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2015. Car Seat Headrest press photo by Chona Kasinger

LISTEN: Unsigned Bands Unite in Car Seat Headrest’s “Times to Die”

“Teens of Style” is out the day before Halloween via Matador

October 06, 2015

2014. Ex Hex press photo cred Jonah Takagi

LISTEN: Take a Power Pop Tour of Boston as Ex Hex Covers The Real Kids’ “All Kindsa Girls”

The cover was originally part of Merge’s twenty-fifth anniversary comp “Or Thousands of Prizes.”

October 06, 2015

2015. Pepsi Perfect ad screenshot

Art & CultureFilm + TV
In Honor of “Back to the Future Part II” Day, Pepsi Perfect Will Exist for a Limited Time

Maybe the Cubs actually will win the World Series this year… Ha, just kidding.

October 05, 2015

1973. The Exorcist poster crop

Film + TV
Amidst Remake Rumors, William Friedkin Says “Exorcist” Spinoffs Can Jump Down a Flight of Stairs

Morgan Creek, the production company owning the rights, have responded by promising not to remake the film, but have said nothing of sequels.

September 29, 2015

2015. Tom Waits Blank on Blank PBS short screenshot

WATCH: Tom Waits Talks Laughing in Church, Hitting the Big Time in Animated Interview from 1988

“…and out steps the twenty-five carat blonde transvestite with a two-dollar wristwatch…”

September 29, 2015

1992. Screenshot from The Simpsons, “Marge Gets a Job” Burns flying in through the window to Smithers

Film + TV
Hot Stuff Coming Through: Smithers to Come Out as Gay in New Season of “The Simpsons”

“As you can see, the real deal with Waylon Smithers is that he’s Mr. Burns’ assistant. He’s in his early forties, is unmarried, and currently resides in Springfield. Thanks for asking!”

September 28, 2015

Beach Youth

Staring into the Sunset Sound with Converse Rubber Tracks Band Beach Youth

At Sunset Sound in Hollywood—just one of the twelve legendary music studios involved in the Rubber Tracks global initiative—we talked with Beach Youth, the pride of Caen, France, as the young band fought off butterflies and laid down tracks on hallowed ground.

September 28, 2015

2015. Laetitia Sadier Dry Fruit video screenshot

PREMIERE: Pack Yr Romantic Mind in Laetitia Sadier’s Video for “Dry Fruit”

The “Dry Fruit” cassingle (woo!) is out September 25 via Drag City.

September 24, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC — JUNE 13: Ta-Nehisi Coates, National Correspondent for The Atlantic Magazine, wrote the cover piece about reparations in this month’s issue… (photo by Andre Chung for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Art & Culture
Ta-Nehisi Coates Suits Up to Pen Upcoming “Black Panther” Comic Series for Marvel

The latest installment of the adventures of the first black superhero will coincide with the character’s debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

September 23, 2015

1961. Catch-22 cover crop

Art & CultureFilm + TV
“Insanity Is Contagious”: Joseph Heller’s “Catch-22” to Be Adapted into a Miniseries

Passenger, the production company responsible for “True Detective,” will pilot the new adaptation.

September 22, 2015

2015. The Walk trailer screenshot

Film + TV
WATCH: Don’t Look Down in the Five-Minute IMAX Trailer for “The Walk”

Robert Zemeckis’s dramatization of Philippe Petit’s literal high-wire act is out in IMAX first on September 30, and then on October 9 in regular theaters.

September 21, 2015

2015. Viet Cong press photo by David Waldman

Viet Cong (Sort of) Apologizes in Name Controversy Statement [UPDATED]

“We never intended for our name to be provocative or hurtful.”

September 21, 2015

2015. Joanna Newsom press photo cred Annabel Mehran

LISTEN: Joanna Newsom Steals the Emmys’ Thunder with New Track “Leaving The City”

“Divers” is out October 23 on Drag City.

September 21, 2015

Taco Bell vintage logo

Art & Culture
Fine Dining: Taco Bell to Open “Cantina” Locations that Will Serve Alcohol

Case zero will unravel in Chicago next week.

September 16, 2015
Art & Culture
The Painter of Sunflowers: Vincent van Gogh Was the Theme of This Year’s Dutch Flower Parade

You missed this year’s Dutch flower parade again, didn’t you?

September 14, 2015

2015. Mild High Club Timeline cover high resolution

Reviews
Mild High Club, “Timeline”

Yes, Brettin doesn’t outwardly take himself too seriously.

September 14, 2015

2015. The Arcs Outta My Mind video screenshot

WATCH: The Arcs Break Down the Fourth Wall in Video for “Outta My Mind”

“Don’t come to Chinatown no more, dawg. You done lost your Chinatown pass.”

September 10, 2015

2015. Krampus trailer screenshot

Film + TV
WATCH: Santa Can’t Help You in the “Krampus” Trailer

The Christmas nightmare film hits theaters December 4.

September 09, 2015

2015. Cold Beat, “Into the Air”

Reviews
Cold Beat, “Into the Air”

So maybe San Francisco really is doomed, but as Cold Beat have figured out, the walls can’t cave when you’re hovering somewhere above the Golden Gate.

September 08, 2015

2015. Car Seat Headrest Something Soon video screenshot

WATCH: Meet Car Seat Headrest, Destruction Enthusiast, in the “Something Soon” Video

Eleven self-released lo-fi albums in, Will Toledo has graduated from the bedroom to the studio.

September 01, 2015
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