Many things have changed since 1999. But latex is still uncomfortable. As it did for so many nerds who wore too much black and a trench coat, The Matrix was a formative, revelatory movie in my young life. The amazing part about the movie is that it was revelatory to…

The Ninth Wave The independent music landscape has experienced a dramatic overhaul over the past few years. No longer is indie rock and pop a catch-all to describe underground bands at the cutting edge of new and innovative sound. It’s gone mainstream. The popular appeal has led to homogenization, with…

Bristol legend Roni Size brought his pioneering sound to the mainstream when New Forms, the debut album from Reprazent, his drum and bass collective, bested Radiohead’s OK Computer to the Mercury Music Prize in 1997.  Size went on to collaborate Stateside with Method Man, Cypress Hill and Rage Against The Machine’s Zack De La…