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“Everything is too pretty right now, so I am bringing back an ugly truth,” answers Bronx-born rap artist ScarLip (real name Sierra Lewis) when asked to describe her appeal and the role she feels she can potentially play within hip-hop culture across the 2020s.  » Read More

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In recent weeks, Sean “Diddy” Combs has faced multiple lawsuits alleging sexual assault, including one from Cassie, an artist formerly signed to his record label Bad Boy (which was immediately settled for an undisclosed sum). Now another lawsuit alleges Combs and two other men gang-raped a 17-year-old girl.  » Read More

Taylor Swift is everywhere — TIME Person Of The Year! — but one place she has not been is Detroit last night, despite being teased as a surprise special guest during the city’s edition of iHeartRadio’s roving Jingle Ball show. Detroit’s Jingle Ball took place on Tuesday night at Little Caesars Arena,  » Read More

Tom Waits made a rare public appearance at the SFFILM Awards on Monday evening, presenting a lifetime achievement award to Nicolas Cage. Waits and Cage go way back — they appeared in 1983’s Rumble Fish together (directed by Cage’s uncle Francis Ford Coppola) and before that Cage worked as Waits’  » Read More

While it does feel long at times, especially given its 130-minute runtime, the film’s captivating narrative and skillfully constructed action sequences consistently make it difficult to look away from the screen.  » Read More

Before Weather Alive, Beth Orton’s eighth studio album, the critically acclaimed singer/songwriter—who has three decades of releasing music in her rearview—was thinking, “It probably was time to gracefully bow out.”  » Read More

IDLES are releasing a new album, TANGK, on February 16, 2024 via Partisan. Now they have shared its second single, “Grace,” via a lyric video. They have also announced some new 2024 North American tour dates.  » Read More

Toronto-based indie-pop band Alvvays have announced some new 2024 U.S. tour dates. They happen next April and May and are in honor of their latest album, Blue Rev, which came out on Polyvinyl and landed at #4 on Under the Radar’s Top 100 Albums of 2022 list.  » Read More