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11 Books We're Excited to Read in October 2024 - Our Culture
WEBOct 3, 2024 · Be Ready When the Luck Happens, Ina Garten (October 1). The brilliant and charismatic Ina Garten — first an employee of the Federal Power Commission, writing the nuclear energy budget, then a store owner and Food Network star of Barefoot Contessa — returns after several cookbooks to deliver her first and long-awaited memoir. An entertaining and inspiring account of her rise to fame along ...
21 Books We’re Excited to Read in September 2024 - Our Culture
WEBAug 31, 2024 · The fall season is the best time to publish a book, and it shows. In our biggest issue yet, we count down 21 books, including the return of literary heavyweights like Sally Rooney, Tony Tulathimutte, Coco Mellors, Garth Greenwell, and Chelsea Bieker. Madwoman, Chelsea Bieker (September 3) In Chelsea Bieker’s third book and …
Album Review: Chat Pile, 'Cool World' - Our Culture
WEB3 days ago · The transition from Chat Pile‘s God’s Country to Cool World is partly, as the album titles suggest, a matter of scope. While the Oklahoma City band’s 2022 debut God’s Country tore into the cruel horrors specific (but not unique) to American territory, its follow-up finds them widening their gaze, “with thoughts,” according to vocalist Raygun Busch, “specifically about disasters ...
The 50 Best Album Covers of 2021 - Our Culture
WEBDec 3, 2021 · 41. Lost Horizons, In Quiet Moments. In Quiet Moments, the second album from the duo of Cocteau Twins’ Simon Raymonde and former Dif Juz drummer Richie Thomas, is subtle yet sweeping, capturing moments of contemplative intimacy that tend to …
A Journey Through Objects and Origins: Xinrui Qiu’s Identity …
WEB3 days ago · Xinrui Qiu’s artistic practice is a striking reflection on the complexities of identity, both personal and collective. Her work gracefully oscillates between the deeply personal and broader societal themes, often inviting viewers into a space that feels simultaneously intimate and expansive. With an MA in Photography: The Image and Electronic Arts from Goldsmiths, University of […]
The 50 Best Albums of 2021 - Our Culture
WEBDec 9, 2021 · claire rousay’s a softer focus begins with an assortment of non-tonal sounds and ends with a short instrumental track of simple beauty. In between those moments, the San Antonio-based sound artist zones in and out of the album’s fizzling atmosphere, which gently offers a peek into the dreamlike realm of creating. rousay has aptly described her music as “emo ambient”, but its hushed ...
Album Review: The Smile, 'Cutouts' - Our Culture
WEB5 days ago · Album Review: The Smile, ‘Cutouts’. When Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood teamed up with Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner to form the Smile, it became immediately clear what their deal was. Without the level of quality control (or expectation) that’s attached to their main band, the Radiohead bandmates could let loose on a set of songs ...
The Cure Release New Song 'A Fragile Thing' - Our Culture
WEB4 days ago · The Cure have released a new single, ‘A Fragile Thing’, the second preview of their forthcoming album Songs of a Lost World. It arrives on the heels of the LP’s opening track, ‘Alone’. Check it out below. Songs of a Lost World, the Cure’s first album in 16 years, is slated for release on November 1. Konstantinos Pappis.
Foxing on Self-Producing Their New Album, What ‘Foxing’ Means, …
WEBSep 12, 2024 · On the chorus of ‘Gratitude’, a blistering highlight from Foxing‘s new self-titled LP, Conor Murphy lists a series of desires, each more striking than the last: “I wanna hear God yelling at me/ I wanna live my life like a memory/ I wanna sow rage into my brain/ I want wrath written into my DNA.” Like so much of Foxing, the moment is visceral, unguarded, and relentless, neatly ...