News Third Man Records launches new print magazine ‘Maggot Brain’ by Sophie Lamberts Jack White’s label, Third Man Records, has built a worldwide reputation since its creation in 2001. In addition to producing fantastic records, this family-owned company is known for many accomplishments…
News PREMIERE: Nicholas Allbrook brings a psychedelic touch to Halo Maud’s ‘Tu sais comme je suis’ by Sophie Lamberts Common denominator; a chimeric, psychedelic touch and the superimposition of images dealing with a certain idea of solitude. When Nicholas Allbrook meets Halo Maud, it feels like this was meant…
News How album + merch bundles inflate record sales and why it matters by Sophie Lamberts CDs now seem like they come straight from another era. But anachronistic in the world of Spotify, CDs still represent the bulk of physical record sales. At least, that’s what…
Film and TV News An hour of never-before-seen ‘Paris Is Burning’ footage is coming next year by Sophie Lamberts When, in 1983, NYU film student Jennie Livingston caught up with some queer kids performing what would later be called voguing in Washington Square Park. She probably didn’t imagine it…
News The young guard, women, and people of colour: the 2020 Grammy nominations are a breath of fresh air by Sophie Lamberts Truth Hurts, except if you’re Lizzo. Little known to mainstream audiences a year ago, the songwriter has been nominated for eight prizes at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards, including Album…
News Rick and Morty fans are watching season 4 on PornHub by Sophie Lamberts “See you for Season 4 in, like, a really long time”, said a character at the end of Rick and Morty’s third season. Two years, three months and two weeks….
News Dead coral and toxic gas: even Pokémon is talking about the climate emergency by Sophie Lamberts The Pokémon universe is more than video games, cartoons, books, toys, posters, backpacks, T-shirts and costumes. Based around creator Satoshi Tajiri’s love of insect collecting, Pokémon deals with species extinction,…
News Vinyl Animal Collective announce ‘Merriweather Post Pavilion’-era live album by Sophie Lamberts Many artists spend their lives chasing success, shaping, if not butchering their music to achieve posterity. In contrast, Animal Collective has, since their beginnings in the 2000s, played cat and…
News King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard announce “3 hour marathon” shows by Sophie Lamberts How do you create a setlist when you released five bloody albums in 2018, then Fishing for Fishies and Infest the Rat’s Nest this year? That’s the dilemma King Gizzard…
News NSW bureaucrats told not to discuss link between climate change and bushfires by Sophie Lamberts “For those attending AdaptNSW today, public affairs has issued advice not to discuss the link between climate change and bushfires. Refer questions in session and plenaries to bushfire reps.” That’s…
Features Lists A guide to 2019’s essential French music, by a French person by Sophie Lamberts Growing up in France, it never really felt like there was an indie scene going on. You had to dig on Skyrock blogs for it, and personally translate every sentence…
News Australia’s weed market could be worth more than $11 billion by Sophie Lamberts It’s hard to say the precise moment when CBD, the voguish cannabis derivative, moved from suburban stoners’ bedrooms to the ‘new avocado toast’. No matter how, the weed industry is…
News A newly discovered Lou Reed tape reveals Andy Warhol-inspired lyrics by Sophie Lamberts Her “mind was being blown all over the place”. Cornell University music professor Judith Peraino was researching a book at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh when she discovered a…
