“F/19 feeling pretty today,” Claudia’s post reads. She’s got straight black bangs and giant blue-green eyes, with just the socially appropriate amount of cleavage sticking out of her grey tank top. With her alabaster skin, […]
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Yaeji: With a Hammer
The great women artists of modern history knew that the most intense, powerful kind of rage may wield a hammer, but the hammer is the means and not the end. Tracey Emin’s bed lies unmade, soiled […]
Calvin Johnson: Gallows Wine
K Records impresario Calvin Johnson tried the solo singer-songwriter thing for a while, but that’s not usually how people prefer to hear him. Anybody who caught one of Johnson’s acoustic coffeeshop sets around the release of […]
Daughter: Stereo Mind Game
For a microgeneration of angsty teens, the music of London indie folk trio Daughter was a formative soundtrack to aimless Tumblr scrolling and late nights aching for connection. In particular, the band’s 2011 breakout “Youth” provided solace […]
Major League Soccer Investigating After Player’s Alleged ‘Racist Remark’ Halts Game
Major League Soccer announced it has opened an investigation into allegations that a New York Red Bulls player said a “racist remark” during the team’s game Saturday versus the San Jose Earthquakes. The alleged incident […]
Raphael Saadiq: Instant Vintage
When it came time to promote Erykah Badu’s 1997 album Baduizm, William “Kedar” Massenburg started looking for the right name to describe the sound. It needed to be short, snazzy, something to capture how artists like Badu and D’Angelo—both […]
Companies That Get ‘Woke’ Aren’t Going Broke — They’re More Profitable Than Ever
“Get woke, go broke,” has become a rallying cry of the political right whenever they see a brand make the slightest effort to align itself with liberal or progressive values. It’s a meme that allows […]
Alan Braxe / Fred Falke: The Upper Cuts (2023 Edition)
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U.S. Army Sgt. Guilty in Murder of BLM Protester
A jury in Austin, Texas, has found Daniel Perry guilty of murdering Black Lives Matter protester Garrett Foster in the summer of 2020. In a case that has put Texas’ gun laws on display, the […]
Friend of Las Vegas Shooter Urged Him Not to Harm Innocent People, Letters Reveal
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Wednesday: Rat Saw God
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Pépe: Reclaim
The Spanish DJ Pépe started producing tracks when he was 16, a full two years before he was of legal clubbing age. Years later, his music still has the dreamy quality of an imagined dancefloor, an […]