Despite J.R.R. Tolkien’s meticulous planning of The Lord of the Rings and Middle Earth, he leaves one crucial part of the saga to chance: the hope that you’ll feel pity for Gollum. Daedalic Entertainment steps […]
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Tina Turner Was Open About Her Abuse. Now, Her Legacy Is Saving Survivors
Ruth Glenn remembers the first time she read I, Tina, the powerful 1986 autobiography in which Tina Turner details the extensive abuse she suffered at the hands of her husband, Ike. Glenn, who read the […]
The Return of Khanate, Metal’s Cruelest Band
Forget indie sleaze – there was something much, much darker and more captivating growing in New York’s underground in the early 2000s. Khanate were stretching doom metal far beyond conventional musicality, as guitarist Stephen O’Malley’s […]
WHO IS KIRSTEN IZER
Kirsten Izer, who was “always making music, since I was 11 years old,” started her career at 18 as a publicist for indie artists. After a while she decided to become a journalist, and interviewed […]
Paul Simon: Seven Psalms
If you have ever searched for the meaning of life in a pop song, you have likely turned to Paul Simon. The sacred comfort of being alone, the creeping anxiety of getting older, the haunted visitations […]
Heem: From the Cradle to the Game
Westside Gunn’s activities as a rapper, A&R, fashionista, and wrestling fan are well-documented, but within the Griselda family, Conway the Machine and Benny the Butcher have quietly been putting in work. Since its founding in 2016, Benny’s […]
DD Osama: Here 2 Stay
Last summer, before DD Osama was being played out of every pre-teen’s Bluetooth speaker in the five boroughs, he was a relatively small-time drill rapper from the Sugar Hill area of Harlem. Along with his friend […]
Hélio Castroneves Looks to Break Indy 500 Win Record
The 107th running at ‘The Brickyard’ will also feature performances by DJ Diesel, Kaskade The time to turn ’em and burn ’em is just around the curve with the 107th running of the Indianapolis 500 […]
Your 2023 Concert Etiquette Guide
Don’t be that person at the biggest shows of the summer. If you’re a regular concert-goer (and if you’re reading this, we assume you are), you’re probably a total pro at the process. You buy […]
Activists Gear Up for ‘Terrifying’ Pride Month As Threats Increase, Brands Drop Out
When Susan Steinberg, the chairman of the Mahwah Pride Coalition in Mahwah, New Jersey, began organizing a Drag Queen Story Hour for Pride Month last year, she anticipated it would be well-attended and relatively non-controversial. […]
All Hail the Side Chick, the Unsung Hero Finally Getting Her Due
In the Andrew Llloyd Webber musical Evita, there is a plaintive number sung by a character known only as the Mistress, shortly after Eva has taken her place in Juan Peron’s affections. “I don’t expect […]
Urban Heat: Could They Be Heroes?
On a refreshingly cool Saturday night in late April, Austin’s Urban Heat is just back from touring the east coast and southwest and about to begin a homecoming set at Hotel Vegas’ outside patio stage. […]