Maybe the reason that indie sleaze is back is that it allows you to be really, unashamedly horny. It makes sense that following the prudish detente of the 2010s, there is nostalgia for the era […]
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Tanlines: The Big Mess
When they were young, Tanlines made a couple EPs and an album that, at the time and still today, sum up a specific place and time. In their case, it was Brooklyn in 2012; but it was also the […]
Horse Jumper of Love: Heartbreak Rules
Since 2013, Horse Jumper of Love have been a comforting outlet for the heart-on-sleeve compositions of singer-guitarist Dimitri Giannopoulos. On their self-titled debut and follow-up So Divine, drummer Jamie Vadala-Doran and bassist John Margaris worked like an ocean […]
James Patterson to Co-Author True Crime Book About Idaho Student Murders
Prolific author James Patterson will take a rare detour into true crime with a new book focusing on the brutal murder of four University of Idaho students. Patterson, along with journalist Vicky Ward, will “draw […]
The Smiley Face Killers Conspiracy Theory Died Down. Then Came TikTok
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Nine Inch Nails: Broken EP
Let’s begin, as we must, with death by cock and ball torture. A man walks into a dark and grimy basement decorated like a makeshift temple. He offers a rose to a ramshackle altar, then […]
3 Girls Were Strangled to Death. Why Did It Take 8 Months for the DA to Tell the Public?
Last summer in Eastern Texas, a horrific tragedy struck. Three young siblings were pulled out of a neighbor’s pond dead, and believed to have drowned. Then, in March, the incident made national headlines when authorities […]
The Lemonheads: Come On Feel (30th Anniversary Edition)
In and out of the Lemonheads, Evan Dando has occupied conflicting personae over the past 30 years: himbo bubblehead and underappreciated power-pop savant, a privileged prep playacting as Gram Parsons, wannabe Gallagher brother, and tragicomic, troubled survivor. […]
Jim Brown, NFL Legend, Actor, and Civil Rights Activist, Dead at 87
Jim Brown, the legendary NFL running back, actor, and civil rights activist, who was also the subject of numerous allegations of violence, died Thursday night, May 18. He was 87. Brown’s wife, Monique, confirmed his […]
Salman Rushdie Makes Surprise Appearance at New York Gala: ‘Violence Must Not Deter Us’
Salman Rushdie made a surprise appearance — his first since a man attacked him last August — on Thursday night at the PEN America gala in Manhattan, where he accepted the organization’s Centenary Courage Award. […]
The Far Right Wants This LGBTQ TikToker Dead. They Say That’s Only Making Them Stronger
You don’t have to tell Jeffrey Marsh they make a certain portion of the internet upset. They’re well aware— they just won’t let it stop them from helping people. Long before trans star Dylan Mulvaney‘s […]
‘The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’ Is a Perfect Video Game
When it arrived in 2017, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild changed everything. Abandoning comfortable formulas the series had leaned on for almost 30 years, it instead focused on one very simple premise, […]