I’m a live-music addict, and it sometimes feels completely unreal that I haven’t been to a concert in almost a year. But one of the pandemic’s few silver linings is that some musicians are digging into their archives and issuing old live material that might otherwise have stayed on the shelf. Such is the case […]
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Neptunian Maximalism deliver a funeral rite for the human species
Neptunian Maximalism’s recent triple album, Éons, imagines a future Earth dominated by hyperintelligent elephants.
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Brutus’s atmospheric blend of postrock and posthardcore makes a singing drummer cool for the first time ever
There are few things less cool than a singing drummer. Drummers already have it bad enough; they’re typically pushed into the background, the last member of a band to get any attention or credit. The only people who really care about them are other drummers, and then only on occasion. I’m a drummer myself, so […]
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No soccer team is as interesting as the nation that sent it to Brazil
Where’s the reporting on the nations playing in the World Cup?
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12 O’Clock Track: The gravel and brawn of Castles’ “Palm Reader”
Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is “Palm Reader” from Castles’ newest album, Fiction or Truth?.
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Oscar-nominated live-action shorts: The welcome mystery of Death of Shadow
A review of the Belgian fantasy drama
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Westvleteren XII: The greatest beer in the world?
The beer nerds’ holy grail made its first officially sanctioned appearance in America last week
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The “Belgish” bistro Leopold launches in West Town
Chef Jeffrey Hedin brings a Belgish bistro to West Town.
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Cuba: An African Odyssey
“Cuba: An African Odyssey,” screening Monday 2/8 at Biblioteca Popular, follows Cuba’s role in African liberation campaigns from the 60s through the 80s.