The Top Fifty Albums of 2016, Albums 50-41
Across the Margin begins its rollout of the Best Albums of 2016 with albums 50-41… Let’s face it, 2016 was a son of a bitch….
Music
Twenty Years Later – DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing
by: Michael Shields Twenty years ago today DJ Shadow released Endtroducing, one of the most audacious and innovative albums ever birthed… In the 2002 film…
Twenty Years Later – Ghostface Killah’s Ironman
by: Michael Shields Twenty Years after its release, Ironman persists as an exemplification of the extraordinary talents of Ghostface Killah… Note: The bulk of this…
To The Flynn
by: John O’ Leary As Phish prepare for a four night run in Las Vegas leading up to one of their famed Halloween performances, one…
An Evening With Andrew Bird
by: Michael Shields Looking back on an interview with one of music’s most individual of performers, Andrew Bird… Andrew Bird is a bit of an…
Control
by: HC Hsu Prince, his genius and the deliberate framing of his musical legacy… “I’ve never spoken about this before, but I was born epileptic. And…
Twenty Years Later – Jay Z’s Reasonable Doubt
by: Michael Shields Jay Z’s debut album, which dropped twenty years ago today, isn’t simply one of the best rap albums of all time, but…
Twenty Years Later – Beck’s Odelay
By: Chris Thompson Twenty years after its release, we take a look back at the “new pollution,” and the pop genius of Beck’s award winning…
The Best Songs of 2016 (So Far)
by: Michael Shields & Chris Thompson Across the Margin takes stock of the status of music in 2016, stopping at the midway point to offer…
First Impressions: Radiohead’s A Moon Shaped Pool
Across the Margin weighs in on Radiohead’s ninth studio album, A Moon Shaped Pool…. by: Michael Shields Radiohead, with their ninth studio album, A Moon…
Prince’s Revolution
by: Josh Sczykutowicz An ode to a god amongst men, a bizarre, foreign, enigmatic force of nature… When David Bowie passed away this January, several…
Remembering The Five Foot Assassin
by: Michael Shields With a heavy heart Across the Margin bids farewell to one of the founding members of hip-hop’s most influential acts… I’m ashamed…