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Tag: music essay

Narrate Your Whole Lives

Music
By Sinéad O’Brien | July 18, 2022
By Sinéad O’Brien | July 18, 2022

Narrate Your Whole Lives

Sinéad O’Brien questions our reliability as storytellers in a digital world.

How Erykah Badu’s Untouchable Cool Inspired Katie Alice Greer’s Solo Debut

Music
By Katie Alice Greer | June 30, 2022
By Katie Alice Greer | June 30, 2022

How Erykah Badu’s Untouchable Cool Inspired Katie Alice Greer’s Solo Debut

On Amerykahn Promise Pt.1 (Fourth World War) and Barbarism.

Keane’s Under the Iron Sea is a Masterpiece of Modern Pop

Music
By Spring Silver | June 28, 2022
By Spring Silver | June 28, 2022

Keane’s Under the Iron Sea is a Masterpiece of Modern Pop

Spring Silver goes to bat for the record 16 years later.

What Made Mr. Mustard Such A Mean Old Man?

Music
By Caleb Nichols | June 27, 2022
By Caleb Nichols | June 27, 2022

What Made Mr. Mustard Such A Mean Old Man?

Caleb Nichols on queering the Beatles.

Toward A More Gentle Presence

Music
By Field Guides | June 24, 2022
By Field Guides | June 24, 2022

Toward A More Gentle Presence

Benedict Kupstas (Field Guides) on birdwatching, art, and humility.

John Strohm (Blake Babies) Revisits the Insecurity, Neurosis, and Big Dreams of Sunburn

Music
By John Strohm | June 21, 2022
By John Strohm | June 21, 2022

John Strohm (Blake Babies) Revisits the Insecurity, Neurosis, and Big Dreams of Sunburn

On what it was like to be a “college rock” band on the verge in 1990.

Role Models: When Mariah Carey Sings, Lucy Liyou Hears an Infinite Mythos

Music
By Lucy Liyou | May 31, 2022
By Lucy Liyou | May 31, 2022

Role Models: When Mariah Carey Sings, Lucy Liyou Hears an Infinite Mythos

The experimental artist meditates on the legend, syllable-by-syllable.

No One Knows How to Do It Like Brainiac

Music
By Craig Heed | May 25, 2022
By Craig Heed | May 25, 2022

No One Knows How to Do It Like Brainiac

Remembering the band, 25 years after its untimely end.

Viv Radio Ayiti!

Music
By Leyla McCalla | May 9, 2022
By Leyla McCalla | May 9, 2022

Viv Radio Ayiti!

Leyla McCalla on the academic origin of her new record, Breaking the Thermometer, inspired by Haiti’s rebel radio.

Light For the Midnight

Music
By Al Spx | April 27, 2022
By Al Spx | April 27, 2022

Light For the Midnight

Al Spx on relearning how to care for herself and her career after being misdiagnosed as schizophrenic.

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