Music

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

Hereditary Venom: On Nicholas Britell’s “Succession: Season 4” Soundtrack
Ali Royals reviews Nicholas Britell’s “Succession: Season 4” soundtrack.
Ali RoyalsJul 2, 2023
- Music
- Television
Quantum Mechanics: On McKenzie Wark’s “Raving”
Vivian Medithi reviews McKenzie Wark’s “Raving.”
Vivian MedithiJun 29, 2023
Someone Always Takes Me Home: On Howard Fishman’s “To Anyone Who Ever Asks”
Chris Molnar reviews Howard Fishman’s “To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse.”
Chris MolnarJun 21, 2023
- Biography & Autobiography
- Music
How Much Faith Is Left?: On Warren Zanes’s “Deliver Me from Nowhere”
Tim Riley reviews Warren Zanes’s “Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska.’”
Tim RileyJun 9, 2023
Greater than Man’s Technology: On DeForrest Brown Jr.’s “Assembling a Black Counter Culture”
Nicholas Nauman reviews DeForrest Brown Jr.’s “Assembling a Black Counter Culture.”
Nicholas NaumanApr 4, 2023
- Music
Reconsidering the Ordinary: On Andrew Simon’s “Media of the Masses”
Marc Masters reviews Andrew Simon’s “Media of the Masses: Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt.”
Marc MastersApr 3, 2023
- Music
Los Angeles Is Burning: Ian Winwood on Rock Music in L.A.
Ian Winwood writes about covering the music industry in Los Angeles.
Ian WinwoodMar 3, 2023
- Music
These Creatures: On Cosey Fanni Tutti’s “Re-Sisters”
Arielle Gordon reviews Cosey Fanni Tutti’s “Re-Sisters: The Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe & Cosey Fanni Tutti.”
Arielle GordonFeb 20, 2023
- Music
BTS: Permission to Desire
Rani Neutill discusses the euphoric affect of BTS for Gen-X women.
Rani NeutillFeb 17, 2023
- Gender & Sexuality
- Music
Love Labor: On Touring as an Independent Musician
Eli Winter details the material and psychological quirks of touring as an independent musician.
Eli WinterFeb 13, 2023
- Music
The Band’s Massive Weight: On Martin Scorsese’s “The Last Waltz” and Jeff Sellars and Kevin C. Neece’s “Rags and Bones”
Ethan Warren reviews “Rags and Bones: An Exploration of the Band” and Criterion’s remaster of Martin Scorsese’s “The Last Waltz.”
Ethan WarrenJan 31, 2023
- Music
Good Evening, We Are from Ukraine: The Subversive Radicalism of a Viral Wartime Slogan
Maria Sonevytsky explores how a simple phrase became a slogan invoked by Ukrainian politicians, soldiers, intellectuals, and keyboard warriors.
Maria SonevytskyJan 17, 2023