Have you ever seen the paintings of English Romantic painter William Turner? He would turn a churning sea into a maelstrom of colors, the London’s Continue Reading
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Can Queer Studies Rescue American Universities?
Publishing academic books about the problems in the academy has become a flourishing, self-perpetuating field in recent years. There’s no shortage of texts speculating on Continue Reading
Demi Lovato Drops Sweeping Ballad ‘Still Have Me’ Following Breakup: LISTEN
Demi Lovato surprised fans with an emotional new release, titled "You Still Have Me." The "Confident" singer debuted the ballad on Wednesday (September 30) via Continue Reading
PM Picks Playlist 4: Stellie, The Brooks, Maude Latour
Stellie – “Colours” (premiere) Photo: Jackson Thornbury / Courtesy of artist Australia’s Stellie is a rising alternative pop singer-songwriter that received more than 700,000 streams Continue Reading
Plattetopia: The Prefabrication of Utopia in East Berlin
Familiar as I am with the paradoxes of life in modern industrial housing, that the more humans are packed into concrete compartments the more atomised Continue Reading
Orchestra Baobab Celebrate 50 Years with Vinyl of 'Specialist in All Styles'
Nostalgia looms large throughout the first vinyl edition of Dakar-based group Orchestra Baobab’s 2002 comeback release Specialist In All Styles. Out on World Circuit in Continue Reading
The Budos Band Call for Action on "The Wrangler" (premiere)
Sinuous grooves and heated horns come hand-in-hand with Staten Island’s Budos Band, as their many fans — Madonna, Iggy Pop, and the Wu-Tang Clan among Continue Reading
Alicia Silverstone’s 9-Year-Old Son Was Bullied for His Gorgeous Long Hair
Alicia Silverstone’s 9-year-old son, Bear Blu Jarecki, doesn’t care what anyone thinks of his awesome long hair. The actress took to Instagram on Monday (September Continue Reading
Naya Rivera’s Sister Nickayla Addresses Rumors About Her and Ryan Dorsey
Naya Rivera’s sister Nickayla is helping take care of her 5-year-old son, Josey, with the late Glee star’s ex-husband, Ryan Dorsey. Dorsey and Rivera moved Continue Reading
MONEYPHONE Drop New Single & Video For “Indecision”
David and Enoch are the Toronto-based duo behind the community-driven MONEYPHONE and are set to release their forthcoming mixtape, ‘Faith’. As the next step in Continue Reading
Noel Gallagher Basically Just Called Taylor Swift’s Music Crap
Noel Gallagher is apparently not a Swiftie. Like, at all. The former Oasis founding member complained about modern rock stars on the latest episode of Continue Reading
The Story of Life in 10 1/2 Species (excerpt)
Introduction Since our earliest days, we humans have been cataloguers of the natural world. Once, our survival depended entirely on remembering what was safe and Continue Reading
Exploitation Shenanigans 'Test Tube Babies' and 'Guilty Parents' Contend with the Aftermath
PopMatters has been following Kino Lorber’s Blu-ray series The Golden Age of Exploitation, a collection of films made outside of Hollywood’s studio system by independent Continue Reading
Demi Lovato and Max Ehrich Share First Social Media Posts After Alleged Breakup
Demi Lovato and Max Ehrich have returned to social media since their alleged split. The "Confident" singer shared two Instagram Stories on Thursday (September 24). The first was a Continue Reading
Billie Lourd Gives Birth to First Child, Honors Late Mother Carrie Fisher in the Name
Billie Lourd gave birth to her first child and honored her late mother, Carrie Fisher, in her newborn's name. The news came as a big Continue Reading
Colombia's Simón Mejía Plugs Into the Natural World on 'Mirla'
Simón Mejía believes music is a universal language, but his musical universe includes singers, instrumentalists, electronics, birds, insects, as well as rocks and the water Continue Reading
Audrey Hepburn + Rome = Grace, Class, and Beauty
“And Introducing Audrey Hepburn”. With that credit, William Wyler’s Roman Holiday set off a special bombshell in the world of Hollywood stardom, one that announced Continue Reading
PM Picks Playlist 2: Bamboo Smoke, LIA ICES, SOUNDQ
Bamboo Smoke – “Hold Me Briefly” Photo: Courtesy of the artist South London’s Bamboo Smoke create a gorgeous form of electro that bridges pop and Continue Reading
Oscar Hijuelos' 'Mambo Kings Play the Songs of Love' Dances On
Héctor Lavoe’s 1976 “Periódico de Ayer” (Yesterday’s Newspaper) is a bitter but danceable salsa classic about lost love. But like many of his finest songs, Continue Reading
Melanie Martinez Whips Up Something Sweet on ‘The Bakery’: Lyrics + Music Video
Melanie Martinez's "The Bakery" lyrics are a sweet treat! The former Voice contestant debuted her dreamlike new music video along with her latest single. The Continue Reading