The Musical Moodboard is a recurring EW feature where musicians run down the inspirations behind a new album. Throughout Garbage's storied career, the four-piece group has never shied away from being as candid as possible in their music. On their seventh studio album, No Gods No Masters, the alt-rock trailblazers, driven by the divisive politics and socio-economic issues currently affecting the world, take that candor one step further. "I wanted to be the most authentic version of myself that I could be as an artist, and that was being forthright about how I saw the way things were panning out," Read More...
Barbie Land advisory: This article contains spoilers for Barbie. Along with Dua Lipa's disco pop track "Dance the Night" and Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice's Aqua sampler "Barbie World," some unexpected artists appear in Greta Gerwig's Barbie. In an effort to reclaim Barbie Land from the Kens and the patriarchy (though the leather decor and animal-print area rug do add a nice touch to Barbie's dreamhouse…), the Barbies, led by Margot Robbie's Stereotypical Barbie, hatch the ultimate plan to get the Kens, led by Ryan Gosling's real world-corrupted doll, to turn against each other. Read More...
Warning: This article contains spoilers from The Last of Us episode 1. In 2013, gamers lost their minds in the first 20 minutes of The Last of Us. Craig Mazin, who has since adapted this story with the game's creator Neil Druckmann, was among them. Before the main action, which tracks a hardened survivor and smart aleck teen traversing a post-apocalyptic future America, the now-award-winning title placed players in control of a young girl, Sarah Miller. Read More...
