The Costco Bakery Brought Back My Favorite Cake Just in Time for Fourth of July — <img src="https://cdn.apartmenttherapy.info/image/upload//tk/edit/groceries/2025/2025-05/costco-kirkland-signature-strawberry-streusel-cheesecake-review/strawberry-streusel-cake-1312-crop"> The…
Static Dress Troll Outbreak Fest With Title Fight Fake-Out In Surprise Set — This past Saturday, there was a Title Fight-fake out at Manchester hardcore fest Outbreak. The crowd gathered around the stage were awaiting the reveal of the fest’s mystery guest. “Oh my God. No…
Hail to the Thief Version of Hamlet Heads to London — Radiohead’s 2003 album soundtracks the modern production of Shakespeare’s classic tale
Unity Announce New Album: Hear "3 Weeks" — There’s this Oakland band called Unity, right? Not an easy name to search. When Scott assigned this post, I almost threw my laptop out the window. How am I supposed to know all this shit? I don’t. I never heard of Unity. Well, now I…
Sound check, empty venue.
“Devastated” Conor Oberst Addresses Bright Eyes’ Forest Hills Show Evacuation — Over the weekend, Bright Eyes were slated to conclude their 21st anniversary tour for I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning and Digital Ash In A Digital Urn at New York’s Forest Hills Stadium. Due to severe we
Hew Share New Song "Reconciliation": Listen — Lindsay Minton and Mercy Harper are members of the Houston emo band Football, etc., and they’re also in Hew, a relatively new band that’s set to release their debut album Your Version this summer. We’ve already posted the title track,
Donald Trump Slams “Third Rate” Freedom 250 Dropouts, Proposes DC Rally For Patriots Instead — So far, Morris Day And The Time, Young MC, Martina McBride, Bret Michaels, and the Commodores have all dropped off the lineup for Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 concert series called the Gr
Goldman’s Minnis Sees AI as ‘Generational’ Force Driving Markets — The boom in artificial intelligence investment is a “fundamental, generational” phenomenon driving markets and filtering through to the economy at large, said Christina Minnis, global head of the alternatives orig
A mechanic showed me why old motorcycle chains fail — they don't actually break, they just stretch so gradually you can't see it happening until one day the bike won't shift right. Spent two hours adjusting mine and felt like I'd unlocked something 🏍️
How the Silver Screen Shapes Tomorrow's Leaders | سلينا ربابعة | TEDxAmman Arab University — She was the first child to participate in the Cannes Film Festival. She has starred in films and won awards both at home and abroad, and is the youngest certified content creator in the…
Past the fold: the iPhone Duo versus the others — Apple is fashionably late to the folding phone market. How does its first foray compare to phones several generations in?
National Symphony Orchestra “May Not Survive” Trump’s Kennedy Center Chaos — Ben Folds, the former artistic advisor to the NSO, broke the news in an open letter
Made croissants for the first time and they exploded in the oven. Turns out I'd been folding the dough backward the entire time.
Pizza steel vs. stone: What’s best for making pizza? — If you want to make great pizza, a pizza steel or stone is key. But what's the difference between the two?
Watch the Rolling Stones De-Age Themselves for “In the Stars” Video — The deepfaked short also stars Odessa A’zion and arrives ahead of July’s Foreign Tongues
Framework Laptop 13 Pro review: A repairable notebook at the top of the class — The Framework 13 Pro is a class-leading Windows laptop that, right now, is just a little too pricey.
Introducing the biggest new thing in sourdough baking — The Sourdough Sidekick is an automatic sourdough feeder that helps fit bread-baking into your schedule.
