The first time we meet the character of William Shakespeare in Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman series, he is striking a deal with Morpheus, the eponymous Continue Reading
Jordan Reyes: From Industrial Noise to Ambient Americana
“The idea was to create electronic music with the ethos and trappings of what Gram Parsons called ‘Cosmic American music.’” That’s how experimental musician Jordan Continue Reading
Memoir 'Kiss Myself Goodbye' Dims the Brightest Subject
Sometimes, a book aims such a blow to the guts I have to put it down and come back to it after a few deep Continue Reading
The 15 Best Experimental Albums of 2020
15. DJ Cactuar – Bolsonaro Obaluaê [Independent] We naturally take comfort in the familiar. Likewise, we often turn away from forms and concepts we cannot easily identify. Continue Reading
The 15 Best Experimental Albums of 2020
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An Ohio nightclub has been cited for “egregious violations” of COVID-19 health orders after hundreds of fans attended an indoor Trey Songz concert on Saturday Continue Reading
50 Fascinating Facts About the Music Industry
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Man Hilariously Recreates ‘Elf’ Scene While Meeting Biological Father for First Time
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Frank Zappa Documentary Unveils the Man Behind the Mythos
Frank Zappa was many things: a counter-cultural icon of the 1960s, a shredding guitar virtuoso, a creator of bracingly cynical and satirical rock music, a Continue Reading
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The 20 Best Folk Albums of 2020
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Fans Roast Cardi B for Wanting to Spend $88K on a Purse That Looks Like an Ugg Boot
We're going to need a bucket and a mop to clean up the mess Cardi B just sparked on Twitter. On Sunday (December 6), nearly nine Continue Reading
Dejhare Drops Her Latest Dance-Pop Banger – “Do What You Gotta Do”
Singer-songwriter Dejhare drops her latest dance-pop single, a sublime banger she simply titled “Do What You Gotta Do.” The track sees Dejhare talk about our Continue Reading
Gwen Stefani Returns to Ska Roots on New Single ‘Let Me Reintroduce Myself’: LISTEN
Gwen Stefani is back with new solo music for the first time since 2016! On Monday (December 7), the 51-year-old music icon dropped "Let Me Continue Reading
Aubrey Plaza Reveals Kristen Stewart Got COVID-19 While Filming Their New Christmas Movie
Kristen Stewart was outed as another celeb who contracted COVID-19 this year. During an interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Aubrey Plaza shared Continue Reading
The 60 Best Albums of 2020
60. Thin Lear – Wooden Cave [EggHunt Records] Queens-based singer-songwriter Matt Longo, who records under the moniker Thin Lear, may only be in his mid-30s, Continue Reading
Right/Wrong: How Technology Transforms Our Ethics (excerpt)
Excerpted from Right/Wrong: How Technology Transforms Our Ethics, by Juan Enriquez (footnotes omitted). Copyright © 2020 MIT Press. Excerpted by permission of MIT Press. All Continue Reading
Balanced on the Thin Edge of Democracy, Can We See the Tipping Point?
There is a common notion that incoming President Joe Biden has a responsibility to “heal America”. “It’s time to put aside the partisanship and the Continue Reading
The Mystery of History in Jia Zhangke's 'I Wish I Knew'
Although it’s only this year released in the US through Kino Lorber, Jia Zhangke’s I Wish I Knew (Hai shang chuan qi) was commissioned in Continue Reading
Miley Cyrus Hilariously Answers Fans’ Burning Life Questions Via TikTok
Miley Cyrus joined the fabulous world of TikTok and answered fans' life questions through the comments section. The "Midnight Sky" singer has been commenting on Continue Reading