Lady Gaga (12), Bruno Mars (11) and Kendrick Lamar (10) lead the nominees for the 2025 edition of the MTV Video Music Awards, which will air live for the first time on CBS on Sept. 7 from UBS Arena just outside Manhattan. The show will also be simulcast on MTV and stream on Paramount+ in…
In 1953, renowned author and notorious drug experimentalist William S. Burroughs made a trip to the Amazon rainforest on a quest for yagé, a name for the plant Banisteriopsis caapi, also known as ayahuasca. “This is not the chemical lift of C, the sexless horribly sane stasis of junk, the vegetable nightmare of peyote, or…
Joan Shelley has announced a new album: Real Warmth is out September 19 via No Quarter. The Kentucky songwriter’s follow up to 2022’s The Spur was produced by Ben Whiteley and features contributions from the Weather Station’s Tamara Lindeman, Doug Paisley, Nathan Salsburg, Matt Kelley, Ken Whiteley, drummer Philippe Melanson, and saxophonist Karen Ng. Listen…
Image Credit: GC Images It’s now impossible not to know all about the recent American Eagle jeans ad featuring Sydney Sweeney. Unless you’re living under a rock, the latest denim campaign has sparked extensive controversy on social media. The slogan “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans” caused an online firestorm, as left-wing and right-wing commenters debated…
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With more and more online discovery now occurring via conversational AI chatbots, marketers are gradually changing focus from search engine optimization (SEO) to generative engine optimization (GEO), which requires a different approach and mindset. GEO aims to ensure that your website and/or brand gets cited in AI answers, which is much harder to cater to,…
Reading Time: 3 minutes As you’ve likely heard by now, Stephen Colbert’s Late Show has been canceled by CBS and will come to an end in May of 2026. It’s a stunning move for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that Colbert actually led the late night pack in terms of…
Latto got more than just a diamond chain during a recent trip to a celebrity jeweler — she also walked away with a viral moment that had social media in stitches after flubbing a riddle about Donald Trump. During a video posted Monday (August 4), the Atlanta rapper stopped by Jewelry Unlimited to treat herself…
The key to a good recording is something that really engages the listener without the visual aspect of seeing a performance live or on film. This month there were many albums that stood out as something worth hearing, with music ranging from the medieval age to the 2020s. Among the stage works that still come…
In a market saturated with low-quality sample packs and template stores, AbletonTemplate.com and FLStudioTemplate.com provide resources that focus on accuracy, reliability, and professionalism. As music producers themselves, the team behind these platforms is delivering high-quality, genre-accurate templates to help producers create professional tracks while improving their skills. What Are Sample Packs and Music Production Templates?…
As I pull up to Sunny War’s small, red and black Craftsman bungalow, the last remnants of the 4 inches of snow that fell earlier in the week are melting under the blue, cloudless sky over her historic Glenwood neighborhood in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She invites me in to sit at her small dining room table….
