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It was meant to be a simple father-and-son trip to the desert. But the looming threat of climate change—and the more pressing dangers of heatstroke and falling rocks—made it something more. By Will Bahr September 1, 2021 Collage by Simon Abranowicz; Getty Images I miss my flight to the Grand Canyon. It’s ten days before
Born in Greenwich, Connecticut and raised in rural Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Madi Diaz grew up surrounded by music. She was homeschooled by her Peruvian mother and studied piano with her Danish father, who played in various prog bands, before switching to guitar and exploring songwriting during her teens. While a student at Berklee College of
American grindcore band Full of Hell have previewed their forthcoming album Garden of Burning Apparitions with a new track titled ‘Reeking Tunnels’, which follows recent single ‘Industrial Messiah Complex’. Check it out below. “‘Reeking Tunnels’ is the foil to the cacophonous blasting on either side,” bandleader Dylan Walker remarked in a press release. “Channeling CopShootCop
The icon of global cinema stars in an American film—and comes to the Marvel universe—for the first time. By Alexander Chee Photography by Isaac Lam August 31, 2021 Jacket, $2,990, and shirt, $990, by Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello. When they first met to discuss casting what would become the latest Marvel movie, Shang-Chi and
Runnner, a.k.a. Noah Weinman, has shared a new song, ‘Snowplow’, featuring fellow LA singer-songwriter Helen Ballentine of Skullcrusher. The collaboration is a reworking of ‘Urgent Care’, from Runnner’s debut LP Always Repeating. Give it a listen below. Weinman co-produced Bellentine’s self-titled debut Skullcrusher EP, which landed on our Best EPs of 2020 list. Runnner and Skullcrusher are
The title of Villagers’ fifth record, Fever Dreams, may imply a listening experience that leaves you feeling under the weather, but the effect created by lead musician Conor O’Brien is quite the opposite: each track brims with the energy of pirouetting keys and ebullient saxophone solos. Spanning the last decade and earning him an Ivor
The man who helped invent modern NYC nightlife faces new challenges—Covid, Brooklyn—with aplomb and plenty of dancing. By Tim Latterner August 27, 2021 Collage by Simon Abranowicz; Photograph Sean Zanni; Getty Images It’s just past midnight when the front door of Paul’s Casablanca swings open to reveal a man wearing a dark suit and a
Lee “Scratch” Perry, the Jamaican dub and reggae legend, has died at the age of 85, as the Jamaica Observer and The Guardian report. He passed away at Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea, Jamaica on Sunday morning. No cause of death has been revealed. Perry was born in the village of Kendal in Jamaica in
Earlier today (August 29), Kanye West‘s much-delayed album Donda finally arrived on streaming services, a couple of days after his third listening party at Soldier Field in Chicago. But now, West says the album was released without his permission, writing in a post on his Instagram account: “UNIVERSAL PUT MY ALBUM OUT WITHOUT MY APPROVAL AND THEY
Kanye West has finally released his much-delayed album Donda. The record was unveiled today following the rapper’s third listening party in Chicago this Thursday, which featured appearances from Marilyn Manson and DaBaby, who also replaced a previous guest verse from Jay-Z. Donda also includes guest spots from the Weeknd, Jay Electronica, the Lox, Young Thug, the
The rapper ended his radio silence on Keem’s new track “family ties”. By Frazier Tharpe August 27, 2021 Kendrick Lamar in “family ties.”Courtesy of pgLang. Kendrick Lamar has been out of office for a full presidential term at this point—his last studio album, DAMN., dropped in April 2017. In 2018 he oversaw the Black Panther
The one place in your home that should give you the feeling of relaxation is your bedroom. Sure, your lounge is going to have a similar effect, but you sleep in the bedroom and that’s where you should feel safest and most comfortable. With a safe and beautiful bedroom, you will be able to sit
If you enjoy watching your movies on big screens, the only thing better than catching a blockbuster at your favorite movie theatre is doing it with your dog. Fortunately, hundreds of modern movie theaters are pet-friendly. They are happy to let your service dog in. Service dogs are allowed into almost all public spaces, including
Danish blackgaze outfit MØL have released a new song, ‘Serf’, taken from their forthcoming LP Diorama. The track follows lead single ‘Photophobic’, which came out last month. Listen to ‘Serf’ below. Diorama, the follow-up to MØL’s 2018 album Jord, is due out November 5 via Nuclear Blast. “Writing our debut Jord seemed like the culmination of our first two
The latest iteration of the album, offered up in Kanye’s hometown at Soldier Field, has a few highs, and lots of baffling decisions. By Frazier Tharpe August 27, 2021 DaBaby, Kanye West, and Marilyn Manson at Soldier Fielder for the Donda version 3 listening event.MEGA Jay-Z once famously compared his discography to a Rubik’s Cube,
In Indigo De Souza’s music, everything can take the form of a revelation. Nihilistic thoughts can become mantras; songs about the darkest of subjects can become sing-along anthems. On her new album Any Shape You Take, the Asheville, North Carolina-based songwriter expands on the introspective, idiosyncratic qualities of her 2018 debut I Love My Mom,
Kim Petras is back with a new single, ‘Future Starts Now’, the first preview of her forthcoming debut studio album. The singer recently debuted the track during her performance at Lollapalooza in Chicago. Check it out below. Petras said of the new single, “I felt so anxious at the start of lockdown, because for me
Kanye ♥’s Demna. By Eileen Cartter August 26, 2021 Collage by Simon Abranowicz; Getty Images Amidst it all, Kanye West has been shopping. To recap, the last month in Kanye West has been a doozy: in the lead-up the ever-shifting release date of his upcoming tenth studio album, Donda, Ye took a weeks-long artist’s sojourn
No matter your major, the chances are that at some point in your academic life you’ll be assigned a literary analysis essay. At first, this type of assignment may appear difficult and completely unclear. But if you invest enough time and effort in research, as well as planning and drafting your essay, you’ll manage to
A rare full album performance of John Coltrane’s iconic A Love Supreme is getting released for the first time. A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle is set to arrive on October 8 (via Impulse!/UMe). The recording is taken from the private collection of Seattle saxophonist and educator Joe Brazil, who captured Coltrane’s final performance of a weeklong
This Kanye versus Drake feud is nothing new. By Grant Rindner August 25, 2021 Collage by Simon Abranowicz; TM/Bauer-Griffin In September 2007, a release date showdown between Kanye West and 50 Cent helped vault Kanye to the top of the charts (50 surely benefitted, but his Curtis still came in at No. 2 to Kanye’s
Bnny is the Chicago-based outfit led by singer Jess Viscius alongside her sister Alexa Viscius and friends Tim Makowski and Matt Pelkey. Jess started the project while working as an art director after someone’s guitar had been left at her apartment, which prompted her to take up songwriting. Over the course of several years, she