Mitch Therieau

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  • Oct 20, 2025
    Sometime on Saturday, Oct. 4, 12 orange doors were installed in 12 cities around the world. They were not to be opened; they didn’t lead anywhere, anyway. Affixed to each door...
  • Aug 26, 2025
    In 1971, the great rock critic Lester Bangs tried to imagine a time when the music of the recent past would seem alien. Projecting himself into the old age he would never reach, he...
  • Jul 3, 2025
    Lorde is contemporary pop’s greatest demystifier, and also its greatest mystic. This contradiction has animated her music from the beginning. “We aren’t caught up...
  • May 7, 2025
    There’s a playlist on Spotify, curated by the platform’s in-house editors, called “Lorem”—a title that doubles as a cruel joke, though it’s hard...
  • Mar 20, 2025
    Rock and roll ghosts are possessing our movie stars. Austin Butler apparently went so deep into character over the years-long process of filming Baz...