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Early this year, we published Noise Matters: Towards an Ontology of Noise, a wide-reaching and provocative examination of the philosophical dimensions and cultural manifestations of noise, which garnered a bevy of intellectual responses from various corners of the noise universe, from noise makers and noise thinkers alike. In the text, author Greg Hainge (Reader in […]

Welcome back to our weekly series, in which the 33 1/3 staff take turns picking one of our favorite videos and offering it up for your Friday viewing pleasure. This week, editorial assistant Kaitlin Fontana is back for her second installment. Last week marked the 35th birthday of one Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart, aka Fiona

This has been an insanely busy summer for us here at Bloomsbury. I’m tearing through manuscripts like it’s my job (well, it is) and have been glaring enviously at my tan colleagues fresh off the boat from Martha’s Vineyard. I’ve just approved the cover for Serge Gainsbourg’s Histoire de Melody Nelson by Darran Anderson today.

I don’t remember how or when I first heard of Big Freedia, the Queen Diva of the New Orleans’ bounce scene, but I’m pretty sure it all started with the below video, which is a tongue-in-cheek instructional video of Freedia, who arrives in a black cape like superhero, teaching a bunch of struggling hipsters how

The third in this series of posts about our new titles from the hallowed UK culture criticism site sees Liz Phair’s Exile in Guyville author Gina Arnold delving into five careers comparable to that of Miss Phair, including one major surprise: “In actuality, studio songwriter and music biz insider Robin Thicke’s career looks more like

Today’s Video Vault comes from series editor Ally Jane. Have you ticked off every item on your summer bucket list? Watermelon eating contest? Sunburn? Surfin? Chances are you haven’t. And chances are the list didn’t include dancing to the Beach Boys on a fake beach inside a sound stage. But by watching the clip below,

I found solace from the late July heat at Output in Brooklyn to listen to Air’s Moon Safari without interruption. Classic Album Sundays, an event series that takes place in London, New York and other cities around the world, allows music fans to listen to albums with brilliant sound and clarity…and with zero distraction. Music

Previously, we mentioned that the pre-eminent UK culture criticism blog, CultureCritic, has undertaken a five-part series of posts about 33 1/3, specifically looking at individual forthcoming titles in the series. The first was Histoire de Melody Nelson, and second at bat is Luis Sanchez on The Beach Boys’ Smile. Sanchez illuminates the five reasons you