Hip-hop is arguably the last true American art form, dating back to its “Rec Room” roots on August 11, 1973, in a massive 102-unit apartment building in the Morris Heights section of The Bronx, New […]
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History Repeats Itself in TikTok’s Ancestor Trend
Ever since Stephanie Black was 10 years old, she wanted to be an archaeologist. But she was 17 the first time she put that dream into action. After her mother told her she needed to […]
Paris Hilton Reveals She Was Drugged and Raped When She Was 15
Paris Hilton revealed in a new interview that, when she was 15 years old, she was drugged and raped by an “older” man. Prior to the publication of her biography Paris: The Memoir — where […]
Roald Dahl’s Children’s Books to Be Republished With ‘Classic’ Text Alongside Edited Versions
Following the uproar and “debate” over the decision to republish Roald Dahl’s children’s books with less offensive language, the author’s estate and publisher have announced that they would re-release those same books with the original […]
Shame: Food for Worms
It’s unlikely that the executives at Adderall manufacturer Teva Pharmaceuticals keep tabs on the UK’s vibrant post-punk scene, but they’ll probably be hearing about Shame soon enough. The South London band’s third and finest album, Food for […]
Iris DeMent: Workin’ on a World
Workin’ on a World is like a parade on a stormy day, a celebration beneath increasingly ominous skies. Lyrical references to gun violence and police brutality place its stories in a modern context, along with a […]
Free Range: Practice
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 […]
@: 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 […]