Today’s post rounds up work published by our contributors between late July and early September!
New album reviews:
- Katherine St. Asaph reviewed Meljoann’s H.R. for Pitchfork (after submitting the single “Personal Assistant” for Amnesty Week back in 2017!).
- Hannah Jocelyn reviewed Big Red Machine’s How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?, also for Pitchfork.
- Ian Mathers, for Dusted, reviewed Loscil’s Clara and Cory Hanson’s Pale Horse Rider.
- Austin Nguyen reviewed Baby Queen’s The Yearbook for The Line of Best Fit.
- Brad Shoup, for Pitchfork, reviewed M Field’s M Field EP.
- Kayla Beardslee reviewed AKMU’s Next Episode and Mariah the Scientist’s Ry Ry World for In Review Online.
Retrospectives:
- Juana Giaimo, for Rolling Stone Argentina, wrote about the story of Juana Molina’s Segundo on its 20th anniversary.
- Michael Hong wrote about the 1996 experimental dream-pop album that marked a turning point in Faye Wong’s career for his newsletter Mando Gap.
- Brad Shoup reviewed DC Talk’s 1995 album Jesus Freak for Pitchfork.
- For Rock & Roll Globe, Thomas Inskeep wrote about the 30th anniversary of Seal’s debut album, the 40th anniversary of Kim Carnes’s Mistaken Identity, and the Hot 100 of August 1981.
Misc. interviews, essays, and more:
- Claire Biddles interviewed Nicky Wire of Manic Street Preachers for The Line of Best Fit.
- Brad Shoup wrote an essay for his blog about the process of making gigantic playlists dedicated to single years.
- Jeffrey Brister reviewed the first two issues of Grant Morrison’s Superman and the Authority for Comic Watch (issue #1; issue #2) and wrote a personal essay about listening to Christian contemporary music during the Jesus Freak boom for his newsletter The Low Class Hi-Fi Post.
- Kayla Beardslee’s radio show Pop Excellence will resume broadcasting tomorrow, September 13! Her new time slot is Mondays from 3-5 pm eastern: you can listen in every week on whcl.org.