Category: Reviews
Throwing Your Voice
I’ve felt the urge to play out recently, well, duh, precisely because I can’t. I was trying to get into an online/virtual open mic up the street, at Lenox Coffee on 129th, but it kept postponing a reopening, so I complained to...
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The Talking Dead: Jia Tolentino and the Tradition of Women’s Talent
Arielle Isack The first time I ever heard of Jia Tolentino was when an editor at our college...
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“The Birds, and the Stars, and the Chimney Sweeps”: Revisiting the Anti-Capitalist Moral World of “Mary Poppins” in Light of its New Sequel
In December 2018 I strolled into an evening showing of a movie I had formerly committed to avoid...
Read MoreMark Lanegan & Duke Garwood — With Animals
Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood With Animals Heavenly/Ipecac This is the second collaboration between Mark Lanegan and Duke Garwood. Lanegan cut his teeth as the front man of the most under-rated of the great Seattle...
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Witches Who Work: Female Patriarchal Caretakers in “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina”
Since its release on Netflix in October, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina has frequently been...
Read MoreStrand of Oaks — Eraserland
Strand of Oaks Eraserland Dead Oceans Strand of Oaks is the project of Philadelphia’s Timothy Showalter, and Eraserland is his 6th album. Showalter makes what we in the critic business call ‘heartland rock.’ ...
Read MoreMdou Moctar — Illana (The Creator)
Mdou Moctar Ilana (The Creator) Sahel Sounds We seem to be living through a crest of the tidal wave of Desert Blues these days, what with bands like Tinariwen, Tamikrest, Imarhan and the likes finding global fame. Mdou Moctar,...
Read MoreRed Mass — Kilrush Drive
Red Mass Kilrush Drive No Coast/Label Etiquette Red Mass is Montréal indie hero, Roy Vucino, and his wife and collaborator, Hannah Lewis. Vucino is kid of a legend around town, having played with Duchess Says in side project,...
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