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The Best Indie Pop of 2018

The Best Indie Pop of 2018

What's here, on our 13th annual attempt to showcase and define indie pop, through celebration and exclusion, are brand-new acts, fairly new acts, and a longtime favorite or two.

You Don’t Have to Be Dissident: Stephen Coates on Late Russian Composer Mikael Tariverdiev

You Don’t Have to Be Dissident: Stephen Coates on Late Russian Composer Mikael Tariverdiev

This is the story of how a British musician stumbled upon one of the most prolific Russian composers of the last century and became determined to bring his music to a new audience.

A Space for the Boys: Considering the Gendered Quality of Arcade Culture

‘Lord of the Flies’ Still Reigns

Big Games and Little Boys

The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden