Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams are music veterans, and a couple of 30 years, who are usually found backing other artists: Larry is a session and touring musician who's played with Levon Helm, Bob Dylan, The Black Crowes, while Teresa… Read More
So many artists, so little time. Each week we review a handful of new albums (of all genres), round up even more new music that we'd call "indie," and talk about what metal is coming out. We post music news, track premieres, and more all day. In… Read More
In addition to their set at August's super-spreading Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, Trapt, particularly frontman Chris Taylor Brown, have been making headlines throughout the coronavirus pandemic as Trump-loving, MAGA-spouting right wingers on social media. According to Brown, the band's Facebook got… Read More
In addition to their set at August's super-spreading Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, Trapt, particularly frontman Chris Taylor Brown, have been making headlines throughout the coronavirus pandemic as Trump-loving, MAGA-spouting right wingers on social media. According to Brown, the band's Facebook got… Read More
UK band Dry Cleaning have released their first new single since signing to 4AD back in March. On "Scratchcard Lanyard," frontperson Florence Shaw dryly scrolls though a litany of mundanities before noting "Do everything and feel nothing" in the chorus,… Read More
Cakes da Killa knows there’s nothing more lethal than a deep cut swiftly dealt. The Brooklyn rapper is a master of unrelenting flows and skewering affronts, made all the more ruthless by his razor’s-edge humor. On the new EP Muvaland,… Read More
At least one central idea of the new jazz of the 21st century is the flat-out rejection of the neo-traditional jazz purism represented by Wynton Marsalis during his first decade or so. That purism was laced with a rejection of… Read More
Excerpted from Automation and the Future of Work by Aaron Benanav (footnotes omitted). Copyright 2020 Verso Books. Used with permission of the Verso Books. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the… Read More
Loneliness. It’s a feeling we all know too well, especially during this year of COVID-19, when many of us have been confined to our homes, self-isolating and desperate for human connection. Filled with introspection, frustration, and disappointment, Paul at Home… Read More
Rainbow Bridge is a 1971 film directed by Chuck Wein centering on the late 1960s counterculture on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Filmed with non-professional actors and without a script, it features largely improvised scenes with a variety of characters.… Read More