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The Dream Has Left the Building: An Interview with Meaghan Garvey
Paul Thompson speaks with Meaghan Garvey about her new book, trading Eve Babitz for Lucia Berlin, and how sometimes a title is all you need.
15 hrs ago • Paul Thompson
A Little Deeper Than Usual: Joan Didion on The Grateful Dead
Didion's never-before-read essay on the Dead comes from the late writer's New York Public Library archives.
May 13 • Jeff Weiss
HavinMotion Was More Than a Tragedy
Josh Svetz remembers Dwayne Omar Isaacs Jr., who was shot and killed last month.
May 12 • Josh Svetz
From Florida, With Love
Anthony Seaman reports from the BIG Culture and Arts Festival in Gainesville, a display of creative resilience in dark times.
May 11 • Anthony Seaman
The Rap-Up: Dusted Chicken
Steven Louis highlights new tracks by Los Kemet, Bby Kell, T.F., Kenny Mason, Isaiah Rashad, and more.
May 9 • Steven Louis
Stop Being Sober
Paul Thompson reviews Isaiah Rashad's 'IT'S BEEN AWFUL,' the Chattanooga rapper's extraordinary new album.
May 8 • Paul Thompson
DMDS: Optic Sink, the Best Ever Darkwave Band in Memphis
Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes returns with a look at a celebrated synth-punk group born in the home of the blues
May 7 • Douglas Martin
Spring Jazz Roundup
Chris Robinson runs down the genre's most exciting new releases and reissues.
May 6 • Chris Robinson
My Collection: Blu Breaks Down His Essential Records
Paul Thompson speaks to the legendary Los Angeles emcee about his winding road through the underground and major-label systems of the last two decades.
May 5 • Paul Thompson
Justin Bieber At the End of the World
Jeff Weiss reports from Coachella as a former child star hurtles backward through his heavily surveilled adolescence.
May 4 • Jeff Weiss
The Rap-Up: Half-Lives
In a special edition of The Rap-Up, Paul Thompson considers new singles from stars and would-be stars of the 2010s, including Vince Staples, JPEGMAFIA…
May 2 • Paul Thompson
Breathing As Deeply As Possible: An Interview with Shabaka
Chris Robinson speaks to the English jazz innovator about his latest album, Of the Earth.
May 1 • Chris Robinson
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