Synthpop that harkens back to the innocence of the 1980s is in great abundance these days. While instrumentalists like Com Truise and Paul Haslinger effectively Continue Reading
Music Dose
Badfinger's Joey Molland Tells the Story of the "Rainy Day Man" (premiere)
Joey Molland’s latest LP is Be True to Yourself and arrives on 16 October via Omnivore Recordings. The album is a collaboration between Molland and 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
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
Speaker Face Marry Hustle and Float With "Work Friends" (premiere)
Based in Toronto, Ontario Canada, Speaker Face feature members of the JUNO award-winning band the Fretless (Trent Freeman, Eric Wright) and marry classic, organic sounds Continue Reading
Emi Meyer Ascends Into "Space" (premiere)
Emi Meyer’s artistic growth from precocious vocalist to grounded singer-songwriter has been well-appointed. She has impressed American and Japanese crowds with her vocal prowess and 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
Serene Ambiguities in Kiarostami's Taste of Cherry
If ever a collective nausea about the state of the world has swept our society away from the idealism that was once so central a Continue Reading
UbuWeb's Kenneth Goldsmith Writes the Book on Internet Archiving
During the campaign to leave the EU (Brexit) Britain’s then Lord Chancellor delivered a resonant soundbite: “I think the people of this country have had Continue Reading