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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

With Suicide Squad, F9 and Dune dominating 2021, there’s never been a better time to be a wrestler-turned-actor. But who holds the belt? August 24, 2021 Collage by Simon Abranowicz; Photographs Getty Images To cut it as a professional wrestler, you need to have the physical chops to withstand cage matches and body slams and

In 2015, Perry Blackshear took the festival circuit by storm with his multiple award-winning debut feature They Look Like People, a slow-burning, lo-fi exercise in psychological horror propelled by an astonishing central performance from MacLeod Andrews. While Blackshear’s follow-up The Siren (2019) was not quite so well-received, When I Consume You marks a welcome return

Interior design trends come and go, yet a small stable of elements always stand the test of time. Vogue Australia highlights concepts as simple as using wood, through to deploying the statement armchair, as style icons that will always look good. Any home is capable of achieving these goals; by judicious use of statement pieces around

My Morning Jacket have announced a new self-titled album. My Morning Jacket arrives October 22 via ATO. It includes the newly unveiled track ‘Regularly Scheduled Programming’, which comes with an accompanying video co-directed by Jim James and George Mays. Check it out below and scroll down for the LP’s cover artwork (by Robert Beatty) and tracklist.

New seasons of Succession, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Insecure in the same month? The timeline is going to explode. By Frazier Tharpe August 23, 2021 Brian Cox in Succession.Courtesy of HBO. About two years ago, right as Game of Thrones was ending, it was briefly popular in nerdy entertainment circles to talk about the End

Fotocrime, the alias of singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Patterson, has unveiled a new single called ‘So So Low’. It’s taken from his forthcoming third album, Heart of Crime, which is out this Friday (August 27) and includes previous entry ‘Delicate Prey’. Check it out below. “Possibly my favorite and the most personal song on Heart of

Lindsay Munroe has shared a new song called ‘Hornets’. Out now via producer/songwriter Steph Marziano’s label Common Language, the track follows previous single ‘Weekend Love’. Check it out below. “Hornets’ is a message of solidarity to them saying ‘even if this plays out terribly, you’re not only going to be ok, you’re going to be

When a rash of sensational museum robberies stunned Europe, police zeroed in on a fearsome crime family—and a flashy new generation of young outlaws. Joshua Hammer unravels the case of a billion-dollar jewel heist and the race to catch a brutally audacious band of thieves. By Joshua Hammer August 18, 2021 Illustration by Rob Vargas

Celebrating her 33rd birthday, Kacey Musgraves took to social media yesterday (August 21) to preview some new music. The singer-songwriter shared a snippet of a new song followed by several Instagram posts revealing the next line in a set of lyrics for what could be the title track of her upcoming album. Combined, her posts