Dystopian Listening Party Podcast: Memorial Day, 2016-2017
Well, here we are: for the second consecutive year, we're turning Memorial Day weekend into a time of remembrance for the many great artists we lost since last May. But because this...
Jheri Curl June: Scritti Politti’s “Boom! There She Was”
The last post of Jheri Curl June is always a bittersweet one to write. On the one hand, there's the satisfaction of knowing we have another solid month's worth of...
Dystopian Listening Party Podcast: Memorial Day, 2015-2016
With every passing week, 2016 feels more and more like a never-ending, real-life Grammy Awards tribute montage. We couldn't even go the six days between recording and posting the podcast without...
Dystopian Listening Party Podcast: The Gospel According to Rock ‘n’ Roll
In American popular music, there's always been a fine line between the sacred and the secular. On this episode of the Dystopian Dance Party podcast, we talk about a few...
From the Vault: Eagles of Death Metal, 1998-2006-
Editor's Note: Early this month, I considered commemorating the recent release of Zipper Down, the latest album by the Eagles of Death Metal, by posting this review and interview I wrote in 2006,...
From the Vault: Kanye West’s Late Registration
Editor's Note: It's been a minute since the last time I posted some old shit, and boy do I have some old shit for you today. I've spent the last week...