Jyoti’s (aka Georgia Anne Muldrow) Mama, You Can Bet! is a revelation — of time, of rhythm, of sound. It takes the free-ranging jazz sensibilities Continue Reading
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Vancouver's Yukon Blonde Drift Into Dreamy Neo-Psych on "You Were Mine" (premiere)
No one could ever accuse Vancouver’s Yukon Blonde of remaining stuck in place, releasing the same album over and over again. Indeed, the band are Continue Reading
Decode the Pre-Code: Four Hot Early Talkies Hit Blu-Ray
In 1934, the major Hollywood studios knuckled down to the self-censorship standards of the Motion Picture Production Code, an office subsidized by the studios themselves. Continue Reading
The Singularity of Žižek
Slavoj Žižek’s latest book, Hegel in a Wired Brain, mixes perspicacity and paradox in brain-teasing ways that have become his signature style but there is Continue Reading
Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche Say "I Can Still Hear You" (premiere + interview)
I Can Still Hear You is the new 11-song set from mother/daughter duo Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche. Releasing 30 October via StorySound Records, Continue Reading
Ambient Producer Joshua van Tassel Believes We Need More Beautiful Things
“I feel like really just straight-up beautiful things have become uncool. There’s this idea that sentimentality is looked down upon, and emotion is not cool,” Continue Reading
Track By Track: Glutenhead – Glutenhead
Earlier this year saw the release of one of my favourite tracks of the year, ‘Naked in Toronto’, by local Toronto outfit Glutenhead. Back at the Continue Reading
Investing in Surfaces in Renoir's 'Toni'
In 1967 as part of the series Cinéastes de notre temps, director Jacques Rivette conducted an extended interview with Jean Renoir and several of his Continue Reading
Stanley Kubrick Biography Goes Beyond Rumors and Mystique
Stanley Kubrick has acquired a mystique that began to accrue while he was still working: increasingly wild rumors abounded that he was a semi-reclusive tyrannical Continue Reading
PYX's "Wires" Is a Melodic Indie Rock Marvel (premiere)
PYX are a collective out of Southeast England led by front-person Wesley Triffitt, and their sound is slightly lo-fi, indie rock influenced by ’60s harmonies Continue Reading
Ty Trehern Explores Letting Go With "Better Off" (premiere)
Ty Trehern’s latest release, Dear Dichotomy, is out 23 October. The Mississippi-based singer-songwriter marries a variety of influences in his music, as exemplified on his Continue Reading
Brennen Leigh's "Billy and Beau" Tells Midwestern Gay Love Story (premiere)
Brennen Leigh’s forthcoming album is full of songs that get down to the what’s-what of the heartland. Influenced by the state line between Minnesota and Continue Reading
Percussion Becomes the Narrative on Tangents' 'Timeslips'
While the Australian band Tangents most definitely unfurls its life-story with the heartbeat of a collective, drummer Evan Dorrian remains the group’s frontman, if one Continue Reading
The Rolling Stones' 'Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out' Came at a Crucial Moment in History 50 Years Ago
Few rock fans would deny that the Rolling Stones’ Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out!—an album which celebrates its 50th anniversary this month—is a classic. Recorded during Continue Reading
Dianne Davidson Comes 'Full Circle'
There are several versions of the jokey saying, “Old musicians never die.” The most popular are: “they just get played out”, “they just decompose”, and Continue Reading
C.C. Tsai's 'Dao De Jing' Has Visual Rhythm
Chih-chung Tsai, a renown Taiwanese cartoonist, publishes as C. C. Tsai in English. Dao De Jing, which translates roughly as “The Way of Virtue”, is Continue Reading
Gregory Porter Creates Another Collection of Soul-Jazz Gems on 'All Rise'
Gregory Porter is no less than an icon in the world of contemporary jazz. His accolades are numerous and towering – multiple Grammy nominations and Continue Reading
Wood Brothers' Oliver Wood Covers "The Battle Is Over (But the War Goes On)" (premiere + interview)
Oliver Wood’s new single is a version of the protest anthem, “The Battle Is Over (But the War Goes On)”, familiar to many listeners via Continue Reading
The Billy Walton Band Rock Out on 'Dark Hour' (album stream)
Dark Hour is the new release from the Billy Walton Band, led by New Jersey guitar master, Billy Walton. With a previous musical tenure that Continue Reading
Christian Cohle Offers Haunting Electropop on "Wallflower" (premiere)
Dublin’s Christian Cohle creates powerfully haunting electropop on his latest single, “Wallflower”. The song is epic in scope as it slowly builds with soft synth Continue Reading