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OAKUM Returns With Vibrant “Golden Sky” Single & Video
Vancouver-based Kieran Jenkins is one half of the electronic duo with post-rock influences Sampson Mews. As OAKUM, he experiments with more energetic and atmospheric sounds Continue Reading
The Mandalorian's Political Allegory: Diversity Is the Way
For a television show that centers on a masked, male individual, the final episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian Season 2 (which premiered on Disney+ Continue Reading
Susan Alcorn's 'Pedernal' Is a Chamber Jazz/Americana Blend
By now, creative music fans know Susan Alcorn for her feat in bringing the pedal steel guitar to New York’s downtown music scene, with guitarist Continue Reading
Shanghai Restoration Project Offer Innovative Alternate Reality on 'Brave New World Symphony'
The worlds that the Shanghai Restoration Project create are unfailingly sublime. Soothing, the group intrigue with their intricacies rather than overwhelm. Over the last 15 Continue Reading
Maxwell Stern Gives Us a Warm Car in Frigid Winter with 'Impossible Sum'
I first noticed Maxwell Stern from a pleasant, unassuming tweet that somehow snuck into my usually gloomy feed. Stern’s tweet said something about not really Continue Reading
Elvis Costello Gets Dark and Brooding on 'Hey Clockface'
When Elvis Costello crashed into the consciousness of rock fans in 1977 with his debut album, My Aim Is True, he seemed like the bastard Continue Reading
'Queer Legacies: Stories from Chicago's LGBTQ Archives'
One of the exciting aspects of the explosion in queer studies in recent decades has been the growing body of work on place-based queer histories. Continue Reading
COVID-19 and Our Purgatory of Consumerism
Take heed that thou wash said the Angel to Dante before opening the gates to the Purgatory with two keys, a silver key for remorse Continue Reading