Katy Perry has her eyes set on a Blackpink collaboration. The "Smile" singer spoke highly of the K-pop girl group during an interview with Thailand-based outlet The Standard. Continue Reading
Daniel Romano's 'How Ill Thy World Is Ordered' Is His Ninth LP of 2020 and It's Glorious
If you think you’re an overachiever, think again – Daniel Romano’s got us all beat. So far this year, Romano has released nine full-length albums, Continue Reading
Alexander Wren's "The Earth Is Flat" Wryly Looks at Lost Love (premiere + interview)
Alexander Wren’s precocious coming-up is well-documented, with the history of a wedding singer mother, a Hank Williams-loving father, and an older brother who worked in Continue Reading
Big Little Lions' "Distant Air" Is a Powerful Folk-Anthem (premiere)
Big Little Lions are the folk-pop duo of Helen Austin and Paul Otten, who live in Canada and the US and manage to collaborate despite Continue Reading
The Flat Five Invite You to "Look at the Birdy" (premiere)
Another World is the sophomore release from Chicago’s the Flat Five. The LP arrives 13 November on CD, vinyl, digital download and via streaming platforms Continue Reading
Brian Bromberg Pays Tribute to Hendrix With "Jimi" (premiere + interview)
Bassmaster Brian Bromberg has remixed and remastered his 2012 album Bromberg Plays Hendrix to mark the half-century passing of guitar master Jimi Hendrix. One of Continue Reading
Shirley Collins' 'Heart's Ease' Affirms Her Musical Prowess
Since Shirley Collins’ return to music in 2016 with Lodestar, she’s been exceptionally productive. After the release of a film and soundtrack, The Ballad of Continue Reading
Ignorance, Fear, and Democracy in America
As he prepared to march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in March 1965 on what was to become known as ‘Bloody Sunday’, the late civil Continue Reading
Taylor Swift Makes Triumphant Return to Country Roots on the ACM Awards Stage With ‘Betty’
For the first time since 2013, Taylor Swift took the Grand Ole Opry stage at the 2020 ACM Awards on Wednesday night (Sept. 16), with a Continue Reading
Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik May Have Just Welcomed Their First Baby Together: Report
It’s speculated that Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik have welcomed their first child this week! Gigi allegedly gave birth this week, according to reports and Continue Reading
Woman Allegedly Cuts Off Her Own Hand to Get Insurance Money
Welcome to PopCrush's Daily Break! Here's a breakdown of today's hottest pop culture and lifestyle stories as heard on PopCrush Nights, airing across the country. Continue Reading
Jim Carrey Will Star as Joe Biden on ‘Saturday Night Live’ This Season
The role of any president or presidential candidate is typically the most high-profile (and therefore most coveted) role in any Saturday Night Live cast. In recent Continue Reading
Kanye West Posts Video of Himself Peeing on Grammy Award: Watch
Following a stream of tweets about his record label contracts with Universal Music Group, Kanye West shared a video showing what he truly thinks of Continue Reading
Lucky Idiot Share Debut Single “Mud”
Already familiar amongst these pages, Maxwell Byrne’s (Golden Vessel) latest project finds him teaming up with fellow Aussie artists Kalem Woo (Rei So La) and Continue Reading
Democratizing Our Data: A Manifesto (excerpt)
Excepted from Democratizing Our Data: A Manifesto, by Julia Lane (footnotes omitted). Copyright © MIT Press. Excerpted by permission of MIT Press. All rights reserved. Continue Reading
Mobley Laments the Evil of "James Crow" in the US
Austin’s Mobley makes upbeat-sounding, soulful pop-rock songs with a political conscience. The singer-songwriter’s latest single is “James Crow”, a song he wrote back in 2018 Continue Reading
Jordan Tice's "Bad Little Idea" Is a Satirical Spin on Dire Romance (premiere)
The free-wheeling Jordan Tice’s art basks in joyous spontaneity. For one as musically adept as him—Tice is best known for his work with progressive stringband Continue Reading
Composer Ilan Eshkeri Discusses His Soundtrack for the 'Ghost of Tsushima' Game
Some composers know exactly what to look for in a project. From years of personal refinement and artistic cultivation, they understand precisely the opportunities that Continue Reading
Love and Cinema: The Ruinous Lives in Żuławski's L'important c'est d'aimer
Exiled by his native Poland after his contentious films caused many clashes with the Polish government, filmmaker Andrzej Żuławski repaired to France where his career Continue Reading
On Bruce Springsteen's Music in Film and TV
While millions claim to be fans of Bruce Springsteen, only an extra-dedicated few have taken the plunge and written an entire book devoted to analyzing Continue Reading