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The Hardcore Tribalism of Turnstile

Time & Space is a hopeful uproar in a nihilistic medium—and it's not for everyone.

February 27, 2018

David Duchovny Rocks

Fox Mulder is crushing the dad-jam scene.

February 15, 2018

Man of the Woods Is Misguided Red-State Kitsch

Justin Timberlake seems to have free-associated most of these songs while flipping through an L.L. Bean mailer.

February 12, 2018

Tune-Yards Is Addressing What It Is to Be a “Colonizer”

I can feel you creep into my private life grapples with the inherent racism of whiteness.

January 30, 2018

Porches’ The House Feels Like Home

Listen to it while you shower, dance to it in the mirror, melt into it while melting into your extra-large puffer jacket on the E train.

January 22, 2018

Songs of Experience Tells the Same Old U2 Stories

We don’t need any more broad, generalized ideas about how to make our declining world a better place.

January 22, 2018

Circuit des Yeux’s Magical, Spiritual Progress

Each song on Reaching for Indigo is its own little self-contained movie.

January 18, 2018

Rubba Band Business as Usual

Thoughts on the classic Juicy J flow—and sometimes tired politics—on the rapper's new record.

January 11, 2018

Let’s Hope So: On Truth, Bias, and Lost Horizons

Jen Goma moderates a heated discussion about Ojalá.

December 6, 2017

Unearthing a Lost Classic: Sam Smith’s The Thrill Of It All

Recounting the history of the outsider artist's cult classic album upon its reissue.

November 20, 2017

The Red Pill Blues Blues

Chastity Belt's Julia Shapiro listens to the new Maroon 5 album while installing insulating plastic over all her windows.

November 10, 2017

Watch Me Unravel: Weezer, Youth, and Pop Songwriting

Listening to Pacific Daydream and ruminating about aging.

October 31, 2017