“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 […]
Out of all of Jane Austen’s novels, Persuasion may be the most difficult to adapt for modern audiences. While it contains some of Austen’s iconic wit, it’s also the most pensive of her novels, and […]
I recently spent two weeks in Europe, and I’m the type of person who likes to pack about a week before big trips. I want to make sure I have everything I need and can […]
Call me Lady Whistledown, because The Queen’s Ball: A “Bridgerton” Experience is the talk of the “ton,” and my feather quill is about to snap. This summer, Netflix opened its doors to fans in San […]
Michael Bublé ‘Higher’ cover art. Photo Credit: Norman Jean Roy Global music star Michael Bublé released his soaring version of “Drivers License” featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra (Live at the BBC) via Reprise Records. The Grammy-winning […]
An air raid siren sounds and bass starts hammering through the subwoofers with convulsive power. The Prodigy arrive on stage and vocalist Maxim clambers atop a speaker stack where he stands statuesque, bathed in strobes. […]
‘I’m not sure if I’ve seen you before,” croons Beatrice Laus on recent single Talk. “You looked familiar when I saw you.” The 22-year-old may be addressing a potential love interest, but the whole of […]
It’s perfectly possible to separate the art from the artist. Jimmy Page’s behaviour does not render the Led Zeppelin catalogue unlistenable; cinemas are now showing a film celebrating the life of Elvis, which rather glosses […]
The third album by Black Midi is nothing if not wildly eclectic. You hear sleazy-sounding arrangements with tango-esque rhythms created under the influence of Kurt Weill; luscious, cinematic strings; ranting spoken-word passages delivered in a […]
Like so many other highly anticipated world tours, Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette had to wait an extra two years to finally mark 25 Years of Jagged Little Pill — or if we’re being pedantic, 27 […]
To begin with a perhaps quintessentially Jane Austen question: Which of these two do you prefer? Sample A: “There could have never been two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in […]
The received wisdom around Carly Rae Jepsen is that the Canadian pop star is a bit of a flop. After her 2012 single Call Me Maybe became the bestselling single of the 21st century by […]
I admit it: I’m a snob when it comes to photo equipment. I want it all! I need it all! Despite being a photo novice in every sense of the word, I’m the proud owner […]