As a still wet-behind-the-ears English professor on a spring day in 2000, I stood completely flummoxed in front of my 19th century, British literature class. Continue Reading
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20 Jazz Albums You Might Have Missed in 2020
Dave Douglas – Marching Music (Greenleaf) <a href=”https://davedouglas.bandcamp.com/album/marching-music”>MARCHING MUSIC by Dave Douglas</a> Dave Douglas plays the trumpet, but that is becoming a relatively small part of how Continue Reading
Ariana Grande Drops ’34+35′ Remix Featuring Megan Thee Stallion and Doja Cat: LISTEN
If you thought the original version of "34+35" was sexually charged, wait until you hear the remix. On Friday (January 15), Ariana Grande dropped the Continue Reading
Nicki and Patrick Adams Offer an Engaging Classical/Jazz Hybrid on 'Lynx'
The restless musical spirits of siblings Nicki and Patrick Adams have found a pared-down yet bracing place to land on their latest musical collaboration. With Continue Reading
Landing Instructions for Derrida
Once upon a time, wearing a Jacques Derrida T-shirt was a hip way to declare one’s cerebral aspirations but to do so now is more 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
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
Trump Becomes First President to Be Impeached Twice: Celebrities React
President Donald Trump has been impeached for the second time. On Wednesday (January 13), the members of the House voted on a single article of Continue Reading
Barry Gibb Re-Visits Bee Gees Classics with Superproducer Dave Cobb
While the Bee Gees are most famous as the emissaries of disco thanks to the monstrous success of the soundtrack to the movie Saturday Night Continue Reading
Dave Scanlon's 'Pink in each, bright blue, bright green' Is a Stark, Deeply Elegant Solo Work
“This is sacred music written for my own personal practice. If it is at all utilitarian, I hope that it encourages you to create something Continue Reading
MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of December 2020
Akhlys – Melinoë (Debemur Morti) Despite their unforgiving black metal outlook, Akhlys actually started off as a dark ambient exploration. Their debut record, Supplication stood away from Continue Reading
'Clutter' Gets in Your Head
The television series Hoarders is, for many, the first encounter with the consequences of being unable to let go of one’s material possessions. The series Continue Reading
Beauty and Horror in George C. Wolfe's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
George C. Wolfe’s direction of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, like Denzel Washington’s direction of 2016’s Fences, adheres to the theatricality of August Wilson’s script, propelled Continue Reading
Dog Trainer Tackles Anxiety On “Dumb Paranoia”
Following last month’s ‘2019’, NYC-based duo Dog Trainer share Dumb Paranoia off their forthcoming album ‘Scrolling to feel better…part one’. Written and recorded while in quarantine, Dumb Paranoia captures Continue Reading
Celebrities React to Donald Trump Twitter Ban
President Donald Trump has been banned from Twitter and celebrities are sharing their reactions to the major news. On Friday (January 8), the social media Continue Reading
Did The Weeknd Cast a Selena Gomez Look-Alike in His Music Video?
Did The Weekend cast a Selena Gomez look-alike for his "Save Your Tears" music video? On Tuesday (January 5), The Weeknd released the video for Continue Reading
‘Bean Dad’ John Roderick Apologizes For ‘Insensitive’ Twitter Thread
“Bean Dad” says he's "deeply sorry” and wants to make amends for injuries caused by his recent viral Twitter thread and past tweets. John Roderick, Continue Reading
T H R O N E Drops Single & Video For Jazz-Hop “Bold”
From the Sandia Mountains of New Mexico, Hayatheus (hi-ah-theus) and YVHIKV (yuh-hey-guh) have been putting out tracks as T H R O N E for Continue Reading
How Musicians Are Surviving the Pandemic — and the Music Industry
“The reason American art is so good and holds one’s attention is that it is built on the underlying psychosis that results from truly fending Continue Reading