A Punk-Rock Path to Inner Peace A Punk-Rock Path to Inner Peace
Buzzcocks’ first two seminal albums, recently reissued, offer something besides anarchy.
Feb 22, 2019 / Joe Bucciero
Folk Music That Bends Time and Space Folk Music That Bends Time and Space
The songs on Jessica Pratt’s new album Quiet Signs seem to exist in a tranquil place just outside reality.
Feb 18, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Olivia Horn
Is This the Best Rock Album of 2019? Is This the Best Rock Album of 2019?
Girlpool’s What Chaos Is Imaginary is a veritable indie-rock dream world.
Feb 15, 2019 / Ann-Derrick Gaillot
Julia Wolfe’s Haunting Elegy to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Julia Wolfe’s Haunting Elegy to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
A monumental achievement in high musical drama, Wolfe’s new piece Fire in my mouth is already one of the year’s best performances.
Feb 14, 2019 / David Hajdu
How to Be Critical of the Things You Love How to Be Critical of the Things You Love
Poet and critic Hanif Abdurraqib’s new book on A Tribe Called Quest is also a consideration of what it means to be a music fan in 2019.
Feb 12, 2019 / Nawal Arjini
Leikeli47 Is Hip-Hop’s Most Stylish Rebel Leikeli47 Is Hip-Hop’s Most Stylish Rebel
On her new album Acrylic, the masked rapper gleefully subverts the genre’s power structures.
Feb 1, 2019 / Samantha Schuyler
Meet Sneaks, DC’s DIY Maverick Meet Sneaks, DC’s DIY Maverick
On her new album, Highway Hypnosis, the post-punk artist revels in rawness.
Jan 24, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Julyssa Lopez
The Artistic Picket Line Surrounding the Super Bowl Halftime Show The Artistic Picket Line Surrounding the Super Bowl Halftime Show
The spotlight, fairly or unfairly, is on hip-hop artist Travis Scott, for crossing the line and performing on Super Bowl Sunday.
Jan 18, 2019 / Dave Zirin
Black Feminist Punks to the Front Black Feminist Punks to the Front
On their debut album, London’s Big Joanie pay tribute to black sisterhood.
Jan 15, 2019 / Ann-Derrick Gaillot
The Fyre Festival Documentary Is a Lurid Look Into Start-Up-Culture Grift The Fyre Festival Documentary Is a Lurid Look Into Start-Up-Culture Grift
Chronicling the infamous music festival, the documentary looks at how tech bros turned a luxury getaway into a blockbuster scam.
Jan 14, 2019 / Stephen Kearse