From turning our gaze backwards, and recycling lost time, a new music is emerging, slowly paving way for an impending rupture to come.

The Soft Moon returns with the Total Decay EP. Michael Krimper examines Luis Vasquez's fear of closure and what happens "when it's over."

Why the 'Drive' soundtrack works so well, and a playlist of more menacing synth-pop tunes to cruise to.

Part Two of Hydra Magazine's 20 Best Films of 2011.

Part One of Hydra Magazine's 20 Best Films of 2011.

Jean Vigo died at the age of 29. He made a total of four films. Yet his myth sails on.

What SOPA and PIPA mean for the future of independent art and online criticism.

From radio confessionals to David Lynch's 'Interview Project': Everyday lives strain to be told.

Jon Rafman's "The Nine Eyes of Google Street View" project unearths the Orphic gaze from its mechanistic slumber.

Some reading suggestions that might elucidate, antagonize, support, or deepen your ideas about the current nationwide OWS Movement.

Robert Duncan's critical appreciation of H.D. reveals a series of poetic heresies he would share with his great predecessor, Ezra Pound.

Geoff Dyer's protagonists in 'Out of Sheer Rage' are procrastinators who get the real work done.