School Is Back in Session for the Teaches of Peaches
Canada’s electroclash provocateur Peaches is back with another daring polemic, No Lube So Rude, and reflects on her journey to it.
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Scotland’s the Sensational Alex Harvey Band’s American Revolution
The strange but true story of Scottish rock band the Sensational Alex Harvey Band’s hit single about the Boston Tea Party. Well, it was a hit in the UK, at least.
Kyle Craft’s ‘Dolls of Highland’ Is Genuine Theater
Kyle Craft created high-drama with high-stakes, a Freudian fantasy, wherein sex and death interweave, or, rather, Thanatos and Eros commingle, like a seductive dance.
Caroline Strubbe’s Trilogy of Forgetting
Director Caroline Strubbe’s “Trying to Forget to Remember” trilogy creates enigmatic space in the viewer’s head, or in the space between our heads and the spaces on screen.
Chile Under Pinochet: A Film Chronology of Dictatorship and Memory
From the 1973 coup to its afterlives in national memory, these films trace violence, silence, resistance, and the ways Chile continues to confront Pinochet’s violent legacy.
Empire Child’s Music Could Heal the World
As Empire Child, Ruth Rothwell realizes her lifelong dream of releasing her own music. It’s a journey of introspection, social consciousness, and positivity.
‘Esta Isla’ (‘This Island’) Contains Multitudes
From its opening title, Esta Isla (This Island) embraces the complexity and contradictions of Fredric Jameson’s formulation of “third-world” society and Puerto Rico’s unique situation.
UltraBomb on Minnesota, Hard Rock, and Being Unapologetic
UltraBomb’s Greg Norton is unapologetic about his new LP, The Bridges that We Burn: “If you don’t like my politics, you can listen to Kid Rock.”
Michael Jackson Sequin-ized
The world conjured by Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson movie is an emotionally flattened realm of veneration and idolisation that would make even Stalin blush.
The Spoils of War
Among the most coveted spoils of America’s wars, critic Andrew Cockburn argues, is the money pulled from taxpayers’ pockets never to be returned to the country’s social welfare.
Charley Discusses Being an Idealist at the End of Everything
Charley discusses her therapeutic poptimism that extends beyond rote structures and clichés to strike a deeper chord with listeners.
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Johan Nayar’s Malawian Musical Odyssey with ‘The Banjo Boys’
From The Banjo Boys beginnings as a “mini-doc” to its fruition as a feature film, Johan and Neil Nayar join musicians Yobu Maligwa and Yosefe Kalekeni on their journey from simple craft to sensational art.