Charlie Bertsch / 03 Dec 2025
Hardcore for Gaza
Palestine: A land of heroic people, killed by a people who stole land. A Benefit Album.
Culture
Charlie Bertsch / 19 Nov 2025
Collage in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Faith in the Unknown, by ShunGu
ShunGu’s new album, Faith in the Unknown, testifies to the continuing vitality of the collage aesthetic.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 12 Nov 2025
Pop Goes the Proletariat
All That’s Solid Melts Into Air, by Devon Church
Devon Church’s new album All That’s Solid Melts Into Air reminds us that music can make political points without sounding too political.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 05 Nov 2025
Forever Immortal
A Little Death, by Claire Rousay
Claire Rousay’s latest album A Little Death confirms her unparalleled talent for combining field recordings and conventional music-making.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 29 Oct 2025
Turn the Beat Around
SickElixir, by Blawan
No matter how low you turn down the volume, Blawan’s stunning new album SickElixir still forces its way into your consciousness.(...)
Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 23 Oct 2025
Olha Stefanishnya: A Woman for All Seasons
The Eukrainian, Directed by Viktor Nordenskiöld
It’s not often you watch a documentary about EU enlargement. Especially one that grips you from start to finish.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 22 Oct 2025
Concept Artist
Public Works and Utilities, by Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan
It’s hard to imagine a stranger name than Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan or one more intriguing.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 16 Oct 2025
Slow Ride
Shadow Ticket, by Thomas Pynchon
Thomas Pynchon’s Shadow Ticket provides a refresher course on the rise of fascism.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 08 Oct 2025
Erasing the 1960s
One Battle After Another, Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Like President Donald Trump, Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film One Battle After Another has a problem with the 1960s.(...)