Your guide to all the blockbusters, awards-bait and otherwise must-watch films from now through December. By Keith Phipps September 28, 2022 Photographs: Netflix, Hulu, Sony, Apple, Fox; Collage: Gabe Conte First, let’s get this out of the way: We’re all going to see Avatar: The Way of the Water, James Cameron’s long-in-the-works sequel the highest-grossing
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Dawn Richard and Spencer Zahn have previewed their forthcoming collaborative album with its second movement, which includes four tracks: ‘Sienna’, ‘Cerulean’, ‘Opal’, and ‘Saffron’. ‘Saffron’ also comes with a video directed by Richard and featuring dancers from the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA). Check it out below. “What would your last dance be?
Lucy Dacus has offered her take on Carole King’s ‘Home Again’ and ‘It’s Too Late’, two tracks off King’s classic 1971 album Tapestry. Originally released exclusively on a 7” as part of Third Man Records’ Carole King Home Again vault package earlier this year, the covers are now available on streaming services. Take a listen
Brooklyn band Foyer Red have released a new song, ‘Pollen City’. It follows their recent single ‘Pickles’, which came out in July, and May’s ‘Flipper’. Check it out below. “There’s a special kind of buzzy energy in the air when the seasons change and the weather gets warmer; Pollen City is about that inherent impulse
The writer’s remarkable new memoir is simultaneously a coming-of-age story and a tribute to his college friend Ken, who was senselessly murdered the summer before their senior year. Here, GQ sits down with Hsu to talk about writing, the faultiness of memory, and why West Coast Asians are built different. By Chris Gayomali September 27,
Mount Kimbie have announced a new double album titled MK 3.5: Die Cuts | City Planning, which will be released on November 4 via Warp. Each side of the record is produced by a different member, with Dom Maker helming Die Cuts and City Planning being Kai Campos’ contribution. Today, the duo has previewed the
Santigold has cancelled her upcoming Holified tour, which was intended to support her latest album Spirituals. In a note posted on her official website today (September 27), Santigold said that she was “both sad and proud” about her decision to cancel the tour, citing the specific challenges artists face due to inflation and the post-pandemic
Dare to dream. By Grant Rindner September 26, 2022 Rihanna is seen in Manhattan on August 13, 2022 in New York City.Courtesy of Robert Kamau via GC Images With the announcement that Rihanna will perform at the 2023 Super Bowl, the vibes around the NFL haven’t been this good since Tom Brady’s lost to the
The Go! Team have announced their next album, Get Up Sequences Part Two, which arrives on February 3, 2023 via Memphis Industries. The follow-up to last year’s Get Up Sequences Part One is led by the new single ‘Divebomb’, which you can check out below. “Protest songs have always been a balancing act,” the group’s
Over the course of one sweltering summer in the UK, Singaporean 17-year old Lily, fresh out of high school, is trapped in a confined whirlwind of familial drama with her abusive mother May at the center. Lily is doting and kind, bringing May her favorite drink, spoiled juice, to appease her and prevent another torment
The member of the Chrome Hearts fashion family has been crafting a magnificently macabre musical image, which reaches full form on her debut album. By Grant Rindner September 22, 2022 Jesse Jo Stark.Courtesy of Douglas Bizzaro Nowadays, new artists often try to flood fans with music, attempting to acquire an audience through pure saturation. But
Rihanna has been confirmed as the headlining performer at the 2023 Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show. It will mark Rihanna’s first public performance since she played at the 2018 Grammy Awards with DJ Khaled and Bryson Tiller. Earlier this week, it was rumored that Taylor Swift would be playing this year’s Super Bowl Halftime
The Smashing Pumpkins stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night (September 23), performing their latest single ‘Beguiled’. Watch it below. ‘Beguiled’ is the first preview of the band’s upcoming project ATUM, a 33-track, three-act rock opera that acts as the sequel to 1995’s Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and 2000’s Machina/The
Blonde has brought the NC-17 back to the center of cultural conversation, and could serve as a cue for other filmmakers to push beyond the restrictions of the R rating. By Keith Phipps September 23, 2022 Ana de Armas in Blonde.Courtesy of Netflix. Cinema’s NC-17 rating has been all but defunct for decades, but Blonde,
Pharoah Sanders, the revered American jazz saxophonist, has died at the age of 81. Sanders’ label, Luaka Bop, confirmed the news on Twitter, writing, “He died peacefully surrounded by loving family and friends in Los Angeles earlier this morning. Always and forever the most beautiful human being, may he rest in peace.” A cause of
Toronto’s MorMor has announced his debut album, Semblance, which will arrive on November 4. To accompany the announcement, he’s unveiled the new single ‘Chasing Ghosts’, along with an animated visual by Otto Tang. Check it out and find the album artwork and tracklist below. Talking about the ‘Chasing Ghosts’ video, MorMor said in a statement:
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After all of the controversies, speculation, memes and lukewarm reviews, all eyes are on the box office performance of Olivia Wilde’s new film. By Grant Rindner September 23, 2022 Florence Pugh in Don’t Worry Darling.Courtesy of Merrick Morton for Warner Bros via Everett Collection Several high-profile controversies, dozens of behind-the-scenes articles, and an unceasing wave
Los Angeles singer-songwriter Jackie Cohen has been making records for half a decade, releasing her first solo EP, Tacoma Night Terror, Pt. 1: I’ve Got the Blues, in 2018. A native of the San Fernando Valley, Cohen moved to New York to study literature and creative writing at Marymount Manhattan College, using the poetry she
Anna B Savage has unveiled her new single ‘The Ghost’, which was produced by Mike Lindsay (Lump, Tunng). The song’s accompanying video was directed by Savage, with creative direction from Sophie Hurley-Walker. Check it out below. Speaking about the song in a press release, Savage said: Breakups are strange in that sometimes the easiest method
In the latest episode of Iconic Characters, Pierce Brosnan breaks down his most beloved movie roles. By Florence O’Connor September 22, 2022 Every generation has its own James Bond. For folks who came of age in the ‘90s and early aughts, Pierce Brosnan is more or less indistinguishable from 007. For GQ’s Iconic Characters series,
When Maya Hawke wrote about all kinds of love on her debut album Blush, she had a way of tangling it up in metaphor. “You can’t scare me away,” she sang on ‘River Like You’, “I’ve tamed the moss upon the rocks/ And molded the red clay.” The song stood out in a collection about
Indigo Sparke has shared a video for ‘Hysteria’, the title track and latest single from her forthcoming Aaron Dessner-produced album. It follows previous entries ‘Blue’ and ‘Pressure in My Chest’. Watch and listen below. “This song is about being inside of love, right at the edge of hysteria,” Sparke explained ina statement. “There is often
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Hardy took a break from Venom to win the gold medal at the 2022 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Open. By Grant Rindner September 21, 2022 Tom Hardy attends the Venom: Let There Be Carnage launch at Cineworld Leicester Square on September 14, 2021 in London, England.Courtesy of Dave J Hogan via Getty Images Tom Hardy still does
Most people find it hard to reconcile mystery and meaning. You can spend hours obsessing over the thing that beguiles you, but often that doesn’t say much about your personal investment in it, the kind of thoughts and feelings it really stirs up – or how these might vary from one person to another. In