Welcome to ourweekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week Bad Bunny cries in the club, Rosé introduces listeners to her toxic ex, and Sky Ferreira returns with bold promises. Plus, new music from Hozier, Quavo, Luke Bryan, …
Read More »Doechii Delivers Triumphant Tiny Desk Performance
Doechii continues to tie up 2024 with a bang as the latest star of NPR’s Tiny Desk Series, where she and an apparent ensemble of exclusively Black women in complementary cornrows tore through their set. They kicked things off calmly with “Boom Bap,” a sarcastic single from her debut mixtape …
Read More »'Path of Exile 2' Feels Like the True Action RPG Successor to 'Diablo'
Many studios have tried to match the success and legacy of Diablo II over the years. The 2000 action-RPG (ARPG) by Blizzard Entertainment has long been considered the gold standard for fantasy dungeon crawlers, and is generally thought of as one of the best games ever made. Choosing from multiple …
Read More »'Nightbitch' Proves That Modern Motherhood Is a Motherf-cker
Nightbitch, director Marielle Heller’s adaptation of Rachel Yoder’s bestselling novel, shows you its preferred hand — or maybe it’s closer to a pre-furried paw — right from the get-go. A mom, played by Amy Adams, is shopping for groceries with her two-year-old son. She happens to run into the woman …
Read More »Hozier Unearths Devotional Epic 'Hymn to Virgil': 'I Didn't Think It Was Worth Releasing'
In Dante Alighieri’s Inferno, the author describes Virgil and Dante’s grueling journey through hell and purgatory as they encounter horrifying creatures and weather revolting conditions. They develop an enduring sense of trust and care between one another throughout the poem. But when they reach heaven, Virgil is barred from entering …
Read More »Why Cannabis Faces a Customer Loyalty Problem and How the Industry Is Solving It
Building customer loyalty is hard enough in any business, but in cannabis, it can feel almost impossible. Despite rapid industry growth, cannabis brands struggle to cultivate long-term consumer relationships, often losing customers to the next dispensary offering a better deal. Regulatory fragmentation, inconsistent product quality and price sensitivity are just …
Read More »Rauw Alejandro Plots 2025 'Cosa Nuestra' World Tour
Rauw Alejandro will hit the road next spring in support of his latest album, Cosa Nuestra. The 20-city North American arena tour will kick off April 5 at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle and run all the way through spring, wrapping May 30 at the Kaseya Center in Miami. …
Read More »Fontaines D.C. on Their Huge 2024 and the Road Ahead
It’s been a banner year for Fontaines D.C. The Irish rock group released one of the best albums of 2024 with Romance in August, expanding their sound and style, amassing widespread critical acclaim, and thrusting them in front of their biggest audiences yet. They also scored a pair of Grammy …
Read More »Fungi Formulations: How to Ride the Mushroom Coffee Boom
As a supplements manufacturer, I’ve seen countless trends come and go—but mushroom coffee (and mushrooms in general) are here to stay. Smart manufacturers and CPG brands are paying close attention to this exponentially expanding market as it rides the $1.8 trillion and growing worldwide wellness wave. The U.S. mushroom market …
Read More »By the Numbers: Country Music's Boom Stayed Strong in 2024
For the past several years, country music’s streaming boom has been one of the biggest stories in the industry, as superstars like Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs, and Zach Bryan have helped turn country into music’s hottest genre. That dominance was once again reflected on the charts this year. By the …
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