J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Have you ever picked up an album, stared at its cover, and thought that the art on the front might be better than the music on the actual record? It’s happened to all of us. Sometimes the art is just ...

This Is Lorelei has released his new album, Holo Boy, via Double Double Whammy. Instead of making Holo Boy into a best-of record, Nate Amos — who’s also in Water From Your Eyes — chose to rerecord 10 ...

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The NYC-based musician has been humbly but voluminously demonstrating his talents for years, piling up records across a range of aliases for some of the best labels in independent music. He partnered ...

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Readers Edition. This is the (nearly) annual tradition of you, RPS readers, telling us where we went wrong in our annual ...

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From Taylor Swift's engagement to Kendrick Lamar's jeans, we’re rounding up the best pop culture moments, viral trends, and ...

Sneaking in before the buzzer blows on 2025, Boy & Bear have followed up 2023's self-titled full-length with Tripping Over Time, their sixth album and a flex of their reliable skill-set. Don't let the ...

But as our real world continues to confuse, frustrate, and disillusion us, moments in pop culture—no matter how frivolous or ...