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Album Review: Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul – Topical Dancer

Jasper WIllems·March 10, 2022

During the pandemic, art, culture and music were pretty much stuck in the detention room, the last things...

Tim Sentz·March 8, 2022

No matter what its title may imply, Nilüfer Yanya’s sophomore album is anything but PAINLESS. The English-Turkish singer-songwriter’s...

Marc Griffin·February 28, 2022

Conway the Machine ain’t playin with y’all. And yet, some would say the Buffalo-rhymer is a rapping contradiction;...

Jasper WIllems·February 24, 2022

Hurray For The Riff Raff’s Alynda Segarra once described art and music as “a declaration of independence” for...

Grady Penna·February 18, 2022

There are two primary ways of perceiving time. The most commonly understood is linear, where time exists on...

Todd Dedman·February 15, 2022

In his 1972 essay “The grain de la voix” (“The Grain of the Voice”), Roland Barthes uses the...

Tim Sentz·February 14, 2022

Following up a beloved debut album can be tricky. No one wants to be known for hitting the...

Rob Hakimian·February 11, 2022

Aside from the fact that it has 20 tracks, nothing about Big Thief’s Dragon New Warm Mountain I...

Rob Hakimian·February 7, 2022

Rarely, if ever, have a band so quickly distanced themselves from an acclaimed debut album the way Black...

John Wohlmacher·January 21, 2022

There should be a word in every language that describes the emotion felt when experiencing a great work...