music essay

The former bassist remembers his time on the road on the eve of the Philly band’s final shows.

Meredith Hobbs Coons (Lamb’s Ear) on community-building, accessibility, and the end of her livestream series.

Sinéad O’Brien questions our reliability as storytellers in a digital world.

On Amerykahn Promise Pt.1 (Fourth World War) and Barbarism.

Spring Silver goes to bat for the record 16 years later.

Caleb Nichols on queering the Beatles.

Benedict Kupstas (Field Guides) on birdwatching, art, and humility.

On what it was like to be a “college rock” band on the verge in 1990.

The experimental artist meditates on the legend, syllable-by-syllable.

Remembering the band, 25 years after its untimely end.

Leyla McCalla on the academic origin of her new record, Breaking the Thermometer, inspired by Haiti’s rebel radio.

Al Spx on relearning how to care for herself and her career after being misdiagnosed as schizophrenic.