Truth Cult’s Sermon of Swagger By Levi Rubeck • June 18th, 2020 If the first song from Off Fire doesn’t sway you, well, there ain’t much else to bring you aboard. But for those open to receive their chained melodies and swirling dialogues, Truth Cult stands and delivers.
The Beat Box Music for the Revolution By Noah Springer • June 18th, 2020 Noah highlights some new hip hop albums well suited for our moment in history.
The Sound of Protest (And What Happens if TikTok Disables it) By Amanda Hudgins • June 4th, 2020 We lose a lot in silence. TikTok’s preferred method of dealing with copyright violations is to simply remove the offending audio altogether, leaving the video behind as a kind of digital tombstone.
The Beat Box Noteworthy Hip Hop – April 2020 By Noah Springer • May 8th, 2020 Noah finds a bit of normalcy in hip hop when that quarantine paranoia begins to set in.
Feature Excerpt In the Suburbs I: Stardew Valley and Arcade Fire By Alyssa Hatmaker • May 4th, 2020 No matter what artists might be trying to convey in their music, we inevitably tailor their message to fit ourselves.
Musings Code Orange and the New Reality By Blake Hester • April 10th, 2020 Code Orange’s newest album feels like the group’s most cohesive product to date.
The Beat Box Noteworthy Hip Hop – March 2020 By Noah Springer • April 8th, 2020 Noah celebrates this column’s one-year anniversary with some great new albums.
Exploits Feature Modernism and Auto-Tune By Noah Springer • March 20th, 2020 “I see auto-tune playing the same role in hip hop in the last two decades as photography played in art in the 19th and early 20th century.”
Musings Rock is Dead. Long Live the Dirty Nil. By Blake Hester • March 12th, 2020 The Dirty Nil, in just one 39 minute album, is more intelligent, interesting and fun than most classic rock out there.
