Advice from Sleater-Kinney
Being the reigning curators of all things empowering and sweet that they are, the people at Rookie got Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker to act as guest advice gurus on…
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Liz Wood
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Liz Wood is a writer and critic living in Cape Cod. She was a 2022 National Book Critics Circle Emerging Critics Fellow and a member of the NBCC 2023 and 2024 Greg Barrios Book in Translation Prize. Her writing has appeared in The Rumpus, Words Without Borders, Electric Literature, and elsewhere.
Tom Petty Speaks Out Against Confederate Flag
Following the removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina State House, Tom Petty approached Rolling Stone with his desire to speak out in favor of the decision and…
Hip Hop in the Holy Land
The first installment in VICE’s Noisey Israeli Palestine: Hip Hop in the Holy Land follows Tamer Nafar, the “godfather of Palestinian rap,” as he discusses what it means to speak about…
This Week in Posivibes: Peacers
Mike Donovan has founded a new band, Peacers, with a record slated for release July 17th on Drag City. As a founding member of Sic Alps, Donovan shaped and helped…
The Runaways and the Bystander Effect
Former Runaways bassist Jackie Fuchs came forward last week with an account of being allegedly raped by Kim Fowley after a New Year’s Eve show at the start of the…
New Order’s Music Complete
New Order’s first album in ten years, Music Complete, has been slated for release in September on Mute Records for some time, and the band has now shared a full track list, short…
Inaugural Lil Weezyana Fest
Lil Wayne has announced the first Lil Weezyana Fest, coming to New Orleans this August 28th at Bold Sphere Music at Champions Square. In an interview with Q93.3FM, Lil Wayne…
New Video from The Telescopes: “You Know the Way”
The brilliantly genre-avoidant The Telescopes are releasing a new album, Hidden Fields, on Germany’s Tapete Records this August, and it’s looking like the band’s eighth full-length won’t disappoint. Samples of…
This Week in Posivibes: 20 Years of Brown Sugar
In light of all that D’Angelo has done and is doing for music and activism, okayplayer. featured a chronicle of Brown Sugar over the years, following the evolution in D’Angelo’s…
Supergroup Alert: Broken Bat
Ty Segall has joined up with Red Kross’s Steven McDonald and Melvins’s Dale Crover to release a teaser of a half-track for the new supergroup project Broken Bat. The song,…
Rumpus Video Premiere: The Size Queens’s To The Country
An exclusive video premiere of The Size Queens's To the Country, a two-song sampler featuring the titular track, "To The Country," along with "Hands and Knees."
Amy Out in Theaters
The Amy Winehouse documentary is in theaters starting today, following a run of great reviews after its premier at Cannes in May. Director Asif Kapadia had over one hundred hours of…