It’s been a decade of reinvention for Hurray for the Riff Raff, the recording moniker of singer-songwriter Alynda Segarra. After years of street-busking and self-releasing acoustic records, Segarra cemented their status as an old-timey roots standard-bearer on 2014Small Town Heroes. But over the course of their past two albums–2017’sThe Navigatorand …
Read More »Valgur's "El Castillo de la Pureza" Video is A Post-Punk Fever Dream
The first time I interviewed Valgur it was in their Mexico City living room, surrounded by piles of broken synthesizers. It was 2019 and the band’s debut album Zapandú was gaining underground buzz for its unusual collage of electronic sounds and esoteric motifs, which included eerie vampire aesthetics and dreamy …
Read More »Billie Eilish New Music Could Arrive Sooner Than You Think: 'My Album Is Mastered'
Billie Eilish’s follow-up to Happier Than Ever could soon be on the horizon as the singer revealed on social media that “my album is mastered.” Eilish hasn’t shared any other details about her first LP since 2019, nor has she penciled in a potential release date. However, an album’s mastering …
Read More »Alabama Hospital Shuts Down IVF Treatment Over Fears of Prosecution
A recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling declaring fertilized embryos as “extrauterine children” is already impacting fertility clinics across the state, with one of the largest hospitals temporarily ceasing in-vitro fertilization treatments. The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s health system said Wednesday that it is pausing IVF treatments in the wake …
Read More »Normani's Debut Album Finally Has a Cover and Title! (But Not a Release Date)
Normani’s long-awaited debut album is actually almost here, for real this time. The musician has shared both cover art and a title — though the release date is still unclear. On Twitter, Normani dropped the album art, which features her riding an all-black rocket ship. In a testament to the …
Read More »Emma Stone Regrets Even Jokingly Calling Taylor Swift an 'Asshole'
Emma Stone has learned a hard, but important lesson about rabid fandom and the context-destroying vortex that is the internet: It doesn’t matter how good your intentions are, or how good of a friend you are to Taylor Swift, it’s probably best to not make any jokes about her. Back …
Read More »Oklahoma Schools Are Fighting Back Against Porn-Obsessed Superintendent
Oklahoma’s State Superintendent Ryan Walters has already made headlines for sending context-free porn to his fellow lawmakers. He’s now accusing one of the school districts under his jurisdiction of supporting the exposure of children to what he describes as “pornography” in schools. What horrendous, degenerate, pornographic display of hedonism is …
Read More »Don Omar Taps Machine Gun Kelly For a Special Performance of 'Danza Kuduro'
The Blonde Don meets Don Omar! Rolling Stone can exclusively announce that Don Omar will bring Machine Gun Kelly onstage during a special performance of “Danza Kuduro” at Thursday’s Premio Lo Nuestro. “Seeing my song go viral in MGK’s voice absolutely blew my mind,” Don Omar tells Rolling Stone in …
Read More »Jennifer Lopez Walks on Glass Shards From Her Shattered Past in 'Rebound' Video
Jennifer Lopez takes a cutting approach to transparency in the music video for “Rebound,” a song from her recently released studio album This Is Me… Now. The video arrives as an extended edit from the Prime Video film This Is Me…Now: A Love Story, directed by Dave Meyers. “When you …
Read More »Republicans Are Scrambling to Salvage Their Doomed Biden Impeachment Push
Pay no attention to the discredited informant facing prison time. GOP officials were scrambling Wednesday after Alexander Smirnov, a key witness in the impeachment proceedings against President Biden, was accused of being informed by Russian intelligence. Smirnov was arrested last Thursday after Special Counsel David Weiss charged him on suspicion …
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