Hip Hop Levels Up: Sammus & Pieces in Space
Sammus embraces the kind of freedom afforded to grassroots, independent artists who don’t have corporate overseers menacing with strange gazes and mandates to sellout.
“Forever is Already There” – On Thumb of the Maid
The best band no one has ever heard (or at the very least a quirky band whose one record brings me joy).
Back to the Old School: 5 Classic Hip Hop Albums You Need to Learn
“You know what you need to learn? Old school artists don’t always burn!”
“Our baby’s gone. . .” Camp and Multivocality in The Beatles’ “She’s Leaving Home.”
The weird corniness of “She’s Leaving Home” comes from its perfect ability to stand for its own artifice
The Middle Spaces 