Bob Rafelson’s 1970 film Five Easy Pieces ends with the hero, played by Jack Nicholson, hitching a ride on a northbound truck and disappearing into anonymity. Mac DeMarco is too larger-than-life to ever be anonymous, […]
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BabyTron: Bin Reaper 3: New Testament
A few years ago, you’d be forgiven for thinking that BabyTron and his Detroit-area trio ShittyBoyz were an elaborate spoof. With mixtape titles like Dookie Brothers 2 and an entourage regularly referred to as the Dog […]
Núria Graham: Cyclamen
Núria Graham’s homespun folk-pop carries a playful sensibility. A sense of wonder pervades the Irish-Catalan singer-songwriter’s breezy music: When Graham relays a laconic story or asks a lilting question in her velvety, laid-back voice, you […]
Brainiac: The Predator Nominate EP
First Ohio, then the world. Brainiac laughed at their own ambition with the tongue-in-cheek cover of their 1995 Internationale EP, which read “Dayton London Paris Tokyo Berlin Moscow.” Still, the band moved from strength to […]
He Was Convicted of a 12-Year-Old’s Murder. Will a Retrial Prove His Innocence?
A retrial has begun in the harrowing case of the 1994 rape and murder of 12-year-old Josette Wright in New York’s Hudson River Valley. In 1997, two men who’d been teenagers at the time of […]
Oliver Coates: Aftersun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
In filmmaker Charlotte Wells’ feature debut Aftersun, memory is elusive. In the “emotionally autobiographical” drama, a woman named Sophie (played as a child by Frankie Corio and as an adult by Celia Rowlson-Hall) remembers a vacation […]
Doctors Want To End Childhood-Obesity Stigma. Therapists Say They Create It
It’s a scene you might expect taking your child to a doctor’s office. You fill out some forms and enter a room. Then temperature, blood pressure, height, weight, and a quick chat with the doctor […]
Arlo Parks Following Acclaimed Debut With New Album, My Soft Machine
Nearly three years ago, Arlo Parks released one of the best albums of 2020 with Collapsed in Sunbeams. Not only was it one of SPIN‘s favorites, but is also received Grammy nominations in the Best New […]
Porn Scammers Push Fake Links About Cheating Tennessee Cop
The police department of La Vergne, Tennessee, found itself at the center of a social media maelstrom with the news this month that a female officer, 26-year-old Maegan Hall, had been fired over allegedly having […]
Bestiality and Beyond: ChatGTP Works Because Underpaid Workers Read About Horrible Things
ChatGPT has been hailed as the future of AI text generators — and the end of high school writing assignments — for its ability to craft believable, oftentimes stylized human speech from prompts. The text […]
Brian Walshe Pleads Not Guilty as Prosecutors Claim He Googled ‘10 Ways to Dispose of a Dead Body If You Really Need To’
Brian Walshe was arraigned on charges of murder and disinterring a body, and a not guilty plea was entered on his behalf during court appearance in Quincy, Massachusetts Wednesday, Jan. 18. According to the Boston […]
03 Greedo & Mike Free: Free 03
The late 2010s were a tumultuous time for 03 Greedo. In 2016, after six years of floating his Auto-Tuned melodies on the Watts mixtape circuit, he was arrested on drug and firearms charges that initially came […]