Sofia Jensen is singing about you. Probably not you, but “you,” as in the subject pronoun, present on all 10 songs of Practice, the debut album from Jensen’s indie-folk project Free Range. Jensen is an 18-year-old songwriter venturing […]
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@: Mind Palace Music
With Bandcamp as their roadmap to discovery and YouTube as their confessional, artists like Soccer Mommy, Clairo, and Jay Som represent a new breed of bedroom-pop musician: introverts who sing confessional lyrics into their Macbooks while turning hazy […]
SPIN SETS Presents: Starya
Starya’s new EP Find the Key is a symphony of syncopation. With its pulsing arps, sidewinding basslines and pop house vocals, the singer-songwriter-producer-DJ-multi-instrumentalist brings something truly fresh to the electronic scene. Hailing from LA, Starya […]
Alex Murdaugh Admits He Lied to Police, Says Painkillers Made Him ‘Paranoid’
Disbarred South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh took the stand in his murder trial Thursday and admitted to lying to police and stealing money from clients. During several hours of testimony, he sniveled as he told […]
MusiCares, The Amazing Organization Supporting the People Behind the Music
It’s undeniable that music is vital for us all, after all, you wouldn’t be reading this article if you weren’t a music fan. As one of the most accessible art forms in our society, music […]
Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova Laughs Off Possible Criminal Charges: ‘It’s All You Can Do’
A little over two weeks have passed since the art installation Pussy Riot: Putin’s Ashes closed in Los Angeles. Now sources in the Russian media report that the activist-art group’s Nadya Tolokonnikova may face criminal […]
Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson Arrested on Federal Fraud Charges
Carlos Watson, the MSNBC anchor-turned-CEO of the beleaguered Ozy Media, was arrested Thursday on charges related to securities fraud. The Wall Street Journal reports that Watson’s arrest comes less than two days after Ozy’s former […]
BigXthaPlug Is Booming in Texas
Blue Chips is a monthly rap column that highlights exceptional rising rappers. To read previous columns, click here. BigXthaPlug speaks as he raps. On the phone and on record, the Dallas, Tx native sounds like […]
Gorillaz: Cracker Island
As a band supposedly made up of cartoon characters, Gorillaz could theoretically do anything: record in outer space; make hip-hop beats out of fish teeth; revive the lambada—an unlimited horizon. Which makes it slightly frustrating that […]
Nappy Nina: Mourning Due
If Nappy Nina were a comic book character, her thought bubbles would fill whole panels. In her music, the Oakland-raised, Brooklyn-based rapper’s thoughts flow in arcing run-ons that skip from prayers to confessions to flexes. Her […]
Screaming Females: Desire Pathway
Screaming Females don’t immediately seem like a band that’s been around for 18 years, but perhaps their longevity can be chalked up to their consistency. They’ve maintained the same power trio lineup, and all eight […]
‘Very Ugly and Scary’: Ben Platt Addresses Neo-Nazi Protesters Outside of ‘Parade’ Musical
The first preview of a Broadway revival of Parade — a musical about the lynching of Jewish American Leo Frank in Georgia in 1915 — was disrupted by antisemitic protesters outside the theater Tuesday night, […]