Charlie Bertsch / 26 Feb 2026
Music for Pandemics
Tarantos 20_24, by NosoKoma
NosoKoma’s Tarantos 20_24 explores the outer limits of music, inspiring listeners to ask not only what they are listening to but what they are listening for.(...)
Culture
Charlie Bertsch / 18 Feb 2026
The Politics of Cinema
Making Excuses for Gaza
“We are the opposite of politics,” declared Wim Wenders, responding to a question about the genocide in Gaza. “We have to do the work of people. And not the work of politicians.”(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 11 Feb 2026
Outliving Rock
The Case of Mogwai
After a career spanning over three decades, Mogwai remain relevant at a time when most of their peers have become nostalgia acts.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 05 Feb 2026
Music for the Front Line
Backengrillen
Sweden’s Backengrillen doesn’t just call their music “death jazz” for a laugh.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 28 Jan 2026
Music for Thrift Stores
Various Artists, Periphery + Progress: UK Electronics 1978-1990, Volumes I + II
Periphery + Progress: UK Electronics 1978-1990, Volumes I + II is the best type of compilation, bringing deserved attention to largely forgotten artists.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 21 Jan 2026
Broken Bonds
No Other Choice, Directed by Park Chan-wook
Acclaimed Korean director Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice is a black comedy about a blacker tragedy.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 14 Jan 2026
The Sound of Collapse
Implosion, by The Bug and Ghost Dubs
With their first full-length album, The Bug and Ghost Dubs refine the approach they took on their EP Imploded Versions.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 08 Jan 2026
Jungle for Multiculturalism
Noches Sephardies, by Coco Bryce
Coco Bryce‘s Noches Sephardies confirms the DJ’s talent for keeping jungle fresh.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 17 Dec 2025
The Persistence of Fame
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten, Directed by Julien Temple
Julien Temple’s 2007 documentary Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten hits differently now.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 10 Dec 2025
Dark Holiday
Laura Cannell’s Brightly Shone the Moon
On her new album, Brightly Shone the Moon, Laura Cannell conjures the negative space of the season, bringing new life to threadbare traditions.(...)