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.
Beyond Structures Clockenflap 2023 Day 2: Atarashii Gakko!, Omnipotent Youth Society and more By Khee Hoon Chan • January 30th, 2024 After grabbing an exorbitant hotdog from the festival grounds, which I paid around USD25 for, I continued on to some of the day two acts.
Noise Complaint Age, Angst, and Paint It Black By Ben Sailer • January 26th, 2024 On their latest album Famine, long-running hardcore punk band Paint It Black prove that righteous anger has no age limit.
Beyond Structures Clockenflap 2023 Day 1: Uchu Yurei, Wang Wen, Envy, Yoasobi By Khee Hoon Chan • January 22nd, 2024 Clockenflap 2023 was three beautiful days long, and here are the highlights of the festival’s opening day.
Noah's Beat Box Hip Hop at Fifty By Noah Springer • January 9th, 2024 After stepping back from the contemporary, Noah reflects a bit more on the different eras of hip hop and what they mean to him.
