On October 24, 1964, the British protectorate of Northern Rhodesia gained independence, ending 75 years of colonization. The newly sovereign African nation renamed itself Zambia, for the Zambezi River that carved its way through the […]
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Anthony Naples: Orbs
As he prepared to close his first decade of making music, Anthony Naples reached an impasse. Having established his club bona fides with a growing catalog of tough, distorted house and techno, the New York producer […]
NY’s Air Quality Among World’s Worst as Canada Wildfire Rages On
More than 400 active fires were burning in Canada on Tuesday, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. With 27 new fires reported and 200 out of control, Canada’s wildfires have engulfed the Mid-Atlantic […]
Sexual Wellness Company Founder, Ex-Exec Charged With Forced Labor Conspiracy
The founder and a former executive of OneTaste — a “sexuality-focused wellness education” company based in San Francisco, have been charged with forced labor conspiracy, federal prosecutors said on Tuesday. Nicole Daedone, the founder who […]
Prince Harry Says British Tabloids Have ‘Blood on Their Hands’ in Court Testimony
London’s High Court saw Prince Harry take the stand on Tuesday, June 6 to testify against The Mirror, The Sunday Mirror and The Sunday People, three arms of the British tabloid press the royal is […]
The PGA Tour Probably Couldn’t Beat LIV Golf, So They Joined Them
The PGA Tour has agreed to merge with its former rival, the Saudi-backed LIV Golf, in one of the wildest about-faces in professional sports. The new agreement will bring together the PGA Tour, LIV Golf, […]
Protomartyr’s Formal Growth in the Desert Dispenses Uncharacteristic Hopefulness
If Protomartyr’s 2020 album Ultimate Success Today was a meditation on our broken world, its newest release, Formal Growth in the Desert, is an exploration of healing (frontman Joe Casey’s mother died from Alzheimer’s in […]
Hannah Jadagu Is Indie’s Latest Sensation
Just three weeks after she graduated high school in 2020, Hannah Jadagu randomly received a DM on Instagram from Tony Kiewel, co-president of Sub Pop Records, the storied indie label that was home to Nirvana […]
Protomartyr: Formal Growth in the Desert
The symbolic and literal centerpiece of Protomartyr’s new album Formal Growth in the Desert is “Graft Vs. Host,” a song about forcing yourself to experience happiness after a crushing loss. In Joe Casey’s typically circuitous and surreal […]
Rufus Wainwright: Folkocracy
The folk tradition looms large over the work of Rufus Wainright. Approaching the craft as a white gay Canadian man for whom the canon of his own folkie dad was there to be overcome, Wainwright lavishes the […]
The Stools: R U Saved?
If you listen to enough contemporary, small-label punk music, it becomes very easy to identify the points of intrigue. There’s the structural simplicity. The ragged ferocity. The extreme speed and decibel levels. Nuanced and unusual […]
He Was Lost At Sea. People Are Making Content Off His Viral Death
The family of Cameron Robbins remembers the Baton Rouge, Louisiana high school graduate as an intense, driven, funny, and kind-hearted son. But on the internet, the loss of the 18-year-old — after he jumped off […]