When Vladimir Putin demonized LGBTQ people as part of his 2012 presidential re-election campaign and subsequently imposed regressive laws forbidding the positive portrayal of homosexuality in Russia (the infamous “Law for the Purpose of Protecting Children from Information Advocating for… Read More
I’ve seen a lot of live-streamed shows over the past year, but none have been stranger than the Hold Steady’s early December gigs at the Brooklyn Bowl. As you’d expect, they were playing in an empty room. Well, physically empty.… Read More
There Be Monsters is the sophomore release from Portland, Oregon’s Far Lands. Dropping on 30 April, the album finds Andy McFarlane, Ivan Howard, and Matt Drenik creating a quiet, contemplative series of songs that rewards deeper, meditative listening. Though the… Read More
The Fabulous Knobs were legendary in the Triangle area of North Carolina (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill) at the dawn of the 1980s. Their music was an intoxicating mix of power-pop, 1960s Southern soul, and good old-fashioned rock ‘n’ roll. Void of any… Read More
John B. Sebastian and the Lovin’ Spoonful used to sing that “there’s 1,352 guitar pickers in Nashville”—and that was back in 1967. Surely there’s more than that now with the Music City blossoming into a commercial country hub, not to… Read More
If you’re like me, you probably did a double-take when you heard that Yellow River Blue would be Yu Su’s debut LP. Yu Su has been one of the brightest new stars in electronic music for several years now, and… Read More
Films have ways of tangling your expectations, unlike other art forms. Perhaps this is due to their time-based, immersive quality or because of the profound ways they can viscerally grip you and elevate the medium in unexpected, transcendent directions. It’s… Read More
The provocatively titled I Hate Men’s explosive bestseller status is in part fueled by public outrage from French government officials (men, naturally) when it was published. But the hype surrounding its publication – amid calls from male bureaucrats for it… Read More
Well known for an oeuvre of work that explores the moral complications that lie between the social classes, filmmaker Claude Chabrol managed to corner the French film market that surged with the popularity of the murder-mystery during the better part… Read More
Like a lot of artists, Slowthai had a long time to himself to think about things. Lockdown has been the source of inspiration for many performers, and the Northampton rapper is no exception. The time between his new album, TYRON,… Read More