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Perfume Genius, aka Mike Hadreas, has offered his take on Gloria Gaynor’s disco classic ‘I Will Survive’. Check it out below. Sharing the cover through his newsletter, Hadreas had this to say about it: I recorded this at home for a commercial pitch, but they didn’t give me the money. I suppose the cover is

Biig Piig has recorded a series of performances for BBC Radio 1’s Piano Sessions. Backed by Hinako Omori on piano, the Irish singer performed a stripped-back version of ‘American Beauty’, the closing track on her latest EP The Sky Is Bleeding, as well as Big Thief’s ‘Masterpiece’ and Beyoncé’s ‘Why Don’t You Love Me’. Watch it below.

Throughout the week, we update our Best New Songs playlist with the new releases that caught our attention the most, be it a single leading up to the release of an album or a newly unveiled deep cut. And each Monday, we round up the best new songs released over the past week (the eligibility period begins

Brendan Fraser, Mummy Vanquisher is gone. Meet Brendan Fraser, prestigious actor. By Frazier Tharpe August 13, 2021 Brendan Fraser attends ‘No Sudden Move’ during 2021 Tribeca Festival at The Battery on June 18, 2021 in New York City.Courtesy of Santiago Felipe for Getty Images. “Whatever happened to Brendan Fraser?” was a popular refrain during much

Nanci Griffith, the Grammy Award-winning folk and country singer-songwriter known for songs such as ‘Love at the Five’ and ‘Dime and From a Distance’, has died at 68. Her management, Gold Mountain Entertainment, confirmed her death in a statement on Friday afternoon, but did not provide a cause of death. “It was Nanci’s wish that

Kanye won’t win an album sales war, but no one can beat him in the merch and performance art game. By The Editors of GQ August 13, 2021 Kanye West is seen at the Donda listening event at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on July 22, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia.Courtesy of Kevin Mazur for Getty Images Another new music

As brutally unsettling as Kristin Hayter’s work as Lingua Ignota can be, her music is rooted in the cathartic power of empathy and a deep, complicated desire for peace. On her previous LP, 2019’s astonishing Caligula, she combined the sounds of classical music, metal, and noise in an attempt to exorcise trauma, reclaiming the “phallocentric

Dance producers Joel Corry and Jax Jones have enlisted Charli XCX and Saweetie for a new song called ‘Out Out’. The track is built on a sample of Stromae’s late ‘00s dance hit ‘Alors On Danse’. Check it out below. “I’m buzzing to collaborate with my bro Jax Jones and the amazing Charli XCX and Saweetie,” Joel

One half of the iconic rock and soul duo talks about his quarantine projects, returning to the road, and how their evergreen hits keep coming back in style. By Al Shipley August 12, 2021 John Oates in Nashville, January 09, 2020.Terry Wyatt / Getty Images John Oates met Daryl Hall in 1967, and the two

Tierra Whack has shared a new song called ‘8’, which is taken from the new soundtrack for EA Sports’ Madden NFL 22. The 11-track soundtrack, out now via Interscope, also includes contributions from Swae Lee and Jack Harlow, J.I.D, Moneybagg Yo, Tank and the Bangas, 42 Dugg, and more. Listen to Tierra Whack’s ‘8’ below.

What you need to know. So you are going to the casino, either online or in-the-flesh. You have probably prepared yourself for this moment, wondering what to expect, if you are going to a casino in the flesh you are probably thinking it is going to be like a James Bond movie. Going online, you

Indemnity is the new picture from the South African production outfit Gambit Films, the company behind the successful Netflix crime series Blood & Water (2020– )  and the festival favourite Number 37 (2018), a brutally violent twist on Alfred Hitchcock’s classic Rear Window (1954). Written and directed by Travis Taute (who worked on both of

What makes the Stranger Things actor and budding movie star one of the most likable guys in Hollywood? We tried to get him to explain. (Operative word: tried.) By Brennan Kilbane Photography by Marie Tomanova August 12, 2021 Blazer, $5,800, shirt, $800, and pants, $1,300, by Gucci. Sunglasses, $138, by Bonnie Clyde. Scarf and bow,

