J. Simpson

Occupying the Interzone between criticism and creativity, J. Simpson believes that great art makes the world a better place. Specializing in covering dark and experimental art, he believes there's more to the world than meets the eye and more to life than chasing the bottom line. He is also published with Spectrum Culture and Freq Magazine and edits the Forestpunk blog.
Reconsidering Sonic Youth’s ‘Confusion Is Sex’ at 40 Years Old

Reconsidering Sonic Youth’s ‘Confusion Is Sex’ at 40 Years Old

Sonic Youth’s Confusion Is Sex is impressively raw and uncompromising, thrilling and terrifying as a walk through the Lower East Side in the early 1980s.

Re-Considering the First Five Muslimgauze Releases in Memory of Bryn Jones

Re-Considering the First Five Muslimgauze Releases in Memory of Bryn Jones

Muslimgauze’s first five releases are some of the most interesting, fully-realized artifacts to crawl out of the early 1980s industrial, experimental drainpipe.

Will ‘That ’90s Show’ Include These 25 Nostalgia-Inducing Songs?

Will ‘That ’90s Show’ Include These 25 Nostalgia-Inducing Songs?

That ’90s Show creator Gregg Mettler says he loves ’90s music. Will his comedy include these 25 songs that make us nostalgic for the 1990s?