The River City is nothing if not consistent. The world could be on fire, and that cool hip-hop collective you’ve heard of would still release four albums in a single year. Half the city could be ...
Nicolas Cage’s interest in rare animals, particularly octopuses, fits his reputation for eccentric curiosity. He’s spoken ...
This is what the Defector staff listened to and enjoyed this year. From the Pyre, by The Last Dinner Party In a year where ...
Gilligan made good on his promise to himself. The resulting show, Pluribus, really is a wholly unique take on the sci-fi ...
Colonial travelogues and Hindu nationalist narratives have long cast Kashmiri Muslims as perpetual outsiders in their own ...
On Sept. 2, 1945, the official end of World War II came to pass with Japan’s signing of the Instrument of Surrender aboard ...
Lopatin’s music is key to Marty Supreme’s emotions, and particularly its ending—his gorgeous “Force of Life” complicates the ...
All the players who rocked our world, in the year of Oasis reunions, Black Sabbath farewells, and guitarists keeping their ...
What makes an album of the year? Well, a few things, to be honest. It needs to be able to appeal to a wide ran ...
One standout scene can be all it takes to make a film an absolute delight, with 2025 being filled with standout sequences ...
Trained on a dataset of ILĀ’s compositions, Quantum Computer Music features two renditions of the previously released single “UN/BOUND” – which was created for the Barbican-commissioned TRANS VOICES ...
The HUAWEI FreeClip 2 earbuds feature an open design to stay aware of your surroundings, yet the immersive sound quality surprised me.