Silence Has a Sound: The Unempty Quiet in ‘Sound of Metal’
If punk is for those who reject mainstream culture, then in the music film Sound of Metal, nothing is more punk than radical deaf acceptance.
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The 15 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2020
In a year beset by the most horrid and unusual circumstances, leave it to the hip-hop community to challenge our beliefs and voice our activism. The best records of the year served as rallying cries and made us reconsider the very genre itself.
‘The Sisters Brothers’ Blazes a Brilliant — if Twisted — Trail
Jacques Audiard's revisionist Western shines thanks to moral quandaries and John C. Reilly's performance.
Swet Shop Boys: Sufi La EP
Swet Shop Boys’ new EP Sufi LA is a showcase for MC Himanshu Suri and is altogether stronger than their debut Cashmere.
Swet Shop Boys: Cashmere
Cashmere is a transatlantic hip-hop album that challenges representation of South Asian people in pop culture.