“We created an African tribe look from the future. A psychedelic African tribe from the 21st century,” says Edgardo Garces (aka Guajiro), in regard to Ghetto Kumbé’s aesthetic. This is evident from the Afrofuturistic album art on the group’s debut… Read More
Old school hip-hop fans can be forgiven if they are walking around with a powerful sense of déjà vu these days. More than 30 years after their release, NWA’s “Fuck tha Police” and Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power” have been… Read More
Toronto composer Sina Bathaie utilizes both organic and digital elements to forge a new form of contemporary Persian music, as heard on his latest single “Bloom”. The title hints at the song’s intentions of something original emerging from the merger… Read More
…¡La Rosalía! After adding a surprise flamenco flair in one of Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion‘s “WAP” music video peek-a-boo rooms, the El mal querer reina was just named the newest face of the M•A•C VIVA GLAM campaign, following… Read More
HBO's Watchmen received a massive 26 Emmy nominations this year, including for Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross' awesome score. With the Emmys coming up on September 20, Reznor, Ross and Watchman series showrunner Damon Lindelof talked with Rolling Stone television… Read More
Sisters are doing it for themselves in 2020, and we’re all truly so lucky to be experiencing this ongoing pop culture moment of powerful women teaming up and taking over in the middle of such an otherwise bleak cultural landscape.… Read More
School’s back in session (virtually, this year), and the legendary Ms. Toni Braxton is giving us all a crucial spelling lesson – but more on that a little later. Following 2018’s stellar Sex & Cigarettes, the deep-voiced diva (or, as… Read More
New Zealand's Spook the Horses have opened for both Neurosis and The Ocean, and they're signed to The Ocean-affiliated Pelagic Records, and if you like those bands but haven't heard Spook The Horses, you're probably gonna wanna change that. Having… Read More
t.A.T.u. is back. Sort of. The game-changing, faux-lesbian-turned-one-half-homophobic “All the Things She Said” Russian troupe released their third English studio album Waste Management at the end of 2009 (the English counterpart to Весёлые Улыбки), which went generally unheard outside of… Read More
In December 1976, Melba Moore made history at the Metropolitan Opera House. An Evening with Melba Moore at the Met marked the first time a Black pop artist headlined a one-woman show at one of New York’s most prestigious venues,… Read More