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Tech NewsGadgetsWhere to Find the Best Music to Tune Out to While You Work
Having the right soundtrack is key to getting stuff done, but it can be tough to find the balance between jams that lull you to sleep and earworms that distract you with their catchy choruses. With the obvious caveat that everyone’s tastes and concentration levels are different, here are nine different music and audio mixes … Continued
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io910 Nerdcore, Nerd-Folk, and Other Geeky Artists to Add to Your Playlist
Alex Trebek may not understand what nerdcore is, but that doesn’t make it any less awesome. The music subgenre dedicated to everything geeky is just one of the many realms of music celebrating nerds. We’ve put together a list of some of our favorite nerdcore, nerd-folk, and otherwise genre-loving artists that you should definitely have … Continued
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io9Fantasy Sagas to Watch and Play, Ranked By How Good Their Florence + The Machine Collaboration Was
Sometimes, you’re just in the mood to dive into a fantastical world because you want swords and sorcery, magical creatures, or an excuse to escape from reality. There’s so much of it though, we thought to offer you a much more specific subgenre of fantasy media to dive into: fantasy via the medium of…musician Florence … Continued
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io9MoviesHey Disney, the Live-Action Hercules‘ Muses Need to Be Black Women
Honestly, that this gospel truth even needs to be explained is disappointing. Because Disney is nothing if not Disney, the fact that the studio is moving forward with a plan to produce a live-action adaptation of its 1997 Hercules movie doesn’t come as a surprise in the least. Though people might not often talk about it … Continued
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io9And Now, Blue Öyster Cult’s ‘Godzilla,’ Performed By the Band Live at Home
Oh. My. Godzilla. Blue Öyster Cult were meant to be, right now, in the middle of a new tour. Then the world happened, and now that’s not happening. So the band decided to distract us all by just…performing from their home studios over livecams. And did so with their rippin’ tribute to the King of … Continued
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io9Sex Education‘s Horny Romeo and Juliet Space Opera Is Even Better Uncut
Netflix’sSex Education truly outdid itself in its second season finale. The bulk of its cast came together for an epic retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in the form of a hormone-drenched musical put on by a bunch of horny teens with only the most elementary understanding of how sex actually works. What the school’s … Continued
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io98 Nerdy Lofi Beats, Ambient Sounds, and Meditations to Finally Chill the Heck Out This Weekend
Anyone else feel like this week was especially…you know. After over a month of social distancing with not much of an end in sight, things can start feeling overwhelming. So we’ve put together an amazing playlist of lofi beats, ambient sounds, and other calming experiences to keep calm and nerd on. Look, social distancing may … Continued
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io9The Picard Finale’s Most Emotional Moment Hid a Heartbreaking Secret
The first season finale of Star Trek: Picard delivered an at-times-incoherent blast of nostalgia, but one of its best moments was its most emotionally powerful—and it turns out it was secretly even more touching than you could’ve expected. In the final battle between the Zhat Vash and the potential harbinger of Synthetic oblivion, Picard may … Continued
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io9Rebecca Sugar Opens Up About How Healing from Trauma Shaped Steven Universe Future
After saving the Earth multiple times, learning the truth about his mother’s past, and bringing peace to the Gem homeworld, Steven Universe is finally being forced to confront the kinds of personal demons that he’s never really had the time to in the past. The experience is proving to be the most difficult challenge he’s … Continued
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io9MoviesMelanie Martinez’s K-12 Is a Spellbinding Film About Breaking Free from Society
When you listen to Melanie Martinez’s K-12, the album’s themes about bullying, insecurity, and the importance of learning to embrace one’s imperfections are all readily apparent. But when you watch the accompanying K-12 film and visually drink in the story Martinez has created, it becomes a much more powerful fairytale about the lives we lead … Continued
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io9TrailersDisney’s New Soul Trailer Shows a Man Defying Death to Fulfill His Dream
What would you do if you could maybe go home again? Would you sacrifice everything, even a future in heaven? In the new trailer for Disney Pixar’s Soul, a jazz musician with everything to lose searches the afterlife for a way back to Earth. The latest trailer for Pixar’s new film Soul stars Jamie Foxx … Continued
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io9MoviesChristina Aguilera’s Mulan Soundtrack Song Also Gives a New Look at the Film
In the new, grand tradition of Disney live-action remakes adding an extra song for no other purpose than trying to land a Best Original Song Oscar nomination, Christina Aguilera has returned to Mulan with “Loyal Brave True.” It’s no “Reflection,” but at least the reveal includes some cool new footage. A new special look at the … Continued
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Tech NewsShimon the Singing Robot Is Both Creepy and Captivating
In what looks and sounds like something straight out of a Star Wars movie, a robot named Shimon from Georgia Tech can now sing and compose songs with human collaborators, among many other cool upgrades. Shimon has been around for several years, but its developers at the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology have endowed … Continued
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io9Lady Gaga’s New ‘Stupid Love’ Music Video Is an Apocalyptic Sentai Dance Party
In the buildup to Lady Gaga’s upcoming sixth studio album, the singer’s dropped new single “Stupid Love” and an accompanying music video that exists at the intersection of Mad Max: Fury Road, DC’s Emotional Spectrum, and the Power Rangers, of all things. Set in what could be a dystopian future and/or a distant galaxy populated … Continued
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io9MoviesHere’s a Chilling Track From The Invisible Man Score
A good score can turn a movie on its head, and from the first few seconds of The Invisible Man, you can immediately tell that’s what will happen. io9 is excited to exclusively debut a track from Benjamin Wallfisch’s score today. Wallfisch may not be a name you immediately recognize, but you know his work; … Continued
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io9TelevisionUtopia Falls Is a Formulaic Dystopian YA Love Letter to Hip-Hop
Hulu’s Utopia Falls, created by R.T. Thorne, is a dystopian YA drama that simultaneously feels like a story you’ve heard countless times before and like a heartfelt attempt at trying to bring something new to a generally formulaic genre. Set in a world where the last bastion of humanity lives in a literal bubble under … Continued
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io9MoviesYou Absolutely Should Not Dance on the Stairs at These Joker Live Concerts
The soon-to-be–Oscar winning film Joker is getting a series of live concerts later this year—but if you go, whatever you do, don’t dance on the stairs. You’ll be tempted to. The title character’s dance scene is, of course, the film’s signature moment, and after the film’s release it quickly became a sort of viral sensation. … Continued
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io9The Music Supervisor Behind Kipo and Spider-Verse on the Fine Art of Building a Mixtape
When the world is about to end, the first thing you need is a solid soundtrack. Netflix’s Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts boasts a fantastic collection of songs, cultivated by music supervisor Kier Lehman. He’s the music mixologist behind Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and is making the looney “tunes” for Space Jam 2. We … Continued
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io9MoviesStar Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Just Won…a Grammy?
With credits that include Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Superman, Jaws, Jurassic Park, and Home Alone, everyone knows that composer John Williams can do it all. But whoever thought he could win a Grammy for a theme park? And yet, that’s exactly what happened Sunday at the 62nd Grammy Awards. The legendary composer won the Grammy … Continued
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io9The Witcher‘s Haunting Soundtrack Will Be Available to Stream Soon
Despite having rather overwrought lyrics and being kind of annoying to listen to, people love the hell out of the Bard Jaskier’s tune “Toss a Coin to Your Witcher” from The Witcher’s first season, and it would seem as if Netflix has been listening to the public’s desperate cries for more. Beginning today, “Toss a … Continued