British composer and multi-disciplinary artist Klein has announced a new album, Harmattan, set for release on November 19 via Pentatone. It’s led by the single ‘Hope Dealers’, which arrives with a self-directed music video. Check it out below and scroll down for the record’s cover artwork and tracklist.  “Honestly, to me, ‘hope dealers’ is really

Injury Reserve have announced a new album titled By The Time I Get To Phoenix. The record was largely completed before the tragic death of group member Stepa J. Groggs, who passed away last summer. The follow-up to Injury Reserve’s 2019 self-titled debut is out September 15 via Loma Vista. Below, listen to the new

“It never occurred to me that people would go, ‘Penis!’” By Gabriella Paiella August 11, 2021 Getty Images Steve Zahn has played all kinds of guys. “I’ve played bad guys, I’ve played good guys, dumb guys, smart guys,” he says. “Now I’m just all those guys, but they have kids.” In The White Lotus—Mike White’s

“It can’t get much worse than this,” Conor Murphy croons on ‘At Least We Found the Floor’, an acoustic highlight off Foxing’s new album, Draw Down the Moon. The record takes its name from Margot Adler’s book about contemporary Paganism, but you don’t need to be interested in spirituality, relate to Murphy’s past reflections on

Three members of Chromatics have announced the band’s breakup. Vocalist Ruth Radelet, guitarist Adam Miller, and drummer Nat Walker have all signed a statement that was shared on Radalet and Miller’s Instagram accounts. “After a long period of reflection, the three of us have made the difficult decision to end Chromatics,” their joint statement reads. “We

GQ’s global editions picked 21 artists who show where music is going next. By The Editors of GQ August 10, 2021 There are no borders in music. BTS tops charts in the U.S., Bad Bunny was the most streamed artist in the world on Spotify in 2020, and the Weeknd is on 21 different versions of

Chucky Thompson, the hip-hop, R&B, and pop producer best known for his work as a part of Bad Boy Records’ “Hitmen” production team, has died. Thompson’s publicist Tamar Juda confirmed the news to Billboard: “It is with a very heavy heart that I can confirm the passing of Chucky Thompson… To anyone in his orbit,

New Zealand’s Coming Home in the Dark is the first feature film directed by James Ashcroft, perhaps better known as an actor and most recognisable to international audiences for his minor role in the hit horror-comedy Black Sheep (2006). But there’s nothing funny about this powerful, nail-bitingly tense and disturbing road thriller, in which an

Following their take on the Shins’ ‘New Slang’, Porridge Radio have shared a cover of Wolf Parade’s ‘You Are A Runner And I Am My Father’s Son’ for Sub Pop’s subscription Singles Club series. The latest entry in the series also includes two new tracks by Washed Out, ‘Sidney’s Lullaby’ and ‘Miles’ Lullaby’, both of

This is the Swedish actor’s second go-round in the comic book movie world, but this, time it all went according to plan. He swears. By Joseph Bien-Kahn August 4, 2021 Joel Kinnaman on set for The Suicide Squad, 2021.Everett Collection / Courtesy of DC Films and Warner Bros. Pictures As I wait for Joel Kinnaman

Throughout the week, we update our Best New Songs playlist with the new releases that caught our attention the most, be it a single leading up to the release of an album or a newly unveiled deep cut. And each Monday, we round up the best new songs released over the past week (the eligibility period begins

Celeste Ng’s second novel, Little Fires Everywhere was published in 2017 and adapted for the screen by Hulu in 2020. The general plot remains the same in the miniseries, though some of the details undergo significant changes. In both cases, the story follows the intertwined fates of two families living in Shaker Heights, Ohio, in the 90s.

The Scottish comedian explains how he kicked off a wave of humorous voiceovers on reality TV. By Jael Goldfine August 4, 2021 “Welcome back to Love Island!” Iain Stirling reads off his iPhone into a huge microphone. The 33-year-old comedian and narrator of the cult British reality TV show finished his voiceover for the evening’s