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Sara Hughes Talks SPF, Beauty, and the Olympics: Interview
While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. For professional beach volleyball players, “Sunscreen is part of the culture,” Sara Hughes, who will be competing in the sport for Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympics later this month, tells PS. “It’s an important part of who we are.” Hughes started playing volleyball when she was just eight years old, thus starting a lifelong relationship with SPF. “My first memories of sunscreen are of my mom slathering the most SPF 50 you can imagine…
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Introducing Meanjin/Brisbane’s DIAL, Their Self-Titled Debut EP and Upcoming Show! – Backseat Mafia
Meanjin/Brisbane-based band DIAL, comprising Elijah, Matt, Bobby, and Taylor, along with former member Hugh who contributed to the debut album, has made a compelling entrance into the world with their self-titled EP. Bonding over a shared love for bands like The Verve, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and The Replacements, DIAL’s influences are discernible throughout the six tracks. Their name, inspired by The Replacements’ song ‘Left of The Dial’, hints at the band’s reverence for classic alt-rock, and you can certainly catch it from a mile away. The EP kicks off with ‘All is Known‘, a gut-punching single with a hook that immediately has you wrapped around its finger. It…
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Italy’s Kodaclips ‘Fall Apart’ in the most elegant manner with a glorious single ahead of album release. – Backseat Mafia
We are very honoured to premiere the new track ‘Fall Apart’ from Italian group Kodaclips: a burning intense track that has a shoegaze haze and a powerful drive. Very much part of the Italogaze movement, Kodaclips have a history of producing the most mesmerising material, and the new single continues with their upwards trajectory. The track precedes the band’s forthcoming album ‘Gone Is The Day’ and captures perfectly this band’s uber cool presence – the song has scything crystalline guitars with the distant observant vocals threading through the percussive beat and the shimmering muscular wall of sound. An arching, aching chorus creates an anthemic blush – indelible melodies shine through…
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17 Best Face Wash and Cleansers For Every Skin Type
While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. You know that scene in “My Best Friend’s Wedding” when Julia Roberts’s character self-identifies as the Jell-O to Cameron Diaz’s crème brulée? It’s simple. Comfortable. Maybe that’s what Michael wants! Well, face wash is the Jell-O of skin care. Fancy face masks and exfoliators are nice, but to be clear: they could never be Jell-O. To put it simply, face wash is the essential first step in any good skin-care routine (some dermatologists even say that,…
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Katie Wighton Shares Vibrant New Single ‘Real Thing’ – Backseat Mafia
All Our Exes Live in Texas guitarist and vocalist Katie Wighton releases the new solo single ‘Real Thing’, a vibrant bedroom-pop fizzer ‘Real Thing’. Infused with an element of Alternative-Rock with its loosely strummed guitars whilst also carrying a vibrant pop edge, the single balances it’s heartfelt relatability and radiant melodies with its full band sound. As comparable to boygenius as it is Avril Lavigne and even Snow Patrol, the track offers uplifting songwriting and a understated, cool edge. Speaking about the track, Katie explains: “It felt so good to write a happy song for once in my life! ‘Real Thing’ is not about sugarcoating things though. It’s about the…
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How to Treat and Prevent Split Ends
While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. Split ends are inevitable. Whether your hair type is long or short, straight, wavy, or curly, they don’t discriminate, and they’re pretty much an issue that we all have to deal with. Because they often occur as a result of some sort of damage to your hair, the only way to actually get rid of them is to get a trim, though making a trip to the hair salon isn’t always an option. If you want…
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Efterklang – To A New Day (ft. Sønderjysk Pigekor) – Backseat Mafia
Efterklang have shared ‘To A New Day’, the fourth single from their forthcoming album, ‘Things We Have In Common’, which will be released on September 27, via City Slang. The track is dedicated to new life and new beginnings and, like most of the songs on the new album, was written in collaboration with Rune Mølgaard. In addition to Sønderjysk Pigekor, who once more lend their vocals, this track features a lineup of other talented musicians: Hector Tosta (additional arrangement, guitar, percussion), Jarrett Gilgore (alto sax), Mabe Fratti (cello), Damian Dalla Torre (bass clarinet, tenor sax), Christian Balvig (piano, Rhodes, vibraphone), Tatu Rönkkö (drums, percussion), Nils Gröndahl (violin) and Francesco Donadello (mix). Efterklang vocalist Casper Clausen comments: “Our first gathering creating ‘Things We Have In Common’ took place in a studio situated deep in the…
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Fruit Salad Nails Are Trending For Summer
While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. Getting a fresh set of nails can feel like a reset in the best way. Whether you’re someone who keeps a bi-weekly appointment that you never miss or you just like to get your nails done as a treat every once in a while, it never hurts to keep up with the latest trends in the space. The latest nail design having a moment? “Fruit salad” nails. “This is a trend that features fruit-inspired nail art,”…
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Victory Lap – Torch Songs – Backseat Mafia
The Breakdown 4.5 9 Now and then a band come along that offer something different. Something better. One that is compelling, unique and chocked full of talent. Victory Lap are one such band. Sometimes, an act comes along that does things their way instead of following the crowd. Victory Lap is such a band, and their noir-infused genre seems like a breath of fresh air from a band that goes alone when it comes to songcraft. Even their name has an older-world feel and a stiff-upper-lip English world, too. With ‘Torch Songs’, they have crafted an EP that’s warming, vibrant, cinematically huge and captivatingly eccentric. Detailing their debut EP release, frontman…
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Cover FX Partners With Underdog Athletes: Interview
While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. Nearly all of us have a story about being picked last. Whether you were that kid staring at the ground while your fourth-grade classmates argued over who would have to put you on their kickball team or the lone friend who didn’t have a date to senior prom, this particular formative experience is so ubiquitous, it’s almost become cliché. As someone who’s had quite a few of those last-man-standing moments throughout her life (it’s worth mentioning…
