A Review of Drake’s Nothing Was The Same ft. Philip Roth
Mark Baumer10.31.13
Mark Baumer reviews Drake’s Nothing Was The Same in the only way that a Drake album should be reviewed: with almost no description of the actual music.
Melt Down Low Down
Jordan Somers08.22.13
Vague recollections of the year’s best party: a field reporter tries to remember what he was doing in the woods. Art by Danny Jock.
The Spot-On Stupidity Behind Fat Tony’s Smart Ass Black Boy
Christina Lee06.13.13
While the majority of underground rap now groans and pines for ’90s-inspired artistry and sociopolitical awareness––”Where’s the real hip-hop?” being a key question––Fat Tony’s raps flaunt his smarts but also bear an easy appeal. Smart Ass Black Boy is out now.
The Backbone of Any Legitimate Art: An Interview with Justin Pearson
Eric Nelson06.06.13
An interview with Justin Pearson about the Che Café days and replays, writing books, and practicing avoidance. The evasive noisecore frontman on sincerity and art.
Monomania: Monomania
Thomas Moore05.17.13
A review of the new Deerhunter album, Monomania, waiting for the guitars to kick in.
“We Don’t Need Freedom?” an Interview with Ian Svenonius
Jordan Somers05.10.13
Ian F. Svenonius discusses his new book, Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock ‘n’ Roll Group, a satirical instruction manual slash insightful lesson in Capitalism from the late greats. His book tour brings the new title (and perhaps a séance or floating chair) to 529 Bar in East Atlanta, Saturday, May 11th at 7:30 pm.
An Interview With Young Family
Matthew Sherling04.24.13
A revealing interview with the Young Family circus, aka Sam Pink and Kelly Schirmann, with new insights into the McDonalds conspiracy and the truth behind the sad dance-pop apocalypse––and the creative process that produced their first full-length album, King Cobra.
A Guitar Hero Guide to Marnie Stern
Christina Lee03.21.13
The latest (and possibly last) Marnie Stern album, The Chronicles of Marnia, prompts a retrospective re-listen of her discography in the hope she doesn’t go the way of Jack Slater.
The Little We See In Moscow Case 1993
Christina Lee03.06.13
Michael Jackson: Moscow Case 1993: An overlooked documentary offers a brief but devastating glimpse at the King of Pop during his fall from grace, a time we would rather forget.
Being Sized Up by Samantha Crain’s Kid Face
Christina Lee02.18.13
When Samantha Crain parted ways with her founding band the Midnight Shivers, the Shawnee, Okla., troubadour picked up an electric guitar and wrote 11 songs written from the perspectives of 16 different people she’s met––2010’s excellent You (Understood), her version of a “breakup album.” But with followup Kid Face, Crain fully embraces her newfound freedom.
