This story is part of GQ’s Modern Lovers issue. Online dating is tricky enough when you’re not famous and often naked on the internet. But having potential suitors mistake your real dating profile for a catfish is just one of the many occupational hazards that the adult performer, activist, and—coincidentally—my new Brooklyn neighbor Janice Griffith
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Nashville-based indie folk artist Becca Mancari has announced a new EP called Juniata. The four-track effort features acoustic reworkings of songs from her 2020 sophomore album, The Greatest Part, as well as a new track titled ‘Annie’, which you can check out below. “I grew up watching 1950’s and 60’s movies that my grandma would record
Every engaged person looks forward to their wedding day. But when the reality of how to organize a wedding hits, you’d discover that you don’t know where to start. There’s so much to do, down to the tiny details, and that can be overwhelming. This could leave you disoriented and drained, stealing your joy. However,
Michael Doherty’s lyrics can feel like you’re bearing witness to a small but important discovery. The one that opens his debut LP with Another Michael – initially a solo project but now a three-piece featuring bassist and producer Nick Sebastiano and guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist Alenni Davis – will be familiar to any music fan. “We were up
This story is part of GQ’s Modern Lovers issue. I’m a vampire, essentially. I do the later weddings: 11 p.m., midnight. The Elvis who works at A Little White Wedding Chapel during the day, he doesn’t like doing anything late. My standard wedding is usually one song, the written ceremony, and then another song. You
Chicago singer-songwriter Mia Rocha has announced her debut album as Mia Joy. It’s titled Spirt Tamer and it comes out May 7 via Fire Talk. Rocha and her band, which features Joseph Farago on keys and Emerson Hunton on percussion, have also shared the new single ‘See Us’ along with a music video directed by
Dinosaur Jr. have announced a new album called Sweep It Into Space. The follow-up to 2016’s Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not arrives on April 23 via Jagjaguwar. The album was co-produced by Kurt Vile, who also played 12-string guitar on the newly unveiled song ‘I Ran Away’. Check it out below, and scroll down for
Entertainment is, among other things, an escape. An absorbing story, enriching world and compelling characters can help us forget our problems and fears for a brief time. In Disney+’s Marvel Cinematic Universe spin-off WandaVision, Wanda Maximof—the ex-Avenger with the power to influence behavior and reality—has made television, quite literally, her life in order to escape
Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova has collaborated with Dorian Electra on a new song called ‘TOXIC’. Produced by 100 gecs’ Dylan Brady, the track arrives with an accompanying video directed by Tolokonnikova and featuring 3D art by Ksti Hu. Check it out below. “‘Toxic’ is political because personal is political,” Tolokonnikova said in a statement. “The single
Guided By Voices have announced a new album called Earth Man Blues. Marking the band’s 33rd studio album, it arrives April 30 via Rockathon. Check out the new single ‘Free Agent’ below. in 2020 alone, Guided By Voices put out three full-length albums. According to Rolling Stone, Earth Man Blues is described as “a collage
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Activists had been urging Zello to ban the militia channels that had begun to proliferate on the app during the Trump era, drawn by its walkie-talkie–like interface and its resemblance to ham-radio culture that has long been a staple in militia circles. On January 13, the app finally acted, banning more than 2,000 channels related
With every Wild Pink album, frontman John Ross has been steadily expanding the project’s sound and vision. As early as their 2017 self-titled debut, fans and critics alike were comfortable situating them somewhere between the road-trip-ready Americana of the War on Drugs and the introspective indie rock of Death Cab for Cutie. That the Brooklyn
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
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I understand you’ve given some recommendations to the Biden transition team. Can you say more about that, and why you feel better about passing the torch? AM: The number one thing is that the people we have been pressuring at HHS to deliver have really been delivering. When we first made contact with people there,
Gabriela Hearst presented her 2021 ready-to-wear Fall collection at New York fashion week. The inspiration behind the collection is the Saint Hildegard of Bingen. Hildegard was a polymath and Benedictine abbess; in fact, he had a strong love for the environment, which is where the inspiration came from. Set in an empty warehouse, the colour
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4am Kru, a Jungle crew out of London, England, unveiled their latest piece, ‘Callin’ Your Name’ featuring Zaetrell. The song follows on from their first 2021 release, ‘Your Only,’ which features Phoebe White. The song itself is a throwback-filled, soul-soothing journey that sonically fits in with the broader discography of 4am Kru which pays tribute
The great American filmmaker Ken Burns is known for many things: His oeuvre of engrossing and award-winning documentary series on topics as varied as baseball, jazz, the Shakers, national parks, and the Civil War. His eponymous panning shots and zoom effects. And, of course, his trademark bowl cut. A New Yorker profile from a few
Sara Pretelli, a superb documentary filmmaker who previously released her short film Frames with Our Culture, has published another short film she filmed in Japan named Lacquerware. The film focuses on Kuroe in Wakayama Prefecture, the home to one of Japan’s four largest lacquer-producing areas. The film follows two people, firstly Mr Urushiya Hayashi, who
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In the summer of 2019, New York-based singer-songwriter Cassandra Jenkins was set to join David Berman on his comeback tour as Purple Mountains, only to find herself mourning his loss mere days later. On ‘Ambiguous Norway’, a highlight from her magnificent new album An Overview on Phenomenal Nature, we see her landing in Oslo, unsure
What did you think of the finished movie? I’m hoping to see the story of nomads, but of course, it’s a story and the story takes precedence. The story is really about grief and healing and I think it’s a fantastic story for all who have suffered and been involved with grief and the healing
MUBI, the go-to film subscription service, has revealed their list of films for March. The list includes Notturno (2020), a superb documentary by the award-winning filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi. To accompany Notturno, MUBI will also stream Rosi’s Boatman (1993), Below Sea Level (2008), and El Sicario, Room 164 (2010). March for MUBI will also include Chloé Zhao’s debut film Songs My Brothers Taught Me. Whilst also
Charli XCX has joined ELIO on a new remix of her single ‘CHARGER’. Written by Brian McLaughlin, Andy Seltzer, and ELIO, the track originally appeared on the Canada-via-Swansea singer-songwriter’s recently released EP Can You Hear Me Now? Check out the new version below, alongside an accompanying music video. “CHARGER featuring the queen of music herself
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This story is part of GQ’s Modern Lovers issue. Desperate Times He moved to Nashville to make it as a singer but wound up working as a barback, a job that in three years had gone from tolerable to marginal to almost unbearable. At 26, his dream of a career in music had already begun
Slowthai makes the focus of his sophomore album clear on its title, spelling out his first name in all caps. Born Tyron Frampton, the Northampton rapper’s 2019 debut, Nothing Great About Britain, made an impression partly because it was the rare full-length outing that was chock-full of personality without being derailed by ego, introducing slowthai
The Antlers have shared a new single from their upcoming album Green to Gold. ‘Just One Sec’ arrives with an accompanying video directed by Derrick Belcham and Emily Terndrup, with choreography by Bobbi-Jene Smith and Dea Schraiber. Check it out below. “This song is about the difficulty of escaping your reputation with someone you’ve closely