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Ebba and Michel of Wy return to announce their third album, ‘Marriage’, and share the opening single Come Here. Recorded during quarantine, the duo shift down Continue Reading

​We all know that the Clash (1976-1983) wear the halo of eternal coolness. History has been very kind to them. What is the big deal, Continue Reading

Over the last couple of years, Light in the Attic – a reissue label responsible for lavishly reviving the catalogs of artists as disparate as Continue Reading

In this significant collection of essays and illustrations, curator Milena Høgsberg marvels at the reception to Hilma af Klint’s work at the 2020 exhibition at Continue Reading

As the hoary saying goes, old folkies never die, they just keep on playing the same song over and over again. At 67 years old, Continue Reading

1. Alfred Schnittke – “Collected Songs Where Every Verse Is Filled with Grief” arr. the Kronos Quartet (1997) Alfred Schnittke’s most famous piece is probably Continue Reading

It’s been 15 years since J Dilla released Donuts, an album whose deft manipulation of sampling makes it perhaps the most influential instrumental hip-hop record Continue Reading

1. “She Takes Me” “Folding corners into perfect shapes / Went forlorn in a vapor of Elysian escapes” That’s how these lines to “She Takes Me” Continue Reading

Joik is a long-practiced musical tradition in Sápmi, a largely subarctic region spanning Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Russia. It stems from the indigenous Sámi people’s Continue Reading

The Santa Monica-based multi-instrumentalist Alex Siegel kicks off his year with an ode to a friend on Sangsuree. Inspired by unfortunate events, Siegel mixes dream pop Continue Reading

Mouchette (1967), one of French master Robert Bresson’s many essential films, begins and ends with conspicuous absences. The opening credits roll over an image of Continue Reading

Before 2004, few people would classify Green Day’s music as particularly sophisticated, intellectual, or thematically mature. Sure, “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life),” with its Continue Reading

German indie rock band the Notwist have not released an album of new material since 2015. Although they have been around for more than 20 Continue Reading

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

When Sharon Jones tapped her feet on stage, singing and shaking in a glitter dress, the dust from everyday life turned into sparkle to let Continue Reading

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