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Clips

More Recent Clips:

An Investigation Into Purple, Synesthesia, and Pop Music, for NYLON
How Caroline Polachek, Fever Ray, and Kali Uchis Are Harnessing the Power of Desire and Sex, for NYLON
In the Midst of Major Life Changes, Water For Your Eyes Is Still Finding Time to Bowl, for Flood Magazine
Album of the Week: yeule, Softscars, for Stereogum
Artist to Watch: yunè pinku, for Stereogum
The Unicorns’ Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone? Turns 20, for Flood Magazine

Clips:

Adele Is at Her Most Immediate and Raw on “30,” for Nylon 
The Weeknd’s “Dawn FM” Is a Fully-Realized Cinematic Triumph, for Nylon
SASAMI on Going All the Way With “Squeeze,” for Flood Magazine
Magdalena Bay Are Not Your Typical Pop Escapists, for Flood Magazine
In 2021, Musicians Made Cake-Smashing Videos for Perfectly Baked Catharsis, for Flood Magazine 
How a 54-Year-Old Chilean Folk Song Became 2021’s Poignant, Persistent Soundtrack, for Stereogum
Artist to Watch: Shygirl, for Stereogum

Some Older Clips:

Rihanna’s "Loud" Turns 10
How Kanye, Chance, and twigs Used Christian Iconography to Define 2019
The Lighthouse Is One of 2019’s Wildest Movies
What Have We Learned From 10 Years of Bieber
Review: Her Smell Laughs in the Face of Crappy Music Biopics
Band To Watch: Florry
Tea Time With Cherry Glazerr’s Clementine Creevy
The 10 Best Mark Ronson Songs
 Artist To Watch: Squirrel Flower
Charli XCX’s Love For Cars Has Brainwashed Us All Into Petrolheads

Some Reviews:

All Pitchfork Reviews
Flight Of The Conchords’ Comedy-Rock Friendship Still Feels Timeless 10 Years Later
Kim Gordon, “No Home Record”
Gucci Mane, “Evil Genius”
Ariana Grande, “Sweetener”
BROCKHAMPTON, “iridescence”
Greta Van Fleet, “Anthem of the Peaceful Army”
Tyler, the Creator, “IGOR”
Ariana Grande In Brooklyn, Our Ponytail Queen At Her Fiercest

Some Nice Chats:

Jessica Pratt Wants You To Avoid Self-Doubt
Q&A: Princess Nokia On 1992 Deluxe, Working With Film, And The Power Of Reinvention
Q&A: Ibeyi On Redefining “World Music,” Embracing Auto-Tune, & Their New Album Ash
Q&A: Metric’s Emily Haines Talks Redefining Rock ‘N’ Roll, Overcoming Insecurity, And Her New Solo Album
The Story Behind Every Song On Sudan Archives’ New Album Athena
Julia Michaels Kills Relationships for Art
Let’s Eat Grandma Are Wizards of an Everyday Reality
Tayla Parx Helped Write Your Favorite Singers’ Favorite Songs
Band To Watch: Sass
Band To Watch: Slow Pulp
Artist To Watch: Hatchie
Empress Of Does What She Wants
Artist To Watch: Amber Mark
Q&A: Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker On Inhabiting New Characters & Fighting Fear With Music
Q&A: Tei Shi On Childhood, Creative Pressures, And Putting A Tarantula On Her Face
Cate Le Bon Finds New Structure

Some Essays & Lists:

Ten Years Later, The xx’s Self-Titled Debut Remains Indefinable
A Trend We Can Get Down With: Female Musicians Writing About Receiving Oral Sex
Blame It on Their Juice: The Year in Songs About Fruit
The 2020 Grammys Had a Confusing Energy
In A Tumultuous 2016, Sampled Music Showed History Repeating
Marry Me Turns 10
Harry Styles Is the Rock Star We Need, and the Pop Star We Deserve
The Year Of Subverted Archetypes, From Be The Cowboy To “God Is A Woman”
Lana Del Rey Takes Us Back To The Space Race
The 10 Best Imogen Heap Songs
The Ten Best My Chemical Romance Songs
Like Everything Else, Music Videos Turned Millennial Pink In 2017
9 Times This Decade Mavis Staples Was As Vital As Ever

Film Stuff:

Review: The Beach Bum Is Fatally Fun
Netflix's Velvet Buzzsaw Gleefully Skewers the Art World With Camp and Gore