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
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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
Leveling Then Vs Now WoW Classic is the kind of game you get into because of its imperfections, outdated design choices, and systems. Nobody goes there to chill or to get buckets of content thrown at them. And there’s nothing more quintessential in this game than its leveling system. This system alone is in and
Clive Chin probably should have expected a little bit of turbulence when he caught a flight from Kingston Jamaica to New York City with Peter Tosh as his traveling companion. The weather wasn’t a problem, but when the captain turned off the No Smoking sign and the reggae legend sparked up the ornate ganja pipe
Born to evangelical Christian parents and raised in small-town Texas, Katy Kirby grew up homeschooled and started singing in church at an early age. Like many people, she started questioning her faith around the time she moved to college in Nashville, where she graduated from Belmont University with an English degree and a few original
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COOL BOY, the genre-shifting moniker formed by Zach Zono, progressed well since his debut release back in 2018. Starting 2021, COOL BOY released two singles which followed up to his new EP Classic Charm, Pt.1 bringing out more euphonious synth-pop music to our ears. To talk about the EP, he joined us for an interview.
The opening scene of The Silence of the Lambs is a masterclass in restraint. For roughly two minutes, director Jonathan Demme turns his focus to a woman climbing a hill on a training course. When she reaches the summit, she gazes around; a small smirk crosses her face as she turns to see a bird
We’ve not heard from the English folk trio The Staves since 2017’s The Way is Read, a collaboration with the New York chamber music ensemble yMusic, but their absence, unfortunately, was not without reason. In 2018, the sisters’ mother – the person who had inspired them at an early age to pursue music – passed
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Yeah. And it is funny. That I don’t mind as much. I’m always curious to see how I’m going to be introduced because I will sometimes be introduced as Twitter’s Poet Laureate, which, what is that even? Or a tweet will be mentioned, or I’ll just be introduced as the author of “Rape Joke,” which
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