There will be two groups of people who care enough to read a Prey review before the movie debuts. The first will consist of longtime Predator fans who care deeply about how the film contributes […]
I’ve been traveling domestically more than ever, whether it’s visiting family and friends or exploring a city or a beach on my bucket list. I’m a newly minted frequent flyer who’s always on the hunt […]
Jacken Elswyth is a banjo player fascinated with old mountain tunes and the power of the drone. She plays in the freewheeling Shovel Dance Collective, free-folk improvisers Sullow and runs a cassette label, Betwixt & […]
If you’ve been online recently, you’ve likely heard about all the turmoil going on at airports all across the globe. From staffing shortages to flight delays and cancellations, traveling this summer has been turbulent, to […]
Five years ago, the festival industry, prone to hand-wringing about where younger headline acts might spring from, pledged to redress the gender imbalance across their lineups. Strides have been made, notably at Latitude and Glastonbury, […]
Emily Sprague’s earliest songwriting was born of loss. The cult US songwriter was severely injured in a hit-and-run accident on her bike in 2014; a few years later, her mother passed away. Her first two […]
After a six-year wait, Beyoncé’s new album Renaissance is finally here, and it’s made for the dance floor. “To all of my fans: I hope you find joy in this music,” Beyoncé wrote in a […]
It doesn’t take long for the Paper Girls comic books to get strange. The series from Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang starts out with a dream about an astronaut with angel wings and a […]
The first time I saw the Apple AirPods Max Headphones, I was scrolling through TikTok binge-watching videos late on a Thursday. One of my favorite fashion influencers was wearing them while strolling on a “hot […]
Ethel Smyth’s music features prominently in this year’s Proms, and the centrepiece of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s concert with their chief conductor designate, Kazuki Yamada, was her Concerto for Violin and Horn, written […]
Representation can be a double-edged sword. There’s undeniable power in seeing oneself reflected on screen, in normalizing marginalized identities, but an emphasis on visibility alone can reduce complex characters to one identity, one presentation, a […]
“I love you Dallas,” Kendrick Lamar implored mid-concert on Saturday night, entrenching an intimate connection with his fans, from the sterility of a plastic quarantine cube. Clips of Kendrick performing inside a giant hazmat box […]
“Is Dallas in this shit tonight?” Kendrick Lamar asked a roaring crowd before performing “Purple Hearts” from his new album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. “You know it’s been five years since I seen […]
There are few instruments that suit a hot day better than the pedal steel guitar. Based on the laptop guitars of tropical Hawaii, and forged in the blazing sun of the deep south, its distinctive […]
People took up all sorts of new hobbies and passions during the pandemic. We had to do something to quiet the existential dread on all sides. For me, I started inhaling Japan’s long-running Ultraman series […]
‘Aftershock’ In the U.S., a lot of the conversation surrounding pregnancy — whether it has to do with abortion or carrying a child to term — is concerned more with the health of the fetus […]
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Radio Public | Pocket Casts | RSS It’s here! With the release of Jack in the Box, j-hope is the first to release solo material since the announcement of BTS’ off-season. The previously released single “MORE”! and […]
Jordan Peele’s strange, muddled, indigestible new UFO mystery looks like it had a good fairy and a dodgy fairy present at the birth. The good fairy is Steven Spielberg, to whose Close Encounters and Jaws […]
“Stray” was announced in summer 2020, and shortly thereafter it colloquially became known as “the cat game.” After spending nine hours with and completing “Stray” — sorry, the cat game — I can confirm the […]
Stray has a lot of things in common with other adventure games. You have to solve puzzles, navigate a dense urban environment, and utilize stealth to avoid powerful enemies. There are characters to befriend and […]