Stereogum — Taylor Swift currently has the #1 song in America, once again, and that feels like small potatoes for her. At this point, Swift is basically bigger than popular music these days, and everything she does is a cultural event. Taylor Swift shows up i... more info

Stereogum — All throughout Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, cities have bent over backward to welcome her to town, but the latest gesture from Rio de Janeiro surpasses all the rest. Thursday, with Swift arriving in town for her run of shows at Estadio Nilton Santo... more info

Sky News — A Rio priest performs a blessing saying he hopes the repairs go well and to ward off any more lightning strikes. more info

Nialler9 — As one half of now-defunct Hype Williams and as a solo musician, Dean Blunt has been creating some truly alternative music for the last several years, most recently with the album The Redeemer, which lifted the outsider fog and went down a more trad... more info

Consequence of Sound — London’s premier sampler-toting merry prankster clears a few things up. more info

XLR8R — The duo formerly known as Hype Williams has long been dominated by a theatrical streak. Focusing on their respective solo work, Inga Copeland's efforts have been fairly straightforward, while theatricality remains Dean Blunt's focus. The Re... more info

Starpulse — Kim Kardashian and Kanye West took in some sightseeing in Rio de Janeiro over the weekend, stopping at the iconic Christ The Redeemer statue on Corcovado Mountain to pose for photos. The couple, t... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Here’s the romantic, Pink Floyd-sampling first single from Dean Blunt’s new LP The Redeemer, out... Read more » more info

Perez Hilton — You know the statue. The giant one in Rio De Janeiro that's featured in any action movie that goes south of the border, basically, with a helicopter shot circling it. You know. That one that looks like Jesus is going to hug the city. Well Rihanna got... more info

Cross Rhythms — Grace Church Chichester release album through Kingsway Music more info