New York City and London share history, slang, and connections as cultural and African diasporic hubs, and for decades, hip-hop has strengthened the bond. Early stars like Slick Rick and the late MF DOOM were born in greater […]
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Crushed: extra life EP
crushed make music as cliché as that first morning when you wake up next to someone new. Stupid. Excited. Hungover. Phone battery at 10 percent. But then the light hits your face. Was the sun […]
Alex Murdaugh ‘Destroyed’ and ‘Heartbroken’ by Family Murders, Son Says
Alex Murdaugh, the South Carolina lawyer who is on trial for the deaths of his wife and younger son, was “destroyed” and “heartbroken” after discovering their bodies, surviving son Buster Murdaugh testified on Tuesday, according […]
Last Stand in Coal Country
I t’s a week before Christmas and the sons and daughters of Alabama miners are playing musical chairs in an old school at Tannehill Ironworks State Park, 30 miles south of Birmingham. A mom presses […]
Why QAnon Targeted the Creator of Hollywood’s ‘Black List’
On October 18, 2018, film executive Franklin Leonard’s phone started vibrating and would not stop. His eyes grew wide as his screen filled up with Twitter alerts from strangers hurling vicious, baffling insults at him, […]
Khotin: Release Spirit
Dylan Khotin-Foote has been bobbing between lo-fi house and moth-eaten ambient music for nearly a decade now. On four albums released between 2014 and 2020, the Canadian electronic musician known simply as Khotin established a remarkably […]
otay:onii: 夢之駭客 Dream Hacker
Lane Shi sings with the voice of a shapeshifter. Flitting from croon to shriek with ritualistic caprice, the Haining-born vocalist played Boston basements with Berklee art punks DENT before graduating in 2016; these days, her […]
Runnner: Like Dying Stars, We’re Reaching Out
There are a lot of ways not to say what you meant. Maybe you can’t find the words; maybe you just can’t choke them out. Maybe their intended recipient isn’t here and never will be. […]
Wesley Joseph: GLOW
U.K. polymath Wesley Joseph’s psychedelic, existential ballads play like a score for an Oscar-nominated thriller. Paired with hazy production, his diaristic words of self-reflection and self-deprecation ring out loud. The London-based singer, rapper, and producer has […]
5 Day Forecast Introduces His First-Ever Dubstep Track “Elevate”
Multi-genre EDM producer and open-format DJ 5 Day Forecast has the crowd going wild over his latest single “Elevate.” The follow-up to “Baby I’m Good” and “To The Edge” comes with an accompanying music video […]
Project Veritas Founder James O’Keefe Says Board Ousted Him
James O’Keefe, the political activist who founded the right-wing action group Project Veritas, has been forced out of leadership by the organization’s board, he said on Monday. “I think it’s fitting that we’re here on […]
‘Octopath Traveler II’ Shows the Unlimited Potential of JRPGs
Octopath Traveler II is a mesmerizing free fall into why traditional JRPGs are an irreplaceable art form. The sequel from Square Enix and Acquire hits every note that the 2018 original so carefully illustrated – […]