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Why Do They Sound Like That?

Dissecting frogs of the throat.

by Dan Abromowitz on April 18, 2012March 22, 2013

Metal Transcendence

Calling an album “transcendent” is like saying a book is “interesting.”

by Joshua Leifer on November 21, 2015December 6, 2015

In Concert

Two music venues, one philosophizer.

by Sinan Ozbay on December 3, 2018December 2, 2018

Koyt

“Punk culture is very atheistic in a certain way, and I never felt like there was really a place there for my Jewish identity. Maybe to some extent people would be into us, but there might be some difficulty in connecting with the traditional punk audience.”

by Ben Perelmuter on March 10, 2016

Desert Apocalypse

During the monorail ride at the Newark Airport, most of the talk was about how “crazy” the weekend would be at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The lineup was particularly strong this year, boasting Thom Yorke, The xx, … Read More

by Felipe Cabrera on April 21, 2010March 17, 2013

Sex, Drugs, and American Dreams

The best song released last year, ILoveMakonnen’s “Club Goin’ Up on a Tuesday,” blooms in purgatory.

by Adlan Jackson on February 7, 2015February 8, 2015

Cite Your Crowdsource

A common place for people to find interpretations of pop culture is the website Genius. But where do these interpretations come from?

by Carson Welch on November 21, 2015November 22, 2015

Life Is Not a Dream

It is difficult to call the new HBO film “Beyoncé: Life Is But a Dream”—which debuted February 15—a documentary.  More than anything, it comes across as self-promotion instead of an objective or illuminating take on its subject’s life.  Beyoncé is … Read More

by Eliza Mott on March 1, 2013March 22, 2013

The G.O.O.D KIDD

Lord forgive me things I don’t understand. I don’t get Kendrick Lamar. I like to pretend I do. I guess what I don’t understand is my relationship with his music, and what I imagine is his relationship with me as his listener, and, most importantly, his relationship with himself.

by Rachel Wilson on April 18, 2013April 20, 2013

Phallus Palace

Examining Die Antwoord’s new video “Evil Boy,” it seems more meaningful and efficient to list all the _non-phallic_ imagery:

by Giri Nathan on October 13, 2010March 22, 2013

Too Soon

A review of Bon Iver’s 22, A Million.

by Tom Hoopes on October 24, 2016October 24, 2016

Have You in My Wilderness

Julia Holter’s music has always suggested a crossroads between what is accessible and alienating; what is pop and what is confident, modern composition. In Have You in My Wilderness, she has sought to directly accommodate both styles, and to move away from the aural and thematic structures that characterized much of her earlier albums.

by Kevin Andreola on October 17, 2015July 24, 2017


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