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It’s 2020 election night and you’re likely maniacally refreshing poll numbers, watching needles swing back and forth, and sitting glued to your TV screen as Steve Kornacki wilds out on his Big Board. It could be several more hours—or days, or weeks—until we know for sure whether Joe Biden or Donald Trump is elected President.

Sofia Coppola’s work has often been accused of being overly stylish, culturally myopic, and generally void of substance. In what might appear to be a slight change of pace, the writer-director’s new movie, out now on Apple TV+, immediately presents itself as the her most conventional and accessible film to date, infused with a signature

After the release of their four-track EP Cat’s Pyjamas, Caro, an Indie Rock trio from Leeds, released their edited version of ‘Closet Lunatic,’ including a superb stop motion video to accompany the song. Adam Pardey, the band’s frontman, talked about the project saying: “This video is the result of 5 months spent sitting alone in

Øystein Sture Aspelund, a gifted photographer out of Oslo, Norway, showcased a beautiful series in which he explores the M41, or better known as the Pamir Highway. Many travellers consider M41 as one of the most iconic and memorable road trips as it has some genuinely majestic views and interesting experiences. Writing about the series

Who did you look to for this sort of guidance, both spiritually and with your diet? Were you reading books? Did you have mentors? It started out with meditation for me. There were certain questions I asked the universe while I was in my meditation. I read books, like The Autobiography of a Yogi, sacral

On the verge of a second lockdown in the UK, it becomes more and more important to address enduring misconceptions about the gaming industry. It is hard to pinpoint precisely where gaming clichés come from. They seem to have always been part of the cultural mindset.  Encouraged by poor representation in films and the media,

thank u, next might have been anchored by big, ubiquitous singles, but part of what made it such an affecting highlight in Ariana Grande’s career was its subtly understated nature. The album’s minimalist, mid-tempo instrumentals gave space for some of the singer’s most starkly confessional lyrics as the songs processed grief and personal trauma with

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

It wouldn’t be quite that simple. Connery played Bond in two more movies. Enticed to return for 1971’s Diamonds Are Forever, he donated his considerable salary to charity. In need of cash after some bad real estate investments, he played him again in 1983’s Never Say Never Again for a rival Bond production made possible

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The Rolling Stones have shared archival footage of their first-ever live performance of their 1968 track ‘Sympathy for the Devil’. Uploaded on US label ABCKO’s YouTube channel earlier this week, the clip is a previously unreleased cut from the band’s 1996 concert film Rock and Roll Circus that didn’t make it into the final version. Watch

Sean Connery, the Academy Award-winning Scottish actor best known for his portrayal of James Bond, has died at the age of 90. His son, Jason, said he had died peacefully in his sleep in the Bahamans, having been “unwell for some time.” Born Thomas Sean Connery in 1930, the actor’s career spanned several decades. He

So, again, I really grew up on that movie and it’s something that I can still watch to this day. I don’t watch many of the movies I’ve done—and it’s not because I don’t like them, I love them all—but I can watch a little bit of Dead Presidents and still get that same feeling

KOKO All Together Now KOKO, the beloved Bristol trio, have finally revealed their four-track EP All Together Now. A mellifluous production drives the EP with a potent energy that has been present in their previous releases like Follow and their single ‘(I Don’t Wanna) Start Fights’ — marking it as one of their best releases yet. Talking

vōx (pronounced “wokes,” the Latin word for “voice”) is an LA-based singer, songwriter, and producer examining themes surrounding identity, the body, and spirituality through her ethereal and deeply evocative brand of alt-pop. She first started making waves with a series of covers in the early mid-2010s – including her own rendition of Kendrick Lamar’s ‘I’

Maya and Ethan Hawke will star in a new film centered on Jane, an Alaska teen in 1966 who’s determined is to lose her virginity to George Harrison. Titled Revolver, after The Beatles album of the same name, the movie is being helmed by Finding Nemo co-director Andrew Stanton with a script from Kate Trefry (Stranger

The proliferation of COVID-19-“inspired” art is fast approaching. Returning TV shows are starting to incorporate the pandemic—this week’s season premiere of This Is Us took all of 90 seconds to mention “the virus.” But the real enemy will be the films and series that don’t just reflect these times, but directly fictionalize them. The idea,

Betta Lemme, an exciting name in the world of Pop music known for songs such as ‘Bambola’ and ‘Play’, released her song ‘Mommy’ just today. To talk about the release, Betta joined us for an interview. Hi, how are you? Hiiiii. I’m great, thank you. I’m excited for Fall and the upcoming releases we have

About halfway through ‘music for indigo’, the 21-minute opening track of Adrianne Lenker’s instrumentals, the Big Thief singer clears the air with the sound of bells and natural harmonics. Then, a few minutes later, just as she’s settled into a new rhythm, she lets out a chuckle that’s impossible to miss, a moment of pure

Deftones have announced a new White Pony remix album titled Black Stallion to celebrate the iconic album’s 20-year anniversary. Producers and artists including DJ Shadow, Clams Casino, the Cure’s Robert Smith, Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda, Squarepusher, Blanck Mass, Salva, and more contributed to the album, which comes out December 11 via Warner. Along with the announcement,

There seems to be a sense in the book that, despite all of these differences, we’re all making these little lies together. I think that’s right. Maybe “optimistic” is not quite the right word, but there’s a sense of optimism in this book? I think that there’s a sense of some promise of something. And

Martha Skye Murphy was just 9 years old when she first collaborated with Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, recording vocals for the soundtrack to John Hillcoat’s 2005 Western The Proposition. In 2013, she contributed backing vocals to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ spacious and contemplative Push the Sky Away and accompanied them on their subsequent tour.

Vania, a rising star in the world of music, has released a music video for her second asingle ‘Wonder.’ The single itself was released on the 4th of September and is now accompanied by a music video which was shot by Vania’s twin sister Christa Sousa. Talking about the music video Vania said: “I went

Rhye, the moniker of singer and multi-instrumentalist Mike Milosh, has announced a new album. Home is set for release on January 22, 2021 via Loma Vista Recordings. The artist has also previewed the album with a new song called ‘Black Rain’, which arrives with an accompanying music video directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson​ and starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson. Milosh served

A treasured scene for me: a late-middle-aged Bill Murray, in Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation, showing up at Scarlett Johansson’s hotel room door in an inappropriately youthful orange camouflage T-shirt, only for Johansson to burst out laughing. Murray retreats to the bathroom, turns the shirt inside out. And into the Tokyo night they go, undaunted.

There’s an elemental beauty to Loma’s sophomore album, Don’t Shy Away, that reveals itself slowly but surely. After all, that’s the way it goes with most things in nature, a word that also happens to have been used as a fitting tag for the album – it’s not one you usually see alongside ‘alternative’ and

As far as job opportunities go, the art world is one of the most exciting and dynamic fields out there. The range of jobs that people in the art world find themselves working is endless, and each job offers a completely unique experience. However, the common thread uniting all these creative minds is a passion

Actress has unveiled a new short film to accompany his new album Karma & Desire. The visual of the same name was shot, edited, and produced by director Lee Bootee and features appearances from Yves Tumor, Sampha, Zsela, Aura T-09, and Actress himself. A press release describes the 17-minute film as “a love story — or the story

As Oneohtrix Point Never, Daniel Lopatin has cut a striking figure through the last decade of electronic music. The 38-year-old’s career began in the underground noise scene, when he released synth-laden new age abstractions, and has taken him down fascinating paths not often traveled by avant-garde musicians, like touring with Soundgarden and Nine Inch Nails,