New Jersey’s Creeptones play the type of catchy pop-rock that tore up the charts in the 1960s and headlined on college rock radio in the Continue Reading
Music Dose
Palestinian/Jordanian Shamstep Group 47SOUL Rail Against "Border Ctrl."
Palestinian/Jordanian electronic ensemble 47SOUL have just released a timely and important song in “Border Ctrl.” that compares the Israeli and US border walls that cruelly Continue Reading
Choosing Experience in Abbas Kiarostami's 'Taste of Cherry'
A man drives through the sandy Iranian landscape surrounding Tehran. He drives past day workers seeking employment but waves them off. He moves out of Continue Reading
Comics Artists Yanow and Hanawalt Draw Vastly Different Self-Portraits
“Cartoon” can mean a lot of things. As a drawing style, those things usually include simplification. A cartoonist takes a massively detailed real-world subject and Continue Reading
Buscrates Brings the G-Funk on Soulful "How Ya Gonna Do It"
Buscrates is Pittsburgh producer who draws inspiration from the classic 1990s G-funk sound in hip-hop and the boogie and disco dance music of the 1970s. Continue Reading
"Just Don't Believe Truth" in John Cassavetes' 'Husbands'
The plot of John Cassavetes’s Husbands (1970) is deceptively simple. Three suburban men, close friends (maybe too close, maybe codependent), in their early 40s experience Continue Reading
Funky Starwolf Has a "Bad Feeling" (premiere)
Astro Lobo, the new release from St. Louis outfit Starwolf, was produced by Jason Kingsland (Washed Out, Deerhunter, Band of Horses) and will be available Continue Reading
Andrew Cedermark Forges His Unique Path on 'Fort/Da' (premiere + interview)
“Why is it so important to people that musicians be professionals?” Andrew Cedermark asked me. Over the phone, I heard a door open and Cedermark Continue Reading
DJ Zinc Teams with Brighton's Kudu Blue on New Electrosoul Banger "Out of Control"
Brighton’s Kudu Blue are an up-and-coming electronic collective that previously collaborated with Maverick Sabre and Alicaì Harley. For their latest single, “Out of Control”, the Continue Reading
Nashville's Brontë Fall Have Finished with School
The term “finishing school” can have two meanings. In the past, it usually referred to the place where young women went to learn social graces Continue Reading
Black Marble Meet 'Johnny and Mary' on New Covers EP
Cover albums can serve any number of purposes. A cover album can be a quick and easy way to fulfill a contractual obligation, or it Continue Reading
Old 97's' 'Twelfth' Is Masterful
Dallas’ Old 97’s tend to break expectations. For one, they’ve been working with the same four members for 27 years. That’s so rare it’s nearly Continue Reading
The Killers' 'Imploding the Mirage' Promises Dynamite Rock Yet Delivers Tepid Synthpop
Leave it to Las Vegas to market implosions. The high frequency in which implosions occur in the city relates to the need to renovate and Continue Reading
Michael Almereyda's 'Tesla' Imagines Its Man
In Michael Almereyda’s Tesla (2020), Ethan Hawke plays the titular Serbian-American inventor. The film charts Nikolai Tesla’s part in what has become commonly known as Continue Reading
Privacy and Alt-Right Transhumanism in Hari Kunzru's 'Red Pill'
“You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe,” Morpheus tells Neo in Continue Reading
Americana Music Association to Host Online Panel on Black Equity in Americana
The Americana Music Association will present a streaming panel discussion on Thursday, 20 August on Black Equity in Americana. The panel will feature Tiny Desk Continue Reading
Eli Winter Comes Into His Own With 'Unbecoming'
Last year guitarist Eli Winter, while still in college, put out his debut album following the experience of Hurricane Harvey in Houston. The storm soaked Continue Reading
Raul Malo and the Mavericks Go 'En Español' on Their New Genre-Bending LP
With their new album, En Español, the Mavericks are underlining the “alt” in their “alt-country” assignation, releasing a collection of songs solely with Spanish lyrics. Continue Reading
COVID-19 Is but One Indication of the Return of the Pandemic Monster
When Mike Davis published the first version of The Monster Enters: Covid-19, Avian Flu, and the Plagues of Capitalism 15 years ago, the titular “monster” Continue Reading
The Lemon Twigs Amp Up the Glam Rock Obsession on 'Songs for the General Public'
Brian and Michael D’Addario, the multi-talented siblings who make up the Lemon Twigs, have certainly proven their songwriting and performing abilities with their first two Continue Reading