Is the PS5 the worst PlayStation? (Sony) A reader looks back at the history of PlayStation consoles and argues that the PS5 is going to end up with an even worse reputation than the PS3. I have been a PlayStation owner since the very first console was released in the…
UFO 50 – one of the best games of the year (Mossmouth) A reader explains why he thinks everyone should play indie compilation UFO 50 and why no-one will agree on which are its best games. UFO 50 was created by Derek Yu (creator of Spelunky), his childhood friend Jon…
The Silent Hill 2 remake turned out better than anyone expected (Konami) There’s a bumper crop of scary video games out this Halloween, from the excellent Silent Hill 2 to retro frightener Fear The Spotlight. Horror might be the only genre which is indisputably at its most effective in video…
It’s impossible to be across all the new music out each Friday. Luckily, PAPER is here to help you out: each week, we round up 10 of our favorite new songs from artists — emerging and established — to soundtrack your life. From the surreal to the sublime, these songs…
The New York scene has seen the rise of the pop duo in recent years with MGNA Crrrta’s dizzying trance cuts, Club Eat’s slapstick electropop, and now, Somewhere Special. A project of producer Bruno Zero and writer/vocalist Simone Alysia, Somewhere Special’s music is fast, fuzzy and bright like a blinking…
Charli XCX looks right at me and waves as her mouth twists into a wry grin. I’d like to think it was my dancing, or my outfit, or my very good new haircut, but it’s probably the disposable camera in my hand. I’d just raised it above the crowd like…
Last night, H&M turned Mercer Street, behind its SoHo location on in New York City, into a block party for its community, celebrating the brand’s connection to fashion and music. Hosted by Amelia Gray, the event featured DJ sets from KAYTRANADA, Channel Tres and KittyCa$h. Some familiar faces on the…
MJ Lenderman calls in from an orange-hued hotel room in Durham, North Carolina. He’s enjoying a short break before he heads off to New York City to play The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. The episode is set to feature Shaquille O’Neal and Chloë Sevigny. All of this, it occurs…
On Ev Christensen’s “Loose,” she tells the story of a woman wanting more for her life, as she builds resentment towards a man she’s bound to. “I’m playing with the trope of a woman being ‘wild’ and running off,” the rising New York-based artist tells PAPER. “And it’s tempting to…
I was surprised by Shaboozey — first in a theater tucked away in Nashville’s Soho House as his answers to my questions weren’t what I expected, and then later, as he took the stage to perform multiple hits on the Ascend Amphitheater stage as part of Music City’s inaugural Red…