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The National’s Bryce and Aaron Dessner composed the score for Mike Mills’ new A24 film C’MON C’MON. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Gaby Hoffmann, and Woody Norman, the movie is “a meditation on the connections between adults and children and the importance of family,” according to a press release. Today, the Dessners have shared the new song ‘I Won’t Remember?’ from their

In this segment, we showcase the most notable albums out each week. Here are the albums out on November 5, 2021: ABBA, Voyage ABBA are back with their first album in 40 years. Voyage, the Swedish pop icons’ first LP since 1981’s The Visitors, was previewed with the singles ‘I Still Have Faith in You’,

Much can be said about the explosion of the true crime genre over the past few years, but perhaps more disquieting than the stories themselves is what our fascination with them reveals about – and how it can affect – the human brain. With a tendency to prioritize fear over empathy and sensational taglines over

The minds behind Minions Twinkies and the Space Jam website tell all. By Caroline Golum November 3, 2021 Courtesy of A24 The  following is adapted from For Promotional Use Only: A Catalogue of Hollywood Movie Swag and Promo Merch from 1975-2005, a new book from film-world darlings A24, out today. The release tees up an

Charli XCX has announced her new album, CRASH, with a new single featuring Christine and the Queens and Caroline Polachek. ‘New Shapes’ was produced by Deaton Chris Anthony and Linus Wiklund. Give it a listen below. The follow-up to last year’s how i’m feeling now is set to arrive on March 18, 2022. The record features contributions from

Sam Evian is the moniker of singer-songwriter and producer Sam Owens, who grew up in the woods of upstate New York before his family moved to a small town in North Carolina. After moving to New York City in the early 2010s, he worked as house engineer at Brooklyn’s Figure 8 Recording Studios and formed

The actor says he owed it to fans, the character and himself to try and set things straight after that widely-panned series finale. By Frazier Tharpe November 3, 2021 Michael C. Hall in Dexter: New Blood, 2021.Seacia Pavao / Courtesy of Showtime The first thing you notice about Dexter: New Blood, is the way it

Also, make a live-action Strega Nona movie. By Gabriella Paiella November 2, 2021 Photographs courtesy Getty images, Penguin; Collage by Gabe Conte Imagine a man. He is tall and lean and pale, with a prominent jawline. A strong square nose is offset by puckish eyes and a subtle smile. He has an air of insouciance

Franz Ferdinand have shared two new songs, ‘Billy Goodbye’ and ‘Curious’, which are set to appear on the forthcoming greatest hits compilation Hits to the Head. The 20-song collection comes out on March 11 via Domino. Below, watch the video for ‘Billy Goodbye’ video and check out the compilation’s artwork and tracklist. Speaking about the

Doug Mand, an American comedian, writer and producer, found his breakthrough while attending NYU and writing sketch comedy with his buddies. From an early wish to become an actor to finding his true calling within writing, Mand has achieved some great things included writing for Emmy nominated show How I Met Your Mother and now

Grace Repasky and Maggie Geeslin have been best friends since eighth grade, when their shared appreciation for indie music led them to form a band called Lunar Vacation. After making demos in their bedrooms and playing as many shows as they could in their hometown of Atlanta, they added Matteo DeLurgio on synths, Connor Dowd

Ed Sheeran’s recent comments imply the fan-favorite character wasn’t going to make it past season 7. By Frazier Tharpe November 1, 2021 Ed Sheeran and Maisie Williams in Game of Thrones.Courtesy of Helen Sloan for HBO. While doing the promo rounds for his upcoming album =, Ed Sheeran may have just casually dropped a major

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

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

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