April 2017

DIAMANDA GALÁS: IN TUNE WITH DEATH

With an operatic vocal range of three octaves—some say four, it’s a big mystery— Diamanda Galás’ music praises love and honor through the realization of death’s...

Nathan Tucker

May 2016

Reviews, May 2016

MUSIC ALL PEOPLE S/T (COMMUNITY) All People’s second, eponymous album is an eclectic half hour of guitar-heavy post-punk entwined with introspective lyrics, horns, and...

Ben DL, Brooke Schueller, Corey Cruse, Dan McCoy, Egan, Kelly McClure, Maeve Holler, Nathan Tucker

March 2016

Reviews, March 2016

Books BOB MEHR TROUBLE BOYS: THE TRUE STORY OF THE REPLACEMENTS (DACAPO PRESS) There’s an expression—”don’t sit too close at the ballet”—that’s sometimes used to...

Andrew Mullins III, Ben DL, Brooke Schueller, Dan McCoy, Kelly McClure, Leigh Checkman, Nathan Tucker

February 2016

Reviews, February 2016

Art CUBS THE POET RE-READ MSANIART GALLERY In a city that celebrates pageantry and performance, how do we experience the written word? Cubs the Poet, a constantly clacking fixture...

Andrew Mullins III, Bill Heintz, Brooke Schueller, Dan McCoy, Jenn Attaway, Joey Laura, Kelly McClure, Nathan Tucker

January 2016

Reviews, January 2016

ADELE 25 (XL) Look, I get it. I’m being played. I’m being pandered to. I am fully aware of it. But I also don’t give a shit. I’m all in on this one: Adele is a magical...

Alex Taylor, Dan Fox, Dan McCoy, Erin Hall, Jenn Attaway, Joey Laura, Kelly McClure, Kevin Comarda, Leigh Checkman, Nathan Tucker

December 2015

Ritual Killer: Parting the Veil

Ritual Killer is one of those bands I thought I’d never see live. They were always an ominous whisper among the underground scene as a band that was somehow a relic,yet...

Nathan Tucker

December 2015

Reviews, December 2015

ADULTS THIS IS OUR YEAR (THIS IS HURRY UP AND WAIT) I have to channel my inner Bryan Funck because I was hoping he’d review this record but dude is so “busy” these days,...

Bryan Funck, Dan Fox, Kelly McClure, Leigh Checkman, Michael Bateman, Nathan Tucker

November 2015

Reviews, November 2015

Books   KRISTIN HERSH DON’T SUCK, DON’T DIE: GIVING UP VIC CHESNUTT (UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS) In the mid-1990s, Throwing Muses’ founder Kristin Hersh embarked on what...

Alex Taylor, Carl Elvers, Kelly McClure, Leigh Checkman, Nathan Tucker, Robert Landry