The Planetarium of Past, Present and Future

Site-specific theater offers artists some of the most challenging and engaging obstructions. When done well, it demands that the work draw from that space at that time, and be shaped by both. The space becomes the vocal folds and breath for the consonants and vowels of the piece. The Electric Company is certainly no stranger […]

Press Play and Hold Your Breath

solo output of Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, guitarist of the recently defunct progressive rock band The Mars Volta, you would be witness  not only to a staggeringly large body of work, but also a creative trajectory that has slowly taken him away from the claustrophobic psycho-noise of his earlier work and into a more subdued, deliberate sound […]

The Kid Can Rap

One day they’ll say, “Mac Miller’s all grown up!” But it’s not today. For every moment of honest introspection and unusual production on Mac’s new album Watching Movies With The Sound Off, there’s a host of pointless pop culture references and yawn-inducing misogyny. Here’s a question: how seriously can you take an emotional track when […]