Category: Music

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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Beyonce Ever After

From the opening scene of, Life is But a Dream, it’s clear why The Washington Post criticized the documentary for having “no linear narrative…like a hallucinatory advertisement for success.” The recurring interview with Beyoncé takes place in an unnaturally well-lit … Read More

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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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There’s a Woman by the River: The Delta Blues with Lala Craig

“When she sings, her voice batters the crowd like baseball-sized hail. No one is safe.”

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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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The Somewhat Sterile Projectors

Reviewing the Dirty Projectors’ newest.

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Born to Jog

The world’s longest-running tribute band and how they are.

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Despite Everything

“I had resorted to music to help deal with the hopeless
passivity I had subconsciously nurtured, so it was music that shook me awake.”

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My Strange Addiction: How I Converted Myself into a Billie Eilish Fan

The personal history of a new fan.

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WPRB Top 30 Charts

1. Toro y Moi
Anything in Return
Carpark

2. Bibi Tanga and the Selenites
40 Degrees of Sunshine
Nat Geo

3. Paint Fumes
Uck Life
Slovenly

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“Like we’re just as young as we used to be”: The Maturation of Taylor Goldsmith

A profile of the lead singer and songwriter of Dawes in anticipation of their album coming out October 2nd.

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Grandkid Cudi

The following is a blow-by-blow of my impressions of the songs on the album, with some comments from my step-grandmother, who admits that she is a Kid Cudi neophyte.

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