Reznor has not only ensured Nine Inch Nails remains a prosperous project but has also found in cinema a toll-free creative refuge, broadening his sonic horizons and finally achieving a serene peace with himself after the ghosts that birthed The Downward Spiral and the struggles suffered after The Fragile.
The Inkwell is the quarterly post where we compile albums we hadn’t highlighted yet, but which are highly recommended additions to your musical radar.
The appreciation of a piece is often an act of empathy: to reflect and delve into it, one must put oneself in the shoes of the people who created it and contextualize the fruit of their labor in a specific moment in space-time. That is why the same creation can be interpreted in different ways, … Read more
Today, as the Mastodon hype has settled into a more breathable comfort reserved for loyal fans, we discover that metal never needed to be validated by academia, and that, just like in horror cinema, this genre doesn’t have to be elevated to be relevant.
2928 miles (4712 km in civilized measurements) is the distance separating Grace Potter’s current home, Topanga Canyon, from her native Vermont; a journey she has made several times by car and which serves as the common thread of this road movie she presents to us.
It’s not common for electronic music to be accompanied by lyrics that go beyond trivial matters, but it’s even more complicated to mix dancefloor anthems with mental health or the loss of a father.
In this second installment, we continue to search for those artists who, due to talent, hype, context, or simply bad luck, seemed to have the future in their hands. And, as often happens with the future, it ended up taking another path.
When does a work begin? When does it end? Is the creator the only person who can give it meaning? Does a certain unconsciousness help to break down certain barriers?
For a brief moment, it seemed they were going to be the next big band. But then, almost always without much fanfare, they stopped being the future.
This is not an article about Zahara; we’re not dedicating it to anyone in particular. This is not an article about motivation, but it is about intention. This is not an article about past traumas, although they may be a driving force.