In his latest work, (Third Study for) Swedge of Heaven (2020), multi-disciplinary artist Richard Forbes-Hamilton presents us with the precise image of his beat: a digitally animated individual with an oversized yellow whistle for a head – complete with a stoic ‘have a nice day’ smiley for a face – arrhythmically pounding on a drum with glow sticks.
On Physicality and Proximity or How “Live/Online” Shows Set the Screen for a New Club Culture
“Whether through imperfection, glitches, or plurality, club culture did not die in 2020. No hierarchy intended, with this list I want to highlight some of the most powerful live/online performances.”
Listening After 5 Years
Around the end of 2015, Alex Tripp had the idea to start keeping track of the music he’d heard.
Dogme Year Zero: Microphones in 2020
by Ruairí McCann Knowing no one understands these songs,I try to sing them clearer.Even though no one has ever asked:”What does Mount Eerie mean?”I have tried to repeatedly […]
2020 in Music
Between the week-long disassociating spells and doom scrolling through the slow moving apocalypse, these albums acted as an anchor.
Committed Distancing: On Car Seat Headrest’s ‘Making a Door Less Open’ and Drake’s ‘Dark Lane Demo Tapes’
Bitching about fame is commonplace in popular music, and bitching about a musician’s bitching is just as recurrent a talking point as well.
“Lil Uzi Vert, to Be Exact”: On Eternal Atake/Lil Uzi Vs. The World 2
If anyone were to ask you for either a time capsule of rap music in 2016, or an embryonic example of the seedlings of what’s become one of hip-hop’s equally richest and bewildering creative eras yet, you’d simply have to present them the 2016 XXL Freshman Cypher…
Women’s Day: “Mom, I failed, I’m coming home” – On music, loneliness, immigration, and Mitski
Žarko Urošević walks us through the perfect encapsulations of struggle, fear, failings, and humanity that make up the music of Mitski.
Album Review: ‘Circles’ by Mac Miller
When it comes to reevaluating posthumous releases from recently passed rappers these past few years, it’s been best to cede a little more slack than usual to the overall integrity of such projects, given the ever-growing porousness of release guidelines.