Sean Nelson Archives

Talkhouse Film Contributors Remember Lynn Shelton

By Filmmakers | May 18, 2020

Megan Griffiths, Joshua Leonard, Noël Wells and more pay tribute to the great writer-director, who tragically passed away on Friday aged 54.

By Sean Nelson | December 23, 2014

Having spent the better (obviously the wrong word) part of my listening life in a thralldom to both severe depression and the saddest music I can...

By Sean Nelson | November 18, 2014

On an album that’s far better overheard than scrutinized, the iconic art-rocker proves he still has art to make.

By Sean Nelson | August 31, 2013

It's hard not to marvel at the differences and similarities between the Paul McCartney who leads Wings through the paces of the 1976 concert...

By Sean Nelson | August 10, 2013

A funny notion occurred to me at the recent Sasquatch! Festival. As I squeezed among the teeming horde up on its tiptoes in the hopes of catching...

By Sean Nelson | June 7, 2013

Even though it’s kind of lazy and wishful to seize on an opening line to confer an overarching thematic intention on an album, it’s hard not to be...