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fromThe Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Music
4 days ago

Against The Grain: Mattie Colquhoun on Mark Fisher's cultural pessimism - The Wire

For Fredric Jameson, for instance, while modernism "thought compulsively about the New and tries to watch its coming into being", postmodernism "looks for breaks, for events rather than new worlds". The latter definition, encapsulating the cultural logic of late capitalism, is all the more intriguing in the context of music culture, since it has found so many breaks to play around with.
Philosophy
Music
fromIndependent
1 month ago

'I was on methadone for 27 years - now I've overcome my addiction issues on my own and I'm 16-months clean'

Initial experiences with ecstasy in the 1990s led to a lasting struggle with addiction.
fromGothamist
1 month ago

The hottest party in New York right now? Labubu raves.

Labubus are small, grinning plush gremlin toys from Hong Kong, sold for about $28, and have become popular at New York raves, attracting hundreds of young adults.
NYC music
London politics
fromItsnicethat
4 months ago

Felicity Ingram's debut photobook is a globetrotting ode to rave culture

Felicity's project showcases the different interpretations of rebellious energy in the rave culture across multiple cities.
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