Kim Deal Is Still a Punk The Breeders and the Pixies legend on her music, her mother, and life in Ohio.
The School Teaching Women to Ask for What They Want Kasia Urbaniak started The Academy to share a simple lesson — and amid #MeToo, it’s more relevant than ever.
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How the Strokes — and
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Conor Oberst Goes Home After a nightmarish public controversy and some mysterious health ailments, the singer-songwriter has returned to Omaha and, hopefully, normalcy.
Conor Oberst Goes Home After a nightmarish public controversy and some mysterious health ailments, the singer-songwriter has returned to Omaha and, hopefully, normalcy.
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June 15, 2016
How Sting’s Daughter Sabotaged Her Music Career So she could make it on her own as an anonymous — until now — DJ.
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The Kills on Their New Photo Book, Rock Nostalgia, and Secret Third Band Member “I always had it in my head that I didn’t want to expand the band with instruments, I wanted to expand it with photographers and writers.”
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We Get a Peek at the Pump Up the Volume Musical And a nation of Christian Slater fans just perked up.
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Immaterial Girl Grimes won’t let small budgets or stomach flu get between her and pop stardom.
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On a Mission from Blog Austin’s Gary Clark Jr. is the great bluesman for the YouTube generation.
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Prophet in a Sleeveless Tee Jared Leto quit acting to be a self-help rock messiah.
Dec. 9, 2011
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Nov. 23, 2011
Still the Tap Dance Kid Dulé Hill, back on Broadway.
Some Crazy Nail Art by Sophie Harris of The Illustrated Nail Even the boys got some nail action at Seagull Salon the other night.
Jesse Eisenberg on His New Play Asuncion , Avoiding All Culture, and Screenwriters Who Brainstorm With Post-its “To me, it seems like kind of an ostentatious way to show other people that you’re working if your movies are not being made.”
Sept. 30, 2011
Cult of Youth Nature-hating ex-NYU couple finds indie fans.
Sept. 9, 2011
Under the Banner of Portlandia Former members of Sleater-Kinney and Helium let their wild flag fly.
Lindsey Buckingham on His New Solo Album and the Fleetwood Mac ‘Machine’ “It was clear that band had incredible chemistry … We had to fulfill that destiny, if you want to get a little flowery about it.”
July 21, 2011
Enter Exitmusic Almost as soon as Aleksa Palladino and Devon Church, who perform together as Exitmusic, take the stage at Pianos and begin playing their elegant […]
Girl Talk Gives Vulture His Ideal 154-Track Backyard-Barbecue Mix D.J. Gregg Gillis crafted the perfect playlist to score your next cookout.
June 2, 2011
Like a Punch in the Face You can thank Will Sheff’s subconscious for Okkervil River’s most visceral album to date.
May 26, 2011
Let Us Entertain You Black Lips perform like rock stars used to.
How the Arctic Monkeys Plan a Set List Jamie Cook: “A slow moment in the set. If she’s stayed this long, you can make out with her here.”
May 19, 2011
Jukebox Three citizen critics with different tastes offer competing takes on noteworthy recent albums.
The Joy Formidable’s Ritzy Bryan Makes a Mixtape for Your Next Breakup The Smiths, Elvis Costello, Peaches, and ten other songs perfect for ruing lost love.
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Mar. 24, 2011
Reunited, and It Feels So Good The Kills release their first album in three years.
Feb. 24, 2011
Underground Gourmet Twelve delicious acts headlining a subway platform near you.
Feb. 3, 2011
The Ballad of Conor Oberst “Anytime you think you really know something, you’re going to find out you’re wrong.”
Tom Tom Club’s Chris Frantz on 30 Years of ‘Genius of Love’ “Grandmaster Flash said, ‘You know you’re going to be hearing this [“Genius of Love”] beat a lot.’ And I said, ‘You think so?’”
Dec. 21, 2010
182 Minutes With Liz Phair The smart-girl hero says she’s finally made
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Nick Cave on Grinderman and Why He’s a Feminist “Well, I don’t consider myself not one. I’m not a misogynist, so you can dispense with that.”
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