Review
Victoria Johnson’s lively biography celebrates Church’s ambition, while overlooking some of the broader shifts that dimmed his legacy.
Guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan’s ambitious survey reframes the American story through guitar, poetry, and protest.
In the series “Alice and Steve,” Nicola Walker anchors a dark comedy that’s less about laughs than about longing, aging, and emotional dysfunction.
Claypool Gold tour turns Leader Bank Pavilion into a shifting laboratory of psychedelia, satire, and virtuosic groove.
A punchy live band loses its spark in a muddled, underpowered studio outing.
Claudia Verhoeven’s “Love and Terror” reframes the Manson murders as a cultural narrative shaped by spectacle, ideology, and America’s enduring fascination with charismatic deception.
Historian Mark Peterson’s book makes land the sole driver of American development—ignoring racism, morality, citizenship, and the heart of the Civil War.
The jam band’s most thematically focused album yet turns digital overload into anxious, shape-shifting rock.
Deborah Levy’s playful Parisian fiction delivers vivid reflections on Gertrude Stein but it is in danger of stumbling over its own cleverness.
Portraits of a legendary critic and modern Deadheads highlight what’s gained—and lost—when culture resists critique.
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