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The Avalanches Tease New Album With Retro-Futurist ARG

The Avalanches’ new album launch is underway. Last fall, the Australian electronic duo teased LP4 on Instagram with a photo of a pile of LaCie Rugged drives. Recently they wiped their Instagram and unveiled a new logo (that may to take inspiration from Tasuro Yamashita's 1983

Rubio to meet Pope Leo in wake of Trump's attacks

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican and Italian officials in Rome this week, as President Trump’s confrontations with the church and Italian government have soured relations. Rubio’s travel is scheduled for Wednesday through Friday. His

A cut, a color and the burden of care work

Hair and beauty salons are spaces where we go to look and feel good. We have a bad day, a bad week, a bad breakup—we go to the salon. But ask any hair or beauty worker about what their job involves and they'll tell you the work to help clients feel good goes well beyond cutting

Trump: Van Jones 'should be ashamed of himself'

President Trump on Monday said CNN political analyst Van Jones should be “ashamed of himself” for referring to him as a dictator on air after the two worked together for criminal justice reform in his first administration. “I liked some of the people he was with, agreed with

GameStop makes $56 billion offer to acquire eBay

GameStop has made an offer to acquire eBay for $56 billion, which comes as part of GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen's plan to transform the online marketplace into a "legit competitor to Amazon," he tells The Wall Street Journal. In an announcement on Monday, eBay says it will

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Cola – “Haveluck Country”

Cola’s new album Cost Of Living Adjustment arrives this Friday, but we’ve heard quite a bit already with singles like “Hedgesitting,” “Conflagration Mindset,” and “Skywriter’s Sky.” Today the Montreal post-punk band are sharing the album’s final single “Haveluck Country,” a

Santana Singer Alex Ligertwood Dead At 79

Alex Ligertwood, the Scottish musician best known for a number of stints as the lead singer of Santana, has passed away. As TMZ points out , Ligertwood's daughter announced his passing in a social media post . Ligertwood died in his sleep at home in Santa Monica on Saturday. No

Trump’s obsession with Obama fuels his Iran war strategy

President Trump has repeatedly compared his efforts to end the war in Iran to President Obama's 2016 deal, while also criticizing Obama for his handling of the situation, despite offering the same framework of ending sanctions and releasing $20 billion in Iranian oil money.