Off the Shelf: Imagining a New Future with Janelle Monáe and Octavia Butler
This piece is part of Off the Shelf, a column where I give a book recommendation inspired ...
Dream Setlist: Lizzo
No one can put on a live performance like Lizzo. From flute playing to spitting through ki...
Colleen Reviews Chastity Belt’s “Chastity Belt”
Chastity Belt turn the focus inward on their latest album. The self-titled LP treats exist...
Off the Shelf: Roxane Gay, Mitski, and the Invisible Weight
This piece is part of Off the Shelf, a column where I recommend a book based on an album t...
Colleen Reviews Sampa the Great’s “The Return”
Sampa the Great’s latest album, The Return, is an impressive feat. After years of crossi...
Colleen reviews Mallrat’s Driving Music
“When I get my braces off, I’m gonna be a rockstar,” Grace Shaw sings decidedly on h...
Colleen Reviews Lana del Rey’s “Norman Fucking Rockwell!”
Lana del Rey doesn’t ease you into her latest album, she drops you smack dab in the cent...
Colleen Reviews WAAX’s “Big Grief”
While Australian quintet WAAX emerge from a legacy of pop-punk and garage rock, they unapo...
Off the Shelf: Tackling the Beast with Kamasi Washington’s “The Epic” and John Steinbeck’s “East of Eden”
This piece is part of Off the Shelf, a column where I recommend a book based on an album t...
Colleen Reviews Clairo’s “Immunity”
For her full-length debut, Clairo takes her career-launching bedroom pop out of the bedroo...
Off the Shelf: Finding Common Ground in Stella Donnelly’s “Beware of the Dogs” and Ali Smith’s “Autumn”
Summer, for me, has always been an opportunity to lose myself in the world of books: wheth...
Colleen Reviews Strange Ranger’s “Remembering the Rockets”
For a band of twentysomethings, Strange Ranger convey an aching sense of nostalgia on thei...
