The old Democratic bosses have been taking a beating.
Tag: Vol. 50 No. 13
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis’s new Carnage soundtracks a “communal catastrophe”
In 2018 Nick Cave opened a new portal into his world with a question-and-answer newsletter titled the Red Hand Files. As queries from fans flooded in, Cave dutifully replied with poetic meditations, splashy Polaroids of his opulent Brighton home, and the occasional errant one-liner that shed new light on the mystique that he’s meticulously cultivated […]
A real underground party on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was created by Justin Gray, an illustrator and designer from New Jersey.
Deeper stream from the Cultural Center for the anniversary of Auto-Pain
Deeper stream from the Cultural Center for the anniversary of Auto-Pain, YouTube channel the Fireside Tapes uploads late-90s sets from the storied venue, and more.
I can’t give my friend another phone job
He pleasures himself to the details of how I have sex with his wife.
Dutch extreme metal band Autarkh transform loss into triumph on Form in Motion
Dutch avant-garde metal band Dodecahedron released two spectacular albums, 2012’s self-titled debut and 2017’s Kwintessens, that promised a bright future for the band with their use of disturbing dissonance, bleak synthesizer textures, and gnashing industrial rhythms. But tragedy struck before they could live up to their potential: front man Michiel Eikenaar (also of black-metal group […]
Meet the new boss, Joe Biden
And meet his bosses—corporations and the investor class.
Tony Allen, Skepta, and Ben Okri become one with the universe on ‘Cosmosis’
A year after the death of pioneering Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen, a posthumous album highlights his work with younger generations.
Chicago rapper Dre Izaya is one hook away from the charts on I Fall Apart When They Leave
Englewood rapper Dre Izaya has recently emerged as part of a loose collective of pop, R&B, soul, and hip-hop artists associated with Loop Theory, a local indie artist-development and management company founded by producer Disrupt and rapper Navarro. (The agency also releases music by the artists on its roster.) Last year, Loop Theory put together […]