[Editor’s Note] When the curator at the University of Michigan archives found this “dissertation” in a box labeled Overly Earnest Student Submissions, I laughed out…
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THE RETURN POLICY by Clemency Grave | Staff Cynic & Vinyl Apologist Record Rack, Thursday Afternoon The bell over the Record Rack door flicks like…
Excerpt from “Séance in 5/4 Time,” found in the scorched spiral notebook of Declan Varn, Music Occult Correspondent “Spirits of rhythm and reason,” I muttered,…
by Clemency Grave | Staff Cynic & Music Review Review of ‘Sci-Fi Lullabies II’ by London Suede Let’s get one thing out of the way:…
A Review of “My Generation (2025)” at the Toyota Center by Clemency Grave | Staff Cynic & Music Review HOUSTON- Let’s get one thing clear:…
An Open Letter to Brenda Lee Wilkins from Rhonda Lynn Monroe Underground Mirror – April 2025 Brenda Lee Wilkins, It’s been nearly 40 years since…
Expect more reviews and insights from Clemency Grave, former Pitchfork intern. Current Berkeley PhD candidate. Future inconvenience to the musical appreciation. As our chief…
by Clemency Grave, former Pitchfork Intern Let me be perfectly clear: if you’re reading this in search of musical recommendations, I really wouldn’t bother. There…
By Glenda FistwaterUnderground Mirror – Culture & Mullet Affairs LA PORTE, TX — The floor is still sticky from last week’s shrimp boil and the…
Ouija Board Interview: 2 By Declan, Haunted Music Department Summoning the Wrong Spirits It should have worked this time. Pentagram? Drawn. Candles? Black-market, supposedly blessed…