“I love objects and I like to collect,” the artist Rahill Jamalifard tells me early on in our video call one cold January afternoon this year. For decades, first in Manhattan and more recently at the home she shares with her partner in New Lebanon, upstate New York, Rahill has been accumulating records, books, t-shirts,…
With awards season in the spotlight and the Grammys taking up much of the media’s attention, new music continues to emerge in the background. This time, we look at Sharon Van Etten’s shift to a full-band sound, a celebratory Wilco reissue and the triumphant return of highlife pioneer Ebo Taylor. Plus, new music from Bon…
December and January are always peculiar months for the music industry. Year-end charts and bold announcements of upcoming projects dominate the discourse, while many noteworthy releases slip under the radar. This month we want to talk about a debut album full of contrasts; a book exposing the dark side of music streaming; an experimental soundtrack…
“More music is released in a single day now than in the entire year of 1989,” said Will Page, former chief economist at Spotify, in a report by Music Radar on the current state of the industry. With the constant flow of songs, albums, news, and events, it’s easy to lose track and move on…
One of electronic music’s most promising new voices, Berlin-based Brazilian producer and vocalist LYZZA is pushing the genre’s boundaries through rigorous experimentation — her feet firmly set in the underground. She has just released an original soundtrack for Third World: The Bottom Dimension, a fantastical game-turned-immersive-exhibition developed by her friend and collaborator, Gabriel Massan. The…
There are few emotions like saudade. This Portuguese word indicates the nostalgia and melancholy of something that is no longer there but lives on in memories. But really, it is untranslatable. Yet any person has experienced it if they have walked the streets of Lisbon. In recent years, Portugal’s capital has undergone a cultural and…
When music producer and DJ Yu Su was a child in Kaifeng, China, her grandfather, a dental professor with a passion for cooking, would prepare a different breakfast for her every morning. He served hand-pulled noodles, baozi, and other wheat-based dishes made with produce from his garden, including edible flowers. More unusually for a family…
Yokohama-born chef and third-generation sushi master Endo Kazutoshi’s eponymous 10-seater restaurant at the Rotunda in White City is one of London’s most celebrated fine dining venues, and one of the most sought-after reservations in London. Last week, after a months-long refurbishment, the restaurant reopened, with a full book for the foreseeable future. During the summer recess,…