Since the mid 1980s, when 14-year-old rapper Roxanne Shanté’s diss track “Roxanne’s Revenge” sent the New York rap world into a frenzy, teenage rappers have been prone to blowing up fast without trying all that hard. […]
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Piotr Kurek: Peach Blossom
Growing up in Lublin, in the east of Poland, Piotr Kurek could never quite decide what kind of music he wanted to make. First he played drums in a garage-rock band; then he banged out gabber […]
NOIA: gisela
“I sing in Catalan in some of my songs because it’s my most private language and I want to keep it alive,” says Gisela Fullà-Silvestre, aka NOIA. The Brooklyn-based Barcelona native is the daughter of activist parents (her […]
Jury Selection in Lori Vallow Murder Trial Touches on Religious Belief, Internet Misinformation
The murder trial of Lori Vallow Daybell, 49, which began with jury selection on Monday in Boise, Idaho, has all the makings of a media firestorm. The deceased include two of her three children: Tylee […]
Elon Musk Makes It Harder to Shame Twitter Blue Subscribers
Twitter’s verification flag has changed once again, making legacy verified accounts and Twitter Blue subscribers virtually indistinguishable — and harder to publicly shame. The lumping together of blue checks comes days after Twitter CEO Elon […]
‘I’ve Been Messing Up A Lot’: British Rapper KSI Apologizes for Using Racist Slur
British rapper, YouTuber, and boxer KSI has apologized for using a slur for Pakistani and Southeast Asian people in a recent video, adding that he will “take a break from social media for a while.” […]
Drew Afualo Needs Five Phones to Handle ‘the Comment Section’ in Spotify Podcast Trailer
Drew Afualo’s phone — much like her career — is blowing up. “Sorry, hold on,” she says on set for a photoshoot as she turns her attention back to her stream of notifications in the […]
Deerhoof: Miracle-Level
Since forming almost three decades ago in pre-dotcom San Francisco, Deerhoof have been some of indie rock’s most effective ambassadors for the power of anarchic creativity. A sense of mischievous delight is never far from the […]
Larry June & The Alchemist: The Great Escape
Larry June raps like he’s guiding a meditation, his voice rarely rising above a soothing monotone. In another timeline, the prolific San Francisco rapper might have been a self-help expert, using the power of mindfulness […]
Elton John: Honky Château (50th Anniversary Edition)
Elton John has said that Honky Château did for him what Revolver did for the Beatles: It pried open the gilded gates, lifting him “onto a higher plane” as an artist. In 1972, when Honky Château went to No. 1, ending the Rolling […]
Tzusing: 绿帽 Green Hat
“Let’s get physical,” a phrase originally made famous by Olivia Newton-John and recently repurposed by Dua Lipa, could serve as the implicit throughline of Malaysian-born, Shanghai- and Taipei-based DJ Tzusing’s sophomore album, Green Hat. It’s not the physicality of […]
Twitter Spite-Removes New York Times’ Verified Badge
‘We’ll Take It Off Then’ While the April 1 purge of blue checkmarks didn’t happen, Elon Musk rescinds newspaper’s golden badge for not aligning with Twitter Blue The alleged April 1 apocalypse for “legacy” Twitter […]