Madeline Johnston and Angel Diaz make music at the intersection of beauty and sorrow. In Johnston’s pensive, minimalist work as Midwife, she finds moments of soul-stirring radiance amid thick clouds of synth and guitar. As the […]
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Lucy Liyou: Dog Dreams (개꿈)
The title of Lucy Liyou’s second album, Dog Dreams (개꿈), comes from an elastic Korean concept of the fleeting nonsensical visions we have, whether they’re quaint reveries or ghoulish fears. Liyou’s new record considers both with gut-wrenching […]
Elon Musk Subpoenaed Over JPMorgan’s Ties to Jeffrey Epstein
The U.S. Virgin islands subpoenaed Elon Musk on Monday seeking documents in the government’s lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase over sex trafficking by the bank’s longtime customer Jeffrey Epstein, according to a motion obtained by Rolling […]
The C-Word Is Everywhere Right Now — And Not in a Bad Way
Among the litany of reported reasons that Fox News fired Tucker Carlson last month, perhaps the one that raised the most eyebrows — aside from his racist text messages — was his apparent affinity for […]
This TikTok-Famous Gay Throuple Is Taking Over Social Media
The video opens with a trio of near-identical white men, all grinning broadly and kissing, hugging, and goofing off in front of the camera. The voice-over is chirpy and energetic, the way most TikTok VOs […]
Daft Punk: Random Access Memories (10th Anniversary Edition)
It was a provocative thought: What if, Daft Punk wondered, we take our retro flirtations and lean all the way in? Is it the moment to fully consummate a Pharrell connection that stretches back over 12 years? […]
Alison Goldfrapp: The Love Invention
Beyond the Juicy Couture rhinestones and TMZ flashbulbs of 2000s tabloid culture lay another, cheekier way of keeping up appearances: high glam. Arty flamboyance strutted through the aughts pop industrial complex, offering up outré, high-fashion […]
Cusp: You Can Do It All
For a while, any band with a Big Muff pedal and a tower of stacked Marshalls was stamped as a Dinosaur Jr. understudy, and some of them courted the comparison firsthand. But lately, the tides have […]
Ofege: Try and Love
According to Soundway Records boss Miles Cleret’s liner notes to the 2008 compilation Nigeria Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-Rock & Fuzz Funk in 1970s Nigeria, the Afrobeat movement wasn’t that nation’s most popular musical style of the […]
Ja Morant Suspended From All Team Activities After Another Gun-Flashing Video Surfaces
Two months after Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant was suspended for flashing a firearm on social media, the guard is once again heading down a dark path by brandishing a gun in another video this […]
The Dead C: Harsh 70s Reality
In spring 1997, when the increasingly obtuse New Zealand trio the Dead C had been releasing records and tapes for about 10 years, Pavement appeared on the cover of Pulse!, formerly the in-house promotional arm of Tower Records. […]
Brittney Griner Returns to WNBA Court for First Time Since Russian Detainment
‘Grateful’ “I’m not going to take today for granted, but it was a lot to take in,” Phoenix Mercury star says after first game since 10-month ordeal Brittney Griner returned to the WNBA court for […]