10 Best Songs of the Week: Cate Le Bon, Kevin Morby, Fat White Family, C Dunan, and More

Apr 19, 2019 Mark Redfern

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. It was slim pickings this week for truly inspiring new tracks, but there were enough to recommend to put together this week's list. We also realized their were two songs we should've included on recent Songs of the Week lists but neglected to, so we've given them special mention here.

The End: John Grant

Apr 19, 2019 Issue #65 - Mitski and boygenius

To end out the week, we ask John Grant some questions about endings and death.    

The Goon Sax on “We’re Not Talking”

Apr 18, 2019 Issue #65 - Mitski and boygenius

The three members of Aussie trio The Goon Sax have only been back in the U.S. for a day, and already some reporter on the phone wants to know what they think of America. 

Nilüfer Yanya on “Miss Universe”

Apr 16, 2019 Web Exclusive

Nilüfer Yanya thought she would have done her debut album when she was 20. The 23-year-old's cover of Pixies' "Hey" in 2016 marked her out as a distinctive voice in London's underground indie scene, by trading the original's anxious snarl for a bewitching after-hours vibe. 

Ranked: 2019 Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts

Feb 24, 2019

Best Documentary Short is routinely one of the strongest categories, perhaps because the natural, open-ended approach to documentary filmmaking sees incredibly ambitious projects peter out. Certainly the reverse happens, as with Hoop Dreams. Unfortunately, this year includes two entries that might technically fall within the parameters of documentary filmmaking, but are too calculated and told from the benefit of hindsight to have the typical effect of nonfiction storytelling. No, not every documentary needs to be vérité, but every documentary should create a sense of the present tense. The two that do not heavily dilute the category.

By Shawn Hazelett

Tallinn Music Week, Tallinn, Estonia

Apr 15, 2019 By Max Pilley

For three days each spring, a corner of the old town in the Estonian capital transforms from a preserved, post-industrial throwback to a bustling, anything-is-possible playground for hundreds of invited artists and speakers to splash around in.

Lil Rap Column: Lil Uzi Vert is Trapped, Just as He’s Finding His Voice

Apr 15, 2019 By Conrad Duncan

My enduring belief that Lil Uzi Vert will come good is based on one thing: No artist who makes a song as era-defining as "XO TOUR Llif3" does it by mistake. That said, the last few years have been tiring.