Rob Arcand

1 month ago | bombmagazine.org | Rob Arcand

For Jennifer Walshe, the term composition names an expansive field of experimental techniques, not a routine process of any sort. Long before becoming a professor of composition at Oxford, she developed an eclectic compositional practice spanning Western art music and DIY traditions, adapting the formal features of opera into works that are affecting, challenging, and often supremely funny.

Sep 15, 2024 | pitchfork.com | Rob Arcand

The first records to carry the Basic Channel name wore it quietly, stretching and distorting the text across each record’s center label, and rendering it fainter with each release. Was Basic Channel an artist’s name? Placed alongside titles like “Phylyps Trak” and “Quadrant Dub,” the early records seemed to imply as much, even as others, like “Enforcement” and “Inversion,” were credited to someone called Cyrus. Perhaps, then, Basic Channel was a record label. But who was Cyrus?

Dec 19, 2023 | ninaprotocol.com | Rob Arcand

What was corecore? For a brief moment last year, social media seemed captivated by the fleeting TikTok trend, which involved collage-like videos featuring clips from well-known movies, memes, video game screencasts, and other digital ephemera. For users casually scrolling through their “For You” pages, the videos were jarring in their glossy production, especially compared with the self-recorded material that largely populates the app.

Nov 16, 2023 | pitchfork.com | Rob Arcand

William Eggleston’s music, like his photography, lives in vivid color. The 84-year-old artist helped establish color photography as a medium worthy of institutional attention, elevating what was once considered purely commercial to the level of serious art. His photos are shot quickly, yet retain an honest, lived-in quality—in part thanks to his longstanding preoccupation with domestic interiors, aloof inlaws, personal trinkets, and other eccentricities of the American South.

Aug 20, 2023 | ourcommunitynow.com | Rob Arcand

The "Rich Men North of Richmond" singer read from the Bible and signed autographs for a passionate crowd on a North Carolina golf course