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In Conversation: NFT Overlords Bored Ape Yacht Club on Their First Music Video

Bored Ape Yacht Club #9797—a.k.a. Jimbo—on becoming the first NFT to make and release its own music video with the electro-shock-trap-hop of “Delist your ape (2DaMoon).”

December 17, 2021
Reviews
San Fermin, “In This House”

The Brooklyn collective have never sounded more sure-footed and effortlessly melodic than they do with this gathering of friends.

December 16, 2021
Reviews
Rufus Wainwright, “Unfollow the Rules: The Paramour Session” + “Rufus Wainwright and Amsterdam Sinfonietta Live”

Both recent live albums see the songwriter reinventing his and others’ songs with care, invention, and consideration.

December 07, 2021
Reviews
Body/Dilloway/Head, “Body/Dilloway/Head”

Kim Gordon and Bill Nace continue along their improvised music path with the help of fellow avant-garde journeyperson Aaron Dilloway.

December 06, 2021
Earthlings, Suburban Buddhas, and Outsiders: David Bowie in the ’90s

Bowie collaborator Mark Plati details the new box set “Brilliant Adventure,” which includes the long-lost LP “Toy” recorded in 2000 among other curios from the preceding decade.

December 01, 2021
Reviews
Aesop Rock x Blockhead, “Garbology”

On the pair’s first full-album collaboration, spaced-out ambience and abstract linguistics come together for something unique, brutal, and beautiful.

November 30, 2021

Kacey Musgraves

Scenes From the End of a Marriage: 12 Great Records About Divorce

With Adele contributing “30” to the canon, here are a dozen other albums that poetically and coarsely tackle legal uncoupling.

November 29, 2021
Reviews
Brian Wilson, “At My Piano” + “Long Promised Road”

Both new releases happily and uniquely go further into defining the myth and the magic of Brian Wilson.

November 29, 2021
FLOOD’s Guide to Black Friday Record Store Day 2021: Leonard Cohen, Fleetwood Mac, Thundercat, Jason Isbell, and More

28 new releases we’re excited for during this year’s post-Thanksgiving RSD Drop in November.

November 24, 2021
In Conversation
In Conversation: Dave Gahan on Finding His Voice with “Imposter”

The Depeche Mode frontman talks developing his skills as a songwriter both with his band and on his new collection of covers with Soulsavers.

November 16, 2021
Reviews
The Rolling Stones, “Tattoo You” [Super Deluxe Edition]

For its 40th anniversary, the Stones’ loose and louche 1981 LP gets a sweet, era-appropriate polish job.

November 05, 2021
Reviews
Angel Du$t, “YAK: A Collection of Truck Songs”

The band’s fourth album is full of hooks, shifting moods, and cushiony tunes without dismissing speed or ferocity.

November 03, 2021
Reviews
Shad, “TAO”

The latest from the Canadian emcee finds itself often humorously in a place of connecting the disparate dots of being Black.

November 02, 2021
Reviews
The War on Drugs, “I Don’t Live Here Anymore”

The Philly-based ensemble smooth over their rougher complexities and craft a record that’s oddly happy and broadly familial.

November 01, 2021
Reviews
Helado Negro, “Far In”

His first album for 4AD welcomes a larger musical ensemble, a livelier palate of sound, and lushly verdant vibes that go beyond.

October 21, 2021
Reviews
The Beatles, “Let It Be” [Super Deluxe]

This 6-CD/LP box—including rarities, live cuts, and alternate mixes—burrows deep and handsomely below the surface.

October 20, 2021
Reviews
Explosions in the Sky, “Big Bend”

This soundtrack to PBS’s Big Bend National Park doc provides a chill sonic tonic with nature as its somnolent guide.

October 19, 2021
Film + TV
At the Mouth of the Velvet Goldmine: Todd Haynes Talks New Doc “The Velvet Underground”

Director Haynes goes Underground with a documentary on all things Reed, Cale, Nico, and Warhol.

October 15, 2021
In Conversation
In Conversation: Bill Nelson on the Influence and Legacy of Be-Bop Deluxe

We spoke to the English songwriter on the occasion of his former glam/prog collective’s massive new “Live! In the Air Age” box set.

October 14, 2021
Reviews
Pastor T. L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir, “I Shall Wear a Crown”

Barrett’s box set portrays honest, positivist music with a mission far beyond self-gratification or artistic vision. 

October 07, 2021
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