The 2021 Grammy Awards, originally slated for Jan. 31, have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, with the ceremony tentatively rescheduled for March 14. Continue Reading
Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Skin’ Isn’t a ‘Diss Track’ About Olivia Rodrigo
Sabrina Carpenter is setting the record straight. On Sunday (January 24), the Girl Meets World alum took to Instagram to confirm whether or not her Continue Reading
Justin Bieber Reflects on DUI Arrest From Seven Years Ago
Justin Bieber reflected on his DUI arrest seven years ago and how far he has come. On Saturday (January 23), the "Yummy" singer shared a photo Continue Reading
The Underestimated Resilience of Peace and Modern Society
Watching Steven Soderbergh’s film Contagion (2011), in light of a year of COVID-19, I was struck by the accuracy of much of the writers’ vision. Continue Reading
Vuillard's 'The War of the Poor' and Historical Storytelling
Éric Vuillard’s The War of the Poor lifts readers from the contemporary battlegrounds of class struggle and deposits us in the frenzy of the 16th Continue Reading
Actress Nina Hoss on the Art of Performance
German actress Nina Hoss’ lengthy collaboration with German director Christian Petzold, from Wolfsburg (2003) to Phoenix (2014), saw the pair become inseparable. The characters she Continue Reading
10cc's Kevin Godley on Crowdsourcing and Going Solo After All These Years
Kevin Godley has been a vital part of some of the most innovative music of the last six decades. As a quarter of the original Continue Reading
MetalMatters: The Best New Heavy Metal Albums of January 2021
Balothizer – Cretan Smash (Louvana) <a href=”https://balothizer.bandcamp.com/album/cretan-smash”>Cretan Smash by Balothizer</a> Full disclosure: I’m cheating a bit. Balothizer’s Cretan Smash was released back in November, but Continue Reading
'City So Real' and the Politics of a Modern Metropolis
One of the first sequences in the documentary series City So Real shows the mayoral candidates in Chicago marching in the 2018 Bud Billiken Parade, Continue Reading
Shame Are an Unstoppable Force on 'Drunk Tank Pink'
“I think the idea of the leather jacket-wearing, womanizing, drug-fuelled rock star should be burned,” Charlie Steen, the frontman for London’s Shame, told The Guardian Continue Reading