THRU Magazine Archive
Finding Vivian Mayer Maier It was several years ago now that the street photography of Vivian Maier swept social media users into great curiosity. Her secret cache concentrating over 100 thousand pictures, from the 50’s through the 80’s, had been uncovered by an equally obscure person, John Maloof. He built a website under the posthumous […]
Qasim Ali Naqvi reintroduces the simmering drama of Film Noir. Known for his lean dexterous drumming in the modern acoustic trio Dawn of Midi, Qasim Ali Naqvi leaves behind the rhythmic imperative, taking his hand to ensemble composition using a mix of graphic and traditional notation. Preamble, his latest composition released to the NNA Tapes label, succeeds in […]
Innov Gnawa imports Arab mysticism to the post-post-modern world. Throughout the last decade, a market has grown for obscure “world music” collections, anthologies, and remasters, spawning indie labels with a niche in one part of the world or another. It’s not all traditional — much is electronic. As 21st Century progress plows over all the […]
It’s an exciting time to be a Death Grips fan. Just under a year after the release of their avant-thrashing, cyber-punk double album The Powers That B, the infamous trio have announced a new album in the works titled, Bottomless Pit and just shared “Hot Head,” the fiery new song expected to be on this album. What are […]
Snail Meets West is two lo-fi songwriters nodding to Ornette. On the album’s download page the credits read, “Recorded in loving memory of Ornette Coleman.” The legendary pioneer of “free jazz” died last year. The album is free improvisation, naturally, but the unlikely combo of piano and drums by Dan West and Azalia Snail, respectively, […]