Downtown Boys are back. The raucous punk-rockers will release Public Luxury, the follow-up to 2017’s Cost of Living, on June 26 via Sub Pop. The single “No Me Jodas” (translation: “Don’t Fuck With Me”) comes with a head-spinning live video—watch it below—directed by John MacKay and starring the Mariachi Internacional Tapatio de Alvaro Paulino. The
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Elle Cosimano’s Finlay Donovan series is super fun and funny, and perfect for adapting. Donovan is an author who is always late on deadlines, with an annoying ex-husband, two young children, and a babysitter (Vero) who ends up getting into all sorts of trouble with Donovan, who can’t stay away from getting tangled up in
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When characters deliver quotes in sci-fi movies, they are meant to elicit an emotion, and the most underrated of these shines a light on society as a whole. Sci-fi movies have always been meant to show the world of its time in a light that reveals what could happen if things continue as they are.
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Christopher Novotny, the son of Czech immigrants, arrives at Harvard in the summer of 2010 with a bright future ahead of him. Despite being a child prodigy and talented artist, Chris is self-conscious and acutely aware of his working-class roots, a fish out of water at prestigious Harvard. His roommate, Lucien Orsini-Conti, is Chris’ polar
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Terror Films Releasing is teaming with filmmakers Josh Funk and Dustin Vaught to release horror-comedy The Fuzzies, centered around the puppetry and practical effects of its murderously playful puppets. Watch the new trailer below, highlighting some of the Pee-Wee’s Playhouse-style shenanigans as puppets are unleashed. Playtime is over. The Fuzzies releases on Digital on May
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Flea was a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night, March 23, where he performed a bass-and-trumpet jazz rendition of Frank Ocean’s “Thinkin Bout You” that appears on his forthcoming solo debut, Honora. The backing band featured three-fourths of Jeff Parker’s ETA IVtet—bassist Anna Butterss, Josh Johnson on keyboards, and Parker himself.
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It’s difficult to find time to read an entire book in one go, but when it comes to Tana French’s The Keeper, experiencing its tense unfurling in a single sitting will ensure it’s as nerve-wracking and thought-provoking as French surely intended. The bestselling, award-winning author, creator of the Dublin Murder Squad series and The Witch
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Sequels, horror or otherwise, often face uphill battles, particularly when their predecessors are Academy Award-caliber classics. It’s easy to inherently dismiss titles like Psycho II, The Exorcist III, and The Fly II, but to do so is to overlook valuable horror movies that take their precursors’ ideas and push them to challenging new places. Everybody
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Fire-Toolz will release a new album, Lavender Networks, on May 8, via her new label home at Warp. The announcement arrives with a new video from cestainsi.funfactory for the lead single, and, well, here is that song’s title: “Balam =^..^= Says IPv09082024 Strawberry Head.” Guests on Angel Marcloid’s Lavender Networks include Zola Jesus, Brothertiger, Nailah
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Romance readers develop a kind of pattern recognition that’s hard to unlearn—but that’s not where it starts. It starts with being told, over and over, that certain things are romantic. The grand gesture that overrides a “no.” The broody man who just needs the right woman to unlock him. The push-pull dynamic that feels like
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Every procedural has had an episode or two about the dangers of AI, and most of them make me roll my eyes. Usually, stories about AI use exaggerated versions of chat applications that cause characters to completely lose their ability to think for themselves. Matlock Season 2 Episode 14 was different. Not only did it
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Sequels, horror or otherwise, often face uphill battles, particularly when their predecessors are Academy Award-caliber classics. It’s easy to inherently dismiss titles like Psycho II, The Exorcist III, and The Fly II, but to do so is to overlook valuable horror movies that take their precursors’ ideas and push them to challenging new places. Everybody
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Pixies are ramping up their 40th anniversary celebrations with a seven-date U.S. tour. Set to kick off in September, the run will stop in Greenville, Louisville, Santa Fe, and more before concluding in Tucson on September 26. Check out a full itinerary below. The tour also includes two festival dates: one at Borderland Music Festival
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