The Best Music In June
Best AlbumsJamie xx - In ColourLast Friday, as the news about the Supreme Court's decision to effectively legalize gay marriage in all 50 states broke, I couldn't help but think about Jamie xx's In...
View ArticleThe Sunday Funnies
Your 2000 tech news update: Blockbuster signs 20-year deal with Enron to deliver VHS-quality video over DSL lines. pic.twitter.com/I4yMAvIU1V-- Harry McCracken (@harrymccracken) July 1, 2015 An...
View ArticleMalia Obama is Lena Dunham's New "Girls" Intern
Malia Obama already has quite the resume for someone who just turned 17 over the holiday weekend -- but now the First Teen/hip-hop tastemaker can add a summer internship at HBO's Girls to the mix....
View ArticleWatch Meek Mill, Metro Boomin and Future "Jump Out the Face"
Meek Mill is having a pretty good month so far. His latest album, Dreams Worth More Than Money, is set to -- possibly -- be his first to reach the top spot on the Billboard charts. His relationship...
View ArticleUnburied In Detroit: How Music Is Reviving the Battle-Scarred Heart of the...
Packard Automotive PlantBy now, everybody's heard the story. Detroit, once one of the biggest cities in the country, has faltered, a victim of bankruptcy and ruin porn -- "that place people avoid," to...
View ArticleCheck Out THRILLERS' Steamy New Video, "Body High"
In the midst of these sweaty summer months, LA-based THRILLERS have released one steamy music video for their latest single, "Body High," which we're excited to premiere on PAPER. The funktronica duo,...
View ArticleIgnore the Miguel/Frank Ocean "Beef" and Just Have More Sex
Sometimes, artists with some superficial similarities are forced into competitive narratives. Who is the real king of New York? Should you care about Jack White making snippy comments about Foo...
View ArticleScenes from Giorgio's Second Anniversary Party
Last week, legendary club producer Bryan Rabin and his partner in crime DJ Adam XII gathered a parade of lavishly dressed Angelenos at the Standard Hotel Hollywood to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of...
View Article10 Rising UK Hip Hop Acts You Should Be Listening to Right Now
Often considered American hip-hop's little cousin, UK hip-hop has grown considerably in recent years in terms of popularity and wealth of talent. The UK has long produced a crop of great rappers...
View ArticleHello Kitty is Finally Getting Her Very Own Feature Film
photo via FacebookThe Hello Kitty movie you've always wanted (but mysteriously never had) is officially in the works -- and will be screening just in time to celebrate her 45th birthday. Â According to...
View ArticleDennis Rodman & Pusha T Star in a Video for the Wild Skrillex Remix of "Burial"
Last year, Pusha T and Yogi teamed up to give us the massive banger "Burial," and if that wasn't enough to get your heart racing/fists-a-pumping, Skrillex and friends have now given the track a gloomy,...
View ArticleSee Gregg Araki's Full Short Film For Kenzo
Though he's no stranger to bold patterns and chokers, Gregg Araki has created his first-ever fashion film, whose trailer we ran last month, for Kenzo's new F/W '15 line. Between Slowdive playing in the...
View ArticleWatch Mac DeMarco and Shamir Interview Each Other, Play Jenga
Mac DeMarco and Paper Beautiful Person Shamir Bailey, are both on the way up musically (for one, both are performing next weekend at the Pitchfork Music Festival). Today, Complex released a video in...
View ArticleShe Just Tore It Up: 5 Women Ruling the Electronic Music World
photo by Nathan Damour Now that summer is upon us, hordes of electronic-music fanatics are heading to fields, deserts, beaches and cities for weekends of sensory overload at festivals around the world....
View ArticleTwitter Genius Ezra Koenig is Hosting His Own Beats 1 Radio Show
Twitter genius/part-time philosobro Ezra Koenig is officially on the Apple payroll as their brand new Beats 1 DJ. After all, is there anyone else you'd rather hear talk in circles on air?Popularly...
View ArticleBieber's Butt, Let Us Help You #BreaktheInternet
LookA photo posted by Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) on Jul 6, 2015 at 7:38pm PDTIn the words of Tina Belcher, "uhhhhhhhh." Because the Great Biebs Thirst Trap is alive and well, as evidenced by the 1...
View ArticleNew Order Will Have Elly Jackson, Brandon Flowers and Iggy Pop on New Album
In 1980, New Order arose from the ashes of Joy Division, only to later break up, reunite, break up, and reunite yet again. And although founding bassist Peter Hook has severed his ties to the group,...
View ArticleThe Bachelorette Episode 9: And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Her Shame
Imagine my utter lack of surprise when the preamble for this episode taunted (insulted? lured?) us with "the confession you've all been waiting for." Yes, a confession! I guess "the moment you've all...
View ArticleSomeone Wrote the Plot of The Room as An Advice Column Question, Here is More...
An unsung genius has managed to wring even more humor out of The Room, the terribly made, probably-not-a-joke-but-maybe cult film that has been drained of most of its ongoing capacity to induce...
View ArticleWomen Are Protesting Instagram Censorship with Male Nipples
This one was reported again. So here it is with two MALE NIPPLES stickers that I put on to cover my illegal FEMALE NIPPLES! So now you can't say shit, this is so fucking wrong and this is not equality....
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