Benjamin John Power wants to remind you, in visceral detail,…
Music Reviews
Pop Etc.: Covers Collection
Covers Collection consists of self-indulgent acoustic covers that barely rise…
Fairuz: Wahdon
It’s clear that this reissue of Wahdon is marketed to…
Film Reviews
Tigers Are Not Afraid
Tigers Are Not Afraid is equal parts fantastical and gut-wrenching.
Cold Case Hammarskjöld
Cold Case Hammarskjöld plumbs the place where accepted factual record and conspiracy theories commingle.
Music Features
Best Band Ever: The Mountain Goats
Part of what makes the Mountain Goats the best band ever is the depth of material, which lends itself to various circles of obsession on par with the…
Concert Review: Weyes Blood
Mering has become bolder as a performer, her songs emotionally full-throated.
Film Features
Holy Hell! Girl, Interrupted Turns 20
For a film that marks itself so clearly as being rooted in a specific worldwide moment in time, it also ushers to the surface many insecurities and anxieties…
Revisit: Do the Right Thing
Do the Right Thing saw a filmmaker at the extreme apex of his abilities, one who transformed his affectations into style and his opinions into public debate.
Books
Social Creature: by Tara Isabella Burton
A glitzy, frenetic look at New York’s social elite and the toxic friendship that throttles its protagonist into the throes of everything she’s wanted, for a heady price.
Skeleton Keys: by Brian Switek
A lovingly crafted biography, of sorts, of bone.
Lists
Great Album, Forgotten Song
Even the classic albums have forgotten songs. We right those wrongs.
The Ten Best Debut Albums of the 2010s
These are the best debut records of the 2010s.