When Golloria G. was in her first year of college, she had a full-body realization while getting ready for a night out. There she was, in a crowded room filled with body spray, straighteners, and curlers plugged into every available outlet and products strewn in front of mirrors. Girls were …

Travis Barker delivered a 13-minute, uninterrupted solo drum performance — that included a pair of classic Blink-182 songs — on Kai Cenat’s marathon Twitch stream. For the past month, Cenat’s been doing his non-stop “Mafiathon 2” stream, trying to break the record for most paid Twitch subscribers (with some of …

Polish art-rock band Trupa Trupa have announced their latest release: a five-song EP called Mourners, due out Feb. 21, 2025 on Glitterbeat Records. Along with this news, they’ve released a single, “Sister Ray,” whose slinky, disco-leaning groove is unlike anything you’d expect from this dark and stormy band. Trupa Trupa …

Within Donald Trump’s government-in-waiting, there is a fresh debate over whether and how thoroughly the president-elect should follow through on his campaign promise to attack or even invade Mexico, as part of the “war” he’s pledged to wage against powerful drug cartels. “How much should we invade Mexico?” says a …

If you’ve ever plumbed the placid seas of yacht rock — that distinct style of jazz-influenced soft pop and rock that surfaced in Southern California in the late Seventies — you know it’s filled with fools. “There are so many of these songs about expressing your feelings — the fool …

The holidays call for family feasts, and everyone wants to bring the killer side dish that the table can’t stop raving about. Mac and cheese is a natural crowd-pleaser: hearty, homey, vegetarian, and — crucially — hard to mess up. Sure, we can have our disagreements about the little touches …

Benjamin Tod walked away from the Lost Dog Street Band in late 2022. He barely caught his breath before he wrote the perfect Lost Dog record. Shooting Star, released last month, marked a sharp turn into old-school honky-tonk music for Tod. The 33-year-old got his start busking in Nashville with …

His name is Lee … Bill Lee. A man slouching toward middle age and suffering the malaise of someone who’s seen it all, heard it all, shot it all into his veins, he’s embraced the dissolute life of an ex-pat. Sporting an endless supply of filthy linen suits and ever-present …

The Wizard of Oz was a pop culture phenomenon practically from the minute the original Frank Baum book arrived in 1900. A musical adaptation hit stages all across America a mere two years later, and a 15-minute silent film followed in 1910 when Hollywood was in its infancy. A much …

Taylor Swift wrapped her final Eras Tour show in Toronto over the weekend, and on Tuesday, the singer-songwriter took to social media to reflect on “the closing of the most extraordinary chapter of my life so far.” The 14-time Grammy winner called her run on shows in the city “incredible,” …