Ben Lee: Ripe
Once upon a time there was “radio-friendly” rock—an ultra-accessible, hook-laden pop style that was almost guaranteed airplay... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsShout Out Louds: Our Ill Wills
Adam Olenius, frontman and primary songwriter of Sweden’s Shout Out Louds, sings with a lump in his throat the size of Robert Smith’s... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsFilm School: Hideout
Despite being perennially in flux, with songwriter/vocalist Greg Bertens seemingly recruiting a new set of members for every release, Film School manages to always sound the same... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsRobert Plant & Alison Krauss: Raising Sand
After the initial double take, it starts to make sense. Former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant showed an affinity for traditional American folksongs as far back as 1970... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsMaritime: Heresy And The Hotel Choir
After a stumbling start and encouraging recovery, Maritime has finally, authoritatively, hit its stride... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsEmbracing The Invisible
Lynn Blodgett, a college dropout who runs a Fortune 500 IT company, sees the invisible—and photographs them. His remarkable portraits of the homeless will be the look and feel of a November national public-awareness campaign to aid the unsheltered... read more
Found in: Culture, FeaturesOnly in America
I was standing backstage at a recent festival in The Netherlands when a fellow from the former East Germany approached me with a couple of his Dutch friends. He booked a music festival in Germany and was wondering if my band, Over the Rhine, might be interested in making an appearance in 2008... read more
Found in: Music, Featuresthe everybodyfields: Nothing Is Okay
This Johnson City, Tenn., duo has finally grazed upon some of its own old bones, rummaging through the dark closet of the South... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsAntonio Monda
Italian cultural critic Antonio Monda is an unapologetic believer... read more
Found in: Books, ReviewsG. Willow Wilson with art by M.K. Perker
The first graphic novel by journalist G. Willow Wilson, Cairo is an irreverent... read more
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