At The AV Club, Kathleen Hanna talks about the songs she hates.

Literary Hub has a powerful essay by Garnette Cadogan about race and urban spaces.

Pitchfork has a review of Scharpling & Wurster’s Live at Third Man Records.

Nicholas Rys on Roy Orbison’s influence on David Lynch.

At The New Yorker: Hua Hsu on Guy Fieri.

Checking in with the Seattle noise-punk band VATS.

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