Infinity is the structure and the story of Big Thief’s sixth album; on their first record without bassist Max Oleartchik, who departed from the band in 2024, Big Thief sound more boundless than ever, more willing to submit to the reverie of communal music-making.
Deceptively Small Things
An interview with Sarah Manguso about her new book, "Questions Without Answers," motherhood, and the power of aphorisms.
Model/Actriz Twist and Twirl on Pirouette
The Brooklyn band’s second album expels some of its predecessor’s obliqueness—both musically and lyrically—in favor of perverted pop hooks, haunted club sensibilities, and more straightforward, confessional storytelling.
Clamoring for Desire in Sophie Kemp's Paradise Logic
Paradise Logic is defter than I imagined, eschewing most criticism as little more than a simple misalignment of sensibilities.
Move Over and Give Us Some Room: Portishead’s Dummy at 30
On this day in 1994, Beth Gibbons, Geoff Barrow, and Adrian Utley became paradigmatic protagonists, vanguards of the future and protectors of a futuristic sound vaulting out of the Bristol underground.
Mamaleek: Utter Enigma and Understandably Human
The anonymous San Francisco band talks chaos, and baseball on their eighth album, 'Vida Blue,' released on August 9
