This is Wait, What?, a column that explains the seemingly incomprehensible. Since President Donald Trump announced that he and the First Lady tested positive for the coronavirus last Friday, several other GOP figures within his orbit have also disclosed that they’ve been infected: Chris Christie, Kayleigh McEnany, Thom Tillis, Mike Lee, Ron Johnson, and, notably,
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Eddie Van Halen, the legendary guitarist and one of the namesakes behind the hard rock group Van Halen, has died following a long battle with throat cancer. He was 65 years old. His death was confirmed by his son, Wolf Van Halen, via Twitter. “I can’t believe I’m having to write this,” he wrote, “but
Carla J. Easton’s third album, WEIRDO, starts with a romantic proposition that will be familiar to any pop music fan: “Let me take you far away.” Formerly known as Ette, the Glasgow singer might not yet have been crowned the queen of literally everything, but the pulsating synths and soaring, breathy chorus of opener ‘Get
NYC collective MICHELLE have released a new song called ‘UNBOUND’ (via Transgressive). It arrives with an accompanying music video directed by Madeline Leshner. Check it out below. “UNBOUND came alive really fast,” the group wrote in a statement. “It’s about desire: the kind that oozes for the person you do want and the kind that
Even if Lanez did not shoot Megan, what remains irrefutable is the fact that she was harmed physically and emotionally, and the manner in which he has chosen to address this is callous and careless. Instead of making a public statement, defending Megan and the alleged relationship they had, course-correcting the conversation surrounding the incident,
The music industry has never been an easy place to make your fortune. Heck, many of the independent and “up and coming” bands that you listen to probably have day jobs. And in the current climate, it’s harder than ever for independent musicians. Every time you plug in your amp you face the same string
“Genres keep us in our boxes,” Bartees Strange declares on ‘Mossblerd’, the eighth track on his 11-song debut album, Live Forever. By the time we reach that point on the record, though, it’s already kind of an obvious statement – the D.C.-based songwriter and producer does more in the span of half an hour to
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
In the early days of the Trump administration, when things were much simpler, there was so much turmoil surrounding Donald Trump’s erratic behavior and repeated interference with the Russia investigation that Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, briefly floated the idea of secretly recording the president and invoking the 25th Amendment to the United States
Eudon Choi, a known name at London Fashion Week, has presented his latest spring and summer collection via a digital short film. The theme for the collection is Fuga Estiva (Summer Escape) takes inspiration from hunger to escape the city for a relaxing summer vacation in Italy. The collection includes summery hues of terracotta, sand,
In this series, we take a deep dive into a significant song from the past and get to the heart of what makes it so great. Today, we revisit the opening track of Radiohead’s 2000 masterwork, a startling document of mental disarray and a crucial turning point for a band on the verge of a breakdown.