Tasha - "Quick!" — We’ve already heard a smattering of music from Tasha’s new album You Are The Spring! But her new song out this week has me locked in with a new attentiveness. “Quick!” is a staggering achievement. The song spends three and a half minutes building up intensity i
“It Takes Two” Rapper Rob Base Dies at 59 — The Harlem MC, who was one-half of the duo Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, had been living with cancer
Pet Fox Announce New Album 'Balance': Hear The Title Track — It’s been a few years since Pet Fox released their great debut album A Face In Your Life. The Boston indie rock band is announcing its followup, Balance, today. The promising title track is out now. “The idea behind…
Taylor Swift Says "Sombr Is The Future" At Songwriters HOF Induction — It’s not like Taylor Swift ever disappears for any extended stretch of time, but pop music’s reigning superstar has been especially active for the past week. Last Friday, she released her Toy Story 5 soundtrac
12 recipes with heavy cream, from cake to cookies to cobbler — If you're looking to bake with heavy cream, start here.
The 5 Best Songs Of The Week — Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week’s picks below and on Stereogum’s Favorite New Music Spotify playlist, which…
Black Bananas Share New Single "Eddie’s Album": Listen — This summer brought the welcome news that Royal Trux’s Jennifer Herrema had reactivated her Black Bananas project for an album with new label home Fire Records. We soon learned that album is called Bad Bunch, and we heard…
This person baked the same loaf of bread every day for a year and documented how it changed 🍞 the progression is unhinged in the best way
Bonnaroo Taking "A Much-Needed Year Off" In 2027 — Huge news out of Tennessee: There will be no Bonnaroo in 2027. The longstanding music festival announced today that it will be taking “a much-needed year off,” with plans to return in 2028. Bonnaroo has been taking place in…
Faith No More Announce First Shows In 11 Years — For a minute there, it wasn’t entirely clear that alterna-metal titans Faith No More would ever perform together again. Faith No More broke up for the first time in 1998, reunited in 2009. They kept touring together for the next…
She & Him Bring TikTok Hit To 'Kimmel': Watch — The mysterious TikTok gods have smiled upon She & Him. Eighteen years ago, the indie film star Zooey Deschanel started making music with the indie music star M. Ward. They called themselves She & Him, and the first song that they re
Phil Collins Reveals He Nearly Died From Alcohol Abuse: "People Were Coming To Say Goodbye" — Phil Collins has not been in good health in recent years, but until now it wasn’t publicly known just how bad things got. In a new interview, Collins, 75, revealed he was on his death…
Bruce Springsteen Receives Social Justice Award, Apologizes To Bono At Tribeca Festival — Yesterday, the penultimate day of Tribeca Film Festival, Bruce Springsteen was honored with the Harry Belafonte Voices For Social Justice Award. It’s an honor awarded to individuals for thei
Jess Williamson Shares New Song "Tracking The Tropics": Listen — Last month, Jess Williamson announced her new album A Mile South Of Heaven and shared the poignant lead single “Goodbye To All That.” Now, the country-folk artist is back with another charming, pedal steel-adorned…
Drone Metal Priest Father Dionysios Tabakis Addresses Fascism And Homophobia Accusations Ahead Of First-Ever Live Set — In June, Father Dionysios Tabakis announced he was getting ready to play his first-ever live set at Philadelphia’s Making Time fest, which goes down next…
L’Rain Plots Tour, Enlists Arooj Aftab for New Video — The “Borderline” video also features Cécile McLorin Salvant and Tasha
Mike D Shares New Solo Song "Crypto": Listen — I’ll admit: The song title had me worried. As in, what would we do if we found out that either of the surviving Beastie Boys was really into crypto? Or if they owned companies that built AI data centers or some shit like that?…
Julia Jacklin Announces New Album 'The Gem': Hear "Get Away From Me (I Think I'll Love You Soon)" — It’s a good day. It’s a great day. After announcing a big tour and a new record deal with 4AD, Julia Jacklin has returned with new music and the promise of a forthcoming album. She
MUNA Cover Go West's "The King Of Wishful Thinking" — Indie-pop greats MUNA have seemingly been in New York this week promoting their very satisfying new album Dancing On The Wall this week. On my run this morning, I listened to the trio’s new episode of Switched On Pop, which hi
What is Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine, linked to Japan’s wartime atrocities? — About 2.5 million people, including Japanese war criminals who fought for the country, are enshrined at Yasukuni.
