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Magdalena Bay have shared the music video for ‘Dreamcatching’, a highlight from their 2021 debut LP Mercurial World. To create the fantastical clip, director Felix Geen used VQGAN+CLIP architecture, which combines neural networks working in unison to generate images based on input text and images. Check it out below, along with the duo’s upcoming US

Phoebe Bridgers has delivered a rendition of Billie Eilish’s ‘When the Party’s Over’. The cover premiered earlier this week during the first episode of Bridgers’ new SiriusXM radio show, Saddest Factory Radio, which takes its name from the record label she launched two years ago. Future episodes will air on the first Thursday of each

Here’s where the next Pattinson-Reeves Batfilms might go, based on the way the new film ends. By William Goodman March 4, 2022 Zoe Kravitz and Robert Pattinson in The Batman.Courtesy of Jonathan Olley for Warner Bros/Everett Collection Major spoiler warning for The Batman—you’ve been warned. Across its nearly three-hour runtime, Matt Reeves’ The Batman suffers

Soul Glo have shared a new single called ‘Driponomics’, featuring Philly rapper Mother Maryrose. It’s taken from the band’s forthcoming album Diaspora Problems, which includes the early single ‘Jump!! (Or Get Jumped!!!)((by the future))’. Check out ‘Dropnomics’ below. “’Driponomics’ is for everyone doing what they have to do to get by and to get fly,”

Daniel Bachman has surprised-released a new short story collection called Sycamore City & Other True Stories, which comes with a companion soundtrack composed of a single 45-minute track. The song, titled ‘Cemetery Music’, is centered around a field recording made between two cemeteries along Crater Road in Petersburg Virginia. You can buy a PDF of

Franco on how the Apple TV+ series made him fall in love with acting again, working with his wife and the disappearance of the R-rated comedy. By Erin Somers March 3, 2022 Dave Franco.Courtesy of Shane McCauley. Dave Franco has made a career of playing likable assholes. His latest, Xavier, is an obnoxious, mega-famous pop

PC Music has announced the latest installment of its compilation series. Set for release on May 13, PC Music, Vol. 3 features appearances from A. G. Cook, Clairo, Charli XCX, Caroline Polachek, Hannah Diamond, Tommy Cash, umru, and more. Check out the full tracklist below. The previous edition of PC Music’s compilation series, PC Music, Vol.

Jasper Llewellyn, Mike O’Malley, and Casper Hughes wrote a version of what would become their first single as caroline, ‘Dark blue’, on the day that they started playing together half a decade ago. Having met at university in Manchester, Hughes and Llewellyn moved to London to pursue music more seriously, and they soon invited Llewellyn’s

Big Thief drummer and producer James Krivchenia has announced a new solo album: Blood Karaoke is set for release on April 15 via Reading Group. He’s also released the experimental LP’s lead single, ‘Emissaries of Creation’. Listen to it below. Krivchenia put together Blood Karaoke by sampling unwatched YouTube videos found through random online generators,

There’s no way this movie isn’t fun as hell, right? By Grant Rindner March 2, 2022 Brad Pitt in Bullet Train.Courtesy of Sony Pictures. When George Stephenson first pioneered rail transport in the early 1800s, he revolutionized the way people traveled around the globe. He also unwittingly gave us the setting for several of our

Marilyn Manson is suing Evan Rachel Wood for defamation, as Deadline reports. The lawsuit, which was filed in a California court by Manson’s attorney Howard E. King, comes over a year after Wood publicly accused him of abuse, saying that he started grooming her when she was a teenager and “horrifically abused me for years.”

Several anticipated films like The Batman will no longer be available in Russia, one of Europe’s largest cinema markets. By Grant Rindner March 1, 2022 Robert Pattinson as Batman in The Batman., 2022. ph: Jonathan Olley / © Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett CollectionCourtesy of Jonathan Olley/Warner Bros In response to the ongoing crisis in

Netflix’s Trinkets was canceled after its second season, but the teen drama managed to find a loyal, if not very large, fanbase that celebrated the show’s quirks. Based on the novel by Kirsten Smith, the screen adaptation’s established its tone with eye-catching visuals and a marketable premise: a mourning teen (Brianna Hildebrand) moves to a new

San Antonio’s claire rousay and Austin’s mari maurice met while maurice was looking for a drummer after moving back to Texas in 2014. The pair started playing together and eventually collaborated on a more equal basis, even as maurice’s band more eaze became a solo project. Since then, the two experimental artists and Artist Spotlight

Canadian-Serbian artist Dana Gavanski has shared a new single, ‘Under the Single’, taken from her upcoming second album, When It Comes. The track comes paired with a video shot on the small island of Korčula in the Adriatic in Croatia. Check it out below. “I wanted to create something innocent and love-y sounding but also

From delivering cathartic beatdowns, being one-half of the show’s sweetest romance and last night’s tragic finale, Fez’s arc was the show’s most consistent. By Grant Rindner February 28, 2022 Angus Cloud in Euphoria.Courtesy of Eddy Chen/HBO. Euphoria season two attempted a quintuple axel, and there was no way it could ever completely stick the landing.

HEALTH, The Killers, and Louis Tomlinson are among the latest artists to cancel their upcoming Russian shows over the country’s invasion of Ukraine. HEALTH, who were set to perform in Russia on April 29 at St. Petersburg’s Mod Club and April 30 at Moscow’s Aglomerat, wrote on social media: “Though we do not wish to

Wet Leg – the Isle of Wight-based duo of Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers – have released a new single, ‘Angelica’, alongside an accompanying video directed by the band. According to a press release, the track was recorded in Chambers’ living room by bandmate Joshua Mobaraki. Check it out below. “It’s laced with disenchantment,” Teasdale

Cults and Nation of Language have shared their contributions to Covers of Covers, a new compilation celebrating the 20th anniversary of the music magazine Under the Radar. Cults have offered their take on Phoenix’s ‘Bourgeois’ from 2013’s Bankrupt!, while Nation of Language have tackled Broken Social Scene’s ‘Stars and Sons’. Take a listen below. “Under

How the comedian turned Ukrainian president gained control of something no army can wrest away: the narrative.  By Michael Idov February 27, 2022 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the European Council in Brussels, June 2019. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images) As I write this, Volodymyr Zelensky, the most improbable national leader in the world, just might

A whole host of countries and entities are taking action to oppose Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. By Grant Rindner February 25, 2022 A protester holds a placard during a demonstration against Russia’s military invasion on Ukraine. (Photo by Walid Berrazeg/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Courtesy of Walid Berrazeg/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images. As Russia’s invasion of

Kanye West and Beach House appeared to have hit the studio together. After releasing 16 tracks off his new album Donda 2, the rapper posted a series of photos on Instagram that show him working alongside Beach House’s Alex Scally and Victoria Legrande. West also tagged the duo’s account, captioning the post with an ocean

Jarvis Cocker’s band, JARV IS…, composed the score for the new BBC series This is Going to Hurt, as BrooklynVegan notes. Based on Adam Kay’s novel of the same name, the show follows a junior obstetrics and gynecology doctor played by Ben Whishaw. JARV IS… also wrote the show’s theme song, which is not on