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Author: Manny Sanchez

​​Beyoncé's 'Black Is King' Builds Identity From Afrofuturism

August 3, 2020Manny Sanchez

“Let Black be synonymous with glory,” says Beyoncé in the opening sequence to her visual album Black Is King. The album amplifies the voices and images of Black culture with astounding beauty and deft pageantry. With reliance on tradition, as… Read More

TikTok Is (Maybe) Being Banned & Facebook Is Coming for YouTube

August 1, 2020Manny Sanchez

While there’s not much to do in the outside world at the moment (because pandemic), there’s plenty happening on our screens over the weekend: the social media platforms are battling – against each other, and also the President of the… Read More

Paranoia Goes Viral in 'She Dies Tomorrow'

July 31, 2020Manny Sanchez

It is possible that ten years from now, when COVID-19 cases have hopefully gone the way of the bubonic plague, people will say that films like Amy Seimetz’s She Dies Tomorrow are emblematic of a certain strain of late-stage Trump… Read More

Oh Sees prep new LP ‘Protean Threat’ (listen to “Dreary Nonsense”)

July 28, 2020Manny Sanchez

You may remember that back in March Oh Sees shared video of a full-band live rehearsal for their "next album." It looks like that album is here — it's titled Protean Threat and will be out September 18 via Castle Face.… Read More

Ty Segall’s Fuzz announce Steve Albini-recorded LP, share “Returning”

July 22, 2020Manny Sanchez

Fuzz, the proto-metal inspired power trio of Ty Segall (who sings and plays drums here), Charles Moothart (guitar, vocals) and Chad Ubovich (bass, vocals), will release III, their first album in five years, on October 23 via In the Red. The… Read More

Q Magazine is folding after 34 years, September issue to be its last

July 20, 2020Manny Sanchez

Long-running British music monthly Q Magazine is folding after 34 years, and the upcoming September issue will be its last. "The pandemic did for us and there was nothing more to it than that," wrote editor Ted Kessler on Twitter.… Read More

Today’s livestreams (Metallica, The Magnetic Fields, more)

July 20, 2020Manny Sanchez

NOTE: We post the newest livestreams in a new post every day. Make sure you're reading the newest edition of our roundup – check the livestream tag HERE for the latest. LAST UPDATED: 7/20 at 12:01 AM ET HERE ARE… Read More

Tedo Stone Concocts Glammy Pop Earworms on 'Same Old Kid'

July 20, 2020Manny Sanchez

For the last eight years or so, Tedo Stone has been creating a presence in a strong and vibrant Athens, Georgia music scene. It’s been a prolific near-decade that’s witnessed Stone releasing 2012’s Happy EP, 2013’s Good Go Bad, 2015’s… Read More

Seeds of Colonial Capitalism in Kelly Reichardt's 'First Cow'

July 20, 2020Manny Sanchez

Kelly Reichardt begins her 2019 film First Cow in present-day Oregon with the image of a large cargo ship traveling slowly across the frame. This cargo ship—The Bellemar—is able to haul just over 80,000 tons of bulk goods such as… Read More

Megan Thee Stallion shares statement on shooting: “I’m real life hurt and traumatized”

July 18, 2020Manny Sanchez

Megan Thee Stallion, who is currently recovering from surgery after she was shot in the foot on Sunday (allegedly by Tory Lanez), has released a new  short statement on Twitter about the incident. "Black women are so unprotected & we hold… Read More

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