In an ever-growing cesspool of music releases, over 50,000 songs being released on streaming services on a daily basis, I can strongly say that you don’t hear songs like “Cold Shoulder” from Bliss Samsa everyday. Or every week or even every month for that matter. Born in India but spending much of his formative years … Read more
The Hip Hop community is mourning rapper, Kirshnik Khari Ball, known professionally as Takeoff. He was one third of the platinum-selling rap group, Migos. In the early hours of November 1st, Takeoff was shot after an altercation at a private Halloween party at Billiards & Bowling in Houston, TX. New video footage, shows just moments … Read more
We seem to be in an indie rock meets indie pop surge, and Chloe Berry might be one of the most exciting new artists in this space that I have heard in a very long time. Layers of rock guitar power chords, jam band-ready live drums, and vintagey bedroom pop synths make the base of … Read more
Hilary Boswell was diagnosed with breast cancer just days ahead of her 40th birthday. “I was in some of the best shape of my life. My body had never been more fit or looked better.” Her cancer diagnosis would quickly change that. A unilateral mastectomy — a surgery she didn’t necessarily want but felt … Read more
More than 2 million people in the UK are estimated to have had Covid in early October, as figures suggest levels of flu are on the rise. According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics, about one in 30 people in England – 3.1% of the population – had Covid in the … Read more
Tik Tok was already making its undeniable insertion into culture and the music industry before the pandemic hit in 2020, but those initial quarantines sped things up exponentially and got people making videos of everything under the sun to post on the app. But few trends took off quite like the flock of talented singers/songwriters … Read more
It’s almost Halloween, and that means Fortnite players have exciting new challenges and rewards to celebrate the spookiness of 31 October. Thanks to the 22.20 update, Fortnite players can celebrate early by completing the Fortnitemares Quests. There’s a lot happening, from altars scattered across the map where you can gain werewolf claws. Or why not … Read more
It might still be mid-October, but Kylie Jenner and her pal Hailey Bieber are already cooking up some Halloween magic. The duo got together to ring in the season with Kylie’s first costume of what we assume will be many, and Hailey stepped behind the camera to serve as photographer for an impromptu photo shoot. As seen on Hailey’s … Read more
Multiple failures by the NHS 111 telephone advice service early in the pandemic left Covid patients struggling to get care and led directly to some people dying, an investigation has found. The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) looked into the help that NHS 111 gave people with Covid in the weeks before and after the … Read more
Quebec is seeing a rise in COVID-19 indicators as the fall season begins, but the province’s top doctor stopped short of declaring a new wave of the pandemic, saying it was too early to do so Thursday. Luc Boileau, director of Quebec public health, said “it’s not a surprise” that cases and hospitalizations are on … Read more