Christopher J. Lee

South Africa's racist regime murdered Ruth First, one of the leading activist-intellectuals of the anti-apart…

In his latest work, Slow Poison, Mahmood Mamdani grapples with Uganda's decades of authoritarian rule. The bo…

Kim Gordon's songwriting with Sonic Youth sought to create a space of subversion between art and politics. He…

Dorji's new album is the guitarist's most beguiling and accessible record thus far. without sacrificing his b…

Emily Witt's memoir begins with the Brooklyn and Berlin underground rave scenes and the appeal of subcultural…

English rock group Oasis has always been a populist contradiction, rooted both in working-class culture and t…

Early New York Silver is a collaboration between Lee Ranaldo and Michael Vallera. Consisting of two tracks an…

An updated version of the old, weird America courses through Edith Frost's catalogue, replete with lost souls…

Of the many guises that Yo La Tengo have acquired over the course of their four-decade-plus career, their occ…

The Japanese psych-rock act Les Rallizes Dénudés is a cult band for which there is much to discuss, albeit wi…

Best known as lead vocalist of Galaxie 500, Dean Wareham has a new solo album. He spoke to Jacobin about what…

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Bandung Conference that brought together delegates from African a…

Pavement, one of the most celebrated indie rock bands of the 1990s, grappled with the challenge of making a l…

If the Stars Had a Sound may not have all the answers, but it intuitively understands Mogwai's enduring chari…

Really Insane gets back to Lou Barlow's origins of bedroom dirt and stoner experimentation. You can practical…

Former Galaxie 500 frontperson Dean Wareham speaks about his latest solo album's themes of the Los Angeles fi…

The releases of The Grind Date (20th Anniversary Edition) and Clear Lake Auditorium EP display the eclecticis…

After nearly six decades of existence, Jethro Tull release their 24th studio album, Curious Ruminant, which r…

Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs is a swansong album for the Chills and the late Martin Phillipps tha…

Hold That Tiger documents a gripping live performance of Sonic Youth in Chicago from October 1987, when the b…

During a time of pessimism when options for change appear woefully limited, Graeber's outlook and spirit offe…

Tweez goes in numerous directions: at times serious, at times ridiculous, and at times incoherent. In his lin…

The Deluxe Expanded edition of Car Button Cloth is a nostalgic reissue that reflects the range, strengths and…

Rainer Buchmüller clearly put much thought behind this curatorial project, genuflecting toward the past while…