Psychobilly Monsters: The Cramps’ Threefold Relationship with Horror Cinema Sophie Turovsky November 1, 2020 Columns and Opinions An intentionally amateurish garage band. Soulmates side by side, feeding off of each other’s dark, provocative energy. A sonorously tremorous voice layered over a minor-toned psychobilly melody. Macabre and ...
Where culture, genre, and time converge: Polo & Pan Sophie Turovsky April 30, 2019 Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews I have never connected with electronic dance music. The beats overwhelm me, the melodies bore me, the unpleasantly pleasant mood irritates me, and the buildups, particularly the ones with vortical reverberation...
Argentina underground: a tribute to Argentine culture through underground music Sophie Turovsky April 18, 2019 Columns and Opinions, Multimedia The other day, I watched the “Buenos Aires” episode of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown in which Bourdain traverses the capital of Argentina and explores its culture. To get a sense of the place and the peop...
My mom’s guide to punk rock Sophie Turovsky March 28, 2019 Mixtapes, Multimedia Circle Jerks, through the repetitive, almost mesmerizing guitar riffs, the destructive, even childlike drum beat, and the crass vocals of “World Up My *ss,” “rip” the rules of their society to pieces an...
“If you get confused, just listen to the music play” Sophie Turovsky February 24, 2019 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews “You see that girl over there?” asked someone in the crowd. “That’s Mariah. All the hippies in Berkeley know her. She’s like the queen of the hippies.” As I stood in the back of the crowd, too intim...
