‘One Deadly Summer’ and the Boundaries of Desire and Mania
There's almost never a moment in One Deadly Summer that doesn't recall a crushing nostalgia, using tone and texture to evince a sort of empathetic longing.
Imran Khan
UnZipped: Vanessa Daou and Erica Jong on the Making of the Electronica Classic ‘Zipless’
Celebrating Zipless's nearly 25 years of existence with a new vinyl reissue, Vanessa Daou and Erica Jong continue to take listeners on a personal and intimate journey through the passionate exploits of this landmark work.
All Eyes Heavenward: The Enigma of Willis Earl Beal
A sensual, gossamer presence among the hovering musical chords, Willis Earl Beal gently presses the wealth of his soul’s burdens into the wide, open skies.
In Two Minds: Robert Altman’s ‘Images’ Essays the Terrors of Schizophrenia
Altman’s Images is a complex, haunting, and always disturbing film about the slow realization that one’s sanity is at stake.
By Style and Error: M. Sayyid Takes Hip-hop to the Exosphere
Few rappers have been brave enough to try what Sayyid has been doing for years; his hip-hop suffers brutal and fantastic experiments of Asimov-proportions.
Marc His Words: Brian “Sene” Marc on ‘Hoodrat: Stuff With My Friends’
Hoodrat offers the warmer and gentler side to rapper Brian Marc's overall art, where the rhythms are bouncier and the grooves edge closer to electropop.
Visual Feasts: Merchant Ivory Do What They Do Best in ‘Feast of July’
Visual aestheticism has never been a weak point for the Merchant Ivory production team and they certainly don't slack in their abilities with the sumptuous Feast of July.
Auto-Mattic Transmission: Rapper Mattic Dispatches from the Left Field
The US-born rapper's at once expert and offhanded rhymes exude the kind of charm that has made Mattic a notable artist in his adopted home of France.
Locked and Loaded: Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud Discuss Their Classic 1988 Hip-Hop Debut
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud’s Girls I Got ‘Em Locked exuded the right amount of urban flair, boyishly sly humour, and club appeal in 1988.
Porter’s Head: Rapper Porter Ray on His Latest Hip-Hop Opus, ‘Eye of the Beholder’
Bridging disparate influences like Portishead and Das EFX in his multifarious hip-hop, Porter Ray waxes poetically about the troubles in own his life and in the world around him in this interview.
Paved with Good Inventions: Norway’s Anja Garbarek on Her Journey Back to Music with ‘The Road Is Just a Surface’
Just beneath Anja Garbarek's deceptively cool and composed music are the raucous emotions of a fevered storyteller, trying desperately to impart an often startling and vicious truth.
‘The Blurry Years’ Captures the Intricacies and Nuances of Adolescent Girls
Eleanor Kriseman gets good mileage out of her protagonist, who runs the gamut of trying experiences and emotions in The Blurry Years.