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West’s eighth studio album is uneven, but it does deliver a handful of memorable moments.
Tune-Yards, Black Mirror, Lil Pump, and Trump’s tweets headline a year that’s sure to surprise us, challenge us, and exhaust us, just as much as 2017.
2017 was a watershed year for many reasons, but one thing stands out above all others: the massive cultural transformation in society's treatment and understanding of, and attitudes toward, women. This trend has been driven, in large part, by female voices and characters in pop culture.
It was a good year for music of all genres. From Benjamin Booker’s unclassifiable Witness, to A. Savage’s alt-country Thawing Down, to Kamasi Washington’s jazzy Harmony of Difference, these are the best.
Molly Ringwald weighs in on Weinstein, St. Vincent perfects her sound on her fifth album, Masseduction, and Broad City leans into the current political moment.
Two throwbacks this week, with a splash of change: Nintendo releases SNES Classic, and it's good, plus Miley Cyrus returns to her roots with her new album, Younger Now.
In the pilot episode of The Tumbledown, our new podcast on all things culture, Brendon and Rachel talk about the new music video from PRETTYMUCH, Simon Cowell's newest boy band.
Some recs from our contributing culture editor before she hunkers down for Hurricane Irma.
Cirocco Dunlap's new web series, Everything Is Okay, mixes the technological paranoia of Black Mirror with the absurdist cityscapes of Man Seeking Woman, and Taylor Swift goes full Game of Thrones in her new video for "Look What You Made Me Do."
The solar eclipse gives us much-needed perspective (and that awesome photo of Trump staring directly at the sun), Wet Hot American Summer returns for no good reason, and Taylor Swift's new single disappoints the internet.
Earwolf's new podcast Off Book: The Improvised Musical takes improv to new heights, and Vic Mensa describes his depression and suicide attempt in his significant new song, "Rage."
Molly McAleer's Emotionally Broken Psychos engages in nostalgic discussions of the "golden era" of reality TV, and Simon Cowell's new boy band PRETTYMUCH looks like a hit.
