Art. Beauty. Paris. The Italian countryside. Okay, there’s a bit of Canada and a marble quarry in David Macfarlane’s The Figures of Beauty too, but for the large part, the Toronto-based author steeps readers in sensuous foreign cultures in his new novel for Harper Collins. It’s summer of ‘68. It’s a particularly good summer for […]
Run the Jewels is one of the most exciting rapper team-ups in recent memory, and they’re almost enough to make you forget about some of the other high-profile duos of late. (“Watch the what?”) While Killer Mike’s booming Southern baritone and El-P’s New York nihilism may seem like an odd pairing, last year’s R.A.P. Music […]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FcDXL5Aw0o[/youtube] Earl Sweatshirt is one of the most lyrical rappers to come out in the last few years, hailing from the Odd Future collective that includes Tyler, the Creator and R&B crooner Frank Ocean. Despite his slow, laidback flow, he can pack more rhymes in a single line than most rappers’ entire songs. “Hive” is […]
Art. Beauty. Paris. The Italian countryside. Okay, there’s a bit of Canada and a marble quarry in David Macfarlane’s The Figures of Beauty too, but for the large part, the Toronto-based author steeps readers in sensuous foreign cultures in his new novel for Harper Collins. It’s summer of ‘68. It’s a particularly good summer for […] 