Brandy Clark is one of the finest rhymers in Nashville. In addition to finding unexpected pairings of words, she can use a simple AABB to blur comedy and tragedy, or combine humor with pathos. “Crazy […]
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Mega Bog: End of Everything
What use is beautiful language in a crisis? On her previous album as Mega Bog, 2021’s Life, and Another, Erin Birgy found breathtaking ways to describe the world around her and the one inside her head. On […]
Nikola Jokíc and Jimmy Butler: The NBA Underdogs Slaying Titans
It’s springtime in America. The flowers are blooming, the sunsets are stunning, the air is filled with the scent of amour. It is now when a young man’s thoughts turn away from the grindset and […]
L.A. Dodgers Apologize and Re-Invite Charity Drag Group to Pride Night
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence will, after all, be participating at Los Angeles Dodgers’ Pride Night next month after the baseball team received severe backlash from queer organizations for disinviting the charity group. On Monday […]
Right-Wingers Furious That Fox News Doesn’t Hate Trans People As Much As They Do
To say that’s been a rocky month at Fox News would be an understatement. First, in April, the conservative cable news network agreed to pay $787.5 million to settle a defamation suit from Dominion Voting Systems […]
Idaho Murder Suspect ‘Stands Silent’ During Arraignment, Judge Enters Not Guilty Plea
A judge in the Idaho Murders case has entered not guilty pleas on behalf of suspect Bryan Kohberger in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho college students. When the judge asked Kohberger’s attorney […]
The Freewheeling Ascension of Foyer Red
Nobody expected things to go this way for Foyer Red, least of all Foyer Red themselves. The band began casually, an idea hatched earlier but born from pandemic stir craziness. Unable to continue with their […]
Alex Lahey: The Answer Is Always Yes
Alex Lahey made her mark with 2017’s “Every Day’s the Weekend,” a sublime surf-rock ode to calling in sick and making out all day. The mood is buoyant, caution-to-the-wind; still, at the chorus, seconds before […]
The Dare: The Sex EP
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 […]
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 […]