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For a band whose main appeal is that they seem to endlessly be goofing around, the Red Hot Chili Peppers can be pretty sincere. When they announced their twelfth studio album, Unlimited Love, their press photo drew comparisons to the notoriously earnest indie band Big Thief, and their joint statement made it clear the album

His searing accounts of the Vietnam War brought him fame and the National Book Award. Now, after a 20-year hiatus from writing fiction, a long-awaited new novel takes aim at contemporary America. By Clay Skipper April 4, 2022 Photograph by Getty Images Reached by Zoom one recent afternoon from his home in Austin, Tim O’Brien

There are many excellent reasons to learn a language. It gives you a skill that can be useful in your career or in your personal life. It’s a good way to expand your horizons and can allow you to travel more easily or even move somewhere new. If you’ve already moved to another country, it

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

“To all my friends abroad,” Tanu Muino says, “Things are worse than you can imagine.” By Raymond Ang April 1, 2022 Courtesy of Lloyd Wakefield Ukrainian filmmaker Tanu Muino had been preparing for this moment all her life. Nine years after directing her first music video, the 32-year-old Muino found herself at the top of

The 64th Grammy Awards take place tonight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The event was initially set to take place in Los Angeles in January but was rescheduled due to the COVID-19 Omicron variant. Jon Batiste leads this year’s nominations with 11 nods, followed by Doja Cat, H.E.R., and Justin Bieber

Thom Yorke has released another track for the British drama series Peaky Blinders. ‘That’s How Horses Are’ is his second contribution to the show, following ‘5.17’, which came out last month. Check it out below. Earlier this year, it was reported that Yorke and Jonny Greenwood had written original music for the sixth and final season

The rock legend breaks down his new music, his weirdest session and how he stays inspired. By Rob Tannenbaum April 1, 2022 Slash, 1986.Aaron Rapoport / Getty Images When Slash was 18 or 19 – musicians are not famous for their recall of exact dates, so let’s leave it vague – his fame didn’t stretch

Foals have shared a new song, ‘Looking High’, taken from their new album Life Is Yours, which is set to arrive on June 17. Give it a listen below. “This is looking back to a more hedonistic time in my life, and a more innocent time in society in general, pre-pandemic and before the existential

Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel switched hosting duties on April Fool’s Day, with Kimmel traveling to New York to host ABC’s The Tonight Show and Fallon leading Jimmy Kimmel Live from California. Red Hot Chili Peppers were the musical guests on both shows, playing ‘Black Summer’ live from NBC Studios and delivering a pre-recorded performance

Brazilian drag queen, singer-songwriter, and activist Pabllo Vittar has enlisted Rina Sawyama for a new song called ‘Follow Me’. The track arrives with an accompanying video directed by Amber Park. Watch and listen below. “I’m so excited to release this song with Rina,” Vittar said in a statement. “She is such an icon and I’m

The new take on Geoffrey was one of the surest signs that this isn’t the Fresh Prince we grew up on. By Kellee Terrell April 1, 2022 Jimmy Akingbola in Bel-Air.Courtesy of Tyler Golden for Peacock. From the second we meet Jimmy Akingbola’s Geoffrey in the first episode of Bel-Air, Peacock’s reboot of The Fresh

You don’t connect with Destroyer songs so much as you’re inexplicably drawn to them. Whether you’re a longtime fan or have just discovered Dan Bejar’s music, you’ve probably already given up on relating to his writing, and the title of his thirteenth album, Labyrinthitis, certainly doesn’t help – a word that’s so weird it surely

Did handlers benefit from the 22 films he made in four years? By Grant Rindner March 31, 2022 Bruce Willis attends the Motherless Brooklyn premiere during the 57th New York Film Festival on October 11, 2019 in New York City.Courtesy of Jim Spellman/Wire Image via Getty Images. Yesterday, Bruce Willis’ family announced that the star

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Madonna has enlisted 070 Shake for a new remix of her 1998 hit single ‘Frozen’, which is built around the Sickick remix of the track that gained traction on TikTok last year. Check it out below. “070 Shake is indescribably mysterious and alluring,” Madonna said in a statement. “There are very few women in the

Superorganism have shared a new single, ‘It’s Raining’, featuring Stephen Malkmus and UK rapper Dylan Cartlidge. The track is the second offering from the band’s upcoming album World Wide Pop, following lead cut ‘Teenager’, which featured CHAI and Pi Ja Ma. Listen to it below. “We’ve been enormous fans of Stephen Malkmus forever, and we

House of the Dragon and Rings of Power will debut very closely to each other. By Grant Rindner March 30, 2022 Emma D’Arcy and Matt Smith in Game of Thrones: House of the Dragon.Courtesy of Ollie Upton via HBO. The great war will not be fought between Sauron and the residents of Middle-earth, or the

Maggie Rogers has announced the details of her new album: Surrender will be out on July 29 via Polydor. The follow-up to Rogers’ 2019 debut Heard It in a Past Life was recorded in three different locations – her parents’ garage, Electric Lady Studios in New York City, and Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios. The

Japanese Breakfast has shared a cover of Bon Iver’s ‘Skinny Love’. The rendition arrives as part of a special edition of the Spotify Singles series celebrating the Best New Artist category at this year’s Grammys. Listen to it below, along with a re-recorded version of ‘Be Sweet’. “We decided to record Bon Iver’s ‘Skinny Love’

sadie, the moniker of Brooklyn producer and songwriter Anna Schwab, has announced her debut EP. Nowhere, which was co-produced by Joe Valle (Wet) and Maya Laner (True Blue & Porches), is out June 21. To mark the announcement, sadie has shared a video for the EP’s title track, which follows last month’s lead single ‘4am’.

Meanwhile, Jim Carrey and Howard Stern speak out against Will Smith, while Academy Board of Governors member Whoopi Goldberg said his Oscar “won’t be taken away.” By Grant Rindner March 29, 2022 Chris Rock onstage during the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 27, 2022.Courtesy of Robyn Beck via Getty

Angel Olsen has announced her next album: Big Time is out June 3 via Jagjaguwar. Today, Olsen has shared a video for the album’s opener and lead single ‘All the Good Times’. The clip, starring Olsen and her partner, was directed by Kimberly Stuckwisch, who also helmed last year’s ‘Like I Used To’ video. “Angel’s

The South African electronic musician and multidisciplinary artist Mira Calix has died. Warp Records, Calix’s label, announced the news on social media yesterday, with no cause of death stated. “Mira was not only a hugely talented artist and composer, she was also a beautiful, caring human who touched the lives of everyone who had the

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A formal review is promised. By The Editors of GQ March 28, 2022 Will Smith attends the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 27, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California.Courtesy of Lionel Hahn via Getty Images. As if the last 16 hours of Slap Discourse on Twitter hasn’t