It’s Business As Usual for the Hold Steady on ‘Open Door Policy’
Like the title implies, it's hard to see the Hold Steady's latest album as something more than just another shrewd career move.
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The 11 Best Chick Corea Albums
Across 81 studio albums as a leader, another 25 live recordings as a leader, and then scores of albums as a sideman, Corea was an unerringly superb pianist, a thrilling soloist, a propulsive and sensitive accompanist, and a band member even though he was a superstar.
‘Firefly Lane’ Betrays the Golden Rule of Chekhov’s Gun
Netflix's Firefly Lane put the gun on the stage. Creator Maggie Friedman had the characters pick it up and play with it.
Cowpunk: A Brief Y’alternative History
Cowpunk is a reaction against conventional country music, yet embodies some of its distant and deepest traits. Likewise, it's also a reaction against punk, yet manifests as one of its purest expressions.
Blanck Mass on Handling the Misery on the Way to a Blessing
Blanck Mass traverses an In Ferneaux of personal hardship, COVID-affected deaths, and more with the help of a complete stranger’s wisdom.
Sundance 2021: Poonpiriya’s ‘One for the Road’ Explores Brotherhood
Baz Poonpiriya's broken misfits in One for the Road are raw products of loneliness.
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Between the Grooves of Led Zeppelin’s ‘Houses of the Holy’ (1973)
Between the Grooves celebrates Led Zeppelin’s Houses of the Holy by examining how the band were at their best on the underrated post-Zoso masterwork.
Slint Release Alternate Mixes of “Breadcrumb Trail” and “Good Morning, Captain”
Slint are sounding even better as the long years go on and on. It's a testament to the source material that we're still revisiting, remixing, and re-releasing all these decades later.
Why Work Doesn’t Work
The idea that we work because we want to, not because we need to, is a pernicious one that labor journalist Sarah Jaffe dissects in Work Won’t Love You Back.
Time-Transcending Paranoia in ‘The Parallax View’
Fear of unseen powers causing public tragedies was so widespread in 1974 America that filmmakers knew audiences would believe the corporate murder machine of The Parallax View.
K Michelle DuBois Relies on ‘Fever’ Pitch for Striking Return (interview + premiere)
As an innovative musician who grew up in Nashville before making a name for herself in Atlanta, K Michelle DuBois changes with the times while exploring other unconventional ways to write and record The Fever Returns.
Philip B. Price Wonders If We’re “Scarred For Life” (premiere)
Longtime Winterpills member Philip B. Price steps out with a masterful new solo release that taps into the zeitgeist without being defined by it.
