Bad World Announce New EP 'Maker Of Rules', Share Title Track — Bay Area hardcore stompers Bad World used to be known as Bite The Hand, but legal threats from a similarly monikered band forced them to change their name last year. They’ve already released two EPs, 2023’s Down Come
Studio Elèn Letort completes "expressive and characterful" renovation of historic Amsterdam apartment — <p>Vintage furniture and palette of richly toned materials bring a sense of warmth and personality to this renovated maisonette in Amsterdam, which interiors firm Studio Elèn L
Superfan Shares New Song "Picture Of Return": Listen — Last year, Brooklyn’s Kali Priya Flanagan shared a couple Superfan songs, including the Nick Drake-esque “Apeiron (Fantasy Football).” Now, the indie wunderkind has signed to AD 93 and released the new track “Picture Of Retur
Doug Shaw (Highlife, Gang Gang Dance, Janka Nabay) Dead At 43 — Doug Shaw, a veteran of New York’s underground indie scene, has died. His former Gang Gang Dance bandmate Lizzi Bougatsos confirmed his death on social media today, as did many other friends and admirers. “Our music
Canaries - "Horsepower" & "Soma" — It’s such a great feeling to hit play on a Bandcamp record from a band you’ve never heard of and to know, within 30 seconds, that you’re hearing something good. This morning, I got that feeling right away from the new two-song single by the…
Lizzo’s New Album 'Bitch' Fails To Crack Billboard 200 — Did you know it’s Bitch Summer? It officially started a couple weeks ago when Lizzo released her new album Bitch. Apparently the world hasn’t caught on yet, because Bitch hasn’t cracked the Billboard 200. Her last album,…
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Everything Nvidia revealed at its GTC keynote — Nvidia unveiled the Vera Rubin AI platform, Vera CPU, new AI models, and a Microsoft partnership during its GTC keynote.
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'Backrooms' End Credits Song Is From Boards Of Canada’s New Album — On Friday, IDM legends Boards of Canada released Inferno, their first album in more than 13 years. The same day also marked the release of the highly anticipated A24 feature Backrooms, adapted from the viral YouT
Tiny Habits Announce New Album 'Keepers': Hear "Anything He Was" (Feat. Matty Healy) — Last fall the 1975’s Matty Healy posted footage of himself covering James Taylor’s “Carolina In My Mind” with Tiny Habits, the Boston folk-pop group. They may well have been together working…
The Tallest Man On Earth - "Colors" — When not stealing valor from seven-footers like Victor Wembanyama and our Tom Breihan, the so-called Tallest Man On Earth continues to release lovely user-friendly folk-rock. Today the Swede born Kristian Matsson resumes that pursuit with the
Blood, Sweat & Tears' David Clayton-Thomas Dead At 84 — David Clayton-Thomas, lead singer for late-’60s hitmakers Blood, Sweat & Tears, has passed away. The CBC reports that Clayton-Thomas died on Wednesday at St. Michael’s hospital in Toronto. No cause of death has been…
How technology is shaping Hajj — With nearly two million worshippers performing Hajj this year, technology is key to ensuring everything runs smoothly.
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Sari Lightman Shares New Song "Give It All Up": Listen — Last month Sari Lightman of Tasseomancy and Lightman & Lightman made her solo debut with “The Way I Saw You.” The lead single serves as the magical title track of her forthcoming album, which is produced by Meg Duffy. Now t
Best Prime Day Apple Watch deals 2026: Series 11 at record-low price — There aren't a ton of deals but they are good deals.
Muna Announce 2026 Tour — A sprawling run of shows across the U.S., UK, and Europe supports the trio’s new album, Dancing on the Wall
First Official Beatles Museum to Open in London — The rooftop where the band played its final show will be the seven-story archive’s summit
Serena to face 20-year-old Aussie Maya Joint in Wimbledon opener — Serena Williams will play 20-year-old Maya Joint of Australia in the first round at Wimbledon for her first singles match in nearly four years.
These Wi-Fi 8 routers are massive, overbuilt, and completely useless right now — The first Wi-Fi 8 routers are officially here, but you absolutely shouldn't buy one
Trump slams Israeli attacks on Lebanon at G7 summit — US President Donald Trump slammed Israeli attacks on Lebanon at the G7 Summit.
Beastie Boys’ Mike D Announces Debut Solo Album 'Thank You': Hear "True Colors" — Mike D has been making moves. This spring, the Beastie Boy hopped onstage twice with his children’s band, then announced some shows of his own, then released the solo singles “Switch Up” and “What W
DMX Gets His Own Street in Yonkers — The corner of School Street and Brooke Street will be renamed “Earl DMX Simmons Way” in honor of the late rapper
Neil Young Makes Surprise Live Return At Vancouver Benefit Show — Neil Young is back on stage. The music icon gave his first performance in almost exactly a year last night during his surprise appearance at a benefit concert for his friend David Suzuki. At Vancouver’s Queen Eliza

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The Oasis Reunion Tour Doc Is Coming to Theaters But No Longer Has a Title — It arrives in cinemas September 11
MCWS 2026: As UNC rallies past Oklahoma, the Heels' fathers rally around Erik Paulsen Jr. — As North Carolina forced a winner-take-all game in Omaha, it wasn't without any tears.
