Martyna Basta was trained as a classical guitarist. On YouTube, you can find videos of the Polish musician as a preteen, tackling her repertoire with uncommon skill and an expressive sensibility unusual for a player […]
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‘It’s a Huge Relief’: Trans ‘Shitposters’ on Bluesky Feel Safer Away From Twitter
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez remarked Tuesday on the social app Bluesky — a decentralized alternative to Twitter that sill has under 100,000 users — that she hadn’t tweeted in days. But she had posted to Bluesky […]
SPIN SETS Presents: Destructo
As one of the creators and producers of the original Electric Daisy Carnival in the early 90’s, electronic artist, producer and DJ Destructo has been a force in dance music for nearly three decades. He […]
‘Actor Is A Genderless Word’: Tony-Nominee Alex Newell Says Change In Broadway Is Coming
For Alex Newell, making history is tiring work. Less than 12 hours after the Shucked actor walked the white carpet at the 2023 Met Gala became the first nonbinary actor to be nominated for a […]
TikTok Influencer Jackson Mahomes Arrested for Sexual Battery
TikTok influencer Jackson Mahomes, also known as the cringe-posting little brother of Kansas City Chiefs Quarterback Patrick Mahomes, has been arrested for felony aggravated sexual battery. He was booked Wednesday morning into the Johnson County […]
Musk Threatens to Give Away NPR’s Twitter Handle Unless It Tweets Again
Temper Tantrum The public broadcaster quit Twitter after their account was labeled “state-affiliated” Elon Musk suggested he would re-assign NPR’s Twitter account because the company had stopped tweeting, NPR claimed on Tuesday. In a series […]
Indigo De Souza: All of This Will End
Indigo De Souza used to fear the reaper. Death haunted her first two albums, 2018’s I Love My Mom and 2021’s Any Shape You Take, lurking in all her relationships. Ruminating on our collective impermanence can be […]
Baby Rose: Through and Through
What does it mean to say that a piece of music sounds like it came from another time? That a ghost or an ancient soul created it? That it favors tradition over modernity? That it […]
Braids: Euphoric Recall
You’ll be tempted to turn off Euphoric Recall halfway through the first song. The fifth studio album by Montreal pop experimentalists Braids begins with an inauspicious flashback to Shadow Offering lowlight “Snow Angel”—the same goofy rap cadence, the same stale […]
Father Grieves After 7 Bodies Found in Oklahoma: ‘I’m Lost’
A registered sex offender and the bodies of seven people were found on a property near the town of Henryetta, Oklahoma, the Associated Press reports. Jesse L. McFadden, the 39-year-old sex offender, was found dead […]
Neggy Gemmy’s Rebirth on CBD Reiki Moonbeam Gives L.A.’s Gutter-Glitz Sparkles an Electronic Soundtrack
As she prepared to lower herself into the kiddy pool full of cornstarch, red food coloring and glitter, Lindsey French was only a little concerned. “I was like ‘You guys, what’s going to happen if […]
They Hired a P.I. to Find Missing Loved Ones. He Turned Them Into YouTube Content
Ashley Easterling’s son had been missing for 40 days when she says she got a call from a stranger offering to help find him. She dropped off her 30-year-old son, Robert “Alex” Easterling, at an […]