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Shoegaze, Post-Punk and Central America’s Echoing Melancholy The seven-country strip that bridges North and South America is floating on waves of distortion.

Meet the scrappy new generation of shoegaze, dream pop, and post-punk bands shaking up the seven-country strip that bridges North and South America.

Hall of mirrors: the ending of All About Eve The final shot of Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s glorious, barbed 1950 masterpiece sneakily suggests that the real villain is not Eve Harrington herself but female ambition in general.

The final shot of Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s glorious, barbed 1950 masterpiece sneakily suggests that the real villain is not Eve Harrington herself but female ambition in general. By @jessicakiang.bsky.social

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The Future of Professional Criticism Looks Something Like This Demand for cultural commentary is higher than it’s ever been—but now that commentary is coming from unconventional new sources.

This year has been grim for professional arts criticism. @skornhaber.bsky.social reports on the fans, stans, and influencers who are filling the gap:

Le locandine memorabili di Drew Struzan È morto il creatore di alcuni dei poster cinematografici più popolari e famosi di sempre, da “Indiana Jones” a “Ritorno al futuro” a “E.T.”

Le locandine memorabili di Drew Struzan

Disquiet, by The Necks 4 track album

New & Notable: The Australian cult band returns with a three-LP epic of tonal shifts, evolving motifs, and roiling phases.

“We were comfortable with the discomfort”: Six Finger Satellite’s J Ryan - The Wire Six Finger Satellite frontman and synth player J Ryan talks to Joseph Stannard about the making of the Rhode Island group’s newly reissued 1995 Severe Exposure album

“We were comfortable with the discomfort”: Six Finger Satellite’s J Ryan

Six Finger Satellite frontman and synth player J Ryan talks to @jjstannard.bsky.social about the making of the Rhode Island group’s newly reissued 1995 Severe Exposure album

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The AI Money Vortex OpenAI is worth $500 billion now. What are its investors getting back?

The AI doomsayers are warning of a bubble, but—at least for now—that doesn't seem to matter to AI’s biggest investors, Will Gottsegen writes in The Atlantic Daily.

How Music Criticism Lost Its Edge Music writers were once known for being much crankier than the average listener. What happened?

Music writers were once known for being much crankier than the average listener. But these days, they seem to have a sunnier outlook. What happened?

Machine-learning model generates images using light An optical system that induces random fluctuations in a laser beam could be faster and more efficient at generating images than conventional computers are.

An optical system that induces random fluctuations in a laser beam could be faster and more efficient at generating images than conventional computers are

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A.I. Is Coming for Culture We’re used to algorithms guiding our choices. When machines can effortlessly generate the content we consume, though, what’s left for the human imagination?

A.I. tools unlocked “the sort of creative life I only dreamed of when I was younger,” one of the creators of an A.I. sketch-comedy show said. The technology put him in mind of “the auteur culture of the 60s and 70s.”

Story of Invention: The Inkjet Printer and the Implantable Pacemaker Rune Elmqvist's inventions changed lives. From inkjet printers to implantable pacemakers, learn how his innovations continue to impact the world today.

Millions of people worldwide have reason to be thankful that Swedish engineer Rune Elmqvist decided not to practice medicine. Although qualified as a doctor, he chose to invent medical equipment instead.

Modern Nature, “The Heat Warps” The addition of a fourth guitarist and improviser adds a knotty element to Modern Nature's spare, architectural indie folk.

The addition of a fourth guitarist and improviser adds a knotty element to Modern Nature's spare, architectural indie folk on "The Heat Warps," our Album of the Day.

C’è una nuova serie del creatore di “BoJack Horseman” “Long Story Short” racconta la storia di una famiglia ebraica in California, e se ne parla bene

C’è una nuova serie del creatore di “BoJack Horseman”

Water From Your Eyes, “It’s A Beautiful Place” The art-pop duo's third album is exuberant and excitable on the surface, disorienting and vulnerable at the core.

"It's A Beautiful Place," the exuberant new record from Brooklyn art-pop duo Water From Your Eyes, is our Album of the Day.

Could an AI Barbie Take the Place of Real Friends? Are AI toys the future of playtime or a risk to emotional development? A collaboration between Mattel and OpenAI raises sobering questions.

"If conflicts are neatly resolved or avoided altogether, if every emotion is met with perfect affirmation, children may lose the opportunity to practice one of the most important developmental skills: learning to connect with people who are not programmed to go along with them."

