A Duet of Anime and Jazz: An Interview with Director Yuzuru Tachikawa By Autumn Wright • May 21st, 2024 “My intent was to especially treat live performances like what would be done for an anime action scene.”
Noah's Beat Box Post-Truth Beef By Noah Springer • May 21st, 2024 This may become known as the first post-truth beef in hip hop.
Noah's Beat Box Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Vinyl 4LP Boxset By Noah Springer • April 10th, 2024 Of all the albums from the ’90s alternative rock scene, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is one of the most deserving for a deluxe treatment like this.
Don’t Hurt Girls When You Dance (Or Any Other Time) By Juno Stump • April 5th, 2024 We may never know for sure, but I think there’s a reason that so many trans women have been able to identify with Kurt Cobain’s joy, pain and suffering, so strongly.
Getting the Band Back Together: Players Orchestrating Worlds By Jonathan Fenn • March 13th, 2024 The reason bringing musicians together works so well as a gameplay trope, is that it capitalizes on connection and creativity at its core in a mechanically satisfying, and often narratively significant way.
Rookie of the Year Atomic City: U2 Go Nuclear at the Sphere By Matt Marrone • March 7th, 2024 If I lived in Las Vegas, I wouldn’t be writing this column at all, because I’d be at the show. Again. (And then again.)
Noise Complaint Militarie Gun Rings the Bell By Ben Sailer • February 27th, 2024 A punk song appearing in a Taco Bell commercial forces Ben to hit the drive-thru while reconsidering the gatekeeping attitude of his youth.
Feature Excerpt Made With Love: Anime Mashups and Their Creators By Justin Kim • February 23rd, 2024 They’re not just shitposts!
Noah's Beat Box Museum Piece By Noah Springer • February 15th, 2024 A pilgrimage to “The Culture: Hip Hop & Contemporary Art in the 21st Century” at the St. Louis Art Museum.
Beyond Structures Clockenflap 2023 Day 3: Running Youth, Otoboke Beaver, 9m88 and more By Khee Hoon Chan • February 9th, 2024 It’s day three of Clockenflap – and the final day of what is shaping up to be one of my favorite festival experiences.
