by Shelby Len Brooklyn rapper Princess Nokia is no stranger to pushing the envelope of genre convention. She has a way of shapeshifting effortlessly between completely contradictory aesthetics, from her ethereal and futuristic 2014 mixtape Metallic Butterfly, to her … Read More >
by Jack Karnes The 2010s were a wild decade. We had an angry, divisive president looming in the White House, we realized our world is burning, we gave many people the civil rights they always deserved and finally noticed the … Read More >
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by Zoey Knox Fresh from a decade of success as a member of a band that began as her solo project, Frances Quinlan is striking out on her own again, this time with her name on the album cover. … Read More >
WATERMELON COLLIE, Big Blue
TWIN PEAKS, Side A
BOYO, Where Have All My Friends Gone?
FANTASY NON FICTION, Fantasy Non Fiction
POTTERY, Welcome to Bobby's Motel