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In Conversation
In Conversation: Matt Berry on Riding “The Blue Elephant”

The British comedian isn’t laughing anymore (well, not while making his seriously soulful psychedelic music).

May 17, 2021
Hi! How Are You: The Art of Daniel Johnston and the Curation of the New Story of an Artist Website

We talked to curator Lee Foster about the new site he’s running with the Johnston family to share the late songwriter’s visual art.

May 11, 2021
Reviews
Tony Allen, “There Is No End”

This posthumous LP is less a grand finale summing up a career than it is another piece of a greater puzzle.

May 11, 2021
Reviews
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, “John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band: The Ultimate Collection”

This remastering of the ex-Beatle’s solo debut sees wealths of emotion poured out in ways previously unimaginable.

May 03, 2021
Groovin’: The Sound of the Soul-Jazz Organ Vibe in the Present Day Jam

On the future-looking new releases from Dr. Lonnie Smith and Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio.

April 28, 2021
Reviews
The Who, “The Who Sell Out Super Deluxe Edition”

Overstuffed and unified, this deluxe reissue has all the freneticism of its initial ideal whole.

April 20, 2021
Reviews
Vic Mensa, “I TAPE”

The EP feels more like a party with friends discussing the nation’s state of shock than it does a staid studio session.

April 19, 2021
Reviews
Laurie Anderson, “Big Science” [reissue]

Re-released on red vinyl by Nonesuch Records, this major-label debut is still a delectably odd beauty.

April 08, 2021
The Poet Speaks: Revisiting Bobby Womack’s Most Potent Albums of the ’80s

Producer Andrew Loog Oldham and documentarian Mary Wharton contextualize The Poet and The Poet II on the event of the albums’ reissue.

April 05, 2021
Art & CultureIn Conversation
In Conversation: VP Records VIP Miss Pat on Her New Autobiography

The keeper of the castle that is Jamaican music, Patricia Chin tells the story of her life’s work with “Miss Pat: My Reggae Music Journey.”

April 02, 2021
The Man Machine: Robert Margouleff Remembers Malcolm Cecil

Early synth designer-producer Margouleff talks about the late great producer, the 50th anniversary of Tonto’s Expanding Head Band, and helping Stevie Wonder innovate.

April 01, 2021
Reviews
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders, and London Symphony Orchestra, “Promises”

Pharoah Sanders and Floating Points have created a vintage vibe noir masterpiece for the 21st century.

March 29, 2021
Reviews
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, “L.W.”

“L.W.” is the fussier second half to the brutal “K.G.,” a glistening yin to its toughened yang.

March 18, 2021
Reviews
Paul Leary, “Born Stupid”

On his first solo record in 30 years, Leary reconvenes Butthole Surfers–style caustic silliness.

March 10, 2021
Reviews
Bob Dylan, “1970”

This mini-box features fluidly funky outtakes from often-neglected album sessions, together with a mystery recording with George Harrison.

March 09, 2021
In Conversation
Loss, Love, and Lust: In Conversation with Jane Birkin

The Anglo-Franco icon discusses the ghosts that fill her recent album “Oh ! Pardon tu dormais…”

March 09, 2021
Reviews
Ron Gallo, “PEACEMEAL”

Gallo’s latest is more softcore, left-field hip-hop and gentle psychedelia than his usual punk/pop vibe.

March 08, 2021
Reviews
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, “Carnage”

The pair’s latest is a theatrical, diabolically abstract, and damningly depressive work with a blinding brightness at the end of the tunnel.

March 05, 2021
Reviews
Adrian Younge, “The American Negro”

Younge’s bold new music/spoken word LP is his most stirring, politicized, and down-to-earth release to date.

February 24, 2021
Film + TV
Our Streets Are Our Office: on “Judas and the Black Messiah”

Shaka King’s new movie examines the largely untold story of BPP Chairman Fred Hampton, whose assassination was instigated by the FBI.

February 22, 2021
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