Berner’s Cookies Ordered to Pay $61.5M in Fraud Ruling
Cookies just took another multimillion-dollar hit. On September 9, 2026, Gron Ventures and Red Tech announced a final arbitration award of more than $61.5 million against Cookies Creative Consulting & Promotions (CCCP), the company behind the Cookies brand, and president Parker Berling. Retired Orange County…
Ecce Shnak Find Liberation in the Dissonance of “Anna O”
LOS ANGELES, CA- There are band names that tell you exactly what you’re getting, and then there’s Ecce Shnak. Even the name feels like an invitation to step into something a little strange. Derived in part from the Latin “ecce,” meaning “behold” or “consider,”…
Haute & Freddy Find Sweet Relief on “Touch Touch”
LOS ANGELES, CA- I’m not going to lie. I’ve been a little slow catching up to Haute & Freddy. I’ve got plenty of pop-inclined friends who have been singing the duo’s praises for a while now, but for whatever reason, I hadn’t really taken…
Cherry Bomb Turns Heartbreak Into a Dance-Floor Banger on “Myriad Reflector”
LOS ANGELES, CA- I kind of wish Cherry Bomb had dropped “Myriad Reflector” in the spring or at the beginning of summer because this thing is a banger. It feels like the kind of song that should have had a few months to work…
bby Leave a Strong Impression With “Ur Bedroom”
LOS ANGELES, CA- This young band first caught my attention because of the format of their music video. But the longer I watched bby perform “Ur Bedroom,” the less I was thinking about the video and the more I started paying attention to the…
The Panopticon of Cool: Crook on Why Artists Need to Be Uncool Again
LOS ANGELES, CA- I first stumbled across Daniel Crook almost by accident. I had gone to Zebulon to see another band and arrived early enough to catch the tail end of Crook’s set. I didn’t know Daniel. I didn’t know the songs. I just remember…
Sorana on K-Pop, Songwriting and Finding Her Own Sound
LOS ANGELES, CA- There was something about Sorana’s story that I couldn’t quite get out of my head. Here is a young woman from Transylvania who somehow carved out a niche for herself in the hypercompetitive world of K-pop songwriting. Not Seoul. Not Los…
I know who is going to win the Super Bowl
YouTuber Berges Productions just dropped a 16-minute video claiming he cracked “the NFL script.” After studying the last 20 Super Bowl winners, he boiled it down to eight rules. Apply them to the 2026 season and 31 teams get eliminated. One remains: the Pittsburgh Steelers….
Top 10 BEST Sneakers For FALL 2026
Cooler weather, wet sidewalks, and longer days on your feet call for sneakers that actually work—not just look good in a photo. Durability, all-day comfort, and colors that pair with jackets, cargos, and knits matter more than summer hype. Sneaker reviewer Elliot Page recently dropped…
