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If not for Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark—Alvin Schwartz’s infamous anthology series of folk stories that have haunted grade school book fairs for decades—The Garden as we know them might not exist. Ever since twin brothers Fletcher and Wyatt Shears began releasing their brand of sun-bleached, goofball punk rock in the early 2010s, they’ve cited the book’s influence on their work with Biblical reverence and referenced its nightmare-inducing illustrations in the cover art of side projects. The true parallel, however, is structural: Where Schwartz’s writing was succinct and vernacular, so too is the twins’ output across The Garden’s…

Charlotte MacInnes accused Wilson of using her as “leverage” in a separate dispute with producers of the film Rebel Wilson was found not liable of defaming a young actress who played the starring role in her directorial debut, The Deb. According to CNN, an Australian judge dismissed the case on Wednesday that was brought by actress Charlotte MacInnes, who accused Wilson of sharing Instagram posts that suggested she was sexually harassed by Amanda Ghost — a producer on The Deb whom Wilson previously sued for breach of contract and fraud. MacInnes claimed the posts damaged her reputation. “Thank you to…

They serve generous portions at Gladstone's on Santa Monica Beach. Godzilla stuff. The dish of lobster, clams, mussels and prawns is enough to feed an entire developing nation and is served by a waitress in microshorts who is evidently obsessed with tanning beds. «Since we signed with a major label, every time there is a meeting we make sure they take us to eat lobster», explains Donita Sparks, the singer of L7, laughing. It's actually the most punk thing you can do.«The waitress is practically naked», protests bassist Jennifer Finch, who is also wearing a short top which is not…

46 years after their birth, Echo & The Bunnymen still have no intention of stopping. The historic Liverpool band has announced “Apples For Isaac”, the new album of unreleased songs out on September 18th for BMG. This is the first work composed of original material since “Meteorites”, published in 2014. “The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon” arrived in 2018, a collection of new recordings of songs from the past, but the new album represents the group's true creative return after over a decade. Work on “Apples For Isaac” began shortly after the release of “The Stars, The Oceans &…

Isn’t the world gorgeous through Sofie Birch-tinted glasses? Listening to “Sefirot Surfa,” a gentle, whimsical romp from Bivabippabualukka, has made the harsh and poorly maintained streets around my East London flat feel magical and new: What portals, it begs a listener to ask, could lie between those cracks in the pavement, or beneath that pile of refuse?Lush and animated, Bivabippabualukka is an extraordinary break from convention in comparison to Birch’s previous releases, a series of ambient folk records that encouraged scholarly engagement with the minutiae of Birch’s compositional choices. 2025’s soundbath-like Hiraeth, for example, was hardly casual listening, a listening…

Within the pantheon of millennial punk, the Menzingers are our dive bar poet laureates. The Pennsylvania band’s beer-battered anthems are less loquacious and more crowdsurfable than the comparably earnest the Hold Steady, but a little too weathered and wise to resonate with the average Neck Deep skater bro. For the 20 years they’ve been kickin’, the band has been the same four dudes—guitarists and vocalists Tom May and Greg Barnett, bassist Eric Keen, drummer Joe Godino—rocking out to the same everyman trials: heartbreak, loss, and the growing pains that encompass the period between glassy-eyed adolescence and groggy-headed middle-age.Over time, their…

The pop-star magic of 2022’s massive “Bad Habit,” one of the defining hits of the TikTok era, is that it’s a big, professional smash that doesn’t really sound like one. The unexpected breakout from Steve Lacy’s Grammy-winning Gemini Rights widened the scope of his ditzy, talky demos while hanging onto the looseness of a guy freestyling in his childhood bedroom. Compared to the old stuff he used to drop on his own when he was mainly known as the youngin’ ripping the guitar in the R&B band the Internet, “Bad Habit” isn’t nearly as diaristic or cheeky, but it captures…

Lucky fans on the acclaimed Liverpool tour got the ultimate surprise from the icon this week Beatles fans aboard Liverpool's Magical Mystery Tour — the longest-running sightseeing tour in the UK dedicated to the Fab Four — were astounded this week when Paul McCartney himself pulled up next to them. While waiting at a red traffic light, McCartney was spotted in the car next to the tour bus and waved, according to the BBC, which first reported the encounter on Monday. The driver and tour guide, Neil Morton, called the surprise cameo “surreal.” To sweeten the moment, McCartney leaned out…

vote8.0 Bands: RIPPER (CHILE) Duration: 00:41:39 Available from: 07/24/2026 Label: Dark Descent Streaming not yet available. For the Rippers, the last ten years have been a continuous chase. Published ten years ago now, “Experiment of Existence”, the second album by the Chileans, had given a glimpse of a formation ready to carve out a stable space for itself among the most interesting realities of contemporary death-thrash. Instead, the following decade proved to be anything but linear: lineup changes, long breaks, projects that remained suspended and an inevitably discontinuous presence on international markets, an almost physiological condition for a band that…

Williams' guardian claimed that Where Is Wendy Williams? was made while the former talk show host was “incapable of consenting to being filmed” Wendy Williams' guardian has settled the lawsuit over Lifetime's Where Is Wendy Williams? doc. According to court documents obtained by Rolling StoneWilliams' guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, and the defendants — which include Lifetime and its parent company, A&E Network — filed a joint motion to resolve the matter which covered the settlement agreement, the proposed attorneys' fees and costs to be paid to Williams' attorneys, and the proposed distribution of any settlement payment. Just days before the doc's…