Practical Criticism, No. 70: Roy Hargrove and the RH Factor

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In episode no. 70 of Practical Criticism, Ajay surprises Rebecca with Roy Hargrove and the RH Factor’s "Out of Town," off the 2003 record Hard Groove. The discussion includes a dive deep into jazz-hip-hop experiments, varieties and suspicions of musical fusion, caesuras and polyharmonies, the dissonant and the antiphonal, "open-eared moonlighting," and hybridity without history.

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Practical Criticism, No. 70: Roy Hargrove and the RH Factor

Practical Criticism

published about a year ago

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Practical Criticism No. 71: Neko Case 1:33:18

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In episode 71 of the Podcast for Social Research's Practical Criticism series, Rebecca Ariel Porte plays Neko Case's "Curse of the I-5 Corridor" (off the 2018 album Hell-On ) for Ajay Singh Chaudhary. Their conversation ranges from convention to the sound of disillusionment to lyrical density, meta-musical gesture, vocal quality, and how you can tell if and when something is beyond saving.…

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Practical Criticism, No. 70: Roy Hargrove and the RH Factor 1:08:27

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In episode no. 70 of Practical Criticism, Ajay surprises Rebecca with Roy Hargrove and the RH Factor’s "Out of Town," off the 2003 record Hard Groove . The discussion includes a dive deep into jazz-hip-hop experiments, varieties and suspicions of musical fusion, caesuras and polyharmonies, the dissonant and the antiphonal, "open-eared moonlighting," and hybridity without history. Practical Criticism is produced by Ryan Lentini. Learn more about upcoming courses on our website . Follow Brooklyn Institute for Social Research on Twitter / Facebook / Instagram / Bluesky…

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Practical Criticism No. 69 — 2024 Algorithmically "Wrapped" 2:09:47

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In this episode we discussed our end of year Spotify Wrapped lists and what algorithmic listening means for us as subjects and social beings, mass culture's current expression in shared forms of circulation rather than in objects of attention held in common, the limits of poptimism, the sound of melancholy, experimental hip-hop, jazz, vocaloid(ish) bands, music as cinematic form, Sampa the Great, Ahmed Abdul-Malik, HoneyWorks, Weyes Blood, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Arooj Aftab.…

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Practical Criticism No. 68—Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter 1:15:10

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Practical Criticism is back with its first episode of 2024—on Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter. In it, Rebecca Ariel Porte plays the opening track of the album, “American Requiem,” for Ajay Singh Chaudhary, who, as usual, doesn’t know what the object will be. Their conversation then commences with a question: Beyoncé is far from the first to undertake the ambitious task of deconstructing country music’s many musical debts—but does she actually succeed in doing so? Along the way, they discuss the history of Black country music (and listen to Linda Martell), the convergence of aesthetic and commodity forms (is the album so slick as to slide over into parody?), conflictual aspirations to iconicity and iconoclasm, and the courage of conviction it takes to betray an older version of one’s own aesthetic commitments.…

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Practical Criticism, No. 67: 2023 Algorithmically "Wrapped" 2:57:43

1 year ago2:57:43

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In episode 67 of Practical Criticism, Rebecca and Ajay surprise each other with songs and compositions drawn exclusively from their respective algorithmically-generated Spotify "Wrapped" playlists! Pieces include Erza Furman's "Can I Sleep in Your Brain"; Linked Horizon's "Guren No Yumiya" (from the Attack on Titan soundtrack); Lucy Dacus's "Night Shift"; The Smashing Pumpkins's "Mayonaise"; Monteverdi's "Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria"; Phish's "Cavern" (from Atlantic City, 10/30/2010); CeeLo Green's cover of "No One's Gonna Love You" by Band of Horses; and Nirvana's "All Apologies." Along the way, the conversation turns to overcoming the All-Roads-Lead-to-Coldplay-Problem of automatic curation, the subtle and the transformative, time changes and genre conventions, unadorned pop and unromanticized classics, the dialectic of sincerity and absurdity, cute aggression and martial pop, fascist aesthetics, narcissistic injury and pathic projection, epics of the ordinary, the strange proliferation of 2-part pop songs, soft edged vs. soft with edges, unleashed elegance, what the machine wants you to listen to, coolness and anomie, the many modalities of anger, musical artifacts and ur-forms, ariosos vs. arias and the nascent opera of the early 17th century, brilliant failures, and, above all, writing soundtracks. Listen to what rises out to shine from the digital (and other) mucks of 2023.…

