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'Out of Our Minds' Considers Freedom and Force, Coercion and Custom
In Out of Our Minds, Fernández-Armesto encourages readers to distrust visionaries who promise perfection.
Shura's ‘forevher' Is an Earnest Depiction of Nascent Love
Expanding her electropop sound with soulful grooves, Shura finds inspiration in personal experience on forevher.
Darkness Illuminates: Goth Punk's Great Escapism
While goth punk's theatricality dramatizes concerns about depression and suicide amongst young people today, its safe spaces are inviting to the otherwise alienated and ostracized.
It's Remarkable How Heavy Loscil Makes Emptiness Feel on 'Equivalents'
Steve Morgan makes emptiness feel heavy on Equivalents, an album inspired by Albert Stieglitz's photographs of clouds.
Hama Sankaré Bridges Malian Blues Generations on 'Niafunké'
Old and new Malian blues stars unite on calabash legend Hama Sankaré's latest solo album, Niafunké.
Anything But Easy: An Interview with Tycho
Scott Hansen's Grammy-nominated instrumental outfit has thrived in the streaming era, soundtracking lives with quiet anthems while selling out arenas. With Tycho's new album, he does the unthinkable and adds vocals to the mix.
RMXKNZ Celebrate the Art of Personal Expression on "Canvas" (premiere)
Salvador Santana and Asdru Sierra's video for the new RMXKNZ single "Canvas" is a vibrant celebration of personal expression that sets the spotlight on inclusivity.
Tiny Stills Take on Odd Robot's "Schadenfreude" on New Split EP (premiere)
Power pop bands Tiny Stills and Odd Robot cover each other's songs, offer up new, original material on upcoming set. And, yep, there are kittens involved.
Dead Feathers Ride Into the Terrifying Storm Via 'All Is Lost' (album stream) (premiere)
Chicago heavy rock outfit, Dead Feathers take the long view on an album that asks us to look deep within and face our fears. Landing squarely between Black Sabbath and Fairport Convention, Dead Feathers come up winning.
The Primal Instinct that Drives Wild Things in 'Gone to Earth' and 'The Wild Heart'
Powell and Pressburger's Gone to Earth, and David O. Selznick's revision, The Wild Heart, take a philosophical inquiry into whether animals have souls and to what extent humans are animals.
Outside Lands 2019 in Photos
Childish Gambino drew record-breaking attendance to Outside Lands marking an enormously successful festival that included over 50 artists across six stages.
Frank Santoro's 'Pittsburgh' Is a Permanently Preliminary Sketch of Life
The metaphor of imperfection and transition flows beneath every page of Frank Santoro's graphic memoir, Pittsburgh.
The Sun Ra Arkestra Brings Interplanetary Music to San Francisco
Led by 95-year-old saxophonist Marshall Allen, the longest running band in jazz delivers a transcendent four-night run at the SFJazz Center.
Blanck Mass' 'Animated Violence Mild' Critiques Excess with Excess
Blanck Mass' Animated Violence Mild drops unrelenting electro-industrial melodies, practicing excess to explore personal grief and the global devastation of consumerism.
'Infest the Rats' Nest' Sees King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Embrace Their Inner Thrash
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard go full metal to craft a brutal warning against ecological destruction on their 15th studio album, Infest the Rats' Nest.
On Difficulties with Acculturation in 'From Chernobyl with Love'
Journalist Katya Cengel's memoir, From Chernobyl with Love, is more illuminating of the American mindset than it is of Latvia and Ukraine.
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