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Patrick Stewart, a perceptive patriarch in 'Star Trek' and 'X-Men,' dies at 86

Stewart was raised by an abusive father but became best known for playing kind, paternal leaders who united families of misfits.

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Phoebe Bridgers and Billie Eilish Lend Their Voices to My Chemical Romance’s New Short Film

The band made the animated “Prelude to the End” with visual artist Lauren Tsai

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A stress-free guide to organizing important paperwork and documents

Got piles of mail stacking up in the kitchen? Not sure where your Social Security card is? It might be time to sort through your paperwork. Don't let it overwhelm you with this simple guide.

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Phoebe Bridgers Announces Madison Square Garden EP

Out now via Tidal

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Despite her own hard times, a Maryland woman became a leading data center activist

Despite her hard financial times, a Maryland woman became a leading local data center activist — an example of the way the issue has prompted people to get involved.

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Nick Valensi Is Busy Playing With Everyone But the Strokes

He’s on a “temporary break” from his longtime band—but not from performing with other artists

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Thomas Mann returns to his 'Fatherland' in this practically flawless film

Fatherland imagines the Nobel Prize-winning author's 1949 return to Germany after years of exile. Just 82 minutes long, this gorgeous film is meticulously staged and shot in black and white.

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Junior Boys Return With New Album The Gore

“Underneath the Moon” leads the Canadian duo’s follow-up to Waiting Game

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New book revisits the 2023 killing of an unhoused man in crisis on the NYC subway

Jordan Neely was frightening fellow passengers. A former Marine named Daniel Penny put Neely into a chokehold, killing him. Journalist Anand Giridharadas investigates the incident in Man in the Mirror.

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Maryland Is Getting Its Own (Mini) Sphere

The Prince George’s County Council has authorized up to $215 million for a venue at the D.C. area National Harbor

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Romantasy fans turn out for 'Midnight Maas' release event

The highly anticipated, latest installment of Sarah J. Maas' romantasy series has hit the shelves. Hardcore fans were lined up (in their faerie ears) at the stroke of midnight.

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Watch Robyn Cover Tinashe’s “Popstar”

She mashed it up Teddybears’ “Punkrocker” for the BBC Live Lounge

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Filmmaking is 'our weapon against intolerance,' say 'La Bola Negra' directors

Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi have turned four pages of an unfinished play by Federico García Lorca into a sweeping epic that spans 90 years of Spanish history, focusing on the stories of gay men.

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Diiv Announce Massive 2027 World Tour

The band will bring their new album ZIRP! across the U.S., Europe, Australia, and Japan

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Jay-Z picks himself to headline the Super Bowl halftime show in Southern California

The NFL, Apple Music and Roc Nation announced Monday night that Jay-Z will be the featured performer for the halftime festivities on Feb. 14 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

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Xaviersobased Wants to Collab With Sabrina Carpenter

“Bro, I’ll knock out a whole album with her”

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These 'Seven Stories About Tammy' add up to one brilliant piece of writing

Elizabeth McCracken's connected short stories chronicle a family's encounters with their eldest son's girlfriend and eventual wife. This slim collection is so engaging, you may want to read it twice.

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Jim James Announces Memoir One Wonders

“I hope the main thing someone takes away from this book (aside from learning more about the joys and challenges of being a working artist and musician) is that it’s okay to ask for help."

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'New Yorker' cartoonists confess to the horrors lurking in their kitchens

Roz Chast and Jason Adam Katzenstein discuss roaches, molding food and dysfunctional appliances. Their new graphic memoir, The Two Saddest Kitchens , reveals it all.

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Slayyyter, the Strokes, and Fontaines D.C. Set for Kilby Block Party 2027

Deftones, Spoon, Weyes Blood, Atlas Sound, Erika de Casier, and quite a few mystery artists fill out the bill

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Kevin Morby and Lonnie Holley’s New Single Raises Money for Gun Safety

“It is far and away the darkest and most violent song I’ve ever written”

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Worldpeace DMT Announce 2027 North American Tour

The “laptop twee” duo will Stick Around for Tea in 20 cities throughout March and April

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Ethel Cain Made a Song for Robert Eggers’ Werwulf

Robin Carolan scored the gothic horror film, which hits theaters on Christmas Day

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Saba and Pivot Gang Drop New Song “Location”

The Chicago crew faces off in a games night in the JLean-directed video

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Panda Bear Unveils New Live Album

PB Band Live 25 at Power Station gathers 17 tracks cut last year at the famed New York recording studio

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Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja Releases New Songs for Gaza Documentary

The Life Support soundtrack includes his new remix of Kneecap’s “Palestine”

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Everything But the Girl Ready New Album Blue Reservoir

Watch the “Young and Dumb” video from Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt’s Fuse follow-up

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Brakence Sets 2027 North American Tour

The producer and singer-songwriter dropped his new album Marrow just last Friday

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Hum Are Hitting the Road in 2027

It’s the Illinois rock band’s first proper run since 2015

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Neil Young Really Wants Trump to Stop Playing “Rockin’ in the Free World”

He’s suing (again) over the president’s unauthorized use of the song at political rallies

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Listen to MJ Lenderman Cover Lambchop’s “Weakened”

From the veteran Nashville band's new covers EP Demoed

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Shelved David Bowie Concert Film Revived for Immersive Live Show

Moonage Daydream director Brett Morgen has remastered the unreleased 1978 film “Stage” for a multi-screen extravaganza

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Factory Floor Return With First Album in 10 Years

Listen to “Continuation” and the title track from One Trip

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Dead Man’s Bones Unveil First New Song in 17 Years

The duo of Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields return with “Lost in the Night”

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Jay-Z Confirmed for Super Bowl 2027 Halftime Show

The Roc Nation founder will headline his own event at California’s SoFi Stadium on Valentine’s Day

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Sufjan Stevens Makes First Live Appearance in Over Eight Years

He played piano at Meg Lui’s show in Kingston, New York

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The Flaming Lips Reveal New Album The Teardrop Throbs

The announcement arrives with a 2,300-word post from Wayne Coyne

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Ecco2K, Whait, Angelo LeRoi, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist

Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat

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Sophia Stel Is Going on the “Greatest Tour of All Time”

With dates across the U.S. and Europe

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The Weeknd Debuts “Hong Kong” in Hong Kong

Faye Wong features on the new song, premiered during his four-night run at Kai Tak Stadium

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