A Rubber Lion
Daniel Poppick05.20.16
“It’s redundant to fear / Technology in a poem, as one / Or the other is like the end.” New poetry by Daniel Poppick, selected by spring poetry editor Lucy Tiven.
Seen Through To: Radiohead’s “True Love Waits”
Weston Cutter05.19.16
Radiohead’s “True Love Waits” is a twenty year-old ballad that just got dressed up in radically new clothes for its first studio version, which Weston Cutter argues is a big deal.
RESIDUUM
Martin Rock05.18.16
“Electricity is not the cause of suffering.” An excerpt from Martin Rock’s forthcoming collection Residuum, newly out from Cleveland State University Press.
The End Zone Profanations of Chad Ochocinco
Gregg Murray05.17.16
Gregg Murray takes a look at how end zone celebrations in the NFL bizarrely transgress the violent spectacle that is the modern NFL, though the lens of one of the phenomenon’s greatest provocateurs, Chad Ochocinco.
Various Algorithms: An Interview with Chris Abrahams of The Necks
Bobby Power05.16.16
Bobby Power in conversation with Chris Abrahams of seminal Australian experimental jazz trio the Necks about his thirty years of musical exploration and improv, including the premiere of a new Abrahams song, “Clung Eloquent.”
The Blood Barn
Carrie Lorig05.13.16
“Eating / butter My mother suffered / the love in my life My life it comes and goes” New poetry by Carrie Lorig, selected by spring poetry editor Lucy Tiven.
Fierce Grace: Review of Ronaldo V. Wilson’s Farther Traveler
Angel Dominguez05.12.16
Angel Dominguez reviews Farther Traveler by Ronaldo V. Wilson: “You read Ronaldo V. Wilson’s Farther Traveler, and your life has to change.”
The Real Housewives of End Times
Kati Heng05.11.16
“The camera zooms in on a window for a moment, we see Maribelle, nails bitten down until bleeding, look in shock out the small, saran-wrap window, talk to someone out of frame, and then cover the space with more aluminum.” It’s dark times for cast members of the Real Housewives in the hands of Kati Heng.
Undoing the Industry: Death Grips’ Bottomless Pit
Benoit Lelièvre05.10.16
On their latest album, Bottomless Pit, Death Grips prove again why they are vital listening in an era of hyper-marketed sounds. Benoit Lelièvre reviews.
Three Jawns: Beach House, Problems, and Pissgrave
Sarah Rose Etter05.09.16
“Nothing feels special anymore.” Amidst a contemporary blank space, Sarah Rose Etter finds three sources of current inspiration in the form of shows by Beach House and horror-grind band Pissgrave and a novel by Jade Sharma.
