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Jessica Hopper on Rock, Rapture, and What Artists Do that Mortals Cannot

Jessica Hopper on Rock, Rapture, and What Artists Do that Mortals Cannot

“These records give me a language to decipher just how fucked I am.”

By Jessica Hopper | July 7, 2021

Eula Biss on the Wild Machismo of Prince in <em>Purple Rain</em>

Eula Biss on the Wild Machismo of Prince in Purple Rain

In Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast

By Open Form | July 1, 2021

How Kurt Cobain’s Favorite Novel Made Its Way Onto Nirvana’s Final Album

How Kurt Cobain’s Favorite Novel Made Its Way Onto Nirvana’s Final Album

Nathan Dunne on the Seductive Power of Perfume

By Nathan Dunne | July 1, 2021

Sasha Frere-Jones on the Future of Live Music Post-Pandemic

Sasha Frere-Jones on the Future of Live Music Post-Pandemic

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | July 1, 2021

In Praise of Famous Losers: On Kurt Cobain, Beck, and the Idols Who Mythologized a Subculture

In Praise of Famous Losers: On Kurt Cobain, Beck, and the Idols Who Mythologized a Subculture

Benjamin Villegas Remembers the Antiestablishment Allure of the 90s

By Benjamin Villegas | June 30, 2021

Need a writing soundtrack? Listen to James Baldwin’s record collection in Spotify playlist form.

Need a writing soundtrack? Listen to James Baldwin’s record collection in Spotify playlist form.

By Walker Caplan | June 29, 2021

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Solving the Mystery of My Father’s Journalistic Shorthand and Discovering... The Beatles?

By Richard Sanger | June 28, 2021

Mumford & Sons banjo player Winston Marshall heroically cancels himself.

By Jonny Diamond | June 25, 2021

Is this the best book club ever?

By Walker Caplan | June 24, 2021

Iconic Blues Musician Bobby Rush Remembers His Rocky Relationship With James Brown

Iconic Blues Musician Bobby Rush Remembers His Rocky Relationship With James Brown

”If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.”

By Bobby Rush | June 24, 2021

Sound Designer Arman Naféei on His Unique Role as “Directeur D’Ambiance”

Sound Designer Arman Naféei on His Unique Role as “Directeur D’Ambiance”

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | June 24, 2021

You should be listening to John Murry, the moody musician who just happens to be Faulkner's cousin.

You should be listening to John Murry, the moody musician who just happens to be Faulkner's cousin.

By Emily Temple | June 22, 2021

Ron Friedman on Reverse Engineering Creative Breakthroughs

Ron Friedman on Reverse Engineering Creative Breakthroughs

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | June 17, 2021

How the Stepe Brothers Radicalized Peoria and Inspired a Punk Rock Revolution

How the Stepe Brothers Radicalized Peoria and Inspired a Punk Rock Revolution

Jonathan Wright and Dawson Barrett on Social Misfits and How a Scene is Born

By Jonathan Wright and Dawson Barrett | June 16, 2021

Sinéad O’Connor on Discovering Van Morrison in Her Lonely Early Days in London

Sinéad O’Connor on Discovering Van Morrison in Her Lonely Early Days in London

“There’ll be a lifetime of goodbyes. I can’t have a problem with that.”

By Sinéad O'Connor | June 14, 2021

Folk Singer Sam Lee on Collaborating with Nightingales

Folk Singer Sam Lee on Collaborating with Nightingales

In Conversation with Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee on the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | June 14, 2021

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