Maestro Gamin and Aeks’ Latest EP Delivers LA Hip-Hop Cool (premiere + interview)
MaestroAeks' Sapodigo is a collection of blunted hip-hop tunes, sometimes nudging a fulsome boom-bap and other times trading on laid-back, mellow grooves.
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Chewing the Fat: Rapper Fat Tony on His Latest Work From Hip-hop’s Leftfield
Fat Tony proves a bright, young artist making waves amongst the new generation of hip-hop upstarts.
Fleetwood Dissects the European Mindset in His Moody, Disturbing Thriller, ‘A Young Fair God’
Hugh Fleetwood's difficult though absorbing A Young Fair God offers readers a look into the age-old world views that have established and perpetuated cultural rank and the social attitudes that continue to divide us wherever we may reside in the world.
All That Jazz and Then Some: An Interview with Defunkt’s Joseph Bowie
Defunkt’s music is constructed with the intricacies of jazz, charged with the muscular pump of rock, and executed with punk’s ferocity. Frontman Joseph Bowie talks about the band’s long, colourful, and arduous journey.
‘Camille Claudel’ Features an Electrifying Performance by Isabelle Adjani
Through a brazen performance, one to obliterate all performances that came before, Isabelle Adjani gives her Claudel a true body in which to house all her drive and desire in Bruno Nuytten's Camille Claudel.
‘The Serpent’s Egg’ Marks One of Ingmar Bergman’s Strangest Efforts
The Serpent's Egg bares many of the Bergman's trademark features – the suffocating auras of despair and an underdog's sense of triumph over tragedy – but falls short of a more intelligent rendering of human drama.
The Kitsch Hits ‘The Fan’: Lauren Bacall Stars in the Weirdly Enjoyable ’80s Thriller
The Fan, a gritty stalker-thriller, runs like clockwork, earning a steady momentum toward a stylishly spooky finish.
Ross Is the Name, Crime Is the Game: ‘My Name Is Julia Ross’
My Name Is Julia Ross is fast, direct, and easy fun. It never tests the viewer's patience with unnecessary trills.
JuJu Charms: An Interview with Rapper JuJu Rogers
Though the rapper's skill set proves him a worthy contender against any of the reigning MCs currently taking the airwaves by storm, JuJu Rogers remains a king in search of a throne.
On ‘Blueschild Baby’, George Cain’s Searing Novel of Addiction: An Interview
George Cain's 1970 semi-autobiographical novel Blueschild Baby, recently republished by Ecco, is a difficult and unapologetic work about the life of a functioning drug addict. In this interview Imran Khan discusses Cain's work and life with his ex-wife, Jo Lynne, and son, Malik.
Marks X the Spot: Rapper Giovanni Marks Challenges the Hip-Hop Paradigm
Giovanni Marks, the William S. Burroughs of hip-hop, offers up his thoughts on the trials and tribulations of an indie hip-hop artist.
‘Eyes of Laura Mars’ Is Best as a Document of ’70s New York
A romantic thriller that boasts a contribution from John Carpenter, Eyes of Laura Mars benefits greatly from the gritty '70s Manhattan scenery.