Following last month’s ‘Indecision’ release, DIY driven MONEYPHONE return with their debut mixtape, Faith. Since moving to Toronto and graduating from university, the David and Continue Reading
Music Dose
Pre-Brexit Optimism in Basia's London Warsaw New York
On 23 June 2016, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union after months of campaigning. The vote – coined Brexit (a portmanteau of Continue Reading
'Step It Up and Go' Gives North Carolina Music Its Dues
North Carolina’s deep-rooted musical history has more to offer than James Taylor singing “Carolina in My Mind”. Like its geography, the Tar Heel state’s music Continue Reading
Between the Grooves: Nine Inch Nails – 'Broken'
Trent Reznor: industrial auteur, Generation X icon, Grammy Award winner, lavishly-praised film composer. When Reznor was toiling late nights to piece together the first Nine Continue Reading
15 Essential Original Lineup Black Sabbath Songs
Yes, the band created the template for heavy metal and thrash, but even now, it’s instructive to acknowledge just how unique Black Sabbath were when Continue Reading
Robert Altman's Quirky 'Popeye' Boasts a Can Full of Geniuses
New to the Paramount line is one of the few Robert Altman films that could be called delightful, although lots of people, as the saying Continue Reading
Ginger Taylor Releases Dreamy New “Some Fates”
Currently based in Brooklyn, Ginger Taylor wrote her latest single Some Fates while living in Toronto’s Dufferin Grove and attending the University of Toronto. Inspired Continue Reading
Drag Queen Dance-Popster Katya Discusses 'Vampire Fitness'
The synthpads come in, slowly and calmly. You are at peace. It sounds like a Windham Hill record, even. Soon, you are greeted by a Continue Reading
¡Printing the Revolution!: The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now (excerpt)
Excerpted from The Smithsonian American Art Museum exhibition catalog, ¡Printing the Revolution!: The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now, courtesy of The Continue Reading
Between the Grooves: The Beach Boys – 'The Beach Boys Today!'
In the 1960s, there was a band that changed the way popular music was made forever. They challenged conventional ideas regarding harmony, form, and instrumentation Continue Reading
Sci-fi/Fantasy Writer Elizabeth Bear on Diversity, Mental Health, and Queers in Space
Elizabeth Bear’s latest novel is titled Machine, but the term could easily refer to its author. Her literary output is astonishing: 32 novels in 15 Continue Reading
Finding Joe Castro's 'Passion Flower'
The situation of pianist Joe Castro seems like it came out of one of those low-budget black and white film noir movies about jazz musicians Continue Reading
Coil's 'Musick to Play in the Dark' Gets a 20th Anniversary Re-Issue
Few musicians have succeeded in manipulating and shaping atmosphere as well as Coil. The duo founded by musical (and life) partners John Balance and Peter Continue Reading
Kelsey Waldon Takes Up the Fight on 'They'll Never Keep Us Down'
Kelsey Waldon said she feels a special responsibility as a Southerner to improve the human rights of people living in America. She has cited racial Continue Reading
20 Music Videos of the 1980s That Have Aged Terribly
Europe – “The Final Countdown” (Sony, 1986) What better way to start the countdown than with “The Final Countdown”? Originally envisioned as the opening music for Continue Reading
The 15 Best New Order Songs
15. “Face Up” – Low-Life (1985) Bernard Sumner has claimed he never quite grew comfortable in the role of frontman, and nowhere is that uneasiness more gloriously Continue Reading
Shirley Jackson's Story on Film Is But a Flickering Shadow
“Your book is brilliant, darling. Fucking gorgeous. I don’t know how you did it” says Stanley Hyman (Michael Stuhlbarg) to his wife, the writer of Continue Reading
Premiere: Fretland Shares “Could Have Loved You” Video
Seattle-based outfit Fretland continues to add the fabric of their music to the long line of Americana as they prepare to release their sophomore album, Continue Reading
'The Elephant Man' Lives Within Our Skin
From the circus sideshow to the examination room at the London Hospital to the society page’s headlines, Joseph Merrick—known popularly as the Elephant Man—lived his Continue Reading
Yo La Tengo Leaf Through Their Back Pages on 'Sleepless Night'
Yo La Tengo are full of surprises, aren’t they? Hot on the heels of summer’s We Have Amnesia Sometimes EP, which consisted of five ambient Continue Reading