I get the sense that Last Fantastic Nasty are still in that “figuring who we are” phase, where you’ve realized you can get attention by shocking people, but you start thinking long and hard about whether or not you want to. And they do have the musical chops to do well: the songs are metallic and complicated and compelling, even if the lyrics feel like the last gasp of toxic masculinity in the #MeToo era.
Published at Newcity MusicOn Saturday, April 21, 2018By Gerald Brennan
Working within the history and discursive space of portraiture, Sepuya visualizes queer intimacies, uses photographic equipment as signifiers and the space and function of the studio to ask questions about who we are and what makes it so.
Published at Newcity ArtOn Thursday, April 19, 2018By Lee Ann Norman
Aque infuses sterile and utilitarian objects with quiet, intimate labors of love that meditate on romantic and unresolved relationships forced to operate in obfuscation.
Published at Newcity ArtOn Wednesday, April 18, 2018By Ryan Filchak
An exhibition in Milwaukee places a series of paintings by the beloved American artist Winslow Homer in the company of work by his English contemporaries.
Published at Newcity ArtOn Tuesday, April 17, 2018By Chris Miller
While the United States considers a trade war with China and a return to negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership, paintings by sixteen artists from the region demonstrate the diversity of Southeast Asia's artistic expressions.
Published at Newcity ArtOn Monday, April 16, 2018By Chris Miller
This magical production from Adventure Stage Chicago follows its twin protagonists on a journey of self-discovery through their personal and cultural histories.
Published at Newcity StageOn Sunday, April 15, 2018By Kevin Greene
This could be the last chance to catch indie contender Meghan Remy at a midsize club like the Bottle, as her growing buzz and sound will inevitably bring her to larger venues.
Published at Newcity MusicOn Thursday, April 12, 2018By Max McKenna
An impressive show of paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures by a Native artist who treated subjects from Native American mythologies as well as themes of abstraction and more recognizably western iconography.
Published at Newcity ArtOn Saturday, April 7, 2018By Luke Fidler
The man born Eric Goulden continued to follow his singular musical muse, releasing albums of new material every few years. Early 2018 welcomed the latest Wreckless Eric album, “Construction Time & Demolition.” And while forty-plus years after his debut single, Eric hasn't left his punk roots behind, his latest album remains true to the Class of 1977 DIY ethos
Published at Newcity MusicOn Thursday, April 5, 2018By Bill Kopp
Poems published in journals today have double work to do. Because the gatekeepers are changing and the landscape is changing and the idea that social status and pedigree holding space for mediocrity is no longer accepted. So yeah, good luck on reading that incredibly tight and creatively dead piece of art—we'll see whose soul it saves.
Published at Newcity LitOn Tuesday, April 3, 2018By Toni Nealie
This ferociously gifted twenty-three-year-old British singer-songwriter-rapper King Krule has pulled, from the postmillennial media onslaught, a gorgeous sonic arsenal.
Published at Newcity MusicOn Saturday, March 31, 2018By Robert Rodi