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Mick Harvey / photo by L. J. Spruyt

In Conversation
En Conversation: Mick Harvey of The Bad Seeds Talks Serge Gainsbourg

“Delirium Tremens,” which dropped last month, is the third in a series of albums that finds Harvey taking on the catalog of the French provocateur.

July 14, 2016
Reviews
BADBADNOTGOOD, “IV”

“IV” serves as the best example yet of the Toronto jazz quartet’s ability to synthesize their disparate influences.

July 06, 2016

Rhys Darby / no credit

Film + TVIn Conversation
In Conversation: Rhys Darby Wants to Believe

The Kiwi actor/comedian/writer (“Flight of the Conchords”/”What We Do in the Shadows”) ponders the New Zealand film renaissance and the Paranormal.

July 05, 2016

Band of Horses / photo by Andrew Stuart

Band of Horses: Honest Themes

Ben Bridwell is working from home.

June 10, 2016
Reviews
Band of Horses, “Why Are You OK”

Teaming with Grandaddy leader Jason Lytle, the South Carolina band confidently turns the wheel in another direction with their fifth studio album.

June 09, 2016
Reviews
Kaytranada, “99.9%”

Following breakout remixes and production on material by Mobb Deep, Freddie Gibbs, and Katy B, the Haitian-born DJ seems intent on making multiple statements with his debut LP.

May 13, 2016

Volcom art by Don Pendleton

Art & Culture
The Outsider Art of Don Pendleton

Originally just a kid who liked doodling on notebooks and reading “Thrasher,” the award-winning artist has turned into a force to be reckoned with both inside and out of the skateboarding world—all from Dayton, Ohio.

May 13, 2016
Reviews
Drake, “Views”

In light of recent blockbuster records like the expansive “Lemonade” and the constantly shifting “Life of Pablo,” “Views” feels anticlimactic.

May 06, 2016

Photo by Alice O’Malley

The Radical Futurism of Anohni

With her new electronic pop album, the singer formerly known as Antony Hegarty unpacks the meaning of “HOPELESSNESS.”

May 02, 2016
Art & CultureFilm + TV
Hey Bulldog: In Conversation with Alex Ross

The legendary comics artist takes on The Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine,” plus talks the current crop of superhero movies.

April 29, 2016

2016. Brian Eno The Ship

Reviews
Brian Eno, “The Ship”

Vessels have long served as a reference point in the works of Brian Eno. But on his new ambient album, “The Ship,” he evokes one of the most symbolically loaded boats in history: the “Titanic.”

April 27, 2016

Wimmen’s Comix header

Art & Culture
Go Your Own Way: Talking Feminist Toons with “Wimmen’s Comix” Founder Trina Robbins

Bringing together the likes of Phoebe Gloeckner, Lynda Barry, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, and Alison Bechdel, Robbins’ series blazed a trail for female comic artists.

April 12, 2016
Reviews
Glenn Jones, “Fleeting”

The former Cul de Sac guitarist’s alternately tuned acoustic guitar and banjo tug and pull on the conventions of American Primitivism.

March 25, 2016

2016. Iggy Pop Post Pop Depression cover hi-res

Reviews
Iggy Pop, “Post Pop Depression”

If Iggy’s going anywhere, it won’t be quietly.

March 16, 2016

2016. Mount Moriah How to Dance cover hi-res

Reviews
Mount Moriah, “How to Dance”

What’s this new breeze blowing over North Carolina group Mount Moriah?

March 07, 2016

2016. Lucinda Williams The Ghosts of Highway 20 cover hi-res

Reviews
Lucinda Williams, “The Ghosts of Highway 20”

The road has long served as a symbol in American roots music, and few have sung about it as distinctly as Lucinda Williams.

February 05, 2016

Children’s Hospital Season 7 7/8/2015 EPs 701 & 706 ph: Darren Michaels

Film + TV
Tying Tubes with Rob Corddry: The “Childrens Hospital” Star Talks His Show’s Seventh Season

The medical-show parody returns to Adult Swim this Friday, January 22.

January 21, 2016

2015. Bruce Springsteen The Ties That Bind The River Collection box set cover hi-res

Reviews
Bruce Springsteen, “The Ties That Bind: The River Collection”

It’s a loose, effortless-sounding record, but new deluxe box set “The Ties That Bind: The River Collection” attests to the fact that as grand as the album is, its twenty-song track list only came after obsessive pruning and labored deliberation.

December 11, 2015

2005. Spoon Gimme Fiction cover hi-res

Reviews
Spoon, “Gimme Fiction” (Deluxe Edition)

The group’s friskiness wasn’t sacrificed for the sake of accessibility. It was enhanced.

December 07, 2015

Paul Scheer / credit unknown

Art & CultureFilm + TVIn Conversation
Lost in Thought: In Conversation with Paul Scheer

You might know him as Andre from “The League”—which ends its seven-season run this week—but Paul Scheer is cooking up many a strange brew.

December 04, 2015
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