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Pom Pom Squad is the project led by Orlando-raised singer-songwriter Mia Berrin, who started using the moniker in high school at age fifteen. Now a four-piece featuring bassist Maria Alé Figeman, drummer Shelby Keller, and guitarist Alex Mercuri, the Brooklyn-based band have today released their debut full-length album, Death of a Cheerleader, following two riveting

Most exhibitions look effortless, but you shouldn’t fall for the trick. Putting together an art exhibit takes work and effort. However, with the right ideas, you can make it a success. For many upcoming artists, having your art exhibition is the dream. But even for established artists, it’s an opportunity to showcase your best work.

Put that new PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X to work. By Scott Meslow June 24, 2021   Photo Illustration by C.J. Robinson It has been a year of great chaos and transition for the video game industry. The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S are less than a year old. Cyberpunk 2077, which was

Yvette, the moniker of New York-based artist Noah Kardos-Fein, has announced a new album. How the Garden Grows is set for release on September 17 via Western Vinyl. Hear the lead single ‘B61’ and find the tracklist below. “I wanted to see what new limits I could push myself and my instruments to,” Kardos-Fein said in a

Spain is home to some of the world’s best art. Art aficionados from around the globe flock to Spain to visit top museums like the Picasso Museum and the Prado. Most people need to make an entire trip only to view all the gorgeous art pieces on display. The Spanish government has also done their

Taylor’s Filthy Animals probes the tension between vulnerability and deception, sexual desire and violence, with elegant precision. By Mitchell Kuga June 23, 2021 Collage by Simon Abranowicz; Photographs Getty Images It’s one of the first questions in the age of the Zoom interview: camera on? “This takes me back to the olden days of Yahoo

Lucy Dacus is putting out her third album Home Video this Friday, June 25 via Matador. Ahead of the release, she’s shared a cover of Snow Patrol’s ‘Chasing Cars’, which she performed for SiriusXMU Sessions. Check it out below. In a recent Rolling Stone feature, Dacus talked about spending a summer at a Bible camp

After growing up in a small town in Ontario, Canada and immersing herself in the Toronto music scene – which led to an appearance in the Weeknd’s 2012 video for ‘The Zone’ – Elissa Mielke moved to Los Angeles in 2019 to focus on her own musical journey. Though she previously worked as a fashion

Faye Webster‘s new album I Know I’m Funny haha is coming out this Friday (June 25) via Secretly Canadian. Today, the Atlanta singer-songwriter has shared a video for the new single ‘A Dream With a Baseball Player’, which is about her crush on the Atlanta Braves player Ronald Acuña Jr. Check out the Matt Swinsky-directed visual

Two years ago, the cult favorite got axed from Netflix within months of its premiere. Now it’s back on a network its creator once called out. By Danielle Cohen June 22, 2021 Tuca & Bertie, 2021.Courtesy of Adult Swim When Tuca & Bertie launched on Netflix in 2019, it seemed like a slam dunk, from

Montreal-based singer-songwriter Ada Lea has returned with a new song called ‘hurt’. Co-produced with Phoebe Bridgers collaborator Marshall Vore, the track arrives with an accompanying video directed by Monse Muro. Check it out below. “I wanted to find a way to communicate complicated feelings using the simplest language possible,” Alexandra Levy said of the new

Netflix’s latest addition follows, Maca (Mara Valverde) who makes the most of her life and aims to be happy. Maca’s talent is wasted working as an assistant for an oppressive and terrifying fashion influencer. She spends her time with guys she never manages to establish an emotional bond. Together with Jimena (Elisabet Casanovas) and Adriana

His erotic needlepoint paintings show a world where the sexual and the sacred exist side by side: Hell is a hot night club, and Satan is its magnetic daddy. By Garth Greenwell June 21, 2021 Sal Salandra portraitCourtesy of Sal Salandra The 75-year-old retired hairdresser Sal Salandra makes large-scale, embroidered canvases—he calls them “thread paintings”—that

Roberto Carlos Lange has announced a new Helado Negro album: Far In arrives October 22 via new label 4AD. The announcement comes with the release of the first single ‘Gemini and Leo’, which is accompanied by an animated music video directed by Jacob Escobedo. The track features bass from Wye Oak’s Jen Wasner and backing vocals

Rachel Lime spent the early years of her life listening to church hymns and reading fantasy novels, which became a primary source of inspiration for the first songs she ever wrote. A Korean-American adoptee who was born in Seoul and grew up amidst the cornfields of Minnesota, the musician and producer was always interested in

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of her seminal album Blue, Joni Mitchell has unveiled a previously unreleased EP of demos and outtakes. The five-track collection features demos of ‘A Case of You’ and ‘California’, alternate versions of ‘River’ and ‘Urge for Going’, and the rarity ‘Hunter’, which Mitchell played live but never officially released. The

He found a niche on Instagram capturing Downtown Manhattan’s eccentric street characters. As he turns his focus to the city’s endangered small businesses and a tight mayor’s race, he’s become an unlikely powerbroker. By Lauren Vespoli June 18, 2021 “It’s hard to know who’s being genuine,” says Nicolas Heller, or as he’s better known to

The Queen’s Gambit is one of Netflix’s most popular releases to date. Adapted from the novel by Walter Tevis, which was published in 1983, the screen adaptation was a long time in the making. In 1992, screenwriter Allan Shiach (penname Allan Scott) optioned the rights to the book. Prior to his death in 2008, Heath Ledger

For her book To Raise A Boy, Emma Brown interviewed parents, teachers, coaches, and kids. She spoke with GQ about fatherhood, the problem with the term “toxic masculinity,” and the current state of American boyhood.  By Luke Zaleski June 18, 2021 Getty Images;  Photo Illustration by C.J. Robinson All products featured on GQ are independently

Stimming, the renowned German music producer, released his latest 12-track album, Ludwig, yesterday. The album includes ‘Judith Maria’, ‘Circle of Thirds,’ and ‘Pidgeons’ featuring Balbina. ‘Pidgeons’ is a slow-moving, trip-hop piece that emerges through organic, natural elements that grow distorted in an electronic vacuum. It’s a track filled with unexpected tangents and intricate tensions, as well

It’s only been a year and a half since I Was Born Swimming introduced us to the world of Squirrel Flower, and Ella O’Connor Williams is already set to release her second full-length under the moniker, Planet (i), next week. Though the Boston singer-songwriter had been putting out records under her own name for a

Marina Diamandis’ Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land marks the second album the Welsh-Greek artist released after dropping ‘and the Diamonds’ from her stage name. If 2019’s Love + Fear centered on emotional attachment and universal insecurities, Ancient Dreams serves as an exploration of society’s most pressing issues through an ecofeminist lens. Fusing her rich,

Evil is back for a wild second season of supernatural madness and deeply sincere moral queries. By Keith Phipps June 18, 2021 Katja Herbers and Mike Colter in EVIL, 2021. Courtesy of Elizabeth Fisher for CBS / Paramount+ Early in the second-season premiere of Evil, David Acosta (Mike Colter), experiences a new variation on a recurring

Taylor Swift has announced that her next re-recorded album will be Red. The aptly titled Red (Taylor’s Version) is set for release on November 19. The pop singer also revealed that the new version will contain 30 songs, including a 10-minute track – presumably the long-rumored extended version of ‘All Too Well’. Check out the