Music Reviews
Porcupine Tree Return with a Question Mark on ‘Closure/Continuation’
Closure/Continuation captures and rejuvenates the cerebral and melancholic mood that’s Porcupine Tree’s signature, but uncertainty hangs over the proceedings.
Music Features
Liza Minnelli Tried to Recreate the Magic of Cabaret with ‘New York, New York’
New York, New York is the kind of album that Liza Minnelli would excel at because it leaned into her old-fashioned tendencies instead of turning away from them.
Film
Liza Minnelli Tried to Recreate the Magic of Cabaret with ‘New York, New York’
New York, New York is the kind of album that Liza Minnelli would excel at because it leaned into her old-fashioned tendencies instead of turning away from them.
Books
Our Era of ‘Confidence Culture’ Preserves the Status Quo for Women
How confidence cult(ure) repackages long-repeated ideas to make them more appealing and to hold women responsible for the damage done to them.
Television
Daffy Duck Is My Anti-Hero – Or – What Makes Daffy Duck? An Analythith
Daffy Duck never fit in with the flock. He embodied Leon Schlesinger’s working-class, anti-authoritarian subversion with every feather of his being.
Lists
The 12 Best Brian Wilson Songs
From massive hits to experimental pop compositions, Brian Wilson’s music is always thoughtful, idiosyncratic, and as thrilling today as it was in the 1960s.
