What Made Mr. Mustard Such A Mean Old Man?
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.
Tag: music essay
Toward A More Gentle Presence
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
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
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
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!
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
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.
Ed Schrader’s Personal Guide to Nightclub Daydreaming
By Ed Schrader | March 25, 2022
By Ed Schrader | March 25, 2022
Ed Schrader’s Personal Guide to Nightclub Daydreaming
On being their full self, in both art and life.
In An Era Of Smothering Control, The Fall Gave Me Freedom
By Morgan Enos | March 18, 2022
By Morgan Enos | March 18, 2022
In An Era Of Smothering Control, The Fall Gave Me Freedom
Morgan Enos (Other Houses) on why Hex Enduction Hour makes him feel alive.
Liberate Us From Being “Playlisted”
By Liam Benzvi | February 15, 2022
By Liam Benzvi | February 15, 2022
Liberate Us From Being “Playlisted”
Liam Benzvi talks Spotify and songwriting in the age of playlists.