| Handle with Care: Numero Group reissues Pastor T.L. Barrett | October 13, 2021 |
Jordan Ryan Pedersen takes a critical look at Numero Group's reissue of music by Pastor T.L. Barrett.
| Call Him Mr. Pitiful: O.V. Wright’s A Nickel and a Nail | August 3, 2021 |
Jordan Ryan Pedersen sheds a tear with O.V. Wright, one of soul's most underrated weepers.
| From Buddhism to Berlin: An Interview With Amber Mark | January 21, 2020 |
Before her performance at Red Bull's True Notes show, Amber Mark talks about her trans-continental childhood, the importance of a singular vision and her forthcoming album.
| R&B for the End of Days: On Elijah Blake’s ‘Audiology’ | October 11, 2017 |
Pete Tosiello takes a look at 'Audiology,' the new LP from Elijah Blake.
| “No One’s Really Talking About Love Anymore, You Know?”: An Interview with The Jack Moves | December 2, 2015 |
Peter Holsin speaks with Jack Moves about R&B boot camp, Newark architecture, and the true definition of gangster.
| R&B’s Dying Landscape & The Rise of Ty Dolla Sign | November 23, 2015 |
Dan From The Internet finds hope in R&B's dying landscape thanks to Ty Dolla $ign's new album, Free TC.
She's Drunk's Physical EP is one of the more interestingly experimental dance releases that's landed in my inbox recently, one that avoids easy classifications and formulas in favor of an open-ended approach to urban music.
| Hyperdub at 10 | June 10, 2014 |
Son Raw is celebrating his 30th anniversary. There was no better place than Fabric to celebrate Hyperdub’s 10th anniversary. It was a little rude – half the people in attendance were seemingly there to pull or get off their heads, a little intense – the bass in room 2 threatened to disembowel more than a […]
| Question in the Form of an Answer: An Interview with JUNGLE. | March 12, 2014 |
I arrived at The Mercury Lounge on Sunday while JUNGLE. was conducting their soundcheck. T and J flew in from London the day before with their 3 band mates, sound engineer and manager, after completing a tour-leg opening for HAIM. Their first U.S. show was a few hours after landing, and they brought an energy […]
| Mack Wilds’ “New York Love Story” | November 7, 2013 |
Evan Nabavian first saw the man in the cape. My favorite kind of R&B is the kind that borrows liberally from hip-hop. Obvious bias there when you consider that I eat out of a Boot Camp Clikk lunchbox, but hear me out. Just as rappers relinquish some thuggery and soften up for the single, R&B […]
