Month: July 2024

The best mystery shows walk a fine line between cases that keep us guessing but also feel somewhat solvable. Sometimes, we want to see if we can solve the mysteries before the protagonists do, but other times, we just want to sit back and marvel at their brilliance. Either way, according to our TV Fanatic
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Hamilton, Ontario’s death/doom outfit Absorb unleashed their latest sonic assault, Smog, on July 26 via Hypaethral Records. The EP, a follow-up to 2023’s Rot, marks a significant evolution for the band, delving deeper into atmospheric and dissonant territories while retaining their signature monolithic heaviness. Formed in 2013, Absorb have cultivated a sound characterized by slow, crushing
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K-pop boy group Stray Kids has made massive history with the release of their fifth studio album ATE. The album dropped on July 19 and quickly rose to the top of the Billboard 200, making history not only for K-pop in the U.S. but for any group ever. Stray Kids now holds the title of being the first-ever group
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California prosecutors contested Tory Lanez’s request for a new trial after he submitted an affidavit from his driver Jauquan Smith, a witness to the 2020 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion. Smith claimed the prosecution didn’t allow him to testify in Lanez’s 2022 trial. Smith said he saw Megan’s former friend Kelsey Harris holding a gun
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Danish death dealers (try saying that three times fast!) Thorium have been doing their thing for nearly three decades and that’s not about to change if new track “Underground” is an indication. Taken from their sixth album The Bastard, Thorium take heavy cues from early Morbid Angel, mixing it up with their core Scandinavian death metal sound. On
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The Olympic Opening Ceremony always generates plenty of conversation, but the noise has been particularly loud this year thanks to a fashion show segment that many Christian viewers considered an inappropriate reference to The Last Supper. The bit featured a fashion show with several drag queens and later included a naked singer who was painted
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There’s something extremely frustrating about watching a fictional TV chef cook something that looks absolutely delicious. Sure, showing off a skill adds to the character’s depth, but what about the depths of our stomachs? I’m never hungrier than when my favorite fictional TV chefs are hard at work on the screen, so it’s time to
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Jelly Roll‘s wife, Bunnie Xo, is opening up about a recent health scare. On a video posted to Facebook on Saturday (July 27), she detailed the ups and downs she’s been going through this spring and summer, which eventually led to a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedure and a consultation with a neurologist. Thankfully, Bunnie
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Jorja Smith is learning to practice self-compassion on her new single, “High.” The club-ready bop was produced by her longtime collaborator DAMEDAME*. “I’ve had my lows / You weren’t always there for me / But time has shown / And I can love myself again / I always need my friends / But I need
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