The life of pablo

Let’s begin by trying to suggest what an encounter is (and is not). An encounter can take the form of an unexpected liaison; a kind of spark to begin thinking. But an encounter, in the sense of what I mean here, is about an ‘affect,’ the…

Welcome to THE PLAYLIST, where we pick a theme and, er, make a playlist around it. Sometimes you might get an essay, other times you might get just one sentence as a precursor to the laser-focused audio delights that await below. Take it…

It's a Very Special Episode of NO ENCORE this week as Dave and Colm welcome back the always insightful Dean Van Nguyen to discuss the best - and some of the not so best - music of January - June 2016 as well as the big stories of the year…

Amid controversy and expectation, Yeezy's latest finally dropped this week. Joshua Hughes tackles a divisive, tempestuous record in The Life of Pablo. Has Kanye gifted a world he often seems out of touch with to a genius piece of art or…