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Green Day Ace
Classic Albums
at Target Field
Words + Photos ANDREW PARKS If there was ever any doubt as to the staying power of Green Day, it was obliterated before the punk band even hit the stage at Target Field in downtown Minneapolis on Saturday night. Aside from the obvious — a stadium that felt much fuller than it had for a […]
Caural Shares a Dizzying
Mixtape of Mashed-up
“Holograms”
Photo ALEX MASTOON It’s hard to believe now that loop conductors like Flying Lotus and Four Tet headline festivals and high-cap venues, but the early ’00s was dominated by truly underground tracks within the sprawling hip-hop scene and cutting-edge electronic community. While DJ Shadow and other crate-digging, sample-threading producers broke through to a broader audience on […]
Eluvium Shares the Stories
Behind (Whirring Marvels
In) Consensus Reality
Rather than let a debilitating level of arm and shoulder pain get in the way of his latest Eluvium LP, Matthew Cooper found a way to meld traditional melodies with electronic flourishes and ragged algorithms. Not to mention appearances by members of the American Contemporary Music Ensemble (better known as ACME), Golden Retriever and the Budapest […]
Bikini Kill Slay
Palace Theatre
Words + Photos ANDREW PARKS “Bikini Kill was very difficult,” Kathleen Hanna said in a self-titled interview a decade ago. “Not just because the four of us have very different personalities; the reception we got was very confusing. People either loved us or hated us in a way that bordered on violence.” Elsewhere in the […]
patten Shares the Sequel
To His Atomoxetine Mix
Considering how conceptual and one-of-a-kind Damien Roach’s latest patten LP is — Mirage FM is the first album made from text-to-audio AI samples — it shouldn’t come as a surprise that his Needle Exchange debut is a waking dream as well. We’re talking a wide-ranging set that somehow connects the dots between everything from Jesus […]
Handsome Boy
Modeling School
Reveal New Album,
Music To Drink Martinis To
Handsome Boy Modeling School have quietly released their first batch of new material in nearly two decades. Now streaming via your favorite DSP and featuring guest spots from Justin Warfield and Emi Meyer, “How Does It Feel?” and “Case Study” are taken from Music To Drink Martinis To, a long overdue mini-LP underwritten by the […]