When a diary pointing toward a long-lost treasure sets two Brooklyn-raised siblings on a long expedition alongside new friends, they discover their Hawaiian heritage, bringing them back to their roots in rural O’ahu. Netflix’s Finding Ohana is the latest project to join their wide catalogue of films and TV series. The film is directed by
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The Mountain Goats were the musical guests on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night. They delivered a remote in-studio performance of their Getting Into Knives single ‘Get Famous’. Watch it below. “One thing we might have done in an alternate-timeline 2020 was perform some “Getting Into Knives” tunes as they were tracked: with 8
Like the Odeon, dim sum in Queens, and the Prospect Park lawn, Fran Lebowitz is a New Yorker’s New York fixture and a cognoscenti touchpoint to a bygone era. Infamously cellphone-free and laptop-less, Lebowitz has nonetheless become more and more of a cult celebrity—in part due to her irascible wit on everything from politics to
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Like many of Emily Dickinson’s poems, part of what makes ‘There is another sky’ so strikingly resonant is that its ambiguity never overshadows the message of hope that lies at its center. People might offer different interpretations as to what its titular promise alludes to – spiritual paradise, home, poetry itself – but what ultimately
Ahead of the release of their upcoming album Open Door Policy on February 19, The Hold Steady have shared a new single called ‘Heavy Covenant’. Check it out below. “‘Heavy Covenant’ is a song about travel, technology, and human connection,” singer Craig Finn explained in a statement. “The song came out of two different music
This week, a band of rowdy, Glock-toting, Trump-worshiping insurrectionists descended on the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. in an attempt to stop the confirmation of Joe Biden’s presidential nomination. The scenes from the invasion itself have already been memed into oblivion. But as other accounts from people in the area trickled out, the picture of
Rhye has shared a new song called ‘Come in Closer’. It’s the latest preview from singer-songwriter Michael Milosh’s forthcoming album Home and it arrives with an accompanying video co-directed by Milosh and Genevieve Medow-Jenkins. Check it out below. In a statement, Milosh described ‘Come in Closer’ as being about how “as relationships deepen and you invite
While overseas on a business trip in the late 1920s, Japanese film producer Shiro Kido attended a screening of the Alan Crosland musical, The Jazz Singer (1927), one of the milestones in early sound cinema. Dazzled by its limited use of recorded lyrics and dialogue—and recognizing that full-on ‘talkies’ were just around the corner in
On what would have been David Bowie‘s 74th birthday, Duran Duran have offered their take on the late legend’s ‘Five Years’, the opening track from 1972’s iconic The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars. Listen to their cover below. “My life as a teenager was all about David Bowie,” Simon Le
Society’s most loathsome ideas are sometimes best confronted by the unlikeliest of cultural critics. Just look at Viagra Boys, a Stockholm-based punk-rock outfit whose very name is a parody of hypermasculinity and raging alpha males’ frequent inability to perform. But their musical performances—on record and especially onstage—are nothing if not potent. The spiritual descendants of
Based on the career of American figure skater Tonya Harding, I, Tonya is a 2017 sports drama starring Margot Robbie. Harding is best known for being the first American woman to complete a triple axel in competition, but that didn’t mean she was popular with the judges. The film is raw about showing the audience how rough
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It seems that Ariel Pink and John Maus attended yesterday’s (January 6) riots at the US Capitol building, which were led by Trump supporters protesting the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory in Congress. As Clash and The Line of Best Fit report, filmmaker Alex Lee Moyer posted a picture of himself alongside the two indie artists
This afternoon, as Congress counted electoral votes to confirm Joe Biden’s victory, a mob of Trump supporters who had traveled to Washington at the behest of the President attacked police outside the Capitol and forced their way inside the building. Senators and members of Congress were locked inside their respective chambers; security escorted Vice-President Mike
Big Thief‘s Buck Meek has previewed his upcoming album Two Saviors with a new single titled ‘Candles’. Following the previously released tracks ‘Pareidolia’ and ‘Second Sight’, the new song was co-written alongside Big Thief singer Adrianne Lenker. Listen to it below. “I was making my escape, when the siren’s song caught me a mile up the road,” Buck
Ty Segall has joined fellow Drag City artists Bill Callahan and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy for a new collaborative cover. Check out their rendition of Johnnie Frierson’s ‘Miracles‘ below, alongside an accompanying video directed by Sai Selvarajan. ‘Miracles’ originally appeared on Frierson’s self-released album Have You Been Good To Yourself, which was reissued posthumously by Light In
Eleven months ago, London-based artist Raissa, a 23-year-old singer, songwriter, producer, and visual artist, seemingly popped out of nowhere with the release of her dreamy bedroom-pop track ‘BULLYING BOYS’ alongside a captivating, anime-inspired music video on YouTube. A trilingual talent wielding an irresistible electro-pop sound and matching kawaii aesthetic, Raissa succinctly demonstrated her star-power potential
These days, when you’re Morgan Wallen, things tend to go your way. Albums set records before they’re even released. Your throwback, semi-scuzzy Southern style – mullet and cutoff flannel tee – is instantly adopted by your fans. Even national controversy ends with a laugh and a wink. Take for example, how last fall the 27-year-old
Ricki Stern’s new docu-series Surviving Death, based on best-selling author and journalist Leslie Kean’s book, is a six episode series which explores questions that have been contemplated throughout time such as: What does it mean to die, and is death the end of our existence? With innovative research combined with first-hand accounts from those who
Caring parents strive to give their children not only their love and warmth but everything that the child desires. Let the baby feel the happiest. From the very first years of life, kids become little fashionistas because parents are actively replenishing not only the collection of their toys but also their wardrobe. That is why
London Grammar have previewed their upcoming album Californian Soil with a new single titled ‘Lose Your Head’. The George FitzGerald-produced track arrives with an accompanying music video directed by Zhang + Knight. Check it out below. “‘Lose Your Head’ is about power and control in relationships,” frontwoman Hannah Reid said in a press statement. “The lyrics are
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In recent years, we have seen the players in the NBA take a fashion stance. High-profile sneaker distributors in Nike and Adidas, as well as luxury brands like Louis Vuitton and Dior, are finding ways to work together collaboratively to make the most stylish product on the planet. Fans love to see the rare and
In their own words, NewDad are “fun, easy-going and desperately trying to sound cooler than we are.” Hailing from Galway in West Ireland, the quartet have been making moves in the resurging indie scene currently occurring across the Irish Sea. With their debut EP Waves set to be released early this year, they already have
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As the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve, The Office officially switched over from Netflix to NBC’s new streaming service Peacock. To celebrate the show’s debut on the platform, NBC has now unveiled a previously unreleased cold open from the series finale. The five-minute clip, which was cut for time in the 2013 finale,
Judging by the number of readers who came through, all the fathers, brothers, boyfriends, buddies and more received some solid presents this year. Courtesy of Jordan / Gabe Conte By Yang-Yi Goh, Sam Schube From the stone-cold classic to the low-key underrated to the…well, less-than-GOAT, we ranked the greatest basketball sneaker line in history. Shirt,
Netflix have unveiled a new addition to their streaming platform named Asphalt Burning, a film directed by Hallvard Bræin. The story follows Roy (Anders Baasmo Christiansen) whose wedding goes back to the drawing board, after he accepts a challenge by a new foe to compete on the iconic Nürburgring circuit in Germany. Roy must win