East London born and bred, Rose Gray emulates a gloriously colourful amalgamation of musical influences. From the obvious Primal Scream and Happy Mondays references to the more eclectic sounds of Nitin Sawhney, Rose Gray’s distinctive musical stylings speak to her equally animated surroundings. Having grown up on 90’s indie, dance and alternative classics, it’s no
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As the leader of Icelandic post-rock giants Sigur Rós, Jónsi Birgisson is known for crafting textured, subtly expansive arrangements that operate in the ethereal realm and reach something almost elemental. His collaborative projects with Alex Somers, from 2009’s All Animals to Lost and Found a decade later, veer closer towards a soothing but persistent kind
Amazon’s The Boys just concluded a wild second season of exploding heads, Neo-Nazism, Trump administration satire and political allegory. It’s been eight episodes of deceptively sharp social commentary couched in a B-movie, seedy superhero universe that imagines what our world would look like if heroes existed amongst us. The answer: they’d be products of corporate
A comparison of I Married a Monster from Outer Space and The Brain from Planet Arous. Content warning: this essay discusses sensitive topics, including sexual assault. In 1958, two genre pictures were released with remarkably outlandish titles: Nathan H. Juran’s The Brain from Planet Arous and Gene Fowler jr’s I Married a Monster from Outer Space. From the brilliant image of a
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There are so many ways to work on your personal fashion and style. But if you are keen to try and appear cool and relaxed, there are many things you can consider to make this a little easier. As it happens, it is always possible to do this, and as long as you are happy
Trump and Stalin have so many similarities, particularly in matters of media manipulation, but what’s amazing about it is that if someone told Trump, “you’re like Stalin,” his response might be, “Who’s that?” “I get along well with Stalin, the leader of Russia. I have no problem with the leader of Russia. I hear he
Online betting is not a new thing these days since you would find hundreds of options when it comes to betting on any of the events of popular sports games. In the last two decades, betting on the internet has witnessed some profound changes and development. Since the widespread usage of smartphones, the last few
Early in 2016, 16-year-old Belgian singer Ellie Blanche Delvaux, aka Blanche, auditioned for The Voice Belgique with a show-stopping rendition of Adele’s ‘Daydreamer’. Husky and powerful, her voice seriously impressed the judges. She went on to compete for team Cats on Trees and made it all the way to the live shows. That same year,
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On 2009’s “Exhibit C,” his breakthrough and still biggest hit, Jay Electronica writes his young adulthood as a parable––that of a drunk, depressed wanderer who “shines like [he] grew up in a shrine in Peru,” but who sleeps on trains, starving, mad at Okayplayer headlines. The New Orleans-born rapper claimed to be of the spiritual
BLACKPINK waste no time. After all, why should they? Barely half a decade into their career, the South-Korean pop group – Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa – have managed to become an international phenomenon, amassing millions of followers and getting featured on a Lady Gaga album before their debut full-length even arrived. To put things
Loma have previewed their upcoming album Don’t Shy Away with a new song called ‘Elliptical Days’. The track arrives with an accompanying music video directed and edited by the band’s Emily Cross and Dan Duzsynski in Dripping Springs, Texas. Check it out below. “‘Elliptical Days’ was one of those songs that was pretty well fleshed out
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,
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