Novae Militiae's Apocryphon of the Unborn Light distils many of orthodox black metal’s defining qualities into a condensed ...

Rhiannon Giddens summons brilliance and reimagines American folk music in her latest release Hope Is the Thing with Feathers.

Between grief and memory, the recent film Narcisa's Will finds horror in what we inherit from our parents and how we use that ...

In September's best metal, Godflesh dream dystopian industrial structures, Epitaphe connect death metal styles, and Archgoat ...

Shadow of Doubt sees Otis Shanty continue to build on their sound with no compromise, plus another truckload of impeccable ...

Concertgoers were blessed to hear Gregory Alan Isakov's intricate arrangements in Red Rocks' amazing setting, with lovely ...

The end of Godflesh is nigh, but with their first album for Relapse Records, the alpha and omega of industrial metal refuse ...

Like a literary psychoanalyst, Stephen Greenblatt delves into Sir Walter Raleigh's inner identity; like a sociological theatre critic, he explores Elizabethan performance and reveals striking ...

When popular music was still confined to parlor etiquette and artificial formulas, the Rolling Stones chose sweat, volume, ...

North Carolina's Cor de Lux level up in every way with their third release, Year of the Horse, an exhilarating blast of noise rock with heart.

Will Layman is a writer, teacher and musician living in the Washington, DC area. He has been a contributor to National Public Radio and WNYC's "Soundcheck" as a jazz critic. He plays rock, funk, and ...

John Patton Ford's How to Make a Killing uses a dying man's cheesecake complaint to expose the hidden violence of meritocracy ...