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1 month ago | 
wrvo.org | Stephen Thompson |Reanna Cruz |Bedatri D.Choudhury |Liz Metzger
Stephen Thompson is a writer, editor and reviewer for NPR Music, where he speaks into any microphone that will have him and appears as a frequent panelist on All Songs Considered. Since 2010, Thompson has been a fixture on the NPR roundtable podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour, which he created and developed with NPR correspondent Linda Holmes. In 2008, he and Bob Boilen created the NPR Music video series Tiny Desk Concerts, in which musicians perform at Boilen's desk.
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1 month ago | 
npr.org | Stephen Thompson |Reanna Cruz |Liz Metzger |Mike Katzif |Jessica Reedy |Bedatri D.Choudhury
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Stephen Thompson |Reanna Cruz |Bedatri D.Choudhury |Liz Metzger |Mike Katzif |Jessica Reedy
21 hours agoIn March 2024, I wrote a column about President Biden’s State of the Union speech with a confident headline that made perfect sense to me at the time: “Chill out, my fellow Americans. Your president isn’t cognitively impaired.” Boy was I wrong. For months, critics and supporters had been raising …
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1 month ago | 
npr.org | Linda Holmes |Walter Chaw |Reanna Cruz |Liz Metzger |Hafsa Fathima |Mike Katzif | +1 more
'Final Destination Bloodlines' proves that you still can't beat death Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1251782090/1269325046" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Kaitlyn Santa Juana in Final Destination Bloodlines. Eric Milner/Warner Bros. Pictures hide caption toggle caption Eric Milner/Warner Bros. Pictures Kaitlyn Santa Juana in Final Destination Bloodlines.
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1 month ago | 
vulture.com | Reanna Cruz
Over the course of a decade, Estonian avant-garde rapper Tommy Cash has become one of pop music’s eminent tricksters. He’s gone viral for his peacocking front-row Fashion Week costumes, walked the runway with Rick Owens, collaborated with Maison Margiela, released sexually explicit music videos on PornHub, showcased his own sperm in an art exhibit, and netted a feature on Charli XCX’s critically acclaimed Pop 2 mixtape.
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2 months ago | 
vulture.com | Rebecca Castillo |Reanna Cruz |Emma Madden |Dan Reilly
No Coachella is complete without chaos. This year’s edition kicked off with a big ol’ traffic jam. By day two, the wristband scanners briefly stopped working. Also, temperatures occasionally soared over 100 degrees. Once folks finally made it to the grounds — and hopefully cooled off — they got what they came for: Free Erewhon food great performances from their favorite artists.
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Mar 18, 2025 | 
vulture.com | Reanna Cruz |Charlie Harding |Nate Sloan
Influence defines Lady Gaga’s latest album, Mayhem, a carefully curated sonic exhibition showcasing her inspirations and imitators. The record is a fascinating retrospective that reveals just how thoroughly Gaga understands her place in the pop-music continuum. Through detailed musical references and production choices, Mayhem invites fans to explore different wings of Gaga’s artistic sensibility, revealing an artist who has mastered musical curation.
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Mar 14, 2025 | 
pitchfork.com | Reanna Cruz
In October 2024, Haley Fohr, under her Circuit des Yeux moniker, released “God Dick,” an overwhelming barrage of texture accompanied by lyrics invoking the phallic divine. Dissonant strings balloon, giving way to colossal synthesizers, frantic programmed beats at 170 BPM, and, of course, Fohr’s flexile voice, notably able to span four octaves.
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Mar 12, 2025 | 
npr.org | Stephen Thompson |Ann Powers |Reanna Cruz |Liz Metzger |Jessica Reedy
Lady Gaga's 'Mayhem' is a dense and intense pop explosion Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1237991530/1267740189" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Lady Gaga's new album Mayhem is out now. Frank Lebon hide caption toggle caption Frank Lebon Lady Gaga's new album Mayhem is out now.
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Feb 17, 2025 | 
npr.org | Glen Weldon |Stephen Thompson |Reanna Cruz |Jeff Yang |Hafsa Fathima |Lennon Sherburne | +2 more
'Paddington in Peru' puts a mild bear in the wild jungle Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1232637577/1266472410" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Ben Whishaw voices the titular bear in Paddington in Peru. Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. hide caption toggle caption Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Ben Whishaw voices the titular bear in Paddington in Peru.
