In a rare series of candid interviews in 1971, the young and — at the time, virtually unknown — New York rock-poet Patti Smith discussed her bittersweet love affair with the Big Apple and the impressions it continues to make on…
Interview: Lion Composers Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka
At this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, first time feature-film director Garth Davis, who’s earned his stripes for his work on the BBC miniseries Top of the Lake, brought us the world premiere of his now hotly-anticipated and critically-acclaimed…
From the Record Crate: The Decemberists – “The Crane Wife” (2006)
Fresh off the success of 2005’s Picaresque, The Decemberists had gone on to release their fourth studio record, The Crane Wife, under the bright lights of a major label. After years of gleefully busking their tunes with indie labels, Hush and Kill…
Album Review: Devendra Banhart – “Ape in Pink Marble”
Just a few days after dropping his latest album Ape in Pink Marble, Devendra Banhart released the video for the album’s second single “Saturday Night”, featuring the folk poet softly singing and two-stepping on the dance floor of some dingy dive…
Interview: Elliott Wheeler (Composer/Executive Music Producer of “The Get Down”)
Somewhere amidst the rubble fields, graffiti-marked trainyards, and disco clubs, was once the flyest, best kept secret of the entire Bronx during that late 70s era of bell-bottoms and punk. The Get Down, at least how it’s fictionally-depicted in Netflix’s latest…
TV Review: Atlanta 1×03 “Go for Broke”
Staying alive is its own kind of hustle, especially when it comes down to the lives of Alfred, Earn and Darius in the third episode of Atlanta, “Go For Broke.” Each have something to lose. For Earn, it’s his sense…
From the Record Crate: Jay-Z – “The Blueprint”
The summer of 2001 was Jay-Z’s make-it-or-break-it moment. His penchant for escalating tensions and engaging in endless lyrical boxing matches with the likes of Jadakiss, Prodigy, and Nas had eventually led him to become one of the most publicly-dissed rappers…
