Sun, Jun 16 2019

Straw poll: Who thinks we're living in the Matrix? On the one hand, are we really to believe a single human is responsible for the body of work — entertaining, brilliant, immense — that Neal Stephenson has produced over the past…

William Shatner is showing support for Quentin Tarantino 's R-rated “ Star Trek ” movie on social media. The actor who originated the role of Captain Kirk was asked his thoughts about Tarantino doing a more adult-skewing…

It has been a while since I've heard a musical combination that actually seems quite outside what seem to be set standards in modern music. And not only that but something that seems rather natural and effortless, as it was meant to be. Quite…

In theory, video on demand viewing democratizes the at-home movie going experience; in practice, Netflix, and to a lesser extent Hulu, dominate the home viewing market, and while their libraries are sprawling, smaller, off-radar films are often…

Music, Film, TV and Political News CoverageAustralia approves Adani coal mine, endangering the Great Barrier Reef and, well, civilization…

Welcome to Essential Releases, our weekly roundup of the best music on Bandcamp. Each week, we'll recommend crucial new albums that were released between last Friday and this Friday, plus pick an older LP from the stacks that you may have missed.

Every week, the Noisey staff puts together a list of the best and most important albums, mixtapes, and EPs from the past seven days. Sometimes it includes projects we've written about on the site already; sometimes it's just made up of great…

Memphis banker and entrepreneur Jim Stewart launched Satellite Records in 1957; working out of Stewart's garage, Satellite originally released country and rockabilly records, as per its owner's tastes. The independent label's modest success…

Floating Points, Four Tet, Valesuchi and more explore the legacy of the guitarist and composer. Milton Nascimento is one of the most idiosyncratic voices in Brazilian music. While contemporaries like Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa and Tom…

First Movement: Species Of The Sublime Johann Sebastian Bach Preise Dein Glücke, Gesegnetes Sachsen, BWV 215 (1734) Felix Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture, Op 26, Fingal's Cave (1830) Camille Saint-Saëns Prelude To Le Déluge, Op 45…