Jlin Contorts Her Experimental Club Music into a Malleable Soundtrack to Wayne McGregor’s ‘Autobiography’
Jlin's soundtrack for Wayne McGregor's Autobiography brings guttural, experimental club music from the dancefloor to the theater stage.
Hans Kim
Hans Kim is a cultural criticism writer and teaching candidate in Chicago. After graduating with a BA in cultural anthropology from the University of Illinois at Chicago, he is now completing a double BA in English and secondary education at Northeastern Illinois University. His publications includes several album reviews, contributions to list articles, and literary criticism. You can reach him on twitter @hans_kim
mmph’s ‘Serenade’ Rediscovers Romanticism After Trauma
mmph's Serenade embraces melodrama with an orchestral approach to electronic music.
Still Corners’ ‘Slow Air’ Wanders Around Desert Highways
In search of a new direction, dream pop band Still Corners' Slow Air finds inspiration in traveling the American roads.
felicita’s ‘hej!’ (Re)Performs Diasporic Traditions
felicita's hej! demonstrates harmony through cultural hybridity, asserting a necessary post-Brexit statement.
Laurel Halo’s ‘Raw Silk Uncut Wood’ Meditates on Moments, Scenic and Manic
On Raw Silk Uncut Wood, Laurel Halo shifts her typically synthetic, dense approach to raw, uncut minimalism.
Oneohtrix Point Never’s ‘Age Of’ Is As Unbound As Its Title
On Oneohtrix Point Never's latest, Age Of, his iconoclastic approach to composition brings forth a reflection of the the post-internet experience -- a bombardment of cultural and historical inputs.
SOPHIE’s ‘OIL OF EVERY PEARL’s UN-INSIDES’ Advances Pop Music As an Expression of the Marginalized
SOPHIE's debut album OIL OF EVERY PEARL's UN-INSIDES plays with pop motifs, not as parody, but to create the catchiest form of self expression.