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Last weekend I found myself sitting in a room with a hundred music critics listening to an academic presentation about Missy Elliot. In fact, it was a panel of six academic presentations. There were arguments for the Afro-futurism of Missy Elliot as well as the importance of her influence on hip-hop since Under Construction. However, […]

Every month, we will compile the best, weirdest, most interesting music and sound news from the past 30 days and serve it up to you in one handy, easy to digest list. May we present 33 Things that happened in January? This list is brought to you by our 33 1/3 intern, Jonah Simonak. The

It’s still a tad chilly out there, but the warm days of summer are nearly upon us! To celebrate, here’s a video of Pavement performing “Shady Lane” live in 1999 for HBO’s now defunct Reverb. In my mind, no one understands the merits of lazy summer days better than Stephen Malkmus. And if you need

We caught up with Jenn Pelly in London, where she has been tirelessly working on her 33 1/3 on The Raincoats’ The Raincoats. Read about Jenn’s research below! At the end of last year I took a trip to London to meet with the Raincoats. I spent many, many hours sitting at Ana and Shirley’s kitchen

Hey, Los Angeleans! If you’re looking for something fun to do on Saturday, May 16th, look no further. 33 1/3 authors Kim Cooper and David Smay are hosting a fascinating bus tour of Tom Waits’ infamous downtown Los Angeles. The knowledgeable pair will show you the derelict haunts and seedy hotels that helped shape one

Report from New York: it is now basically mid-April and still 40 degrees. Turn on your space heaters; pull out the wool blanket; guzzle steaming cups of tea; furiously re-evaluate your lives*—all will be to no avail. Winter has unconditionally won, and the only thing that can heal this late-stage frostbite in our icy hearts

Join us in Seattle at the EMP Museum April 16-19 for the annual EMP Pop Conference! Come out to hear a range of authors, musicians, journalists, and academics speak about music and transgression, with panels covering everything from heavy metal and the underground rock legend Lou Reed to a roundtable on hip-hop and R&B pioneer

Happy 1st night of Passover! Here is the least Passover-y song called Passover. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_NggH3O90o]

Every month, editorial assistant Michelle Chen will compile the best, weirdest, most interesting music and sound news from the past 30 days and serve it up to you in one handy, easy to digest list. May we present 33 Things that happened in March? Our upcoming book on Koji Kondo’s Super Mario Bros. was featured

I’ve been on a bit of a documentary kick as of late, and am pretty much always on a Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Kick.* And as you Wilco fans will know, YHF—arguably one of the most beautiful albums ever produced; seriously, it’s immaculate—caused quite a bit of tension during the process of its recording and after.