Caroline Polachek has released an extended mix of ‘The Gate’, the opening track of her debut solo album, Pang, via her Orchard imprint Perpetual Novice. Clocking in at 10 minutes, the new version features additional “textural contributions” from producers Oneohtrix Point Never and PC Music’s Danny Harle. ‘The Gate (Extended Mix)’ comes with a music video directed by by
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By now, this was no longer a novel occurrence, and CIA people had come to call it “getting hit.” One senior intelligence officer in EEMC, the Center Polymeropoulos used to run, had gotten hit twice while traveling under cover, first in Poland in the spring of 2019, then again in Tbilisi, Georgia, that fall. He,
After three seasons, Stranger Things has firmly cemented its place in the ’80s-inspired sci-fi zeitgeist. The show’s first season thrust its stars to instant fame and rocketed up Netflix’s rankings to claim the top spot. Set in a small town called Hawkins in Indiana, the story begins with the abduction of Will Byers. His friends
The fact that beabadoobee released her very first song, ‘Coffee’, all the way back in 2017 might come as a surprise to anyone who only became familiar with her music this year, when Canadian lo-fi artist Powfu sampled the track on his confusingly titled viral hit ‘death bed (coffee for your head)’. Her vocal presence
Miley Cyrus performed a set during the #SaveOurStages virtual festival on Saturday (October 17). The three-day virtual event, which saw artists including Foo Fighters and Phoebe Bridgers performing in empty venues around the US, was put on to benefit the National Independent Venue Association’s Emergency Relief Fund. Accompanied by a six-piece band, the pop singer
In the midst of a pandemic, writer Dan Riley caught up with actor Timothée Chalamet in Woodstock, New York for GQ’s November cover profile. Officially, Chalamet was there preparing for an upcoming role as a young Bob Dylan, who famously went upstate to convalesce after a motorcycle accident. Unofficially, Chalamet was taking the opportunity to
For fans of blaxploitation horror, 1974’s Abby is perhaps most notorious for its marketing as “The Black Exorcist” (nearly named ‘The Blaxorcist’) and having achieved the honor of being sued into (literal) oblivion by Warner Bros. for copyright infringement. It’s undeniably true that the script is, shall we say, lacking in original thought — part
Yesterday night (October 17), Run the Jewels performed their latest album RTJ4 in full on Adult Swim. The concert, titled ‘Holy Calamavote’, was sponsored by Ben & Jerrys and urged viewers to vote during the November 3 US election. Fans were also encouraged to donate to the ACLU throughout the stream. Watch the full set below. ‘Holy Calamavote’
SOFI TUKKER, aka Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern, have teamed up with Icona Pop for a new single called ‘Spa’. It marks the first collaboration between the two electronic duos. Check it out below. Of working with Icona Pop, SOFI TUKKER said in a statement: “There’s nothing like making a song with friends we love
It was only then that I discovered that there are people who blame The West Wing for a false expectation we have that Republicans will do the right thing, which blows my mind that The West Wing would be blamed for anything at all. I had no idea that an off-the-cuff answer that seems simple
MUBI, a beloved cinema streaming platform, has published their schedule for the month of November. The list includes some superb films such as Nimic by Yorgos Lanthimos, Queen of Hearts by May el-Toukhy, and The Kid With a Bike (2011) by The Dardenne Brothers. 1 November – I’m So Excited! | Magnificent Obsessions: The Films
Nick Cave has unveiled his performance of a new song called ‘Euthanasia’, taken from his upcoming live album, Idiot Prayer, out November 20. Watch it below. Idiot Prayer captures the livestream concert Cave performed with no audience at London’s Alexandra Palace back in June. Across his 22-song set, Cave performed solo piano renditions of both Bad Seeds
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**GQ: It’s pretty crazy that you’re going from Electric Lady to Paisley Park. That’s a couple of iconic places. There’ll be a live audience for that? Indoors? ** Omar Apollo: Yeah, so basically it’s a live audience, and it’s a 1500-person venue, but with 100 people, everyone with masks on and they’re gonna be super
TSHA ‘Change’ feat. Gabrielle Aplin Moving forward with an already impressive discography is TSHA, a rising star in the world of electronic music, having just released her latest single ‘Change’ featuring British singer-songwriter Gabrielle Aplin. In this nostalgia-filled production, TSHA explores rave-like synths mixed with a dancefloor-ready beat that will get you on your feet
Our Culture‘s Steven Sloss speaks to Bafflegab Productions’ Simon Barnard about his new audio drama adaptation of the cult ’70s TV serial Children of the Stones for BBC Sounds, and the challenges of producing audio content under lockdown. Thank you for talking to Our Culture, Simon. Children of the Stones is a very exciting project!
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Spoilers for the second season of The Boys follow. The seventh episode of The Boys’ second season begins with a white man submerged in propaganda. Every screen he comes near has something to shout in his direction. He hears about a plot by sinister illegal immigrants to invade America and reveal themselves as homicidal superterrorists.
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Zooni are a Brighton-based art-rock outfit comprised of Peter Martin, George Godwin, Matt Glasbey, and Ben Clark. Emerging with a series of delicately gorgeous singles last year leading up to the release of their debut self-tited EP, the quartet have developed a close partnership with producer Charlie Andrew, best known for his Mercury-winning work with
Undergirding all this messaging by Trump and his acolytes is a small army of lawyers, state party officials, and elected leaders who are doing their darndest to make it harder for people to vote. Because many states and localities have sensibly expanded vote-by-mail options during the pandemic, the backlash to those measures by party operatives
On Chesil Beach is the 2017 adaptation of Ian McEwan’s 2007 novel of the same name. Saoirse Ronan – who also starred in the adaptation of McEwan’s Atonement – has the leading role of Florence Ponting, a budding violinist. She has just been married to Edward Mayhew (Billy Howle), who is from a family of considerably lower social
Former Vampire Weekend member Rostam Batmanglij, who records under the mononym Rostam, has shared a new song called ‘Unfold You’. The single is attached to a self-directed music video featuring actress Hari Nef. Check it out below. Rostam came up with the idea for ‘Unfold You’ after playing a show with Nick Hakim in Paris. “This
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“The only thing that is planned is the set list,” Gracie Abrams tells me about her first ever tour, which has virtually visited cities from Berlin to Sydney so far, and is set to travel back to Europe in May. Abrams is speaking to me over Zoom from her Los Angeles bedroom, and I can
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Squirrel Flower, the moniker of singer-songwriter Ella Williams, has released a cover of Liz Phair’s ‘Explain It To Me’, as well as a new version of her song ‘Chicago’. Listen to both tracks below. “‘Explain It To Me’ has been one of my favourite songs since I first heard it when I was 14,” Williams
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Seven months ago, if you told me I would be bumming a cigarette from Sean Penn in a parking lot repurposed from Dodger Stadium for emergency use during a viral pandemic, the two of us surrounded by hundreds of cars full of nervous people afraid their bodies harbored an invisible predator that had attacked over