Category: Music

Phallus Palace

Examining Die Antwoord’s new video “Evil Boy,” it seems more meaningful and efficient to list all the _non-phallic_ imagery:

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Phoenix Falling

I am not entirely sure that Kanye West knows how a phoenix works. He does, however, know how to make a gorgeous, self-indulgent, gorgeously self-indulgent piece of art.

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“Well, Daring, I Can’t Go—”

Joanna Newsom must be the most enigmatically fascinating figure in indie music today. Though she’s shrouded in a barely-tangible sense of cultured innocence—her closeness with her astrophysicist and musician siblings, her compositions and lyricism refined by academia yet bejeweled with … Read More

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Is Andy Samberg Beethoven?

Whenever people ask me, “What do Andy Samberg and Beethoven have in common?” I usually point to the obvious: “They both have big hair” or, “they both lived in different centuries.” The comedian and the composer both sport unwieldy manes … Read More

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The Desperation of a 2010’s Star

Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber enter a new decade.

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“There’s this rich guy, he wants to be famous”

Close your eyes. Are they closed? No, good point, I guess you’ll need to keep them open to read the Powerpoint. Okay, close them when you can, and otherwise close your inner eye, or eyes. The number of inner eyes … Read More

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Hallucinogen-ic

R&B is experiencing a renaissance.

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Sounding Off: John Bischoff’s Music is Just Noise

A writer searches for meaning in John Bischoff and James Fei’s recent sound performance.

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Morgan Wallen’s Canceled Empire

A Nass writer considers the popularity and cancellation of country star Morgan Wallen.

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Too Soon

A review of Bon Iver’s 22, A Million.

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The G.O.O.D KIDD

Lord forgive me things I don’t understand. I don’t get Kendrick Lamar. I like to pretend I do. I guess what I don’t understand is my relationship with his music, and what I imagine is his relationship with me as his listener, and, most importantly, his relationship with himself.

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A Tribute to Lou

On November 8, Titus Andronicus, a New Jersey punk band, finished their set at Terminal 5 opening for Lucero with a cover of the Velvet Underground’s “Sister Ray” as a tribute to the late and great Lou Reed.

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