Vancouver-based, non-binary, Filipinx artist Kimmortal has done the impossible: used the ukulele to make a low-key banger (“Get Better”). That’s just one example of the feats of magic on display on Shoebox, the third and most ambitious album yet from the self-taught producer, rapper, and singer. On par with their production wizardry? Their righteous anger and powerful vulnerability.
By Khagan Aslanov
The Swans “impresario” speaks about seeking understanding, the unsure future, and his collective’s last obelisk.