The Black Crowes Soar Again
“The Black Crowes are a work in progress,” Chris Robinson tells me in a virtual interview from Los Angeles, where he’s lived since 2015 when the Black Crowes “officially” broke…
Tumbling Dice
Scattered across the New York City subway system, strewn between its millions of comers and goers, are thousands of long-term loiters, perpetual itinerants, and permanent subterranean residents. Of these, many…
Blue Note Jazz Club Expanding To Los Angeles
The legendary Blue Note Jazz Club, which already has nine different locations around the world including its flagship downtown New York venue, will expand to Los Angeles in March. The…
Reznor, Dessner, Kneecap: Oscar Song, Score Shortlists Revealed
The shortlists are out for the Original Score and Original Song Oscars, and they’re packed with familiar names from the world of rock. Chief among them are Trent Reznor and…
New Pavement Song Earmarked For Film Soundtrack
Pavement‘s first new song since 1998 will apparently see the light of day on the soundtrack from an upcoming film about the band, Pavements. Group member Scott Kannberg let the…
‘You Are Safe Here, You Are Seen, and I Love Ya’: Billie Eilish Hits L.A. Hard and Soft
It’s one thing to inspire an audience to scream. It’s another to make them sit silently. But that’s what Billie Eilish did on Sunday night, December 15th, as she asked…
Song of the Year: Fontaines D.C.’s ‘Starburster’
We can all agree that 2024 beat the shit out of us. We’ve been bloodied and bandaged and bloodied again. Yet here we are, still standing, ready to fight against…
Haiku by Sheila Chandra
Magazines, like people, need a quiet place. Hence here—amidst the hurlyburly, the din, the ruckus, the primping—we open for you a small garden in which to pause. As readers of…
The Worst Films of 2024
In her brief tenure as the chief film critic for The New York Times from 1968 to 1969, Renata Adler carved out a memorable blip in the annals of criticism.…
SZA’s Long-In-The-Works ‘Lana’ Due On Friday
After a few false starts, SZA‘s long-in-the-works album Lana appears to be emerging Friday (Dec. 20). The project, a deluxe extension of her smash hit sophomore album SOS, will be…