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Cornelius, “Mellow Waves”

Twenty years have passed since Cornelius’s sugary cut-collage classic “Fantasma,” and the Japanese electronic sound sculptor known for excursions in Shibuya-Kei has grown in ways unimaginable from that elastic landmark.

July 31, 2017

Hans Zimmer, Los Angeles, LA, Tour, Concert, Performance, April 14 2017, EVI

Film + TV
In Conversation: Hans Zimmer Wasn’t Made for Pop Music

One of the planet’s most experimental film composers gets out from behind the boards for Dunkirk, a live tour, and more.

July 27, 2017
In Conversation
In Conversation: Ice Cube Is Still Steady Mobbin’

Twenty-five years after he released one of the most controversial records in hip-hop history, the LA rapper-turned–family man has regrets—but not many.

July 14, 2017
Reviews
Phoenix, “Ti Amo”

Though short and sweet, “Ti Amo” hides something frank, hard, and troubled beneath its lustful sheen and rainbow hues.

June 15, 2017
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Black Lips, “Satan’s Graffiti or God’s Art?”

There’s buoyancy and shockingly tight musicianship to Black Lips’ prattling-on proceedings here that you won’t often find elsewhere in the garage band’s catalog.

May 16, 2017

‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’ starring Jonah Ray, Patton Oswalt, Felicia Day, Bill Corbett, Kevin Murphy, Mary Jo Pehl, Hampton Yount, Baron Vaughn, Rebecca Hanson, Tim Blaney, Elliot Kalan. Directed by Joel Hodgson & Rob Cohen. Photo by Darren Michaels, SMPSP

Film + TV
Three Millennia and Counting: The Return of “Mystery Science Theater 3000”

It’s no mystery. It’s not rocket science. It only looks like it.

May 03, 2017
Reviews
The Flaming Lips, “Oczy Mlody”

The oddball, acid-laced soliloquies that characterized Coyne’s Mad Hatter aesthetic from the start are still part-and-parcel of what drives his merry-to-morose ensemble.

January 09, 2017
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Bruno Mars, “24K Magic”

The “Uptown Funk” star can be both trite and torrid when it comes to plastic, flossy funk.

November 28, 2016
Film + TV
Stardust Memories: Revisiting the Sound and Vision of Nicolas Roeg, David Bowie, and “The Man Who Fell to Earth”

On its fortieth anniversary, the sci-fi classic is getting a 4K re-release. Here, the earthlings involved—including cinematographer Tony Richmond and Bowie’s co-star Candy Clark—talk about the moment the star became a man.

November 18, 2016
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Danny Brown, “Atrocity Exhibition”

Gleeful arts and farts from Detroit’s finest.

October 17, 2016
Reviews
Bon Iver, “22, A Million”

Justin Vernon’s latest is a gorgeous victory and a righteous revival of a talent, but does it go as far as those song titles would have you believe?

October 13, 2016

1982. Neil Young Human Highway. photo courtesy of the Devo Archives

Film + TV
Shakey Tales: Getting Lost Again on Neil Young’s “Human Highway”

While still riding the wave of what could possibly have been the greatest run of recorded music in rock and roll history, Neil Young decided to make a movie. And not just any movie. A movie so strange that it barely saw the light of day—until now.

July 19, 2016
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Clams Casino, “32 Levels”

He’s no astronaut, but Michael Volpe know how to scale dizzying heights.

July 15, 2016
Reviews
Various Artists, “Day of the Dead”

Various Artists Day of the Dead 4AD 7/10 For its twentieth edition in a series of fund-raising various-artist projects, the…

May 25, 2016
Reviews
Radiohead, “A Moon Shaped Pool”

Never before have Radiohead made anxiety such a singular concern, or unease such an agonized-over art form, as they have here.

May 11, 2016
Reviews
J Dilla, “The Diary”

The man behind the beats of Common and Erykah Badu goes for a robo-flow.

April 21, 2016

Undated. Lush uncredited press photo courtesy of 4AD

Lush Life: The Sirens Return

Recently reunited and with a new EP to prove it, Miki Berenyi and Emma Anderson harmonize together once again to talk past, future, and why they would still prefer not to be called “shoegaze,” thank you very much.

April 20, 2016
Reviews
Clark, “The Last Panthers” [soundtrack]

That means that every time you see skinny, wrinkly John Hurt tooling around a stolen set of diamonds, Clark’s man-machine ting and moaning musical tones can’t be far behind.

March 17, 2016
Reviews
Animal Collective, “Painting With”

There’s no time for moans or drones on this album—just shouts and kicks.

February 29, 2016

2015. Wolf Alice shot for FLOOD 2 cred Catie Laffoon

What Is Real?: Wolf Alice

Tracking the carnivorous rise of the London alt-rock group behind “My Love Is Cool,” one of 2015’s biggest debuts.

February 10, 2016
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