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Painkiller Review: Netflix’s Opioid Crisis Drama Feels Painfully Redundant
Despite best efforts, it's impossible to review this show without mentioning the far superior Dopesick. Painkiller Review: Netflix’s Opioid Crisis Drama Feels Painfully Redundant Liz Shannon Miller
Icons of Rock: Robbie Robertson
A look back at the towering musical legacy of the co-founder of The Band. Icons of Rock: Robbie Robertson Blaine Sayers
With In the Court of the Crimson King, King Crimson Bet on Themselves and Changed Rock Forever
King Crimson set out to change the world of popular music, and the mad lads did just that. With In the Court of the Crimson King, King Crimson Bet on Themselves and Changed Rock Forever Jonah Krueger
Chris Gibbs Uses His 1992 Range Rover for Commuting and “Communicating”
For some, material possessions can be fleeting if there's no message or story behind it. For Chris Gibbs however, story-telling and curation is everything.Chris Gibbs is the owner of Union Los Angeles, perhaps one of the most important and highly respected boutiques that caters to streetwear fashion, footwear, accessories and lifestyle. The Union brand has been around for decades, opening its doors initially in SoHo, NYC in 1989 before even the big brands like Supreme, BAPE, and NEIGHBORHOOD were even conceptualized. Union Los Angeles followed suit shortly after with Gibbs entering in 1996, eventually taking ownership and becoming the face for the brand, its stores, collaborations and creative direction.Union has since expanded across the globe, having locations in both Tokyo and Osaka, Ja...
Lollapalooza 2023: What You Missed on the Livestream
Photos and recap of Chicago's biggest music festival. Lollapalooza 2023: What You Missed on the Livestream Wren Graves
How Veli Went From Hoop Dreams to Managing Artists
In his 10 years in the music business, Veli has learned that artist management can be a thankless job. It requires immense sacrifice. You put yourself second 24/7 and give your all to someone else’s career and life, all the while remaining out of the spotlight. It’s a big ask, but when success — in whatever form the artist sees it — is achieved, the feeling of fulfillment is like no other.Before he dreamt of managing the careers of artists, Veli had legitimate hoop dreams. He played college basketball as a freshman at Rosemont College but had a change of heart in his sophomore year and quit the sport to enter the music business. His first career move was to manage his then-best friend, an up-and-coming rapper, and he spent the next few months tirelessly promoting the potential he saw. Alth...
Nintendo Saw Record Q1 Profit and NASA Launched a Free Streaming Service in This Week’s Tech Roundup
This week, the tech industry continued to grapple with the continuous development and omnipresence of AI. At Google, researchers from the company conducted a study alongside Osaka University to test the “music stimulus” that listeners experience when streaming a song, using their brain activity to produce new music. Meta, meanwhile, is testing out a feature for Instagram that flags content as having been generated using AI.On the streaming side, NASA has entered the race with a new streamer of its own presenting science-focused live coverage and original series. And, in the business corner, Nintendo reported its best first quarter to date following the release of Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and The Super Mario Bros. Movie.Below, Hypebeast has rounded up the top tech stories of th...
TOMORROW X TOGETHER Make History at Lollapalooza 2023: Recap + Photos
The first K-pop group to headline Lollapalooza more than met the moment. TOMORROW X TOGETHER Make History at Lollapalooza 2023: Recap + Photos Wren Graves
Good Omens’ Season 2 Cliffhanger Will Haunt You Everyday
Season 3, alas, is not a-getting closer any time soon Good Omens’ Season 2 Cliffhanger Will Haunt You Everyday Liz Shannon Miller
Song of the Week: Danger Mouse and Jemini Bring it Back to 2004 on “Brooklyn Basquiat”
Other standout tracks come from Self Defense Family, Cannons, Ade, and more. Song of the Week: Danger Mouse and Jemini Bring it Back to 2004 on “Brooklyn Basquiat” Jonah Krueger and Consequence Staff
Best New Tracks: Kali Uchis, Cordae, Doja Cat and More
As the week in music comes to a close, Hypebeast has rounded up the best projects for the latest installment of Best New Tracks.This week’s lineup is led by Cordae, Kali Uchis with El Alfa and JT of City Girls and Doja Cat, who each dropped the singles "Make Up Your Mind, "Muñekita" and "Paint The Town Red." Also joining this selection are By Storm f.k.a. Injury Reserve and Sandflower, plus collaborations from MAETA with The Free Nationals and Giggs with Diddy.Doja Cat - "Paint The Town Red"Doja Cat follows up June's "Attention" with another stellar single, "Paint The Town Red." The cut features production from Earl on the Beat with an accompanying music video helmed by Nina McNeely, and its visual is based around three paintings that Doja Cat herself designed, with each one of the scenes...
Through the Lens: Art History Meets Football Kit Royalty in Louis Bever’s Intimate Portraiture
It may be ubiquitous these days to find one’s image plastered across a family living room, an Instagram feed or the endless scroll of our camera rolls. But for much of human history, only those who came from power and wealth had the means to have their portrait either painted or photographed.More than just a method of preservation, the classic genre of portraiture was a social and political tool to project one's status and influence — a device that was largely reserved for a select few. Namely, kings, queens, barons, dukes — the posh type who flaunted their influence through elaborate palaces, decor and of course, fashion. While it may be funny to see what was once in vogue hundreds of years in the past — think wigs, medici collars, breeches — future societies will likely have a similar ta...
