To be a follower of the KLF is to be a scholar, an acolyte, a digital monk treating zip files like illuminated manuscripts. Trawling forums and message boards for shards of the apocryphal mythos, sifting through various international versions of… Read More
We all collectively breathed out a sigh of relief this week as Trump's presidential term ended, and here's to hoping this is the first step towards making 2021 a better year than 2020. There is of course still a lot… Read More
The idea of a home-listening record from Bicep feels suspiciously oxymoronic. Like Orbital and Avicii before them, the Belfast-born duo of Matt McBriar and Andy Ferguson are one of those electronic acts designed for the sweeping euphoria of big summer… Read More
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 shrouded in mystery. The beautifully androgynous and seductive vocals caused debate as to the gender… Read More
One of the highlights of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris' inauguration ceremony on Wednesday was Amanda Gorman's reading of her poem "The Hill We Climb." The young Los Angeles native is the United States' first-ever youth poet laureate and drew… Read More
Last year, Hum released their excellent comeback album Inlet (one of our top 10 favorite albums of 2020), and we're excited to learn that they'll be giving remastered, higher quality pressing reissues to their classic albums Electra 2000 (1993) and… Read More
As teased, Tomahawk — the band of Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, etc.), Duane Denison (The Jesus Lizard), John Stanier (Helmet, Battles), and Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3, etc) — have announced their first album in… Read More
Alexis Boylan opens Visual Culture with a careful explanation of how inundated most of us are by visual imagery. Whether engaging with screens — televisions, computers, smartphones — or moving through the world, the constant flow of changing images, many… Read More
Last fall, a bunch of drummers from the punk world (and beyond) came together to form Indie Drummer Collective, "a group of rotating drummers who come together to celebrate a musical genre, a single band, a single drummer or a… Read More
Donald Trump has finally left The White House and Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were just sworn in as our new President and Vice President at the somewhat muted inauguration ceremony that's currently happening in Washington DC. There to sing the National… Read More