When Le Tigre put out their self-titled debut album in 1999, the opening track “Deceptacon” felt like an instant underground smash and a full-on manifesto. It was as charged and immediate as any of the music that Kathleen Hanna made with her prev... more info

Last week, Chuck D and John Densmore announced their debut album no country for old men under the name of doPE. The moniker is meant to combine the beginning of the Doors' lowercase logo and the Public Enemy abbreviation PE, but longstanding NYC in... more info

In October, Neil Young pulled his catalog from Amazon Music and called for a boycott. "BUY LOCAL. BUY DIRECT. BEZOS SUPPORTS THIS GOVERNMENT. IT DOES NOT SUPPORT YOU OR ME," he wrote. Now, he's reasserting that stance on his website and announcing th... more info

Pharrell Williams spends a lot of time in Paris these days as the Men's Creative Director for Louis Vuitton, a role he took on in 2023, succeeding the late Virgil Abloh. Last week those duties included overseeing LVMH's show Paris Fashion Week, where... more info

I remember when I first heard about Madison Beer. It was 2012, and I was deep in the pop blogging mines, scrolling Google Reader under the eye of a life-size Justin Bieber cutout. The Western world had just been rocked by the smash K-pop hit "Gangnam... more info

Legendary rap producer the Alchemist has been making music since the early ’90s, when he was one half of teenage Beverly Hills duo the Whooliganz with Scott Caan. He continues to make tons and tons of music. A few months ago, Armand Hammer and the ... more info

Sly Dunbar, the incredibly prolific Jamaican drummer who was one half of the legendary reggae rhythm section and production duo Sly & Robbie, has passed away. According to DancehallMag, Dunbar passed away this morning. Dunbar had reportedly been suff... more info

The most anticipated movie of 2026 is easily Christopher Nolan's version of the The Odyssey, which is set to hit theaters this summer. It's Nolan's follow-up to Oppenheimer, a full-on cultural-event blockbuster that won the Best Picture Oscar, and it... more info

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Earlier this month, Yungblud went viral for speaking up for Iranian women's rights. The English rock musician is known for advocacy, and fans were recently disappointed to see a photo of him posing with Rammstein frontman Till Lindemann, who has sexu... more info