News

Yesterday, Keir Starmer became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in a sweeping, historic election that ended 14 years of Conservative party rule. The UK’s various third parties made big gains, while Labour won more than 410 Parliamentary seats — a total apocalypse for the extremely unpopular Tories. But one Labour politician who didn’t win his election was Blur drummer Dave Rowntree,  » Read More

Earlier this year, Air celebrated 25 years of their debut album, Moon Safari. JB Dunckel, the co-founder of the French band, recently announced his first ballet score, Möbius Morphosis; the lead single “Corps échangés” is out today.  » Read More

Nineteen years ago, I covered a terrible New York music festival called Amsterjam. The theme of the fests was mash-ups, an online phenomenon that was already running out of steam in 2005. When the mash-up became a corporate-backed music fest, that meant we got the rare treat of seeing Wyclef and 311 half-assing their way through an onstage collaboration.  » Read More

Nothing could have prepared me for f(x)’s “NU ABO” at 13. The cover showed a young woman blindfolded, the title melting off the right side. The music video cast five young women in a tiny stage, changing outfits and dancing less in the cutesy pointing of Girls’ Generation’s smash hit “Gee” and more like the coordinated locking of SHINee’s “Lucifer.”  » Read More

“Look at my childhood home on Zillow/ Call my home phone from 10 years ago/ With no answer; well no shit, dude.” That’s a great line from Toledo emo/indie-pop band Equipment’s new single “tequila redbull.” It’s immediately followed by another: “I’m so sick of being the broke friend/ Forever punctured by the sharp end/ Of my own faults,  » Read More

Have you seen Show Me The Body’s touring plans? Last week, the New York cult heroes announced plans for their Corpus Grows tour across North America, and it looks fucking sick. SMTB are plenty great onstage on their own, and they’ve always been very sharp about choosing tourmates. This time, acts on the bill at different shows include High Vis,  » Read More

In the earliest days of this year, the Canadian poet and singer Mustafa threw a concert called Artists For Aid in New Jersey benefitting those suffering in Gaza and Sudan. Thursday, he staged a second Artists For Aid show at Troxy in London. Performers included Earl Sweatshirt, Blood Orange, Yasiin Bey, Daniel Caesar,  » Read More

Lamar’s family, Mustard, DeMar DeRozan, and more are in the celebratory visual for the chart-topping Drake diss song  » Read More

In a lawsuit that also names Jacob “the Jeweler” Arabo, Adria English says Diddy coerced her into having sex with guests at his parties  » Read More