What would happen if Jesus Christ were to return among us, as promised? In the worldview of Jesus Christ Taxi Driver, typically skeptical, only occasionally literal, he reappears not in glory but behind the wheel of a cab, collecting fares to put food on the table. So much for the American Dream. The concept is knowingly tongue-in-cheek, but its critique of disillusionment recalls the likes of Bret Easton Ellis. His novel American Psycho opens in a taxi, where two men argue f

Finished nearly three years before its eventual release, singer-songwriter and producer Rachel Lime’s sophomore album STORIES did not arrive with the immediacy of something freshly made. Instead, it surfaced as an album already internalised and, at a certain point, almost left behind. “It’s funny,” Lime says, speaking over Zoom from her apartment at night in New York. “I finished this album a long time ago, and I hadn’t been that excited about it for a while.” Credit: Rachel

A band named “Modern Woman” and an album cover of two girls lying in a field, one punching the other in the face. ​ These are the two things that get my attention. Photo by Sandra Ebert ​ London’s Modern Woman releases their debut album Johnny’s Dreamworld, via legendary label One Little Independent Records on May 1st. The album has been two years in the works, which lead singer Sophie Harris described as an “enjoyable marathon.” ​ Modern Woman came together through a tangle