Each Califone album has been a madcap second-hand store, a trove of treasures tucked away in some overlooked corner of a busy city. For a quarter century, Tim Rutili’s songs have lined their shelves like cryptic […]
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Clark: Sus Dog
Like the shifting atmosphere of a distant planet, Chris Clark’s music is subject to violent extremes. With little warning, a reassuring beat might furiously morph into an instrumental storm, breaking just as suddenly into a diamond rain […]
Tree of Life Mass Shooting Trial Begins With Victim’s 911 Call
On Oct. 27, 2018, as worshipers gathered at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, a gunman opened fire and killed 11 people. The federal death penalty trial of the alleged shooter Robert G. Bowers, […]
AI Deepfakes of True Crime Victims Are a Waking Nightmare
“Grandma locked me in an oven at 230 degrees when I was just 21 months old,” the cherubic baby with giant blue eyes and a floral headband says in the TikTok video. The baby, who […]
Manson Family Member Leslie Van Houten Might Be Getting Out of Prison
A California appeals court has paved the way for the release of former Manson family member, Leslie Van Houten, on parole. A panel of three judges voted two-to-one to reinstate a Board of Parole decision […]
Anna Delvey Is Dropping a Single and a Podcast: ‘Meet the Real Me’
From Inventing Anna to a newly invented career. On Tuesday, Anna Delvey — the convicted fraudster and fake socialite who served as inspiration for Netflix’s Inventing Anna — announced that she’ll be releasing a weekly […]
Despite Elizabeth Holmes’ Best Efforts, She Is Finally in Prison
After exhausting every possible option, including literally trying to fleeing the country, Elizabeth Holmes is finally serving her 11-year prison sentence for defrauding investors in her blood-testing startup Theranos. Since being found guilty in January […]
‘Street Fighter 6’ Is a Knockout for Gamers of All Levels
The thing about being first is that it usually puts a target on your back. For Street Fighter, despite setting the standard for an entire genre in 1987, and perfecting it in 1991, it meant […]
‘Worth It or Woke’: One Man’s Mission to Build a Red-Pilled Rotten Tomatoes
For those worried about the so-called “woke mind virus,” it’s tough keeping track of all the stuff you’re supposed to hate and boycott. Naturally, there will always be major figures and brands at top of […]
Kadeem Continues to Build His Career in Boston
Blue Chips is a monthly rap column that highlights exceptional rising rappers. To read previous columns, click here. Name five Boston rappers. Take a second. Stop reading and think about it. Kudos if you got […]
Water From Your Eyes: Everyone’s Crushed
Among rock’s underclassmen, Water From Your Eyes’ Rachel Brown and Nate Amos present like back-of-classroom slackers with drool stains on their hoodie sleeves, their minds too clogged with Vine compilations to pay attention to World History. […]
Gia Margaret: Romantic Piano
It’s an audacious move to put a single song with vocals and lyrics in the middle of an otherwise instrumental album. There’s no avoiding the significance the words will take on, standing like a lone […]