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Album Review: Michael Vallera – The Other World

Stratocaster in hand, Michael Vallera sought to create a blanketed, grey world. Back in 2023 he plugged his...

Futurismus is, by far, the most interesting thing happening in contemporary rock music. As I laid out in...

For a man that so many of his fans still claim to be intimidated by, Michael Gira in...

On A Trick of the Light, Chicago resident and Houston-born guitarist Eli Winter jaunts through West Texas, where...

Todd Dedman·April 30, 2025

Deerhoof are the 21st century version of The Fall. For the uninitiated, they have an almost off-puttingly large...

Ray Finlayson·April 29, 2025

“Music is about feeling better, making other people feel better. It’s about solidarity; strength in numbers.” For Rebecca...

Tom Williams·April 28, 2025

Edgar Degas’s depiction of ballet dancers stand among his most popular and enduring paintings, capturing delicate movement in...

Nathan Skinner·April 25, 2025

Halfway through Robert Mugge’s 1980 documentary Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise, the avant-garde musician describes a place that...

Ray Finlayson·April 18, 2025

Enacting a promise made to each other, Send A Prayer My Way is an album that follows through...

Ray Finlayson·April 15, 2025

How strange and funny it is to be reminded of something by the simplest thing. We see a...