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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

With rare sensitivity, he documented the stories of imperiled people all over the world, from cartel-controlled Mexico to Arkansas meth country. In February he went to Kyiv, where he told his final story. By David Alm April 22, 2022 Documentary filmmaker Brent Renaud, a 50-year-old Arkansas native, was the first American and the second journalist

EarthPercent, the environmental charity founded by Brian Eno, has collaborated with Bandcamp to raise money for different climate causes through new and unreleased music donated by over 100 artists. Contributors include Eno, Michael Stipe, Coldplay, Big Thief, the Weather Station, Jarvis Cocker, Death Cab for Cutie, Hot Chip, Dry Cleaning, Anna Calvi, Peter Gabriel, and

Last night, Harry Styles brought out Lizzo during his second headlining set at Coachella 2022. The pair sang a cover of Gloria Gaynor’s 1978 hit ‘I Will Survive’ as well as One Direction’s ‘What Makes You Beautiful’. Check out footage from the performance below. “Good evening, Coachella! I hope you’ve had a nice time so

The two superproducers each produced exactly half of It’s Almost Dry. Who brought the best out of Push? By Israel Daramola April 22, 2022 Photographs: Getty Images; Collage by Gabe Conte As one of raps most premier lyricists, Pusha T can glide over production from almost anyone. Whether solo or with Clipse, Pusha does what

070 Shake has announced her sophomore album: You Can’t Kill Me is set to arrive this spring via G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam Recordings. Lead single ‘Skin and Bones’, which was produced by Dave Hamelin and mixed and mastered by Mike Dean, is out now alongside an accompanying video directed by Noah Lee. Check it out below.

In Hatchie’s music, the line between obsession and disillusionment has always been blurry. Harriette Pilbeam has been developing her brand of infectious, fuzzed-out indie pop ever since 2018’s Sugar & Spice EP, and her best songs are so dazzling you might forget about the fears and insecurities that permeate them – if anything, they proved

It’s Almost Dry opens with one of Pusha’s most personal songs. By Grant Rindner April 22, 2022 Pusha T performs during the It’s Almost Dry Album Listening Event In NYC at Studio 525 on April 20, 2022 in New York City.Courtesy of Johnny Nunez via Getty Images. One rap-world rule of thumb: You never want

The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn has shared a new song from his forthcoming album A Legacy of Rentals, which was announced last month with the single ‘Messing With the Settings’. This one’s called ‘Birthdays’, and you can check it out below. “Producer Josh Kaufman and I decided early on to feature strings on this record, as

Sigrid has teamed up with Bring Me the Horizon for the new song ‘Bad Life’, taken from her upcoming second album How to Let Go. “It tells the story of when things are rough and it can feel like you’re never going to stop feeling sad,” Sigrid said of the track, which arrives with a

Born as a primetime satire of Middle America, The Simpsons has become something else: the inspiration for all kinds of high art, from the runways of Balenciaga to the canvases of KAWS. GQ goes inside the minds of the show’s creators—and gets a rare interview with Matt Groening—to explore our most influential sitcom’s enduring power.

Nick Cave has announced a new spoken-word album titled Seven Psalms. It will be released on 10″ vinyl and streaming services on June 10. The project features seven spoken word pieces set to music in collaboration with Warren Ellis, as well as a 12-minute instrumental taken from the sessions for their 2021 album Carnage. Check

Carlos Truly the project of Ava Luna’s Carlos Hernandez, has shared a new single called ‘New Growth’. It’s the second offering from his upcoming album Not Mine, following lead cut ‘108th’. Listen below. “To me this song sounds like turbulence vs calm, the tension between aspiration and frustration, knowing there’s so much to do but feeling

It doesn’t matter whether they call you a pop singer, an avant-garde polymath, or, god forbid, a post-punk band, nothing will bring you more acclaim than knowing your way around a melody. For Fontaines D.C., catchiness is often a form of subversion – take the title track from their sophomore LP, 2020’s A Hero’s Death,

The incident dates back to November 2021. By Grant Rindner April 20, 2022 A$AP Rocky attends the launch of Mercer + Prince Blended Canadian Whisky at Pasha Restaurant and Bar on April 12, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia.Courtesy of Prince Williams/Wire Image via Getty Images. A$AP Rocky was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on April

Purity Ring have announced a new EP called Graves, which arrives on June 3. Today, they’re previewing the project with the title track, which follows last year’s ‘soshy’. Check it out below. “This song has been haunting us for 8 straight years so we’re very glad to let it be heard,” the group’s Megan James

On Thursday, March 10, Warner Bros. announced that it plans to produce more than 6 million trading cards. Each of the trading cards was inspired by DC Comics characters and story lines. The trading cards will be released as a pair with NFTs. The NFTs will be redeemable. The business that will develop the cards,

The pair appear together on Pusha’s new song “Rock N Roll,” but Cudi says he’s still not cool with Kanye. By Grant Rindner April 19, 2022 Kanye West, Mr. Hudson, Kid Cudi and Pusha T perform during VEVO Presents: G.O.O.D. Music at VEVO Power Station on March 19, 2011 in Austin, Texas.Courtesy of Daniel Boczarski

Pictoria Vark is the moniker of singer-songwriter and bassist Victoria Park, who is currently based in Iowa City but grew up in northern New Jersey. She began immersing herself in the DIY world early on, going on her first tour with Squirrel Flower when she was 19 after she and Ella Williams met at Grinnell

Maria BC has released ‘Betelgeuse’, the latest single from their forthcoming debut album Hyaline. It follows previous entries ‘The Only Thing’ and ‘Good Before’. Give it a listen below. Elaborating on the track in a statement, Maria said: Betelgeuse is about coming to terms with one’s role as a victim, bystander, and perpetrator. The narrator of

The coming-of-age genre is saturated with a plethora of films, each with its own unique tone. From vibrant, shimmering, epic stories of adventure and first love, to more grounded, quiet dramas teeming with internal tension. The teenage experience is unique in its transience, yet also something that many humans go through. Many teen movies take

The Better Call Saul actor talks about playing the seemingly amiable yet deeply terrifying cartel killer Lalo Salamanca. By Brian Tallerico April 18, 2022 Tony Dalton in Better Call Saul Season 6, 2022.Everett Collection / Courtesy of AMC It started with tacos. In “Coushatta,” the eighth episode of the fourth season of Better Call Saul,

On (watch my moves), Kurt Vile achieves a level of comfortability that seems practically impossible. Even for a songwriter known for his spacey, easygoing style of indie rock, his ninth LP and major-label debut makes the idea of building on and gradually refining your signature sound – while still paying tribute to your musical peers

Movies have been a part of the American cultural landscape pretty much since they first appeared. The US population considered silent films starring Charlie Chaplin culture’s height a century ago. Since then, we’ve come to a point where the special effects that appear on screen are more dazzling than moviemakers could have ever imagined. What

After playing icy villains in Big Little Lies and Succession and a homicidal Viking in arthouse blockbuster The Northman, the Scandinavian actor has transcended his early beefcake days. By Tom Lamont Photography by Luc Coiffait April 13, 2022 GQ Hype: It’s the big story of right now. If Alexander Skarsgård were to write the book of