Here, five writers with roots and homes across the continent and diaspora sift through a wide world of sounds for some of the ...
One of my favorite rhythm games of all time is also one of the most obscure, a little PS2 title that hasn’t gotten anything ...
J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...
MAVI's The Pilot mixtape marks a confident shift from grief to clarity. Our review explores the Charlotte rapper's sober year transformation.
It was the best of hip-hop times. It was the worst of hip-hop times. Ha! 2025 was a rollercoaster of rap music’s highs and lows. The duality was so real. I can’t recall a year with such a wide array ...
We’re at the end of yet another year where commentators and fans speculated on the health of the rap world. In October, it was reported that, for the first time in 35 years, there were no rap songs in ...
Levon Aronian clinched the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam title in Grootbos. He defeated Magnus Carlsen in the Grand Final. Aronian secured the win with a 1.5-0.5 score. He earned $200,000. Magnus ...
The top K-pop singles of 2025 with music from BLACKPINK, Stray Kids, BTS' j-hope, JENNIE, ATEEZ, NMIXX, LE SSERAFIM, aespa, CORTIS, Hwasa and more.
One of the most notable success stories is Idd Aziz, who topped Spotify’s Global Impact List in mid 2025. As 2025 draws to a ...
The year 2025 was rich with new original music from New Jersey and here's a sample of the 13 best the state has to offer.
One of the year's more peculiar rock stories is Nine Inch Nails and Foo Fighters essentially trading drummers, but Trent Reznor tells us what really happened.