I’ve been a follower of Damon Albarn for years. Tracked his work with Blur, which, as many agree, is pretty tremendous; he was a major force behind the sound of the film Ravenous, which is consistently at the head of my favorite film scores, and has really devoted his life to all around stretching boundaries […]
[Continued from Part 1] JH: Well, what did you want to talk about with Mexican Blue? GT: I’ve been trying to figure out this album of yours for years. JH: Whoa, what have you been trying to figure out? GT: I’ve been trying to figure out why it has just wrapped around me. It feels […]
The Vivian Maier exhibit at the Chicago History Museum, titled Vivian Maier’s Chicago, is contained in one gallery space, which feels small and restrained considering her stunning and extensive talent, her simple yet mysterious life, and the fact that her work was virtually unknown until it was discovered after her death. Though Vivian went viral in […]
Jolie Holland has a new record called Wine Dark Sea. Due for release some time next year, it’s sort of a return, but in the same it’s a continued expansion of an ever-widening grip on the varied elements of music that make up her universe. I spoke with her a week before going into the […]
1. Jam of the summer “Get Lucky” gets a very Daft Punk-y interstellar reimagining with this cover, where segments of the song are inspired by past and future decades of popular music. – – – 2. The most powerful woman in American politics has joined Twitter. Notice that she’s not following Barack Obama. We smell […]
