Charlie Bertsch

Music & Film Editor: Charlie Bertsch is a writer, editor, and teacher who lives in Tucson, Arizona. A co-founder of the pioneering internet magazine Bad Subjects: Political Education for Everyday Life, he has also written for Punk Planet magazine, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, Phoenix New Times, Tikkun, ZEEK, Alternet, Souciant, The Tucson Sentinel, and The Battleground.

Charlie Bertsch / 09 Feb 2022

German Labour Music

Songs of Gastarbeiter Vol. 2

To begin a compilation of decades-old tracks with a remix is a bold move. But Songs of Gastarbeiter Vol. 2 deploys it brilliantly. (...)

Culture

Charlie Bertsch / 27 Jan 2022

Post-Democratic Poland

Test Systemu, by Baraka Face Junta

Baraka Face Junta’s new album Test Systemu opens with eight bars of fabulous racket. (...)

Culture

Charlie Bertsch / 12 Jan 2022

When the Music’s Over

Antidawn, by Burial

What happens when the heart of a community stops beating?(...)

Culture

Charlie Bertsch / 22 Dec 2021

Hip-Hop Spring

Jolfa, by Alexie Ivanovich

People often speak of a need to express themselves in music. But few in the West contend with the difficulties that face Iranian hip-hop artist Alexie Ivanovich.(...)

Culture

Charlie Bertsch / 08 Dec 2021

Rock Without Workers

Dignity of Labour, by The Ex

While The Ex’s post-punk has enjoyed several revivals since their 1980 debut, it always felt too fresh to be a forebear. (...)

Culture

Charlie Bertsch / 25 Nov 2021

Past and Present

Pip Blom’s Welcome Break

Although it’s easy to list Pip Blom’s forebears, especially the Riot Grrl-inflected pop of the 1990s, their second album Welcome Break still sounds like it was made from scratch. (...)

Culture

Charlie Bertsch / 10 Nov 2021

Pandemic Expressionism

Sonic Hauntology: Subterranean Internationale, by Raz Mesinai

Sonic Hauntology, Raz Mesinai's new album of field recordings for The Battleground, pushes that peculiar genre in exciting new directions. (...)

Culture

Charlie Bertsch / 27 Oct 2021

A Woman in Berlin

Lyra Pramuk’s Delta

Imagine that you are listening to the new Lyra Pramuk album Delta without knowing anything about it.(...)

Culture

Charlie Bertsch / 13 Oct 2021

The Sixties Are Forever

Where The Wild Purple Iris Grows, by Wild Billy Childish & CTMF

Since his early days with the Pop Rivets in the late 1970s, Billy Childish's music has been remarkably consistent.(...)

Culture

Charlie Bertsch / 29 Sep 2021

Grenfell Dub

Fire, by The Bug

Fire, the new album by The Bug, hits hard, even harder than its rather distant predecessors, London Zoo (2008) and Pressure (2003). But it also hits soft. (...)

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