Embracing A World Of Many AI Personalities | NOEMA A future filled with many AI personas — from the bad boy to the brown-noser — isn’t a mistake; it’s the best way to work with the technology.

A future filled with many AI personas — from the bad boy to the brown-noser — isn’t a mistake; it’s the best way to work with the technology, Phil Nolan argues.

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Bugland, by No Joy 8 track album

New & Notable: The latest record from No Joy is a triumphant work of dreamy 90s alt rock with a black metal touch courtesy of co-producer Fire-Toolz.

FX’s Alien: Earth is a Smart, Addictive Expansion of the Franchise’s Terrifying Universe Noah Hawley's Alien: Earth is more than an exercise in IP management, exploring complicated questions of identity, mortality, and control.

#AlienEarth is more than Noah Hawley's splashy new exercise in IP management and franchise expansion; the series blazes its own path and wrestles with complicated questions of identity, morality, and control.

The Big E, by Editrix 10 track album

New & Notable: Crunchy, left-field noise rock from a power trio fronted by experimental guitar luminary Wendy Eisenberg; Krallice's Colin Marston produces.

Dean Wareham on Writing Music in a World on Fire Best known as lead vocalist of Galaxie 500, Dean Wareham has a new solo album. He spoke to Jacobin about what it means for music to be political in times when it’s hard to watch the news.

Best known as lead vocalist of Galaxie 500, Dean Wareham has a new solo album. He spoke to Jacobin about what it means for music to be political in times when it’s hard to watch the news.

Natalie Bergman, “My Home is Not In This World” Natalie Bergman triumphs with sleek, swirling, '60s soul atmospherics on her sophomore record.

Natalie Bergman triumphs with sleek, swirling, '60s soul atmospherics on her sophomore record. It's our Album of the Day.

Whisper Of The Heart left a lo-fi legacy unique to Studio Ghibli Yoshifumi Kondō's mundane, romantic 1995 cult classic Whisper Of The Heart remains a prescient rejoinder to technological advances.

The Lofi Girl with chill beats to relax/study to was born in Studio Ghibli's Whisper Of The Heart. As it turns 30, we look at the unique legacy of a singular film:

Long Hot Summer: The mythos of the pool on screen In her seminal 1979 essay collection ‘The White Album’, Californian writer Joan Didion sought to summarise her relationship with water and its many forms,…

From surreal odysseys to sexual awakenings, the swimming pool has long been depicted as a site of transformation, nostalgia and fluid identity

Don Caballero Fundamentals The Pittsburgh band fused post-hardcore and prog rock for indie's answer to jazz fusion. Here are some highlights from their discography.

Don Caballero fused post-hardcore and prog rock for indie's answer to jazz fusion. Here are some highlights from the Pittsburgh band's discography.

Albums You May Have Missed: Spring 2025 Explore releases that may have passed you by this Spring, from Eiko Ishibasi to Caroline, and more.

These new releases, reissues, and compilations may be off the radar, but they're just as worthy of a listen.

What’s Happening to Reading? For many people, A.I. may be bringing the age of traditional text to an end.

Will reading become obsolete? How A.I. could transform our relationship to the written word.

You sound like ChatGPT AI isn’t just impacting how we write — it’s changing how we speak and interact with others. And there’s only more to come.

You sound like ChatGPT

How to Root for a Merciless Man, According to Wes Anderson In The Phoenician Scheme, an egotist slowly comes to terms with his own humanity.

Wes Anderson has earned a reputation for his meticulously styled, diorama-like worlds. But the director has always been “clearly responsive to modern life”—and especially so in his new film, “The Phoenician Scheme,” writes David Sims:

Beyond Bluesky: These are the apps building social experiences on the AT Protocol | TechCrunch A list of AT Protocol-based, consumer-facing apps that are either built on top of Bluesky or its underlying protocol, allowing users to take back control over their social networking experiences and personal data.

Beyond Bluesky: These are the apps building social experiences on the AT Protocol

Shredding the Dunes in Sword of the Sea Sword of the Sea, a new game from a creator of ABZÛ and Journey, captures the calming, meditative side of surfing and skating.

Sword of the Sea, a new game from Giant Squid and the director of ABZÛ and art director of Journey, captures the calming, meditative side of surfing and skating. Read our preview.
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