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UNC alumna release fourth season of film-reviewing podcast
Trish Whitfield and UNC alumna Meah Barrington released a new season of their podcast, "Shit Black Girls Watch," last Thursday on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and iHeart Radio. The podcast focuses on film and television the two hosts have watched,...

Review | Neo-Southern Evening Jacket Rock, in the Right Place
My Morning Jacket (MMJ) ranks highly on the short list of bands with a deep, site-sound relationship with the Santa Barbara Bowl. This theory was validated once again when the band, born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1998, paid yet another welcome...

Review | Japanese Breakfast Is a Full-On Feast
Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast, Santa Barbara Bowl, August 23, 2025 | Photo: Carl Perry Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast, Santa Barbara Bowl, August 23, 2025 | Photo: Carl Perry Watching Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner emerge on...

Music reviews: Chance the Rapper, Cass McCombs, and Molly Tuttle
'Star Line' by Chance the Rapper ★★★ Chance the Rapper's signature shout-out "And we back!" has "never meant more than now," said Cory Woodroof in USA Today. Six years after releasing The Big Day, a genre-crossing album whose "unexpectedly bubbly...

OpenWav Joins Forces with Scott Storch for Global Music Competition Elevating Emerging Talent
Photo Credit: OpenWAV This article was created in collaboration with DMN partner OpenWav. This initiative is positioned as a transformative opportunity for unsigned and independent acts to get noticed and collaborate directly with some of the...

Fresh Tracks Review: A Musical Skiing Adventure
Few exercises are more peaceful than a nice trip cross-country skiing. The skis slide across the snow as the trail winds through the woods, getting further away from anything resembling civilization. Quiet descends, broken only by the sound of...

13 September concerts in Alabama to check out
Reviewed by: Caleb Turrentine “Luke Bryan” by Tortuga Music Festival is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 Autumn is finally on the horizon, and that’s something to get groovy about. Here are some of the concerts on our radar this month — including many...

Apple expands tool allowing users to transfer playlists from Spotify and other services to US, UK and more
Apple has quietly rolled out its playlist transfer feature to seven new markets including the United States, allowing users to switch from rival streaming services quickly The tool, which launched in Australia and New Zealand in May, now works in...

A revelation: Delius’s Mass of Life at the Proms reviewed
Regarding Frederick Delius, how do we stand? In the 1930s, Sir Henry Wood believed that Proms audiences much preferred Delius to Holst, and most critics back then would have described him as a major British composer. Times change: if you took your...

UofA Honors College hosts concert with musicians collaborating with AI
Music and technology can be odd bedfellows. Or maybe better put, music fans and technology can have a strained relationship. Bob Dylan's electric set at Newport in 1965 was met with harsh criticism from some folk music purists. Innovations from...

Best wireless over-ear headphones of 2025: Tested and reviewed models from Sony, Sonos, Bowers & Wilkins and more
Daily Mail journalists select and curate the products that feature on our site. If you make a purchase via links on this page we will earn commission - learn more Whether you're an audiophile, a casual music and podcast listener or just enjoy...

Pine Bush school board reviews cell phone policy
- Brendan Coyne The Pine Bush school board reviewed the district’s new cell phone policy at its August 19 meeting. In complying with New York State law prohibiting cell phones in the classroom, the district won’t allow cell phones to be stored in...

Review: The Who were seen, heard, and felt at powerful Fenway Park farewell show
Concert Reviews The Who didn't act their age at Fenway Park Tuesday night, playing some of their greatest hits with the energy and passion of men half of Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend's age. The Who perform at Fenway Park on Tuesday, August 26....

Rockie Lynne Sends Off Summer In Style At Family Friday Nights Finale Concert, 8/29
Valdese, NC – One more concert for the season is ahead this Friday, August 29th as Rockie Lynne ends a great Family Friday Nights concert run. Join the fun on Temple Field starting at 7:00 P.M. as the celebration kicks off with free live music,...

Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen) Review: The Best Noise-Cancelling Earphones We've Tested
You'd be hard-pressed to point out any visual differences between the new Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen) and the previous generation because the earbuds look exactly the same. The second-generation earphones come in the same Black or...

Review & setlist: Tate McRae plays to the cameras, not the crowd, at TD Garden
Concert Reviews But if aggressive deep horniness is your thing, McRae had it to spare in Boston Tuesday night. Tate McRae, here performing in Los Angeles last year, got hot and bothered at TD Garden Tuesday. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images By Marc...

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 review: Sleek, smart and starting to settle in
Samsung’s seventh-generation Flip doesn’t break the mould, but it does polish it. The Galaxy Z Flip 7 is slim, fast, and filled with the kind of small improvements that only matter once you start living with the device. At its core, this is still...

Ruffin takes responsibility for music
By JACE HENDERSON Neshoba Central Head Football Coach Shannon Ruffin has taken responsibility for the explicit language in music played during the Rockets’ scrimmage against West Point on Friday and is being praised. Ruffin addressed the matter in...

Spotify Launches Direct Messaging Feature Amid Security Concerns
Spotify this week unveiled a new Direct Messaging feature, enabling users to share songs, podcasts and audiobooks within the app. While the move promises streamlined recommendations and deeper engagement among friends, it also raises fresh...
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Lurker Review: Oh, Can’t You See You Belong to Me?
During the opening minutes of Lurker, the slippery new debut from writer-director Alex Russell, we meet timid retail worker Matthew (Théodore Pellerin), busy charming the rising indie pop star Oliver (Archie Madekwe), who strolls into his Los...