Kristen Radtke reviewed Jamel Brinkley’s A Lucky Man for the Los Angeles Times.

The Guardian has published an essay by xTx.

Hanif Abdurraqib wrote about Kanye West and politics for Pacific Standard.

Marc Masters revisited Captain Beefheart’s Trout Mask Replica at Pitchfork.

Barrelhouse has new writing by Bud Smith.

Delving into a new Blu-Ray edition of Jim Jarmusch’s Dead Man.

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