Jim Jarmusch Schools Puny Humans On The Stooges
One of the most influential directors of all time launches his case study on one of the most most influential bands of all time.
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Cli-Fi: Nirvana’s Nevermind, 25 Years Green
It remains one of the strongest cornerstones of cli-fi
Pixies Return, Carrying Heads
Black Francis and crew have a new full-length effort out called Head Carrier.
(Re)Arise, Temple of the Dog!
An intersectional standout, a loud, rewarding, mournful snapshot of a galvanized period
Happy 50th Birthday, Revolver!
The Beatles’ ambitious classic clocks five revolutionary decade, as futuristic as ever.
Geek The Beatles: The Lennon Claypool Delirium Pops Bubbles
Sean Lennon has inherited his mother and father’s sense of art and agitation
Brett Netson’s Caustic Resin Justly Resurfaces
I’ve spoken a few times with the unorthodox guitar hero Brett Netson, so I’m pretty stoked
All Hail the Return of Autolux!
I’ve been writing about Autolux for years, and yet they always sound fresh to me
David Bowie Was a Gateway Drug
The Starman is immortalized by a few of the many he forever influenced
Geek The Beatles: LOVE’s Guitar Gently Weeps
The re-staging of George Harrison’s iconic Beatles song for the 10th anniversary of The Beatles LOVE by Cirque du Soleil.
DJ Shadow’s Mighty Mountain Will Fall
It is always worth mentioning new productions from one of the most prolific and influential DJs in history.
Ron Howard Geeks The Beatles
The director of Cocoon blossoms into a Fab Four aficionado.
Happy Birthday, Sir Paul McCartney!
Still taking a sad song and making it better.
PJ Harvey Portals to Afghanistan
We know there is tragedy but what we see is resilience.
I Will Stand 4 Prince. So Should You.
Who stood for art and beauty and sex and expression, long after public judgment?
Rest in Peace, Prince Among Aliens
If these thankfully human Aliens cannot bring us together, then Earth is without hope.
MorphToons: June 2015
I kicked off my first month as Cartoon Brew’s associate editor with an exclusive on the late, great John Lennon.
Geek The Beatles: John Lennon Sketchbook Makes Official Online Debut
“It was created from original drawings by John Lennon and a soundtrack that I also edited together, consisting of snatches of conversation between John and Yoko and song excerpts.”
Revolutionary Patience: An Interview With Vashti Bunyan
Bunyan’s long journey and hushed paeans to family are existential lessons wrapped in three sonic chapters.
DJ Shadow’s Future of Music
When last we spoke, DJ Shadow reminded me that the internet is not our savior. He might as well have added that saviors do not exist.
I’m Just An Ordinary Alien: An Interview With Sean Lennon
As the dust of the 20th century the Beatles dominated depixelates into memory, Lennon is quietly hacking their legacies to create lasting multimedia of his own.
Pixies: Feel Bad For People Starting Out Now
Pixies are still making great music, and I’m happy to still be listening and interviewing them about it.
All Hail Sharon Jones, Unstoppable Soul Sister!
Although soul sister Sharon Jones is continually referred to as a throwback to a funkier 20th century, she’s here, now, and still fighting to bring more humanity (and less autotune) to our increasingly digital music. And we’re all the better for it.
Life To The Pixies!
Unbowed, the Pixies’ reconstructed band, and brand, now soldiers ahead with street and market cred to spare.
Happy Anniversary, Surfer Rosa!
Ten years ago, I wrote this autobiographical bow-down when news of the tumultuous Pixies’ longshot reunion started to bubble up. I covered that subsequent momentous convergence for Salon and AlterNet, […]