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Charlie Bertsch

Culture Editor
Charlie Bertsch is The Battleground's Associate Editor. 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.

265 articles

Charlie Bertsch / 09 Dec 2020

Out of Africa

Lamin Fofana’s Diasporic Ambient

If one of the tracks made by Berlin-based DJ and producer Lamin Fofana came up while you were listening to a playlist, you might well take it for arty electronica, deeply compelling on its own terms.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 11 Nov 2020

Men in the Era of Trump

The Viagra Boys’ Anti-Populist Post-Punk

The Viagra Boys are never easy listening. But I found them particularly hard in the weeks leading up to Election Day in the United States.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 14 Oct 2020

Civil Rights Sounds

Sault and Black Lives Matter

It’s hard to imagine a more incongruous setting to hear the music of Sault than the one I found myself in this week. As I drove the unfamiliar streets in and around Salt Lake City, international capital of the Mormon religion and one of the most stereotypically white places on the planet, they provided the soundtrack.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 17 Sep 2020

Music at a Standstill

Ellen Allien’s AurAA

From the precise low throbbing that introduces AurAA to the menacingly crackly bass tones that ends it, Ellen Allien’s new album strikes a balance between four-on-the-floor minimalism with atmospherics that can’t be reduced to their danceability.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 02 Sep 2020

From Britain to Russia

Simon Scott’s Migrations

“Red Square”, the first track on Simon Scott’s new album Migrations, unfolds at a leisurely pace. Those who favour the stripped-down aesthetic of Berlin dub may hear elaborations on the hissing minimalism of Pole or the meta-reggae of Rhythm & Sound.(...)

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