#Pollution Opera regurgitate the world

#Pollution Opera regurgitate the world

The Egyptian-Welsh duo’s postmodern noise opera is one of this year’s most urgent albums so far. Pollution Opera: Nadah El Shazly (left) and Elvin Brandhi. Photo by Malik Beytrison.   Nada El Shazly’s voice is something to behold. Last weekend at 24-HOUR DRONE, I watched her perform a powerful set over a minimal backing track:…

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#The 100 best songs of 2023

#The 100 best songs of 2023

The 100 best songs of 2023 From Sexyy Redd to Liturgy and Fever Ray to Ralphie Choo, these are the songs we loved in 2023. By Raphael Helfand, Alex Robert Ross, Jordan Darville, David Renshaw, Cady Siregar, Vivian Medithi, Nadine Smith, Shaad D’Souza, Son Raw, Colin Joyce, Emma Madden, Wale Oloworekende, E.R. Pulgar, Sandra Song,…

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#The 50 best albums of 2023

#The 50 best albums of 2023

The 50 best albums of 2023 From bar italia to billy woods and yeule to Yves Tumor, these are the albums we loved in 2023. By Jordan Darville, Alex Robert Ross, David Renshaw, Raphael Helfand, Cady Siregar, Emma Madden, Vivian Medithi, Nadine Smith, Lila Dubois, Walden Green, Wale Oloworekende, Shaad D’Souza, Son Raw, Sajae Elder,…

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#Agriculture’s debut album is a study in dark ecstasy

#Agriculture’s debut album is a study in dark ecstasy

The extreme metal band discuss the making of their new, self-titled EP, premiering a day early with The FADER. Agriculture. Photo by Math Erao.   Agriculture’s music is sublime chaos. The Los Angeles four-piece consisting of lead guitarist/vocalist Daniel Meyer, drummer Kern Haug, guitarist Richard Chowenhill, and bassist/vocalist Leah Levinson make extreme black metal that’s…

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