Over the past 10 or so years, in the shadow of the ’00s indie boom, by my estimation only two artists from the sphere have crossed the threshold into real mainstream acceptance and fame...

One of Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim’s most popular and enduring works is also one of his silliest on paper. The fairy tale mashup musical Into the Woods saw the trail-blazing composer and lyricist looking...

Alvvays — Blue Rev https://youtu.be/YVJ0ZKYu-GI Alvvays has reclaimed its rightful spot as indie-pop royalty. Since its first record in 2014, the band has pumped out perfect pop gems at a frustratingly slow pace. Blue Rev comes...

Theodor W. Adorno and Max Horkheimer, leading philosophers of the group of researchers known as the Frankfurt school, defined their idea of the culture industry in their landmark 1947 book Dialectic of Enlightenment. The gist of...

Holiday music — the trash they pump through mall speakers from October through December as they try to hype up shoppers and passersby to buy as much garbage as they can afford.  It is easy...

Sunny Day Lake Music is both a completely apt and ironic way to name the debut compilation EP from Dangler. There is a sort of musical breeziness to some of the tunes and arrangements,...

Growing up in the world of rhythm gaming and the online forums surrounding it, computer engineering student Luc Mayor built an interest in the unique, genre-bending sounds of the internet, which he terms “internet-core.” Mayor...