‘The Voices’ Gets to the Very Essence of the American Nightmare
Disturbing, funny, alluring and repulsive in a uniquely American way that no one likes to admit, The Voices should trouble you.
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A Wheel Inside a Wheel: Gillian Welch’s ‘Time (The Revelator)’
Time (The Revelator) conjures a hazy post-millennial American dream of disappointment and ambition that's disturbed by what it sees and hears.
I Was Young When I Left Home: How Kurt Cobain’s Voice Resonates
There are times when you hear Kurt Cobain sing that you believe no other voice has ever told the truth about suffering. But it's more complicated than that, isn't it?
Who Does Lydia Loveless Think She Is?
With the release of her two new records, Lydia Loveless watches you watching her. Maybe you should listen, instead.
What Will We Become? R.E.M.’s “Driver 8”
In 2008 Michael Stipe introduced "Driver 8" as "a song that represents the dream of the United States of America and what it may become in the next three days." What did he mean, and has that dream come true?