If JW Francis’s third album, Dream House, sounds like it could be about your life, that’s because it really could be. Every Valentine’s Day, the up-and-coming indie-popper invites his fans to share stories about their […]
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Bob Dylan: Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 17
But Dylan, predictably, wasn’t settling in. He couldn’t work this close to his home and his family, which, by now, included six children and multiple grandchildren. They decamped instead to Criteria Studio in Miami, a […]
Samia: Honey
Referencing worship music, “Jesus, take the wheel,” and the big guy himself, Samia half-commits to a God-fearing country album. Nashville has been her adopted home for the past couple years and everyone knows that when […]
Fucked Up: One Day
Since their 2006 debut, Fucked Up have fearlessly merged the ferocity of hardcore punk and the grandiosity of prog-rock. Anchoring their ever-evolving sound is Damian Abraham’s throat-rending bark, barreling through immaculately layered rock riffage laden […]
Ruhail Qaisar: Fatima
Fear, anger, and alienation have long been the dominant emotions in Ruhail Qaisar’s music. His early solo releases and live sets—under the now defunct moniker SISTER—married the blackened death metal of his short-lived band Vajravarah with […]
Police Ordered Tyre Nichols to Obey 71 Commands. He Was Set Up to Fail
The footage released of Tyre Nichols’ fatal traffic stop on Jan. 7 — where Memphis police officers doused him with pepper spray and beat him while he cried out for his mother, leading to his […]
What’s the Drama in BookTok’s ‘Monster-F-cker’ Erotica Community?
Move over leading men. One of the biggest mediums in TikTok’s book community has a different romantic north star, doubling down on the tall, handsome, and extremely dark. Introducing: the Monster-Fuckers. There are dozens of […]
The 19 Biggest Music Milestones in Video Games
GAMING LEVELS UP The songs, collaborations, and fully playable characters that cemented the marriage between music and gaming The era of modern gaming began over 50 years ago — and in the time since Pong (1972), […]
Eight Women Say the Same Man Raped or Assaulted Them. Now They’re Out for Justice
O n the morning of Dec. 9, 2022, a young woman named Zoë awoke and found herself to be in avenger mode. Strictly speaking, a disguise may not have been necessary for the doling out […]
Nas: Stillmatic
Nas follows “Destroy & Rebuild” with “The Flyest,” a charmingly overproduced AZ duet that functions as a victory lap but is, frustratingly, betrayed by the filler that comes next. Stillmatic’s original pressing included “Braveheart Party,” a […]
Memphis Police’s Scorpion Unit Disbanded After Fatal Beating of Tyre Nichols. Why That’s Not Enough
When news broke on Saturday that the Memphis Police Department’s Scorpion Unit was disbanded, Amber Sherman, a community organizer in the city who has helped lead the demonstrations for Tyre Nichols, seemed unimpressed: “Yep. Now […]
Memphis’ Scorpion Unit Deactivated in Wake of Cops’ Fatal Beating of Tyre Nichols
The Memphis police department announced on Saturday that it has “permanently deactivated” its specialized Scorpion Unit after five of its members were charged with second degree murder and kidnapping in the death of Tyre Nichols. […]