Ever since the plans for long delayed, and long pined-for Ghostbusters sequel fell apart after the untimely death of Harold Ramis, the status of the film has been in limbo. Rumors have been floating around for a while now that … Continued
“It’s a hazy song written about various fortune telling methods employed to predict future relationship mishaps in order to prevent them from happening,” Devan Kochersperger, aka Grave Pool explains of his song “Through the Skylight,” premiering here today. The song … Continued
“Lacuna has several meanings and I’m always intrigued by words like that, because they usually make for great imagery and stories,” Elena Charbila, aka Kid Moxie explains of her track “Lacuna.” The song is driving, and synth-driven, nocturnal slink, given … Continued
The similarities between Sam Smith’s Grammy-nominated hit “Stay With Me” and “I Won’t Back Down” by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were immediately obvious to anyone who’s ever heard the 1989 song. But then again, nearly every song that you … Continued
The Screen Actors Guild Awards are currently underway, and while the recipients of all the Good Acting Job awards are no doubt important, J.K. Simmons, and Patricia Arquette among them, so far the only thing that’s caught our eye so … Continued
Earlier this week we noticed that HipsterRunnoff, the most significant achievement in cultural criticism of the 21st century, was being put up on the auction block on the site Flippa. (RIP 2 the scene.) Despite the fact that the site hasn’t … Continued
The future of Skymall, the nation’s last existing magazine, is in jeopardy, as Xhibit Corp, the parent company behind the ass-pocket publication has filed for bankruptcy. “We are extremely disappointed in this result and are hopeful that SkyMall and the … Continued
The New England Patriots have found themselves at the center of yet another in a long line of cheating controversies that stretches all the way from this nonsensical one about air pressure in footballs, to the one other one 7 … Continued
The balance of live instruments and electronic touches explored by the genre-blurry Apidae, the duo of Greg Hummell and Drew JH York, is evident throughout “Turning Tides.” On the track a thrumming bass lines runs in perpetual motion beneath York’s … Continued
The inspiration for “Blackout” was pretty straightforward, Kat Lee, singer of the New York four piece ohnomoon says, coming in the aftermath of the power outage across the city after Hurricane Sandy. “Seeing all the lights out for so much … Continued
Brooklyn Born Haitian-American artist Moxiie has been catching shine lately on the strength of her powerfully-sung, stylish electro-pop tracks everywhere from Noisey, to Stereogum, and garnering comparisons to the likes of Santigold and Charli xcx. “Jilted” in particular, with its … Continued
Steven Rodriguez, better known as ASAP Yams, co-founder of the ASAP Mob rap crew, has died, according to multiple reports. Among Yams’ many contributions to the New York City hip hop world was helping establish the career of the gorup’s … Continued
The original treatment for “Holding On to Nothing”, the video from Brooklyn-based artist Owen Beverly, was meant to accompany a song of his that referenced the Mermaid Parade and Coney Island in the lyrics, Beverly says. “When the director Ryan … Continued
Sremmlife, the debut album from Mississippi-by-way-of Atlanta duo Rae Sremmurd just dropped, and it’s already a bonafide hit, selling 49,000 “album equivalent units” (lol), and hitting number 1 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Rap Albums charts. No surprise I … Continued
Unless you’re a giant dumbass with horrible taste and a chasm filled with shit where your heart is supposed to be, your favorite song of 2014 was “Archie, Marry Me”, by Toronto’s Alvvays. The track, which was #1 on our … Continued
“‘Compromise’ is a song about self liberation and a kind of awakening of the soul and realizing you can be whoever the hell you want all the time,” Jared Petrich of the LA psych-folk group The Tulips tells us. “It … Continued
Miley Cyrus, of the internet Cyrusii, sat for V magazine’s Cheyne Thomas, or stood, rather, for a series of photos in the new issue, out on Friday. (Buy it here!). A poster of the shoot (above) is also available, if, for … Continued
Summer music festival lineup announcement season is well underway. Coachella’s cavalcade of musical saudade hit last week, and we’re all definitely looking forward to that. And tonight, Bonnaroo, aka Coachella for people who are actually interested in music (which is somehow … Continued
Bands that combine sparse electronic production with gauzy female vocals have become a dime a dozen, but one of the things that made Canadian duo Purity Ring so engaging on their 2012 debut Shrines was Megan James’ abstract poetic lyrics. … Continued
The cover of the first issue of Charlie Hebdo to be published in the aftermath of the horrific attacks in which a number of the satirical magazine’s staff were gunned down in Paris last week has been revealed. The magazine … Continued
