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July 6, 2020
Shorties (David Mitchell on His New Novel, New Music from Sufjan Stevens, and more)
David Mitchell discussed his new novel Utopia Avenue with the Guardian.
Writing Utopia Avenue, Mitchell became especially interested in Brian Eno’s concept of “scenius” – the idea that a grouping of artists in a particular place at a particular time “can have a genius, where marketing arrangements, business models and of course a pool of hungry young talent in tune with the zeitgeist, just the few times in history, it all comes together perfectly. It never lasts long, it’s soon commoditised and exploited and imitated and it dissipates again until the next time it pops up elsewhere.”
Stream a new Sufjan Stevens song.
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Vulture and Consequence of Sound and Vulture listed its top albums of 2020 so far.
The New York Times recommended the week's best books.
The A.V. Club, NPR Music, and Paste recommended the week's best new albums.
Kristen Arnett shared her influences at The Cut.
Stream a new Pussy Riot song inspired by Black Lives Matter.
Electric Literature recommended books about occult mysteries.
Pitchfork interviewed Lily Konigsberg about her solo album.
Bookworm interviewed author Scott Spencer.
The Creative Independent interviewed author and musician Moor Mother.
Ben Ehrenreich discussed his book Desert Notebooks with the Los Angeles Times.
“I think crisis, by interrupting the smooth flow of days, interrupting our expectations for the future, forces a different kind of time on us,” Ehrenreich said recently on a call from his home in Barcelona. “The linear flow is suddenly broken.”
Cover Me shared a collection of cover songs performed by Leonard Cohen.
Contributors discussed the anthology Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the 21st Century with Autostraddle.
Hiss Golden Messenger covered the Grateful Dead's "Dire Wolf."
Steve Inskeep talked books and reading with the New York Times.
Bandcamp Daily recapped spring's best albums.
Litro interviewed author Guillermo Stitch.
Stream the new Cloud Nothings album.
them. shared new short fiction by Brandon Taylor.
Stream a new Thurston Moore song.
Words Without Borders recommended translated books from India.
Stream two new songs by filmmaker and musician John Carpenter.
The Line Up shared a guide to the books of Stephen Graham Jones.
Stream a new song by Mary Lattimore.
The Guardian interviewed author Brit Bennett.
How do you feel about the tone and style of your writing being compared to novelists such as James Baldwin and Toni Morrison?
It’s an honour to be mentioned in the same sentence as two of our finest writers ever. They are woven into my DNA. It feels as surreal as I think you’d imagine.
Stream two new songs by Versing.
Author Kristen Arnett shared some of her influences at The Cut.
Rolling Stone recommended songs for your plants.
Lydia Kang recommended boos about occult mysteries at Electric Literature.
The Radio Dept. covered "You're Looking at My Guy" by the Tri-Lites.
Bookworm interviewed author Scott Spencer.
Stream a new song by Liturgy & LEYA.
Salon interviewed the Editor Grande Supreme of Taco Bell Quarterly.
Stream a new song by the Front Bottoms.
The OTHERPPL podcast interviewed author Meredith Talusan.
The Quietus recommended June's best new albums on Bandcamp.
The Rumpus previewed this week's notable online literary events.
Father John Misty covered Leonard Cohen's "Anthem."
Vol. 1 Brooklyn shared new fictio by Claire Hopple.
Cover Me shared a collection of covers performed by Leonard Cohen.
Fiction Writers Review interviewed author Natalie Bakopoulos.
Stream a new Christine and the Queens song.
Debutiful interviewed author Catherine Adel West.
PopMatters recommended punk protest songs.
Electric Literature interviewed author Porochista Khakpour.
Soccer Mommy covered the Cars' "Drive."
The Spokesman-Review recommended must-read baseball books.
Stream a new Drive-By Truckers song.
Book Riot listed the best books of 2020 so far.
Salon examined the state of protest music.
The Guardian recommended novels set in Russia.
Superchunk covered the Go-Go's "Can't Stop the World."
Stream a new Thurston Moore song.
Neil Young is not happy with Trump using his music at the Mount Rushmore event.
Stream a new song by Gemma.
Composer Ennio Morricone has passed away.
The Atlantic shared a new essay by Ibram X. Kendi.
Dirty Projectors played a Tiny Desk Concert.
Literary Hub profiled author Lynn Steger Strong.
“The thing about essays which turns me off is that there’s this expectation that you’ll land at the end, that you’ll make an argument, and I don’t think it’s my job to make an argument. If I have a goal, it’s to make people look harder and better than they usually do.”
Book Riot recommended books about musicians.
Ashleigh Bryant Phillips recommended rural novels at Literary Hub.
Stream a new Bill Callahan song.
The Quietus staff listed their favorite albums of the year so far.
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