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What James Blake Removing His Name From Bully Actually Means
James Blake has asked to be removed from the production credits on Kanye West’s Bully. He has not explained at length, but the request itself speaks clearly. You...
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Hardtekk, Looksmaxxing, and the Pipeline Nobody Fully Planned
Hardtekk has a piep kick. If you have spent time on TikTok in the last six months and felt something violent and oddly satisfying happen to your nervous...
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Dua Lipa Joins a Cast, and the Career Move Says More Than the Role Does
Dua Lipa has now announced that she is joining the cast of a new A24 comedy, Peaked, alongside Emma Mackey, Laura Dern, Simone Ashley, and Amy Sedaris. The...
Paul McCartney Goes Back to Liverpool and the Result Is Worth the Wait
Paul McCartney announced a new solo album this week, and the announcement came with a caveat that is worth paying attention to: this is a memory album. The...
When Two Architects of Electronic Music Share a Room: The Bangalter and Fred again.. Alexandra Palace Set
There is a moment in Thomas Bangalter and Fred again..’s filmed DJ set at Alexandra Palace, now circulating widely, where the crowd and the music become genuinely indistinguishable...
The Wu-Tang Final Chamber Tour and What It Means When the Farewell Does Not Show Up
The Wu-Tang Clan called this tour “The Final Chamber.” The name carried weight, the implication being that this was the end, the last chance to see something irreplaceable....
Four Albums In, Harry Styles Has Nothing Left to Prove and That Is When It Gets Interesting
Harry Styles has always been easier to dismiss than his records deserve. This is partly a function of how he arrived, partly a function of what he looks...
The Last Session: Lee Scratch Perry and the Album That Time Could Not Stop
Lee “Scratch” Perry died in August 2021 at the age of 85. He was, by almost any measure, one of the most influential figures in the history of...
Fcukers, Ö, and the Long Game of the New York Underground
In February 2022, a pair of musicians from downtown Manhattan released an EP called Baggy$$. It was six tracks of drum and bass, garage, and dubstep, recorded as...
What Sublime Is Really Doing With Their First Album in 30 Years
Sublime announced this week that their first album in 30 years, Until the Sun Explodes, will arrive June 12 via Atlantic. The record features Jakob Nowell on vocals...
Ozzy Is Gone and Zakk Wylde Is Still Playing: What Music Does When Words Fall Short
Zakk Wylde has spent most of his career playing loud. The guitar work he did for Ozzy Osbourne, starting in 1987, set a standard for sustained aggression that...