Music Reviews

Judas Priest Are Almost Invincible with This Shield

Judas Priest are synonymous with classic metal, even if recent releases are less memorable, their music still pulverizes most of the competition.

Pissed Jeans Laugh at the Absurdity of Life on ‘Half Divorced’

Ariana Grande’s ‘Eternal Sunshine’ Is Her Most Cohesive Work

Logan Richardson Reminds Us What Charlie Parker Was All About

Steve Hackett Explores Many Sides on ‘The Circus and the Nightwhale’

Metal’s Bruce Dickinson Remains Vital on ‘The Mandrake Project’

James Brandon Lewis Sounds Singular on ‘Transfiguration’

Music Features

Cymande Are Possibly the Most Sampled British Musical Artists of All Time

Cymande were foundational in the creation of hip-hop, disco, house, drum and bass, and rare groove, passed through generations like so much underground music.

The 10 Best John Coltrane Solos

Those Days Are Gone Forever: Steely Dan’s ‘Pretzel Logic’ at 50

Feeling “Seventeen”, Ruth Moody Goes Solo Again with ‘Wanderer’

Dancing in the Street: Our 25 Favorite Motown Songs

Get Hooked: 15 Classic Songs About Addiction

A Kind of Beauty: An Interview With Ben Frost

Film

Cymande Are Possibly the Most Sampled British Musical Artists of All Time

Cymande were foundational in the creation of hip-hop, disco, house, drum and bass, and rare groove, passed through generations like so much underground music.

‘Love Lies Bleeding’ Drips with Danger and Desire

The Repression of Truth in Michel Franco’s ‘Memory’

Chewing the Scenery and Chewing on Actors in ‘Man-Eater of Kumaon’

‘Good One’ Challenges Adulthood’s Naïve Appropriation of Wisdom 

‘Small Things Like These’ Is a Haunting Meditation on Collective Sin

Marilyn Monroe Really Knew How to Act

Books

Transcending to Badass: That’s How Female Rockers Roll

The female musicians interviewed in Katherine Yeske Taylor’s She’s a Badass have persisted against all odds and infused rock with a feminist verve.

Biography of ‘Rolling Stone’ Co-Founder Ralph J. Gleason Rocks and Swings

Colin Barrett’s Debut Novel ‘Wild Houses’ Unfolds Predictably

Waxing Moustaches: A Hair-Brained Interview with Humourist Aug Stone

Sasha Frere-Jones: Portrait of the Critic as a Young Man

Television

The Fine Art of Bootlegging

Eleanor Patterson’s Bootlegging the Airwaves is a lively study of home-taping in the pre-digital era and the communities this “unpaid labor” created.

‘True Detective: Night Country’ Finds Comfort in Darkness

The Best TV Shows of 2023 (You May Have Missed)

The 20 Best DVDs of 2023

Spoof of Spooks ‘Slow Horses: Season 3’ Is a Wild Ride

Interviews

Feeling “Seventeen”, Ruth Moody Goes Solo Again with ‘Wanderer’

While the Wailin’ Jennys are still playing their hearts out as three roots wonder women, co-founder Ruth Moody has new music and a special announcement to make.

The Repression of Truth in Michel Franco’s ‘Memory’

A Kind of Beauty: An Interview With Ben Frost

Gustavo Santaolalla on the Album That Launched His Career

Morphine’s ‘The Night’: A ‘Souvenir’ of a Golden Era

Lists

The 10 Best John Coltrane Solos

John Coltrane redefined the vocabulary of jazz with his “sheets of sound” and modal approaches. He also revolutionized how people play the saxophone.

Dancing in the Street: Our 25 Favorite Motown Songs

Get Hooked: 15 Classic Songs About Addiction

Miles Davis’ Top 10 Performances of American Standards

The Satisfaction Index: Covers of the Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”

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