Berlin-based piano virtuoso Dario Lessing, and Rezar – the side project of electro-pop band NIHILS’ frontman – link up for Better Days. It’s a wavy atmospheric cut Continue Reading

“I was suffering from a classic case of wanderlust,” writes Ivy Mix, owner of heralded Brooklyn bar Leyenda, when recounting her first trip to Guatemala Continue Reading

The explosion of the “hood film” genre in late 20th century African American cinema arguably doubled as an extension of the street performances of the Continue Reading

Online communities form around shared interests – popular culture, musical acts, politics, gaming – but that commonality often gets lost amidst community members’ disputes and Continue Reading

The music of Regis is nothing fancy. In the early 1990s, Karl O’Connor—the project’s namesake—helped pioneer the Birmingham Sound, a techno subgenre known for its Continue Reading

As long as there are artists, there will be critics who apply tags and labels and sort those artists into “scenes” or genres or subgenres. Continue Reading

“I’ll love you forever.” You’ve probably said it. You may have even meant it. On the one hand, of course, loving someone forever in the Continue Reading

“It is possible that I will be ejected from Deerhoof for saying this,” Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier tells us. “And if that happens I will certainly Continue Reading

Texas singer-songwriter Joshua Ray Walker presents the myths we tell ourselves. Life is good. Love lasts forever. We are all heroes. And then he exposes Continue Reading

Where do you start with 100 gecs? Their brand of scary but cute, low-fi, noise rock, glitch electronica has to be heard to be believed. Continue Reading

In 2012, Kishi Bashi felt like a revelation. 151a was a stunning solo debut for the artist—a lush expression of idiosyncratic baroque cinema. It was Continue Reading

Few characters in American television history have had redemption arcs as compelling and universally lauded as that of Prince Zuko in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Continue Reading