In our weekend reading: James Baldwin’s connection to New Jersey, an interview with Tara Isabella Burton, and more.
Morning Bites: Tracy O’Neill on Memoirs, Brian Allen Carr Interviewed, Jess Row Nonfiction, and More
In our morning reading: an interview with Tracy O’Neill, Aaron Turner recommends music, and more.
Afternoon Bites: T Kira Madden Nonfiction, Édouard Louis, Sunwatchers’ Latest, Rikki Ducornet Interviewed, and More
In our afternoon reading: nonfiction by T Kira Madden, thoughts on new work from Sunwatchers and Édouard Louis, and more.
Band Booking: Pop. 1280
Posted by Jason Diamond I’d understand if you noticed that Pop. 1280 was named after Jim Thompson’s 1964 novel and maybe expected something more akin to Nick Cave’s early sludgy work, The Scientists, or a band that could score some of the earlier works of Jim Jarmusch. In all honesty, I was expecting something along those lines when I gave the band’s EP on Sacred Bones, The Grid, a first listen; instead, I was treated to something that sounded like Suicide and Swans […]