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Liz Phair’s Powerful Timidity

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Rebecca Karpen / 17 March 2026

Liz Phair is intent on making relics and shrines of her failures and flaws. There’s romance in the way she describes emptiness and loneliness.

Features

‘Hamnet’, Memory and the Politics of Allegory

‘Hamnet’, Memory and the Politics of Allegory

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Efe Teksoy / 17 March 2026

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Sun Ra Arkestra Deliver Medicine for a Nightmare

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Greg M. Schwartz / 17 March 2026

Tedeschi Trucks Band Shake Things Up with “Future Soul”

Tedeschi Trucks Band Shake Things Up with “Future Soul”

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Michael Elliott / 16 March 2026

Melissa Auf der Maur’s Memoir Mirrors 1990s Rock Attitude and Excess

Melissa Auf der Maur’s Memoir Mirrors 1990s Rock Attitude and Excess

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Sal Cataldi / 16 March 2026

John Pizzarelli Discusses His Tribute to Tony Bennett

John Pizzarelli Discusses His Tribute to Tony Bennett

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Will Layman / 12 March 2026

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Jeffrey Davies / 17 March 2026

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Paul Carr / 17 March 2026

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Greg M. Schwartz / 17 March 2026

Pat Kelly Creates Another Low-Key Folk Gem

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On Quasi’s Album, Personal and Public Collide in Despair

On Quasi’s Album, Personal and Public Collide in Despair

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Michael J. Kramer / 26 May 2006

Band of Horses: Everything All the Time

Band of Horses: Everything All the Time

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Evan Sawdey / 21 March 2006

Editors’ Debut LP ‘The Back Room’ Is Very Good Indeed

Editors’ Debut LP ‘The Back Room’ Is Very Good Indeed

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Michael Lomas / 17 March 2006

Music Features

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Liz Phair’s Powerful Timidity

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Rebecca Karpen / 17 March 2026

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Sun Ra Arkestra Deliver Medicine for a Nightmare

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Greg M. Schwartz / 17 March 2026

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Tedeschi Trucks Band Shake Things Up with “Future Soul”

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Michael Elliott / 16 March 2026

Melissa Auf der Maur’s Memoir Mirrors 1990s Rock Attitude and Excess

John Pizzarelli Discusses His Tribute to Tony Bennett

When Tough Guys Fugazi Rumbled Through My Warehouse

Touché Amoré’s ‘Stage Four’ Is a Harrowing Journey Through Grief

Film

‘Hamnet’, Memory and the Politics of Allegory

‘Hamnet’, Memory and the Politics of Allegory

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Efe Teksoy / 17 March 2026

What ‘Bridge of Spies’ Gets Right About America

What ‘Bridge of Spies’ Gets Right About America

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Kevin Craft / 16 March 2026

‘A Fox Under a Pink Moon’ Shows a Primal Method for Survival

‘A Fox Under a Pink Moon’ Shows a Primal Method for Survival

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Guilherme Quireza / 16 March 2026

Jack Benny Tries to Be a Lothario in These Saucy 1930s Comedies

Jack Benny Tries to Be a Lothario in These Saucy 1930s Comedies

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Michael Barrett / 10 March 2026

Motel Destino’s Heat and Architecture of Desire

Motel Destino’s Heat and Architecture of Desire

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Guilherme Quireza / 10 March 2026

How ‘Aguirre’ and ‘Cannibal Holocaust’ Defy the Wrath of the Green Inferno

How ‘Aguirre’ and ‘Cannibal Holocaust’ Defy the Wrath of the Green Inferno

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Ryan Dyer / 4 March 2026

Teuvo Tulio’s Martyrs for Love and Cinema

Teuvo Tulio’s Martyrs for Love and Cinema

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Michael Barrett / 3 March 2026

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‘Murder Bimbo’ Tries an Unusual Twist to Storytelling

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R.P. Finch / 10 March 2026

Alice Coltrane Knew No Boundaries

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Television

What Is Wrong with ‘Bridgerton’?

What Is Wrong with ‘Bridgerton’?

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Ashcharya Wickramage / 17 February 2026

How MAGA Humor Took Over American Comedy

How MAGA Humor Took Over American Comedy

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Iain Ellis / 16 February 2026

2025 Marks Pop Music’s Gilded Age

2025 Marks Pop Music’s Gilded Age

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Matthew Dwyer / 29 January 2026

Dance Moms’ Ferocious Appetite

Dance Moms’ Ferocious Appetite

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Hannah Kurien / 28 January 2026

Interviews

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John Pizzarelli Discusses His Tribute to Tony Bennett

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Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart Is All Covered Up on New Record

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Brian Stout / 4 March 2026

Mariachi El Bronx Suit Up Again After a Decade Away

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ElectroMatters: The Best Electronic Music of February 2026

ElectroMatters: The Best Electronic Music of February 2026

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J. Simpson, Paul Carr / 3 March 2026

10 Writers Remaking African Literature in 2026

10 Writers Remaking African Literature in 2026

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Mary Chiney / 25 February 2026

MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of February 2026

MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of February 2026

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Spyros Stasis / 23 February 2026

5 of the Most Unintentionally Terrifying Love Songs

5 of the Most Unintentionally Terrifying Love Songs

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J.C. Macek III / 11 February 2026

10 Should-Be-Classic Anxious Love Songs

10 Should-Be-Classic Anxious Love Songs

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Josh Friedberg / 10 February 2026

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