The popular consensus among critics and music geeks is that Nevermind killed 1980s hair metal. If that’s the appropriate metaphor to describe the end of the glam and excess of the ’80s, then it’s appropriate that Guns N’ Roses supplied… Read More
For the next 12 days or so, Keiynan Lonsdale is going to try all sorts of muesli. This is an inherently good thing, as the multi-hyphenate performer is eager to get back to his family in his native Australia. Before… Read More
It’s a strange world where Jason Mraz becomes a target of critical derision. Granted, “I’m Yours” became the earworm of 2008 and followed the trajectory of summer hit to overplayed single in due course.Yet it’s his positivity, laid out in… Read More
It feels inaccurate to call Phoebe Bridgers’ latest record, the consistently great Punisher, her sophomore album. Doing so brushes over two significant releases — 2018’s boygenius, an EP alongside Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus that plays to all three of… Read More
Three decades into her career, it’s hard not to speak of Oumou Sangaré in superlatives and clichés. She’s one of the most prominent feminist voices in Mali, a businesswoman who has spoken out in song and deed against forced marriage… Read More
The first thing that needs to be said about Quarantine Casanova is it’s fun! Five short 1980s funk-flavored jams all based on the relationships that endure in the seemingly endless epidemic. Over the past 18 years and five albums, Chromeo… Read More
Scheduled for release on Juneteenth current North Carolina Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green’s new album, The River Speaks of Thirst, features archetypal imagery and resonant elocutions, invoking the history of Black oppression as well as the US’s current societal and… Read More
From enormous success to spectacular failure—it’s the quintessential trajectory of Hollywood celebrity. Silent comedian Buster Keaton, among the first generation of Hollywood stars, came to know it well. Keaton crafted hit comedies like Our Hospitality (1923), The Navigator (1924), and… Read More
Do you believe in miracles? Heck yeah you should because the Best of Indie pop column has emerged from its desolate grave to shine light upon your weekly routine. You no longer have to go about your day without a… Read More
Knock! Knock! Knock! On Wood is the new autobiography from Memphis soul legend Eddie Floyd and co-authored by Tony Fletcher. The pages chronicle Floyd’s early life in Alabama, his travels to Detroit, where he met Wilson Pickett, and, his time… Read More