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Executive Overview Everyone has a take on The Beatles. They loom so large over the architecture of modern Western culture that having an opinion on their output feels less like a choice and more like a mandatory civic duty, usually acquired somewhere around the age of twelve. The cultural footprints left by John Lennon, Paul … Read more
Executive Overview Nearly half a century after she first commanded the global consciousness with the boundary-pushing funk-rock outfit Rufus, Chaka Khan remains an indomitable force in modern music. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, universally celebrated as the undisputed Queen of Funk, has made her triumphant return with her latest studio album, Chakzilla. Arriving … Read more
Executive Overview Four decades after its unassuming genesis in the classrooms and back-alley squats of London, Bark Psychosis remains one of modern alternative music’s most enigmatic, influential, and mercurial entities. Formed in 1986 by schoolfriends Graham Sutton and John Ling when they were just 14 years old, the outfit would go on to help birth … Read more
Executive Overview In the contemporary literary landscape, few releases ignite public discourse quite like Rachel Cusk’s latest novel, Life of M. Dubbed a prime example of "biogossip"—a biography-adjacent fiction piece supposedly grounded in the real-life trials of actress Natalie Portman—Cusk’s book has catalyzed heated online debates regarding fame, power, privacy, and truth. Yet, while the … Read more
Executive Overview In the contemporary landscape of improvised music, few rising talents navigate the delicate intersection of structural composition, ambient atmosphere, and unyielding stylistic freedom quite like guitarist George Grydkovets. With the release of his sophomore studio album, Spirit in You, the Ukrainian-born, New York-based artist solidifies his reputation as a formidable compositional voice and … Read more
Executive Overview In an era dominated by relentless digital hyper-connectivity, algorithmic streaming maximization, and a cultural obsession with high-octane production values, contemporary jazz and neoclassical composition are occasionally forced to shout to be heard. Yet, Swedish pianist and composer Emil Ingmar has elected to do precisely the opposite. With his third full-length studio album, Polaroids, … Read more
Executive Overview Marking the tenth anniversary of punk rock’s cultural detonation offers a reflective lens through which to examine one of the movement’s most paradoxical legacies: the rigid codification of taste. When the subculture’s "Year Zero" doctrine demanded the complete erasure of musical history, it created an intellectual and aesthetic wall between the past and … Read more
Executive Overview For a generation of music critics and devoted connoisseurs, Carly Rae Jepsen occupies a singular, almost mythic space within the 21st-century pop pantheon. Long since transcending the omnipresent, inescapable shadow of her 2012 breakout anthem "Call Me Maybe," the Canadian singer-songwriter has methodically engineered one of the most fascinating, critically revered career trajectories … Read more
Executive Overview In a dramatic convergence of mainstream music, corporate venue ownership, and international geopolitics, American rapper Macklemore has announced that he will donate his entire $1 million net earnings from Ed Sheeran’s touring slate to humanitarian causes supporting Palestinians. The decision arrives on the heels of a contentious public controversy in which the rapper … Read more
By Lily Mercer Special Feature / Long-Form Culture Series Executive Overview Decades into a career that fundamentally re-engineered the soundscapes of reggae and dancehall, the unyielding energy of "The Fireman"—Capleton—remains entirely untouched by time, institutional friction, or geographic boundaries. As the legendary Jamaican artist prepares to touch down in the United Kingdom this September for … Read more
