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ABDU ALI @ Ottobar w/ MOVAKWEEN, G.O.L.D., BLK VAPOR – 11.27.21

A Note from Wax Atlas’ Owner RE RSD

This is the full text of a flyer that I gave out to my customers…

Anger in Twitch-y Times: An Interview with John Cale

ohn Cale has had too many lives to count, but none of them seem quite the one he wanted. For decades he's seesawed between the accessible and the avant-garde, furiously searching for an intangible sound just out of reach ...

8 Accessible (but off-the-radar) Albums You Can Use To Out-Gun Any Music Elitist

Nothing’s more satisfying in life than out-gunning a pack of unrepentant music elitists. Of course,…

Buzzcocks Singer Pete Shelley talks Gender Fluidity, Sex, and Selling Out

Whether wryly declaring himself an “Orgasm Addict” or subverting cultural taboos with bi-curious electro anthem…

THIS CAN KILL: An Interview With Joy Division / New Order Original Peter Hook

For a living legend, Peter Hook sure knows how to keep cool. A founding member…

INTERVIEW: Talib Kweli on the Subtleties of Race in Music and the Impossibility of Selling Out

Even within the complex, persona-driven world of hip-hop, Talib Kweli is something of an enigma.…

INTERVIEW: Michael Moore Ain’t a Sicko, but He did Give Me a Cold

Writhing in bed, I snort as my chest convulses, snot dripping on the sheets. This…

INTERVIEW: Bill Maher thinks American’s are gluttonous pigs

It’s 6 a.m., way past bedtime. He’d like to lie down, but instead Bill Maher…

Before rock; before hip-hop; before be-bop, there was….

By Kim Te & Andy Phillips From the back porches of Mississippi to the chilly…