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Practical Criticism No. 61—2021 Year in Review 2:23:20

2 years ago2:23:20

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In Episode 61 of the Podcast for Social Research's Practical Criticism Series, Ajay Singh Chauhary and Rebecca Ariel Porte consider the music that, for them, best speaks to the zeitgeist of the year past, including a final song to play out 2021. Selections include everything from Baroque lute to compositions newly minted. Discussed: Japanese Breakfast, Herbie Hancock, Ennio Morricone, Pink Floyd, L'Rain, Grouper, Moor Mother, and much else.…

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Practical Criticism No. 62: Art-Pop 1:46:49

2 years ago1:46:49

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In episode 62 of the Podcast for Social Research's "Practical Criticism" series, Rebecca Ariel Porte plays Roxy Music, Kate Bush, and Kanye West as examples of "art-pop" for Ajay Singh Chaudhary, who, as usual, doesn't know what the object of the week will be. Their conversation ranges over what exactly "art-pop" is, rhythmic and historical time, blurred genres, ascending complexity, Marcel Duchamp and avant-gardes, cold (and cool) modernisms, philosophical vs. musical naturalism, Mark Fisher's speculative definitions, the rare encounters of pop music and New Music, interesting failures and self-indulgence, the emptiness of "pop-art", art-song in the nineteenth century, the crutch of hippie punching, the quality of "againstness," and the search for the oppositional, abrasive music of today. (Plus, don't miss Rebecca and Ajay spontaneously engage in and fail modestly at ear training exercises along the way.) Originally published on February 18, 2022.…

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Practical Criticism No. 63: Waltzing to War 2:04:41

2 years ago2:04:41

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In Episode 63 of the Podcast for Social Research's "Practical Criticism Series," Ajay Singh Chaudhary plays "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda," as covered by The Pogues, for Rebecca Ariel Porte, who, as usual, doesn't know what the sonic object of the week will be. Their conversations covers resonances between World War I and our own historical moment, uses and abuses of nationalism, internationalism, periphery and metropole, proxy wars, balladry, pastiche, trauma, missed opportunities, disillusionment, and propaganda. Originally pubilshed on March 4, 2022.…

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Practical Criticism No. 64: What is Afrofuturism? 1:52:14

2 years ago1:52:14

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In episode 64 of the Podcast for Social Research's Practical Criticism series, live-recorded at Montez Press Radio's Canal street studio, Rebecca Ariel Porte and Ajay Singh Chaudhary play Sun Ra, Deltron 3030, Janaelle Monae, and Solange for guest Kazembe Balagun—all prompts to the question, what is Afrofuturism? A special co-production with Montez Press and Carnegie Hall, episode 64 explores the Afro diaspora, self-naming as self-determination, revolutionary aesthetics, Afrofuturism's "total" artistry, Afrofuturism vs. Italian Futurism and "Jeff Bezos" futurism, Blackness as a mass utopian political project, Sun Ra's influence on everything from MC5 to contemporary jazz and cinema, the reactionary futurism of the Disney/Marvel Black Panther , and whether Afrofuturism is a dated style, alive in the present, or a continuous echo of the future. Originally published on April 1, 2022…

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Practical Criticism No. 64.5 - Afrofuturism Radio 2:27:56

2 years ago2:27:56

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Episode 64.5 of Practical Criticism picks up where episode 64, What is Afrofuturism? , leaves off, answering, as it were, the latter’s titular question by way of a two-hour DJ set, interspersed with explanations and commentary. Ajay and Rebecca spin tracks by Parliament Funkadelic, Miles Davis, Flying Lotus (ft. Kendrick Lamar), FKA Twigs, Kool Keith, NWA, Janelle Monáe, plumbing the Afrofuturist sound in all its musical diversity. Originally published April 15, 2022.…

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Practical Criticism No. 65 - Dark Side of the Moon 2:14:04

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