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Noteworthy Hip Hop

Rediscovering 24-Carat Black

By Noah Springer • December 22nd, 2020

Noah talks to Zach Schonfeld about his new book on the overlooked legacy of funk and soul band 24-Carat Black.

No Prayer for the Dying, Side B

By Ed Coleman and Stu Horvath • December 18th, 2020

Don’t pray for us, we’re already dead.

No Prayer for the Dying, Side A

By Ed Coleman and Stu Horvath • December 11th, 2020

For an Iron Maiden podcast, this one sure talks a lot about the Rolling Stones…

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, Side B

By Stu Horvath and Ed Coleman • December 4th, 2020

Is Seventh Son of a Seventh Son the best Iron Maiden album ever? Can it possibly trump Powerslave? Can Ed’s marriage survive his wife’s ambivalence towards Iron Maiden? The suspense is surely killing you, so listen now!

Casting Deep Meteo
The cover for Jeremy Enigk's alsbum Ghosts, which shows a series of uneven white lines.

Searing and Soaring with Jeremy Enigk

By Levi Rubeck • December 2nd, 2020

Ghosts captures an experienced sense of hope that blooms straight off of How It Feels.

Exploits

2010 – 2019

By Stu Horvath • December 1st, 2020

Do not party like it’s 2019. Wear masks. Be socially distant. Stay home.

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, Side A

By Ed Coleman and Stu Horvath • November 27th, 2020

We’ve reached the promised land: the best Iron Maiden album of all time!

The Beat Box

Noteworthy Hip Hop – November 2020

By Noah Springer • November 27th, 2020

Fresh hip hop for you!

Feature Excerpt

Keep Calm with a Cup of Coffee

By Katiee McKinstry • November 24th, 2020

Katiee McKinstry chats with developer Andrew Jeremy about the joys of chilling out in coffee shops.

Somewhere in Time, Side B

By Ed Coleman and Stu Horvath • November 20th, 2020

At least this album ends on a good note.

Somewhere in Time, Side A

By Ed Coleman and Stu Horvath • November 13th, 2020

The show moves on to cover Somewhere in Time, because that is the next album chronologically!

Powerslave, Side B

By Stu Horvath and Ed Coleman • November 6th, 2020

Always be nice to albatrosses!

Another Look

Sing It Out

By Yussef Cole • October 30th, 2020

Lovers Rock, one of the films in Steve McQueen’s brilliant new “Small Axe” anthology about the UK’s West Indian community from the 1960s through the 1980s, is full of a palpable and irresistible energy.

Powerslave, Side A

By Ed Coleman and Stu Horvath • October 30th, 2020

Don’t look now, but there are only two minutes to midnight!

World Tour

Indonesia

By Oluwatayo Adewole • October 23rd, 2020

That’s why Gone With the Wind is/was revered and why we’re inundated with period pieces that refuse to meaningfully interrogate the class/colonial violence that this splendor is built upon.

Piece of Mind, Side B

By Ed Coleman and Stu Horvath • October 23rd, 2020

From the band’s classic, “The Trooper,” to the bonkers lyrics of “Quest for Fire,” to the book report about Dune that is “To Tame a Land,” this album side is all killer, no filler.

The Beat Box

Noteworthy Hip Hop – October 2020

By Noah Springer • October 21st, 2020

Last year, I was overwhelmed by all the quality drops over the full season, and this year, September 25 seemed to mark the beginning of the season with an amazing selection of releases I just can’t do justice.

Piece of Mind, Side A

By Stu Horvath and Ed Coleman • October 16th, 2020

Eddie gets a lobotomy, Icarus gets torched and Iron Maiden sees their best response in the US so far.

The Number of the Beast, Side A

By Ed Coleman and Stu Horvath • October 2nd, 2020

Six! Six six! The number of the beast!

Killers, Side B

By Ed Coleman and Stu Horvath • September 25th, 2020

KILLER! BEHIND YOU! *wiggedy-wiggedy-wiggedy-wiggedy-wiggedy-woooooo*

The Beat Box

Noteworthy Hip Hop – September 2020

By Noah Springer • September 23rd, 2020

In honor of the new old Tony Hawk game, we’ve got hip hop to grind to.

Killers, Side A

By Ed Coleman and Stu Horvath • September 20th, 2020

Stu and Ed discuss Side A of Iron Maiden’s second studio album, Killers!

Maiden Voyage

By Stu Horvath and Ed Coleman • September 12th, 2020

Welcome to the launch of the Maiden Voyage, a podcast about every single Iron Maiden album!

World Tour

England

By Oluwatayo Adewole • September 4th, 2020

Oluwatayo starts his tour on his home turf of England with the film Bait and the latest album from Charmpit.

Revving the Engine

No Straight Roads: Rock Will Never Die

By Stu Horvath • September 1st, 2020

Unwinnable chats with co-founder Daim Dziauddin about Metronomik’s new, rockin’ adventure: No Straight Roads.

The Beat Box

Noteworthy Hip Hop – August 2020

By Noah Springer • September 1st, 2020

“We’re still in quarantine, and I’m still listening to beats and rhymes.”

Feature Excerpt

Talkin’ ‘Bout Bugsnax

By Melissa King • August 28th, 2020

A look at how Kero Kero Bonito came up with gaming’s happiest bop of the summer.

Sound Cycles – The Re-Re-Invention Of JRPG Soundtracks

By Michael Weber • August 24th, 2020

“We have to make even further developments from here on, but I would like to strive for the mix of “haphazardness” and “inevitability.”

The Beat Box

Noteworthy Hip Hop – July 2020

By Noah Springer • August 7th, 2020

These are some revolutionary times we’re living in, so this month, Noahs dives into a few albums that match that vibe.

Casting Deep Meteo

No Home for Petals

By Levi Rubeck • August 6th, 2020

“Given the trajectory we’re on, perhaps it’s too soon for 2020 comeback stories. And yet I’m charged by the germination of long-term plans of cosmic revival, hopefully to flower as soon as possible.”

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.

An image of Donald Glover from the This Is America music video, hands outstretched as if holding a gun.

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.

The Usurper

Noteworthy Metal – February 2020

By Astrid Budgor • March 6th, 2020

New year, new metal.

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