Hamilton Leithauser has released a new version of his song ‘Isabella’, featuring vocals from Lucy Dacus. The track originally appeared on the former Walkmen frontman’s latest solo LP, The Loves Of Your Life. Take a listen below. Explaining how the new version came about, Leithauser said: “I was just playing this groovy riff in my home
It’s October. Surprise! The news that President Donald Trump had tested positive for the coronavirus broke late Thursday night, throwing yet another massive news story into an environment already absolutely saturated with them. And, as with any October surprise, it’s impossible to avoid considering the implications this will have for the Presidential election that is
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MUBI, the cinema loving streaming service of Efe Cakarel, has released their lineup of films for the month of October. Among some of the selection we a presented with The Deer Hunter, Stories We Tell, and Voices of the Moon by Federico Fellini. MUBI will also debut Two/One by Juan Cabral, which will be shown exclusively
Arlo Parks’ soulful brand of indie pop plumbs emotional depths with striking sensitivity and detail. Stringing together poetic lyricism, mellow vocals, and shuffling beats, the South London-based artist makes deeply empathetic music that bridges the confessional with the universal, speaking to an entire generation of youth with its intimate portrayals of mental illness and complex
After I got kicked out of Jesuit high school, I went to a public high school, where they had resources such that I learned developing and printing and use of an SLR [single-lens reflex camera]. I remember going on assignments in New York City and taking pictures and coming back thinking, ‘Geez, these are all
Dua Lipa has shared a new remix of the Future Nostalgia track ‘Levitating’ featuring DaBaby. It marks the second official remix of the hit song, following the Blessed Madonna-produced remix featuring Madonna and Missy Elliott. Check it out below, alongside an accompanying Warren Fu-directed music video. “Let’s go, left foot, right foot, levitating/ Pop stars, Dua Lipa
The new Deftones album opens with Chino Moreno vowing to “taste a lifestyle that never gets old.” The meaning behind Moreno’s lyrics has always been up to interpretation, but here they seem to clearly outline the premise of the alt-metal veterans’ ninth studio LP: following 2016’s experimental (and admittedly rushed) Gore, their latest sees the
Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon debuted a new song called ‘Your Honor’ during the first installment of his ‘Visit With Vernon’ campaign, which is part of his For Wisconsin voting initiative. The track is a tribute to the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who passed away in September. Watch the performance below. “I wrote
It’s deliberate. It’s about reclaiming some symbols as a way to reconnect them back to Africa—like Nefertiti—but also a deliberate way of showing the hand and the affinity that I have towards the older generation and the artists that I know have opened the way for me to do what I’m doing now. I am
Gorillaz have dropped a new song from their Song Machine series, titled ‘The Pink Phantom’. This one features Elton John and 6LACK and is set to appear on the upcoming Song Machine: Season One – Strange Timez album. Check it out below, along with an accompanying Jamie Hewlett-directed video. “Damon reached out and asked me to do
There’s a cathartic moment on LUNA AURA’s new EP, THREE CHEERS FOR THE AMERICAN BEAUTY: about halfway into the project’s riotously fun array of campy, guitar-fuelled rock songs, the singer-songwriter pauses for a split second on ‘TALKING TO ME’, then lets out a piercing scream. It’s a very familiar type of scream, one that AURA seems
The area of online education has taken leaps and bounds in the last year, mainly thanks to COVID-19 rearing its head. The idea of online education has been around for over twenty years, although the earliest models of virtual classes were incredibly limited at the time. In recent years they’ve changed considerably, but it’s only
Lil Rel Howery and I are nervously laughing over the fact that no one in Atlanta seems to be taking COVID-19 seriously. “It’s almost shocking when you first get here,” he says during a recent phone call. “You’re like, ‘did I miss something?’ People look at you crazy when you got a mask on, like
Most fans of Japanese monster cinema will, at some point, find out about G-Fest; the annual Godzilla convention held in Chicago, Illinois. For many U.S. fans, it’s a regular pilgrimage and cherished event. For international fans, it’s sometimes felt just out of reach. With the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, G-Fest was cancelled for 2020, and fans
On the opening track of IDLES’ Ultra Mono, frontman Joe Talbot introduces the central conflict that runs throughout the Bristol punks’ already-divisive third studio album. “You’re unthinking, letting yourself go, it might sound silly and non-sensical, but it has the most purpose to me,” Talbot explained in an interview with Clash, referring to such lyrics as
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Yet if Glover has worked from the inside out – pursuing a disruptive agenda from within – Coel has been employing a different set of tactics: refusing to accept the industry’s prejudice as business as normal. If Glover’s agent of change was a Trojan horse, then Coel’s has been a grenade. To excel (and to
Following his holiday-themed EP Hark! last year, Andrew Bird has now announced a full-length Christmas LP, also titled Hark!. The 13-track album will include six songs from the EP, as well as seven additional tracks. Among these are covers of John Prine’ ‘Souvenirs’ and John Cale’s ‘Andalucia’, the latter of which you can hear below. Another