The 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony took place last night (October 30), and among the artists honoured this year were the pioneering electronic group Kraftwerk. They were inducted by Pharrell, who delivered a video speech presenting them with a Music Excellence Award. This was later followed by a video tribute featuring
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Malik and Hadid’s relationship has reportedly come to an end in troubling fashion. By Grant Rindner October 29, 2021 Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik in New York City on January 11, 2020.Courtesy of Robert Kamau for Getty Images. The relationship between pop singer Zayn Malik, 28, and model Gigi Hadid, 26, which persisted for six
The third season of Netflix’s hit dramedy Sex Education recently premiered to an overwhelming response from fans around the world. Otis and Maeve are no longer running the sex clinic at school, Jean is pregnant, Eric is dating Adam, and Aimee is beginning to heal from her trauma in season 2. Moordale’s new headteacher, Hope, brings shame
Let The Mandela Catalogue show you how pandemic-inspired horror should be done. By Eamon Levesque October 29, 2021 The Mandela Catalogue.Via YouTube. Songbird, the Michael Bay-produced dud that imagined a future Los Angeles overrun by COVID mutations, was a compelling example of how not to handle the pandemic on screen. How do you do it
Sis – the moniker of Berkeley-based singer and multi-instrumentalist Jenny Gillespie Mason, the founder of Native Cat Recordings – has announced a new EP called Gnani. Following her 2019 album Gas Station Roses, the EP is due out January 7. Check out the lead single ‘Double Rapture’ below. “With poem titles like Dirty Sexy Poem
When the world went into lockdown in March 2020, Charlotte Cornfield was in the middle of an artist residency founded by Howard Bilerman at the Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada. It had almost been a year since she had issued her remarkable third album The Shape of Your Name, which was longlisted for the Polaris
The film is Wright’s darkest, most personal offering yet. By Keith Phipps October 29, 2021 Photograph Courtesy of Greg Williams for Focus Features; Collage by Gabe Conte Edgar Wright’s new film Last Night in Soho is a dark psychological thriller with time-bending supernatural elements—the latest redefinition of expectations for what an Edgar Wright film is.
There are not many people who do not enjoy some form of art. Art can be found in so many areas of life. Clearly in the form of painting or sculpture, however, film, dance, music, poetry, etc., are all forms of art. A good piece of art has the power to create an effect in
CHVRCHES have released Screen Violence: Director’s Cut, an expanded version of their most recent album. It features three new songs: ‘Killer’, ‘Bitter End’, and ‘Screaming’. You can listen to them below. Talking about the new tracks, frontwoman Lauren Mayberry said in a statement: “This album was thematically so different to previous CHVRCHES albums that it
The first thing Circuit des Yeux does is claim her own space. In the lyric sheet for her previous album, 2017’s Reaching for Indigo, she commanded the listener to “create your own language”; on her latest, she invokes that of the universe, the natural laws that bind us, before beginning to carve out her own.
Don’t spend 40 minutes arguing over what horror movie to watch. We’ve got you. By Tom Philip and Nathaniel Houston October 28, 2021 Photo illustration by Simon Abranowicz There are, conservatively, fourteen billion terrible horror movies out there. We sorted through them to find the best scary movies on Netflix. Ahead, discover horrors, thrillers, and
Hurray for the Riff Raff – the project of singer-songwriter Alynda Segarra – has announced a new album called Life on Earth. The record was produced by Brad Cook and is due out February 18 via Nonesuch. Lead single ‘Rhododendron’ arrives today with an accompanying video directed by New Orleans artist Lucia Honey. Check it
Metronomy have announced their seventh album, Small World, which arrives February 18 via Because Music. The dance-rock outfit have previewed the LP with the lead single ‘It’s good to be back’, which is accompanied by a video from the directing duo Dreamjob. Check it out along with the album artwork and tracklist below. “Part of
Wright wants the world to know that even though he’s got viral TikToks, he’s still a real stand-up comedian. By H. Drew Blackburn October 27, 2021 Writer Jeff Wright during a sketch on Late Night With Seth Meyers.Courtesy of Lloyd Bishop/NBC Jeff Wright has a million-dollar smile. When the comedian flashes his pearly whites on
Is your home choc-a-bloc with junk? Your unwanted clutter could be someone else’s treasure, so why not have a clear-out and put all your surplus stuff on sale? You’ll make money as well as space that way, and selling is easy thanks to all the online markets and platforms at your fingertips. Here are a
With his first solo album, Optimist, just out, Finneas O’Connell explains what he learned about producing himself from working with his sister Billie. By Kevin Lincoln Photography by Antonio Chicaia October 26, 2021 Before Finneas O’Connell was selling out the Wiltern, he was, like many LA kids, a regular concertgoer there. He saw Arctic Monkeys
The popularity of land-based casinos will never fade away, but online casinos have accepted the role of a convenient and versatile way to gamble. The variety of games available online cannot be compared to the regular slot machines or poker games at a regular casino spot. Of course, a traditional casino gives you a cinematic
Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood has shared two new songs from his upcoming soundtrack to the Jane Campion-directed film The Power of the Dog. Listen to ‘West’ and ’25 Years’ below. “The main thought I kept returning to was that this film is set in the modern era,” Greenwood said in a statement about The Power of the Dog,
Just ask Larry David and Bernie Sanders: there’s never been a better time to kvetch. By Jason Diamond October 25, 2021 Collage by Simon Abranowicz Perhaps the strangest thing in a year full of strangeness: you can almost set your watch to a Jewish man of a certain age going viral on the Internet. This
Midlake have announced their first new album in over 8 years. FOR THE SAKE OF BETHEL WOODS is out March 18 via ATO. Today, the Texas group have previewed the John Congleton-produced LP with the new single ‘Meanwhile…’, which you can check out below. Midlake’s last album was 2013’s Antiphon, which saw guitarist Eric Pulido taking over
As the second most popular website online, YouTube is impossible to ignore for brands looking to reach a broad audience. Starting a YouTube channel is easy, but the level of competition makes it tricky to actually gain subscribers. It is crucial to get your videos found on the site, but also convince people to watch
Jay Black, frontman of the ’60s rock band Jay and the Americans, has died at the age of 82. Black’s family confirmed that Black passed away on Friday (October 22) due to complications from pneumonia. Black also suffered from dementia. Jay Black was born David Blatt in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Borough Park and earned
Anybody is better than Martin Shkreli. By Grant Rindner October 21, 2021 Raekwon and Ghostface Killah of Wu-Tang Clan perform during EMBA Fest 2020 at Oakland Arena on February 21, 2020 in Oakland, California.Courtesy of Tim Mosenfelder for Getty Images. When you buy something secondhand, you can’t control who owned it first. Hopefully, whatever they’re