Coming Together “[Music can] wake up and excite a whole future generation to be with us, to change perspectives and mentalities,” said musician Jupiter Bokondji United Nations representatives from Kenya, Sudan, Guatemala, and the Netherlands […]
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“I’m here because Donald Trump raped me.” That’s how E. Jean Carroll opened her testimony on Wednesday against Donald Trump in Manhattan Federal Court, according to the Associated Press. She continued, “When I wrote about […]
‘Star Wars Jedi: Survivor’ Is the Space Opera Simulator Fans Need
Rebellions are built on hope and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is an ambitious action-adventure saga that retraces that belief to drive an exhilarating new entry in the galactic pantheon. The sequel to 2019’s Jedi: Fallen […]
How Keke Palmer Became Hollywood’s Content Queen
It’s a breezy Monday afternoon in New York, and Keke Palmer — actor, director, singer, dancer, professional multitasker — is doing an interview while working on her latest gig: being a new mom. The wind […]
Jim Legxacy: HNPM
Rapper-producer Jim Legxacy opens “miley’s riddim,” the third song from his latest project HNPM (homeless nigga pop music), with two blasts of early 2010s nostalgia. The first is the drop from Iroking.com, a Nigerian digital streaming service that […]
Matt Ox & Surf Gang: OXygen
The main thing Matt Ox has going for him is that he has never treated rap like a stepping stone. For a white rapper who went viral at age 12—mostly because he looked like Tom Hanks’ […]
William Tyler & the Impossible Truth: Secret Stratosphere
William Tyler’s songcraft was forged in the South, but it needed space to grow, so he set his sights on the West like so many musical pioneers before him. The music of the Nashville-born, Los […]
Bell Witch: Future’s Shadow Part 1: The Clandestine Gate
Stepwise and slowly, Bell Witch have been forever approaching The Clandestine Gate, which is not only the Seattle duo’s new 83-minute, single-song album but also the first volume in a trilogy meant to loop eternally. A decade […]
Witness in University of Idaho Killings Asks Judge to Quash Subpoena
One of the roommates of the University of Idaho students killed last November is trying to quash a subpoena demanding she attend an upcoming hearing for suspect Bryan Kohberger, NBC News reports. The fight is […]
‘He Lit Up the Stage’: Family Mourns Taylor Swift Fan Killed After Concert
When April Bancroft thinks about her little brother Jacob Lewis, there are so many good memories that it’s hard to choose a favorite. She can remember having to blare music next to his bed to […]
Madison Beer’s Nudes Leaked at 15. A Decade Later, They Still Haunt Her
Madison Beer came of age on the internet. After being discovered by Justin Bieber on YouTube when she was just a preteen, she shot to fame as an influencer and pop musician, becoming an unwitting […]
April 2023’s Best Punk: It’s Brutal Out Here
Welcome to Difficult Fun! Each month, SPIN will spotlight the best punk on the planet and discuss it here, with the ambition of challenging preconceived notions of what the four-letter word actually means and, ideally, […]