MINOR AT HEART
A connection to time and space
Rome, Italy-based label owner and lifelong record hound Pierpaolo De Sanctis talks to Dust & Grooves.
Liz Pelly and Spotify’s “ghost artists for hire”
Journalist Liz Pelly discussed her new book on Spotify with WYNC’s John Schaefer at the New York Public Library.
A lot of it was happening at Slugs’
In his February 2025 cover story for The Nation, musician and writer Ethan Iverson explores the legacy of Slugs’ and the thrilling jazz of the era.
Harmony above all: Visiting jazz kissas
Alex Halberstadt writes for Stereophile about the jazz kissas—both new and old—he visited on a recent trip to Japan.
It was safer to put your head down
A comic by Matt Huynh called "Cabramatta" draws on his experiences as the son of refugees and spending his childhood near an open-air drug market.
Pencil and paper, drawing and writing
At PRINT magazine, Steven Heller talks to Washington University American Culture Studies professor and illustrator DB Dowd.
ABOUT
Dominic Umile lives, writes, and drinks in Brooklyn, NY. His criticism and features have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Reader, Hyperallergic, and more. Get in touch.