Singer-songwriter Eve Adams weaves dark folk-noir tales with her spellbinding jazz-folk like last year’s ‘Candy Colored Doom’ or her 2017 debut ‘In Hell’ which featured Continue Reading
Truths Overlap in Jenny Erpenbeck's Memoir of German Reunification, 'Not a Novel'
If you only have time to read one contemporary German writer, it ought to be Jenny Erpenbeck. The author of three novels and several short Continue Reading
Electropop's Douglas Creates a Stunning World on "Cigarettes"
Douglas is one Amy Douglas White, an American electropop artist raised in Spain who picked up the landscape’s bright vista and infused it into her Continue Reading
Between the Grooves: Green Day – 'Dookie'
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Evinha's 'Cartão Postal': Revisiting the 50-year-old Brazilian Pop-Funk Gem
In 2019, music fans around the world fell in love with Japanese citypop due to an algorithmic boost in a Youtube upload of Mariya Takeuchi’s Continue Reading
Armand Hammer Are at the Vanguard of Rap with 'Shrines'
Armand Hammer, a duo composed of rappers Billy Woods and Elucid, are at the vanguard of left-field rap music. In the last decade, they have Continue Reading
Divide and Dissolve Release the Demons on 'Gas Lit'
Sometimes it feels good to have one’s head crunched in the morning. Divide and Dissolve do a great job of releasing the demons—not the ones Continue Reading
Son Lux's 'Tomorrows II' Has Added Resonance After the Capitol Riot
From Ryan Lott’s earliest work under the Son Lux moniker — several years before touring members Rafiq Bhatia and Ian Chang joined him full time Continue Reading
'Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President' Portrays an Over-Simplified Man
The latest documentary from filmmaker Mary Wharton (Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound, 2009) is a love letter to the 39th president of the United Continue Reading