A Down-and-Out but Amusing Character: On Alex Harvey’s “Song Noir”
Dec Ryan reviews Alex Harvey’s “Song Noir: Tom Waits and the Spirit of Los Angeles.”
Dec Ryan reviews Alex Harvey’s “Song Noir: Tom Waits and the Spirit of Los Angeles.”
Declan RyanDec 9, 2022
Patrick Valiquet responds to music theory’s close encounter with speculative realism in “Alien Listening: Voyager’s Golden Record and Music from...
Patrick ValiquetNov 26, 2022
Paul Thompson reviews Todd Field’s “TÁR.”
Paul ThompsonNov 18, 2022
Elizabeth Metzger interviews Andrew Bird about his new single, “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,” featuring Phoebe Bridgers.
Elizabeth MetzgerNov 16, 2022
Nicholas C. Laudadio reviews Justin St. Clair’s “Soundtracked Books from the Acoustic Era to the Digital Age.”
Nicholas C. LaudadioNov 5, 2022
Paul Thompson interviews John Carpenter about the state of horror, navigating Hollywood, and the movies he didn’t make.
Paul ThompsonNov 2, 2022
Caroline Tracey reviews Linda Ronstadt and Lawrence Downes’s “Feels Like Home.”
Caroline TraceyOct 21, 2022
Donald Morrison talks to Joe Coscarelli of “The New York Times” about the state and shape of Atlanta hip-hop.
Donald MorrisonOct 19, 2022
Sanya Osha explores the joyous energy of the amapiano music genre in South Africa.
Sanya OshaOct 17, 2022
David Mandl reviews Vashti Bunyan’s memoir “Wayward: Just Another Life to Live.”
Dave MandlSep 2, 2022
Craig Lindsey reviews two new biographies of major rap DJs by Dan Charnas and Lance Scott Walker.
Craig LindseyAug 10, 2022
Aaron Peck reviews Daniel Levin Becker’s “What’s Good: Notes on Rap and Language.”
Aaron PeckAug 8, 2022
Tim Riley reviews Elizabeth Wilson’s new biography “Playing with Fire: The Story of Maria Yudina, Pianist in Stalin’s Russia.”
Tim RileyAug 4, 2022
Tom Teicholz turns his ear to “The War on Music: Reclaiming the 20th Century” by John Mauceri.
Tom TeicholzJun 29, 2022
Justin Gautreau talks with Coco Reilly about her self-titled debut album.
Justin GautreauJun 19, 2022
Justin Gautreau speaks to Stephan Jenkins, frontman of Third Eye Blind, about writing and composing under quarantine.
Justin GautreauMay 18, 2022
Justin Gautreau speaks to Tim Kasher about making a new album during a global pandemic.
Justin GautreauApr 19, 2022
A richly detailed history of the African American legacy in European orchestral music.
Olivia GiovettiFeb 7, 2022
LARB presents the January installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.
Greil MarcusJan 28, 2022
Horowitz’s book brims with detailed examples but its larger argument is unconvincing.
Tim RileyJan 28, 2022
Kathryn Lofton explores what it means to grieve through the complexity of popular music.
Kathryn LoftonJan 10, 2022
Sometimes our critic hates the Rolling Stones so much that she thinks she must secretly love them.
Gina ArnoldDec 26, 2021
LARB presents the December 2021 installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.
Greil MarcusDec 24, 2021
LARB presents the November 2021 installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.
Greil MarcusNov 26, 2021