Posted in: Nothing to Do With Travel , Personal Essay Last night, I made cinnamon rolls. I’m not a huge fan of cinnamon rolls, per se, but this recipe was included in Mario Batali’s sexual misconduct apology letter , and so I feel compelled to make them. Batali is not the first powerful man to…

Young Fathers albums have raps on them but they’re not “rap albums.” Calling the Scottish trio “rappers” is equally imprecise. Their use of rap, just like their use of rhythm in general, only broadens the depth of their textural palette, which includes club, dub, industrial, R&B, and pop music. They…

The Avalanches: The Snow Must Go On The sample-crazed DJ crew talk about why it took them so damn long to come out with their new album, Wildflower, and the anti-establishment undercurrent that runs through the record. The Avalanches, from left: Tony Di Blasi, Robbie Chater, and James De La Cruz.…

For legacy musicians in their late-career phrase, there’s a common track to follow. Maybe it’s an album that incentivizes low risk/low reward, a real back-to-basics outing, or a tasteful covers collection followed by some meditations on aging that lead to predetermined takeaways, that sort of thing.…

Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley, and James McNew talk about the songs and albums of their lives, five years at a time. James McNew, Ira Kaplan, and Georgia Hubley of Yo La Tengo. Photo by GODLIS. by Contributor 5-10-15-20 Rock 3 hrs ago For more than three decades, the members of Yo La Tengo have…

3 weeks ago Feature: The endless march of time The bestest and most top PC games of 2018 so far By • 3 weeks ago • We're just about halfway through 2018 (which has somehow taken both too long and no time at all). As is tradition, we've shaken our our brains around to see which games from the last…