September 2023 Issue

Agriculture's Self-Titled Record Is Ablaze with Joyous Noise

PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2023

Black metal has a reputation for being a somewhat gloomy and melancholic affair, and a quick glance at the genre's sordid history illustrat...

A Jumble of Storylines Comes 'Full Circle' for Riveting Payoff

Directed by Steven Soderbergh

PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2023

Even when there is radio silence for months on end, we can always assume Steven Soderbergh is working on a new project. His most recent fil...

Call Him Maybe: Jonathan Simkin Celebrates 20 Years of 604 Records and Becoming "Godfathers of a Neo-Grunge Movement"

PUBLISHED Jul 13, 2023

Look at this photograph: it's Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger with his lawyer, Jonathan Simkin. And while that shot was snapped many years...

Haviah Mighty Ranks Her 5 Best Songs

PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2023

For the last few years, it has felt like barely a month goes by without Haviah Mighty spitting fire. She's been on an irrepressible streak...

The Heady 'Rajan' Finds Night Beats at His Most Precise and Mature

PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2023

Danny Lee Blackwell works well in mystery. Over the past fourteen years, Night Beats has been his creative outlet for outlaw music with a b...

Little Dragon Put Themselves First on 'Slugs of Love'

PUBLISHED Jul 6, 2023

In a statement released along with the album announcement back in May, Little Dragon called Slugs of Love their "masterpiece." While master...

The Alchemist Rises Above the Rest on 'Flying High'

PUBLISHED Jul 4, 2023

The Alchemist has been a pillar in hip-hop since he came onto the scene as one-half of the Whooliganz and as a producer for acts like Dilat...

Grian Chatten Soars Solo on 'Chaos for the Fly'

PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2023

Often, when an artist in a worldwide popular band decides to go solo, one of two things can happen: the new solo project sounds eerily simi...