Music

"I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds." — Dizzy Gillespie

A Train, an Old Guy with a Banjo, a Chained Dog: On Jeff Silva and Vic Rawlings’s “Linefork”
Peter Trachtenberg reflects on the work of music and the music of work in “Linefork.”
Peter TrachtenbergNov 28, 2016
- Film
- Music
Black Night Falling: David Goodis on Central Avenue
Woody Haut shadows David Goodis down Central Avenue.
Woody HautNov 26, 2016
Callin’ from the Fun House: Jim Jarmusch’s “Gimme Danger”
Derek Nystrom on the The Stooges's relation to 1960s radicalism and their contribution to the queer genealogy of punk.
Derek NystromNov 25, 2016
- Film
- Music
How Rock and Roll Became White
Colin Vanderburg reviews Jack Hamilton’s “Just Around Midnight: Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination.”
Colin VanderburgNov 24, 2016
- Cultural Studies
- Music
Traveling Light: Farewell to Leonard Cohen
Anahid Nersessian pays tribute to the late Leonard Cohen.
Anahid NersessianNov 15, 2016
- Music
Tired of Waiting Around for the Trickle Down: The Politics of the Drive-By Truckers
Josh Schneiderman and Paul Fess on Drive-By Truckers and Southern Rock.
Josh Schneiderman, Paul FessNov 15, 2016
- Music
- Politics
Greil Marcus on Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize
Is it literature: who cares?
Jon WienerOct 22, 2016
- Literary Criticism
- Music
A Glitter-Run Through History: Simon Reynolds’s “Shock and Awe”
Chris O’Leary reviews Simon Reynolds’s “Shock and Awe: Glam Rock and Its Legacy, from the Seventies to the Twenty-First Century.”
Chris O’LearyOct 22, 2016
Seeing Flock of Dimes
Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner has released her first solo album, performing as Flock of Dimes.
Rachel MonroeOct 17, 2016
- Music
How Strange the Change: On David Hajdu’s History of American Pop Music
Dylan Hicks reviews David Hajdu’s “Love for Sale: Pop Music in America.”
Dylan HicksOct 16, 2016
- Music
Gem From A Broken Rock: Remembering Isaiah “Ikey” Owens (December 1, 1974–October 14, 2014)
José Vadi reflects on the legacy of legendary Long Beach musician and producer Isaiah “Ikey” Owens.
José VadiOct 3, 2016
- Music
Exploitation: The Sixth Stage of Grief
Emmett Rensin on Andrew Dominik's portrait of Nick Cave in "One More Time with Feeling."
Emmett RensinSep 30, 2016
- Film
- Music