In the UK, even those who have never heard of RAYE have undoubtedly heard her songs. Signed to Polydor at 17, RAYE (real name Rachel Keen) spent several years writing topline after topline with EDM producers […]
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Since the late 1990s, Loscil—Vancouver’s Scott Morgan—has amassed a sprawling discography numbering dozens of ambient releases. Brisbane, Australia sound artist and Room40 founder Lawrence English is an equally prolific creator of musique concrete that typically falls on […]
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Elon Musk’s Newest Twitter Update: Tweets So Long You Will Never Read Them
Ain’t nobody reading all that. On Tuesday, some users on Twitter are getting a first look at Twitter’s newest update: Tweets with more than 25,000 characters. One lengthy viral tweet came from Hong Kong blogger […]
Peg Luke Taps Into The Unknown With Latest Single “Almighty, Victorious”
Emmy and Grammy-nominated composer and musician, Peg Luke, transcends the limitations of existence with her most recent track “Almighty, Victorious.” The song was written based on the lyrics of the old hymn tune, Immortal, Invisible. […]
Skateboarding Is Not a Crime, at Least Not at the Post Office
The U.S.P.S. will launch a new series of stamps celebrating “The Art of the Skateboard” at an event this spring Once vilified by cops, teachers, and party-poopers, skateboarding will finally get its due, on a […]
Hollywood Is Hell in Tim Blake Nelson’s Debut Novel, ‘City of Blows’
It should come as no surprise that character actor Tim Blake Nelson — who led the western anthology film The Ballad of Buster Scruggs and played the unforgettable Looking Glass in the HBO series Watchmen […]
Turkey and Syria Earthquakes: Where to Donate and How to Help
As buildings collapsed under the weight of infrastructural damage following two massive earthquakes in Turkey and northern Syria on Monday, Feb. 6, thousands were left dead, with others trapped beneath the rubble as the death […]
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There is a listener who has been pulled into the world of Måneskin. I can sense their excitement, their carefree spirit, their urge to bite their bottom lip and pantomime bending a guitar string as […]
Young Fathers: Heavy Heavy
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Popstar Benny: University!
Popstar Benny once said his music is “the soundtrack to a video game that doesn’t exist.” On the surface, that description only applies to the chirpy plugg beats and sound effects the Atlanta-based producer is […]