Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer, Arts Editor
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Clive First-Year Crushes Musical Conventionality with Charisma
Getting ready to mount his second concert in the city, Jackson Craig talks about his music and what it means to be a storyteller in today’s day and age.
Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer, Music Editor
• February 10, 2020
Destroyer Celebrates Middle-Age Despair in His Latest Album
A review of Destroyer’s latest album: “Have We Met.
Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer, Music Editor
• February 7, 2020
Weekly Radio Roundup: Jan. 31 – Feb. 3
The most exciting singles that came out over the course of the week.
Ethan Zack, Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer, Alexandra Bentzien and Ashley Wu
• February 6, 2020
Molly Nilsson Mystifies Market Hotel
A look at Molly Nilsson & BDX’s recent performance at The Market Hotel in Brooklyn.
Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer, Music Editor
• February 3, 2020
Weekly Radio Roundup
Here’s the first edition of our weekly round-up of singles, meant to cover a variety of genres and artists.
Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer, Music Editor
• January 31, 2020
Seasonal Singles Survey
An overview of singles you might have missed that came out over the break.
Henry Carr, Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer and Charles Smith
• January 28, 2020
Tisch First-Year Says Goodbye to Youth in Debut Album
Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer, Music Editor
• January 27, 2020
‘In Fabric’: Strickland Spins the Giallo Genre Afresh for a New Generation
Director Peter Strickland blends British comedy and Italian horror in a deliciously terrifying flick.
Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer, Contributing Writer
• December 4, 2019
‘Give Me Liberty’ Acts as a Manifesto for a New Style of Madcap American Cinema
Kirill Mikhanovsky’s pseudo-autobiographical film stars unprofessional actors in a bold new fashion for American filmmaking.
Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer, Contributing Writer
• December 3, 2019
‘An Elephant Sitting Still’ Is a Portrait of Sadness for a Hopeless Generation
Director Hu Bo’s first and only film before he tragically took his own life ruminates on a nihilistic worldview.
Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer, Contributing Writer
• November 19, 2019
‘Varda by Agnès’: a Revolutionary Retrospective
Agnès Varda’s posthumous swan song is an inspirational love letter to the cinematic arts.
Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer, Contributing Writer
• November 11, 2019
‘Ariel Archives Vol. 1’: Ariel Pink Exhumes His Poltergeists in Three-Album Re-Exploration of His Career
The singer-songwriter sets out to recontextualize his Haunted Graffiti era in the modern day.
Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer, Contributing Writer
• November 3, 2019
‘Synonyms’: A Hymn for the Idealist Emigre
Nadav Lapid’s semi-autobiographical French-Israeli co-production tracks the development of the concepts of nationhood and language from the perspective of an Israeli immigrant in Paris.
Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer, Contributing Writer
• October 30, 2019
Shintaro Sakamoto Dazzles a Swarm of Fanatics at Brooklyn Concert
Japanese psychedelic rock artist Shintaro Sakamoto delivered a characteristically groovy performance in Brooklyn on Sunday night.
Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer, Contributing Writer
• October 29, 2019
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