Spain vs. Saudi Arabia 2026 livestream: How to watch World Cup for free — Live stream all the action from the 2026 FIFA World Cup without spending anything.
World Cup goals chart led by PSG and Real... plus Palace and Sunderland — Crystal Palace and Sunderland lead the Premier League’s World Cup scoring charts after the 2026 group stage, ahead of Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City.
Hole Drummer Patty Schemel Auctioning Kurt Cobain’s Foxes T-Shirt, Bidding Reaches $8,000 — There’s no Hole reunion. That’s not happening. Ex-bandmates Courtney Love and Melissa Auf Der Maur have been hanging out lately, but Love has made it clear that they weren’t actually teasi

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Ariana Grande Launches First Tour Since 2019 — The Oakland Arena show featured live debuts of a number of songs and the return of older hits like “Break Free” and “Into You”
Ben Folds Shares Open Letter About The Fate Of The National Symphony Orchestra — In February 2025, Ben Folds resigned his position as Artistic Advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra in response to Donald Trump taking over the Kennedy Center. It only got worse from there; by t
Noah Kahan's Not-That-Unlikely Everyman Stardom — Plus: the best new pop tracks of the month.
We Reviewed The New Bright Eyes x Woodstock Pre-Rolls — Last month, Bright Eyes announced a collaboration with Woodstock (the official cannabis brand of the 1969 Woodstock Festival) for limited edition pre-rolls. The band is currently celebrating 21 years of I’m Wide Awake, It’s
Watch Malik: Scars Left by War Include US and GCC Relations - Bloomberg — As the interim US-Iran peace deal has taken effect, oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz have begun in earnest. Hasnain Malik, Managing Director for Emerging Market Equity & Geopolitical Strategy at…
Wiki Shares New Song "Right Away": Listen — Next week, the New York underground rap fixture Wiki will release his new album Ancient History. I have heard it, and it’s great. For now, you’ll mostly have to take my word for it, since Wiki’s not exactly inundating us with advance si
From sensor-equipped balls to robot dogs: What’s new at the World Cup? — Technology, more specifically AI, will play a big role in the new additions at the upcoming World Cup.
Netherlands vs. Sweden 2026 livestream: How to watch World Cup for free — Live stream all the action from the 2026 FIFA World Cup without spending anything.
Red Hot Chili Peppers Ink $300 Million-Plus Deal With Warner Music to Sell Catalog (Exclusive) — The deal makes up about half of the $650 million WMG reported that they spent through a joint venture catalog acquisition with Bain Capital.
CFTC Ends Decades-Old ‘Gag Rule’ in Enforcement Settlements — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is ending an almost 30-year-old policy that forbade companies and individuals from airing their grievances or denying wrongdoing after they settled enforcement cases with the de
Anthropic blocks all public access to Claude Fable 5, Mythos 5 following US government order — what enterprises should do — <p>The US government last night issued an unprecedented export control directive <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/fable-mythos-access">ordering Anthr
Parts & Labor Share New Song "Arterial Material": Listen — Way back in the ’00s, New York’s Parts & Labor made a version of smeary, psychedelic warehouse noise-rock that actually rocked, like with riffs and choruses and stuff. After breaking up in 2012, Parts & Labor are back, wi
How a virtual space battle lost gamers £400,000 — One of the most violent chapters in EVE Online history wiped out an empire that had taken years to build.
Ivory Coast's Elye Wahi denied Canada visa amid spot-fixing allegations — Ivory Coast striker Elye Wahi, who is being investigated into suspected spot-fixing, has not been authorized to travel to Canada for his team's next World Cup match against Germany, the Ivorian soccer…
BMW's X5 finally goes electric with an impressive 435 miles of range — BMW's X5 lineup finally has an electric option with impressive range.
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Watch Slayyyter Make Her Late-Night Debut in a Beer Can Bralette — The Wor$t Girl in America performed “Dance” on Fallon
Friendship or leverage: Why is Xi Jinping going to North Korea? — Beijing is trying to reassert influence over a strategically vital yet deeply unpredictable partner.
Dave Matthews Gives Concert Speech About His Palestine Advocacy Getting “Twisted” Into Antisemitism — In 2024, Dave Matthews showed up for the Free Palestine movement and protested Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to US Congress, saying in an interview, “It’s a
Kevin Copeland Announces New Album 'Only Love Songs': Hear "Hotel Bar" & "Stay" — If you stop by this website with any regularity, there’s a good chance you’ve heard some music with Kevin Copeland in the credits. The Vermont/NYC producer has worked on albums by artists such as Ha
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Undefeated after six matches, Asia has come to play at the World Cup — Asia's unbeaten start to the 2026 World Cup is a good reminder that football exists outside of Europe's top leagues.
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YHWH Nailgun Sign to 4AD — The experimental rock outfit played an 11-minute set at last week’s C2C Festival NYC
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce marry at NYC’s Madison Square Garden — A-list celebrities attend wedding at Madison Square Garden to see superstar couple tie the knot.