Year Zero:
The first 12 months of turn & work
The Latest
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New Book Review
First Love by Gwendoline Riley
First Love is uncomfortable reading. Gwendoline Riley’s skill at depicting abusive and horrifying relationships makes it hard but rewarding.
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New Book Review
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
The Safekeep is historical literary romance, which is not generally my bag. I loved it. The less you know going in the better. I think this one is going to win a lot of awards.
Don’t Miss a Thing
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New Music
Virgin Orchestra — Banger / fragments
Iceland’s Virgin Orchestra is an experimental post-punk band with a real orchestral sound. It’s weird, aborbing and hypnotic
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new blog post
Short Fiction: November 4, 2024
Start your week off with some imagination. Here are five excellent short stories that I think are worth sharing.
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New Music
Click & Listen: November 1, 2024
This week’s Apple Music and Spotify playlists are dominated by women
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New Book Review
The Vegetarian by Han Kang, tr. by Deborah Smith
This is a beast of a book about trauma, families and personal agency. It’s haunted me for weeks since I’ve finished it.
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New Music
The music behind the music: Dead Anyway
An eclectic selection of influences from the Dead Anyway duo. Plus my two cents
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New Music
Rye — I Feel Everything EP
Rye mixes melancholy, multilingual singer/ songwriter sounds with poetry and trip-hop elements for something unique and intimate
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New Book Review
Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte
Rejection is a collection of stories that pushes every conceivable boundary. It’s hilarious, horrifying, nasty and brilliant.
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New Music
Pom – a craving / a great escape / more
POM put out a great album in 2023 and two fantastic songs this year. They describe their sound as ‘playful fuzzpop’, and I can’t get enough
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New Book Review
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
Angela Carter is an author you should know. Her writing is floral and seductive, and these gothic horror stories are unforgettable
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New Music
Tlya X An — Camel’s Back / Ninja / TXN / more
Tlya X An is wildly talented, in both her eclectic hyperpop songs and the videos for them. If you don’t know her yet, I’m sure you will soon
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new blog post
Short stories — October 28, 2024
Start your week with seven short stories including one from a previous blog fave
