THIS THING WE DO: A Film by Flash Gordon Parks
My main objective was to show really how diverse and how interesting Houston's music scene is at large, and how the DJ is crucial because he's the guy who does all the hard work for you…
SAM PREKOP - THE SYNTH GUY
Prekop has managed to release two albums, 2024’s Old Punch Card and his most recent The Republic, without using the soulful instrument of a voice which has become his signifier in the world of music.…
ART TO ADD TO YOUR CART
Jim O’ Rourke makes an opera of the ordinary. Tyondai Braxton is the master of showing how the drizzle and wind are equally as majestic as the storm.…
SPEEDY ORTIZ: CAPTAINS NOT THE CRONIES
Not only is this a job, but it’s a job that is based in human interaction, so if you’re not a person that is rooting for other good people, there’s no point in doing it.…
Shy Girls — Songs About People, Not Pronouns
Shy Girls’ music occupies the musical sensibilities that have attracted artists from Drake to Purity Ring; slightly electronic, mellow, mood-based, beat-driven personal songs. …
POSITIONS ON COMPOSITIONS
These songs are the space you stare into on the edge of the bed with the television barely audible and the room lit by the informercial that began when the Law and Order marathon ended -- huge in impact, but almost inconsequential-- the weight of an afterthought. …
NEDELLE TORRISI: FEELS LIKE PARADISE
It is a choice made by Torrisi, a choice not to cover up in metaphor and snark, a choice to make an album, Advice From Paradise, that tackles love and pain in a way rarely heard. Torrisi does not shy away from vulnerability.…
ALBUM-ING
Kwame reviews new Sleater Kinney, Bjork, Elephant Micah, Steve Gunn & the Black Twig Pickers, Eternal Tapestry, & Alasdair Roberts.…
ELISA AMBROGIO: THE SUBSTANCE EXPANDS AND FILLS THE SPACE
“By playing roles, the individual participates in a social world. By…
THE STORY OF THE STORY OF THE HARD LUCK FIVE
THE STORY OF THE STORY OF THE HARD LUCK FIVE - New Rye Coalition documentary out on DVD.…
