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...With his latest mixtape, “Harlem’s American Gangster,” rapper Jim Jones attempts to present a depiction of Harlem street life as only a native of Harlem could do. Unfortunately, Jones fails, offering instead the conventional definition of gangsta rap that the naïve have come to accept and the knowledgeable have begun to ignore. Released on February 19th, “Harlem’s American Gangster” was not compiled as a bona fide album but as a mixtape in response to Brooklyn-born...
...hearing Britney cover “Satisfaction” or of sighting your gramps wearing bright blue skintight jeans, and that the result will be more disastrous than when Coke tried to update its signature beverage in 1985. In “All Shook Up,” the latest exhibition to grace the art gallery inside of the Boston Athenaeum, photographer Thomas Kellner presents a modern take on Boston’s oldest independent library that manages to be a fitting re-imagination instead of a hideous attempt at revision. In July 2006, Kellner spent two weeks...
...nailed the problem to which “Ask Me Anything” tipped its hat. They’re not the first to do it (again, listen to Metric and their song “Dead Disco”) but they’re the latest to present the issue of creative aimlessness in a way that’s accessible to the people that are most affected by it: contemporary indie music lovers.Manhattan group Vampire Weekend, however, is the most recent group to try to posit a solution. To give you an idea of their sound: if African...
Oldies fans will find something to love on “Lust, Lust, Lust,” the latest release from co-ed Danish duo the Raveonettes. Fittingly for a group that takes its name from the Buddy Holly hit “Rave On,” Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo pay homage to the ’60s-era American pop inspirations that are frequently cited but rarely revived. The band incorporates instrumental nods to their beloved Holly and Lou Reed along with close vocal harmonies that recall the pre-pubescent crooning of the Everly Brothers...
...Crow” by the width of a planet, a span of 22 years, and a great deal of allegory, Thiong’o stays true to Africa and to the African language, Gikuyu, in which the novel was written. Thiong’o’s latest book, written in the African oral storytelling tradition, tackles modern Africa, deftly navigating the way in which its world has been turned upside-down in the 20th century. The 2006 novel is set in the Republic of Aburiria, a fictional African country in the midst of a serious crisis. The Cold...