Éric Vuillard’s The War of the Poor lifts readers from the contemporary battlegrounds of class struggle and deposits us in the frenzy of the 16th Continue Reading
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The Underestimated Resilience of Peace and Modern Society
Watching Steven Soderbergh’s film Contagion (2011), in light of a year of COVID-19, I was struck by the accuracy of much of the writers’ vision. Continue Reading
Unknown Neighbour Shares “Million Miles” Single & Video
Following last year’s ‘We Have To Discover’ and ‘Home’, which Unknown Neighbour (Sascha Zemke) spoke out, the indie-folk artist returns with Million Miles. Serving as the opener Continue Reading
Top Latin Rising Stars To Stream In 2021
New emerging artists keep bringing their signature-styles and charm to the music scene even during the global pandemic. Up-and-coming Latin artists were no exception. Their Continue Reading
Granny Smith Shares Prince Inspired “Ode 2 A King”
Following last month’s ‘Delusions of Grandeur’, Granny Smith’s (Jason Bhattacharya) first release of the year serves as an ode to Prince aptly titled Ode 2 Continue Reading
On Jean-Luc Godard's Game of Despair, 'Pierrot le fou'
“A man alone always talks too much.” — Ferdinand Griffon Pierrot le fou (1965) was the tenth 10th feature film in five years from French Continue Reading
Amanda Gorman's History Lesson: An Inaugural Poem in the Shadow of White Supremacy
On 20 January 2021—in the shadows of the terrorist attack on the US Capitol just 14 days earlier—Amanda Gorman became the United States’ sixth inaugural Continue Reading
Rhye's 'Home' Is Ambitious in Approach
It’s been ten years since Rhye began recording their debut album, Woman. Eventually released in 2013, the album caused a storm with the performers’ identity Continue Reading
The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne on Worry, Freetime, and His Band's New "Head" Trip
American Head, the latest release from the Flaming Lips, stands as a marker of time. It’s wrapped in anxieties about the future, whether that future Continue Reading
Buzzcocks Beat the Bootleggers with 'Late for the Train'
Think about Buzzcocks for a moment. What did they look like? The image that popped into your head was probably from about 1978. Four stick-thin Continue Reading
Post-rocker Chris Brokaw Is Onto Something with 'Puritan'
Chris Brokaw’s onto something. The post-rock mainstay (Codeine, Come) and longtime supporting player (everyone from Thurston Moore to G.G. Allin) borrows the title from the Continue Reading
Paul McCartney Goes Back to the Home Studio for 'McCartney III'
Paul McCartney was made for lockdown. 2020 saw musicians downloading long-distance song contributions from far-flung bandmates at such a rate that it’s a miracle that Continue Reading
SZNS Say Women Don't Have to "Behave"
SZNS are a rising Los Angeles women-fronted pop quartet that sport the sort of earworm melodies that Little Mix dropped so generously on their latest Continue Reading
Josh Fudge Drops Bedroom Pop Debut Album “Fun Times”
Newcomer Josh Fudge is an 18-year-old multi-talented artist from Oklahoma City who just dropped his debut album, Fun Times. Through nine tracks, Fudge explores youth, new loves, Continue Reading
Top 5 Up-And-Coming Female Artists To Keep An Eye On In 2021
The New Year brought us new music, and we know you are as excited about it as we are. 2021 may well be the most Continue Reading
The Bug and Dis Fig Soundtrack Lockdown with 'In Blue'
In an interview with A4 TV, the Bug, aka formerly UK-based producer and sound manipulator Kevin Martin explains, “I love drowning in decibels. I like Continue Reading
The Artless Losers: Trump and Monty Python's Black Knight
“It’s not a rule. It’s sportsmanship.” So instructs Mr. Shaibel, the custodian who introduces chess to orphan Beth Harmon in the Netflix limited series The Continue Reading
Sleaford Mods' 'Spare Ribs' Offers a Rich and Welcome Catharsis
A thumbnail sketch of Britain’s state in 2021 will provide a useful entrée into the quite brilliant new Sleaford Mods album, Spare Ribs. As Cornish Continue Reading
Visual Culture's Power Over You
Alexis Boylan opens Visual Culture with a careful explanation of how inundated most of us are by visual imagery. Whether engaging with screens — televisions, Continue Reading
Star Wars Alternate Endings That Give Padmé Dignity
To both a seasoned Star Wars fan and a casual viewer, the treatment of Natalie Portman’s Padmé in the prequel trilogy (Episode I: The Phantom Continue Reading