Ruin Review 3: Atlanta
Sean Kilpatrick07.06.16
“Please note your rot. No one online does.” Sean Kilpatrick’s tour of American ruin pulls through Atlanta, GA and ends up in a boxing bar near the airport, contemplating how it feels to be a human amid humans.
Complicated Love: On Joanna Klink’s Excerpts from a Secret Prophecy
Kent Shaw06.30.16
Where inside the speaker does love poetry come from and what becomes of love when it can no longer be professed? Kent Shaw reviews the latest book of poetry from Joanna Klink.
Out Into Nothingness: On M. Ward’s More Rain
Max Winter06.28.16
M. Ward’s latest album, More Rain, extends the haunted melancholy of his previous albums into a delicate, disorienting new territory. Max Winter reviews.
What Makes Us Human And Not God: A Review of Vi Khi Nao’s The Old Philosopher
Jenna Le06.16.16
What is the functional value of experimental poetry? In Vi Khi Nao’s The Old Philosopher, it is, like Cubism, the ability to see many angles from the same side. Jenna Le reviews.
Regarding Lil Ugly Mane and Abject Music
Grant Maierhofer06.14.16
The mysterious aesthetic of cult underground hip-hop icon Lil Ugly Mane shares as much with crust punk and black metal as it does rap. Grant Maierhofer digs deep into L.U.M.’s lineage as an anti-cultural web phenomenon.
Hypothetical Kids: On Maya Newell’s Gayby Baby
Kimberly King Parsons06.06.16
A moving new documentary, recently banned in Australia, follows the lives of children of same-sex parents. Kimberly King Parsons reviews.
Album Roundup: April 2016
Scott Creney06.02.16
Scott Creney back with a new month’s roundup of music loves and hates, including new work by Heron Oblivion, Kendrick Lamar, The Body, and much more.
Ideal Home Noise (7): Masterworks, Skaalrud, Black Acid
Jeff Jackson06.01.16
Jeff Jackson returns with a deep dive into mind benders that deserve a place in your home. This edition tackles American avant-garde, a surreal graphic novel, and portals into alternate worlds as art.
Yellow Ochre, Burnt Umber, Ivory Black: Parquet Courts’ Human Performance
Reynard Seifert05.26.16
Parquet Courts don’t disappoint on the hype built from their debut album, as their sophomore effort Human Performance extends their at once familiar and fresh Warholian aesthetic to find their best sounds yet. Reynard Seifert reviews.
Undead Poets Society: A Review of Kim Yideum’s Cheer Up, Femme Fatale
M. Milks05.24.16
Cheer Up, Femme Fatale combines three major works by one of Korea’s poetic superstars. Megan Milks reviews.