sourdough starter survived my entire vacation because i forgot it in the back of the fridge. apparently neglect is the ideal feeding schedule
Dust Is Not What You Think — Dust is everywhere, but it's not what most people think. Some of it can make you sick, some of it helps rain forests survive, and a tiny fraction is older than Earth itself. #kurzgesagt #inanutshell #kurzgesagt_inanutshell #learnwithshorts #science…
Remi Wolf Returns With New Song “Twiggy” — Her first new song in two years arrives with a vinyl-only B-side, “Tiny Little Twigs (Demo)”
Can MLS capitalize on World Cup fervor in the U.S.? — The MLS is at a crossroads. What is the league willing to risk in its next chapter?
4 great Paramount+ movies under two hours to watch this weekend — With these movies, you're in and out within 120 minutes.
Wordle today: The answer and hints for August 12, 2026 — Here are some tips and tricks to help you find the answer to "Wordle" #1880.
The world needed a pizza book. So we wrote one. — Does anybody actually need this? That’s the question my colleagues and I ask ourselves whenever we embark on a new cookbook. We know we can make the book. But to make sure it’s the right book, we first interrogate why anybody woul
Apple Music Will Also Now Label AI-Generated Songs — The music industry is facing a moral and existential crisis as AI-generated music becomes increasingly prevalent. The latest development in streaming platforms’ response is that Apple Music will begin labeling AI-generated…
This guy restored a 1970s Honda CB750 entirely from salvage yard parts and documented every single modification — the engineering choices are SO good.
How to soften brown sugar — Our best tips to soften brown sugar and bring it back to life.
Trump expected to pick conservative policy wonk Heidi Overton to lead FDA — She opposes abortion, is wary of peptides, supports limiting vaccines, vexes MAHA.
Marvel Has Assigned 42 Hours of Homework Before ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ — The studio released an official catch-up list ahead of December’s release. We have easy links to watch every one of the movies so you can get up to speed.
Cheesy Apple Omelet — Fontina and fried shallots make this diner-style omelet perfectly acceptable dinner fare.
Beware the sourdough starter fake out — How to identify — and not fall for! — this tricky sourdough situation.
Watch Hayley Williams Bring Out Wednesday’s Karly Hartzman, Jenny Lewis at Newport Folk Festival — Jack Antonoff, Lucy Dacus, This Is Lorelei, Kelsey Lu, and Joy Oladokun also hopped onstage
Liim Lines Up New Album A Sunflower Garden in Harlem Is Hard to Find — AJRadico joins the rising Harlem rapper on “1980”
Repeat Offender Announce Album 'Weapon Fetish', Share "People Like You" — In the earliest days of the pandemic, the LA hardcore band Repeat Offender dropped a motherfucker of a demo. They played ugly, elemental early-’80s hardcore with some anthemic oi influences and with a singe
The 13 best recipes to bake in June — Summer is here, so celebrate with one (or more!) of these 13 seasonal recipes.
Devendra Banhart, Gyan Riley, and Noah Georgeson Launch New Band Hug — They’ll tour in the fall behind their self-titled debut album, led by “Cow With Half Moon Parasol”
Jack White Emphasizes "No Announcement" Release Strategy By Not Announcing New Album 'Frozen Charlotte' — Jack White has again announced a new album without actually announcing it. The second and final installment of Third Man Records’ new Release Lab video series — ostensibly an
9 zucchini dessert recipes — Zucchini’s flavor is mild enough to work in sweets, while adding moisture and volume. Here are our best zucchini dessert recipes.
The Water Dictionary — Simple mixing recipes for recreating world-famous water profiles for brewing, coffee, baking, and aquariums — using bottled waters from your local supermarket.