Articles by Spencer Nafekh-Blanchette

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  Sløtface

  Sorry for the Late Reply

  PUBLISHED Jan 30, 2020

  For months, Stavanger's very own Sløtface toured across the correctional centres of Norway as part of a nationwide arts initiative. Apart f...

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  Poliça

  When We Stay Alive

  PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2020

  "Laying in bed, as I healed from a ten-foot fall of carelessness with my life, I would dream of running in green grass and tears would pour...

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  SQÜRL

  Some Music for Robby Müller

  PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2020

  Known for his artistic manipulation of natural light and beautiful minimalist imagery, iconic Dutch cinematographer Robby Müller made a rea...

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  ShitKid

  Duo Limbo/"Mellan himmel å helvete"

  PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2020

  Last spring, Åsa Söderqvist and Lina Molarin Ericsson of ShitKid voyaged from their homeland of Stockholm, Sweden to perform at the SXSW fe...

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  Upset

  Upset

  PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2019

  This might sound odd, but in many ways Upset is a very systematic ensemble. For one, the band like to work in multiples of two — their debu...

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  Jaakko Eino Kalevi

  Dissolution

  PUBLISHED Nov 20, 2019

  "Just as a drop of ink dissolves in a glass of water, it is said that life on Earth began in this way. It's impossible to become that drop...

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  Deliluh

  Beneath the Floors

  PUBLISHED Nov 13, 2019

  If you thought you'd seen the last of Deliluh for 2019, think again: Now five months since their May EP, Oath of Intent, the Toronto art-pu...

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  Moor Mother

  Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes

  PUBLISHED Nov 5, 2019

  As an artist, poet and musician, as well as the one-person prodigy behind Moor Mother, Philadelphia's Camae Ayewa  creates music that is in...