalists. As Laufey, her style falls somewhere between the […]