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bell hooks, an influential Black feminist scholar who approached cultural critique from the intersections of race, class, and gender, has died. Her family shared the news on social media, saying that she had died in the early morning of December 15. hooks’ sister Gwenda Motley confirmed to The Washington Post that the cause of death was end-stage renal failure. She was 69 years old. In her work, hooks challenged the power structures of white heteropatriarchy and interrogated their limits, examining how they oppress individuals and communities alike. Her abundance of writing—academic papers, critical essays, poetry, children’s books, and more—encouraged loving communion, linked by themes of self-liberation and empowerment through compassion and vulnerability. Her 2000 book All About Love: N...

Earl Sweatshirt and Action Bronson have announced a co-headlining 2022 tour. The 15-date trek—dubbed the ÑBA Leather World Tour—will include special guests the Alchemist and Boldy James as support. The trek kicks off on January 29 in San Diego and stops in Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, New York, and more, before wrapping up in Tempe, Arizona on March 3. Find the full schedule below. Last week, Earl Sweatshirt announced his forthcoming project Sick!, and shared a new single called “Tabula Rassa” featuring Armand Hammer. He’d previously shared the track “2010,” which will also appear on Sick! Action Bronson’s last LP was 2020’s Only for Dolphins. Revisit the feature “Earl Sweatshirt Does Not Exist.” Plus, read “An Action Bronson Song Is Hook’s New AEW Entrance Theme.” All products featured ...

The Last Waltz—Martin Scorsese’s iconic documentary capturing the Band’s 1976 farewell concert—is getting an official Criterion Collection release. Scorsese’s 1978 film will tout 4K digital restoration, audio commentary versions from Martin Scorsese, Robbie Robertson, and Mavis Staples, and others, a new interview with Scorsese conducted by critic David Fear, outtakes, and more. It will be available on Blu-ray and 4K UHD starting March 29, 2022. The Last Waltz was filmed at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom on Thanksgiving, 1976. Scorsese approached the evening with a fleet of seven camera operators, who captured legendary performances by Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, the Staple Singers, Muddy Waters, and Neil Young, in addition to the Band’s goodbye concert. Other features of ...

LCD Soundsystem have released a statement saying that they intend not to cancel the remaining dates in their Brooklyn residency, despite surging COVID-19 case numbers in New York. The band posted it Friday night (December 17), explaining that they had considered the risks against the demand for the remaining performances on December 19, 20 and 21. “we said we would play, and people are coming, so we are playing,” the note read, though it also had a cautionary tone: “us playing the shows is in no way an indicator that it’s safe to attend.” See the rest here. In the statement, the band said that fans who want refunds can do so via ticketing outlet AXS, and that they would get priority ticket access for later, as yet unannounced shows. The note said that if enough people asked for refunds, th...