This is Wait, What?, a column that explains the seemingly incomprehensible. Just as the sun must rise and set, just as the tides must ebb and flow, so too must YouTube enfant terrible Jake Paul be embroiled in a new controversy. This time, however, the consequences may be more severe than merely getting fired from
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Kate Tempest has announced they will be changing their name to Kae Tempest. From now on, they will be using the pronouns they/them, the rapper and poet revealed on social media. “It’s pronounced like the letter K,” Kae wrote. “It’s an old English word that means Jay bird. Jays are associated with communication, curiosity, adaptation
Filipino-British indie artist beabadoobee has revealed that her debut album Fake It Flowers will arrive on October 16th through Dirty Hit. The 12-track LP will include the previously released single ‘Care’ and the newly unveiled ‘Sorry’, which comes with a brooding visual directed by longtime collaborators bedroom. Check it out below, and scroll for the album’s
Expectations were high for Alanis Morissette‘s ninth album, Such Pretty Forks In the Road: not only because it marks her first album in eight years, but also because the shadow of her landmark LP, Jagged Little Pill, still looms large. With a musical version having debuted at Broadway last year and the 25th anniversary deluxe
I wasn’t sure about the new Perry Mason, a reboot of the classic series about a masterful defense lawyer who could get anyone to confess on the stand. I wasn’t sure, when I saw the trailer, if it would end up leaning too heavily on the noir signifiers. (You call legs “gams,” we get it!)
Mush, a magnificent post-punk band out of Leeds, has released their latest song Dead Beat. The song comes after the release of their debut album 3D Routine, which was released earlier this year. The album included arguably their most successful song Revising My Fee. Mush will also be following up with a five-track EP named Great Artisanal
Kelly Lee Lee Owens has shared a new song featuring the Velvet Underground’s John Cale, titled ‘Corner of My Sky’. It’s taken from her upcoming album Inner Song, out August 28 via Smalltown Supersound. Check it out below. The two Welsh artists first met in London while collaborating on one of Cale’s songs, and decided to record
Matilda Mann is a 20-year-old singer hailing from London. Earlier this year, she put out an EP called If That Makes Sense – a lovely, often beguiling indie folk project with a unique jazz flair punctuated by hypnotic rhythms, ethereal vocals, and enchanting lyrics – and she’s already gearing up for the release of another
“That’s why representation matters, man…I didn’t realize you could be black and gay and, like, fly and shit,” Sam Jay says in her new Netflix special ‘3 In The Morning,’ which is available today. Jay grew up not seeing herself in the world (“I’m from Boston, bro. We didn’t have Black dykes”) which is one
The Paul Institute, the musical project founded by brothers Jai and A. K. Paul, have released an EP titled Summer 2020. The new collection of experimental pop and R&B songs includes A. K. Paul’s previously released ‘Be Honest’ – which was one of our favourite tracks of the week – as well as a batch of
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
If you haven’t watched the recently released filmed version of Hamilton on Disney+, you should. The hip-hop/rap based Broadway musical which follows the life of Alexander Hamilton, the man who aided the foundations of the United States of America, became a cultural sensation back in 2015. Now, in 2020, a film of the musical has
“This shit has to be a hit and if it’s not, I swear to God I’m going to go crazy,” Aminé says, laughing into the receiver from somewhere in Los Angeles’s San Fernando Valley. He’s talking about “Woodlawn,” a song named after the neighborhood in the Northeast section of Portland, Oregon, where he was raised,
Earlier this week, Lana Del Rey released her new spoken word album Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass. Featuring music from producer Jack Antonoff, it serves as the audiobook version of her poetry collection of the same name, which is available for purchase through Google Play and Audible. She previously shared sample track from the album (which
When Logic announced his retirement, it was hard not to be at least a little bit sceptical – rappers make these sort of statements all the time only to make a grand comeback just a few years later. But the Maryland rapper sounded both serious and determined: having recently become a dad, he wanted to
Still, he’s not as sad as the photos would have you believe. “[The Phanatic] is representing all the Philadelphia fans,” he added. “So it’s quite an opportunity, but also a responsibility. The Phanatic has to do his best to make sure the team knows that the fans are still behind them.” When the league started
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Lil Uzi Vert and Future have shared a pair of new singles, ‘Over Your Head’ and ‘Patek’ (not to be confused with Uzi’s 2018 song ‘New Patek’). Listen to both songs below. The two rappers first teased their latest collaboration on July 21 by posting a video directed by Hype Williams on social media –
Spanish indie rock outfit Hinds have covered The Clash’s classic tune, ‘Spanish Bombs’. Check it out below. Writing about the band’s decision to record their own rendition of the song, Hinds’ Carlotta Cosials said: “We’ve always loved doing covers. Maybe ’cause it’s the way we started, or maybe because there are so many good songs
After 141 long days without NBA basketball, the league returned Thursday night with a riveting doubleheader that saw both games come down to the final second. LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard, Anthony Davis, Rudy Gobert, Zion Williamson (sort of), and several other familiar faces re-entered our lives in a game-playing capacity. It was nice to see.
We don’t usually cover a lot of punk rock on this segment, but this changes today – The Unfit’s ferocious, no-frills approach to the genre, infused with just the right amount of indie and noise rock influences, makes for the perfect antidote to today’s turbulent climate. The band – consisting of Seattle musicians and old
WARNING: This article contains descriptions of assault some readers might find upsetting. Last week, allegations of sexual misconduct and abuse were made against several acts and employees associated with California garage rock label and record store Burger Records, which has now entirely shut down, including The Growlers. Frontman Brooks Nielsen responded to allegations against the
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The extensive measures taken by the NBA to create a secure, coronavirus-free bubble in which to conclude its season have been well-documented and, so far, remarkably successful. But the process the league went through to build enough courts to host 22 teams, and make them safe, was in some ways just as complex a challenge.
After binge-watching practically everything new on Netflix, it’s time to cast the net backwards to rediscover old classics, beginning with the 2018 Netflix Original show, Everything Sucks! It was a show that was largely praised at the time for its overtly wholesome content, yet it was cancelled after just the one season; Netflix’s Original Content
PC Music founder A.G. Cook has announced a new 49-track (!) LP called 7G. Spread across seven discs, the album is set to arrive on August 12. Accompanying the announcement, Cook also shared a preview of the album in the form of a 7-minute megamix. Listen to it below, and scroll for the album’s cover
Paweł Franik, a gifted photographer out of Warsaw, Poland, has presented a superb, individualistic series named On His Own. In this series, Franik draws attention to being content while being alone with oneself; it observes loneliness as a positive rather than a negative. Writing about the series Franik stated “I show this loneliness as something
WASHINGTON D.C. — The announcement came on the last Sunday of 2019. “I have been in some kind of fight—for freedom, equality, basic human rights—for nearly my entire life,” John Lewis said on December 29, revealing his stage IV pancreatic cancer diagnosis. “I have never faced a fight quite like the one I have now.”
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