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In Best Stuff of 2020, we listed a handful of our favorite coffee table books published this year. The ones that helped us get outside our four walls and refill our creative gas tanks. We’re back again because, frankly, there were too many on our shortlist to ignore. Flipping the weighty pages of a book

While advertising has dropped by nearly half on some networks like ITV, advertisers are still keen to push a sale during a recession. Working towards a sustainable future requires understanding that sales are your enemy, for they often place consumers at risk of debt and of acquiring unnecessary amounts of clothing that will end up

Aero Flynn, the project fronted by Amateur Love’s Josh Scott, have returned with a new record that was written, recorded, and produced with Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon. The follow-up to the Minneapolis band’s self-titled 2015 debut is called Madeline and features contributions from Rob Moose, BJ Burton Brad Cook, Mike Noyce, Ben Lester, and many

Deftones singer Chino Moreno’s side-project ✞✞✞ (Crosses) have released their first new track in six years. It’s a cover of Cause & Effect’s ‘The Beginning of the End’, from the Sacramento electropop band’s self-titled 1990 debut LP. Check it out below. Crosses, who released their self-titled debut in 2014, are composed of Moreno, guitarist Shaun

Euphoria on HBO Max. Euphoria’s Christmas special could’ve been lightweight, a stopgap to keep the fans fed and the show refreshed in the minds of short-attention span streamers. Instead, writer-director Sam Levinson turned in a quietly devastating hour of conversation between Zendaya’s Rue and her sponsor, the brilliant Colman Domingo, that treats addiction with a

Kelsey Lu and Yves Tumor have teamed up for a new song called ‘let all the poisons that lurk in the mud seep out’. The collaborative track also features contributions from Kelly Moran and Moses Boyd. Listen to it below. Talking about the new song, Kelsey Lu explained in a statement: “let all the poisons

The little things you do can make a whole lot of difference when it comes to refreshing your home. Small, impactful changes may be easy to implement while they also add the much-needed life to your space. The following are some of the best ways you can use to refresh your home. Start by Decluttering

John ‘Ecstasy’ Fletcher, a founding member of the pioneering hip-hop group Whodini, has died at the age of 56. The Roots’ Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson announced Fletcher’s death with a tribute on Instagram, writing, “One Love to Ecstasy of the Legendary #Whodini. This man was legendary and a pivotal member of one of the most legendary

Last week, Swae Lee lost a Louis Vuitton bag at LAX. Worse, the bag contained a hard drive of Swae’s music, so he offered a $20,000 reward. Then things took a crazy turn: an Instagram account with the handle @swaeleeharddrive surfaced, a skeptical Swae invited the user to go live on Instagram, and the account

Caroline Polachek has reimagined her single ‘So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings’ for the holidays, renaming it ‘So Cold You’re Hurting My Feelings’. The A.G. Cook-produced track is available to purchase as part of PC Music’s holiday album Pop Caroler’s Songbook, with all proceeds being directed to The Trussell Trust. Check it out below, alongside

It’s not every day that you come across a band formed with the help of Tinder, yet here Mamalarky stand. Having sourced their bassist Noor Khan from the dating app in 2018 after putting out a call for musicians, their line up – which also includes Livvy Bennett of Cherry Glazerr, Michael Hunter of White

2020’s been a strange and worrisome year for film. Covid-19 lockdowns have slowed or halted several productions, and many theatrical releases have been pushed back or shelved indefinitely. Moreover, talk of future films releasing simultaneously to streaming platforms and the cinema has raised questions over the state of the industry. Nevertheless, 2020 still managed to

“The Sopranos like everyone else. It’s perfect TV. RIP James Gandolfini the Gawd” – The Kid Mero “The Sopranos gets funnier the more I rewatch it. The episode where Christopher and Paulie get lost in the snow is so funny you forget they were there to murder someone” – Andrew Kuo (artist) “I did The

Leslie West, the legendary singer-guitarist of the hard rock band Mountain, has died at the age of 75. His death was confirmed today in a statement from his longtime sponsor Dean Guitars. “With a heavy heart, we are saddened to hear about the passing of #Dean Artist and part of the Dean family, Leslie West,” it

For the latest installment of our 2020 Year in Review, we’re rounding up some of our favourite album covers of the year. The music doesn’t necessarily have to be great for the artwork to land on this list, but one of the unique things about album covers is how they relate to or evoke the

Sky Arts have announced a line-up of musicals to be broadcast over the Christmas period.  The freeview channel, set up in September in response to the COVID-19 pandemic shutting access to theatres, gives a chance for people stuck at home to see various art content, including theatre. For Christmas this year, they have provided the

But what strikes me as hilarious about that scene is that—we were talking about the specific corner that Eric occupies, right? So we’re only used to seeing your character in one way. And because of what’s going on in that episode [where Eric is on thin ice at the company, depending on Harper to save

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Darkside have announced a new album: Spiral is due out in spring of next year via Matador. The duo of electronic producer Nicolás Jaar and guitarist Dave Harrington have also unveiled the album’s first single, ‘Liberty Bell’. Listen to it below. ‘Liberty Bell’ marks the duo’s first new single since 2013, when Darkside released their

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In the pits of quarantine, Stephen Bruner, the madcap maestro bassist known as Thundercat, thought he was going to spend a whole year on the couch. The tour surrounding his new album, It Is What It Is, a jazz-pop masterclass written in the wake of his friend Mac Miller’s untimely passing, was canceled. The future

Hayley Williams offered her take on Massive Attack’s ‘Teardrop’ as part of The Ally Coalition’s 7th Annual Talent Show. Performing in what appears to be a bedroom, the Paramore frontwoman sang the 1998 track under color-changing lights with her hair wrapped in a towel. Watch it below. The event, which was livestreamed for free on Jack

The line between EPs, mixtapes, and albums are as blurry as ever, but the EP continues to be a useful and convient format for both up-and-coming artists and established acts to experiment with new ideas and push their sound forward. This was especially the case in 2020, which saw many musicians utilizing the nature of

Everyone has their favorite video games in the past. Even if we struggle to remember most of it, there are still some of our favorites that we can never forget. The evolution of video games has been an awesome story to tell. From multiple console generations to what we are basically using the right name.

I think [we wanted] to show her as a woman of accomplishment. That’s her tent show that she’s traveling in. She is the boss of that. She has a strong connection with the audience. You see it in the very beginning: people are lined up and it’s Black hands putting coins into other Black hands.

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To get into the spirit of Christmas, two years ago Our Culture compiled a short list of films for Christmas. For a festive update, we have added a few new additions to this brilliant list of films. Die Hard (1988) ‘Die Hard’, a Christmas classic by John McTiernan starring Bruce Willis, has been disputed by