No Wave Feminism
Like Didion’s Year of Magical Thinking, Kim Gordon’s memoir is the product of wonder at — and the struggle to reconcile with — how the life-changing...
Like Didion’s Year of Magical Thinking, Kim Gordon’s memoir is the product of wonder at — and the struggle to reconcile with — how the life-changing...
M.J. DiniusFeb 24, 2015
That question haunts every kid who suffers at practice. Two new books make a compelling case for the benefits and joys of amateurism.
Nathaniel SteinJan 18, 2015
"We can safely say that Janis has inspired many young women of her generation, and later ones too, to get out there and give it everything they’ve...
David BreithauptJan 14, 2015
On the poetic struggle of two familial, and familiar, figures of speech
Ava KofmanJan 11, 2015
The Writing of Ian Curtis, Joy Division’s Poet-Frontman.
Esther YiJan 5, 2015
Lainey Racah interviews artist Devin Kenny on his practice, the internet, and his newly released record, "Alone We Play."
Lainey RacahDec 27, 2014
The untold story of Manchester’s post-punk outfit The Fall and its talented, volatile lead singer Mark Edward Smith.
Simon LeeDec 11, 2014
David Ritz's new biography of Aretha Franklin, “Respect,” is not the book Franklin wanted written.
Emily J. LordiDec 6, 2014
In Imelda Marcos's tawdry discotheque.
Gina ApostolDec 2, 2014
Formats: the Least Understood, Most Essential Reason We Hear Some Music and Not Others
Eric WeisbardNov 24, 2014
Interview with legendary 60's music photographer Guy Webster, whose new book, Big Shots: Rock Legends and Hollywood Icons, was released in October.
Michael KurcfeldNov 14, 2014
On Sleater-Kinney’s legacy upon the release of their vinyl boxset, "Start Together."
Charles TaylorNov 12, 2014
There’s no logical reason Rick James should have lived as long as he did.
Lary WallaceNov 5, 2014
Mikel Jollett’s Rock ’n’ Roll Alchemy
Cornel BoncaOct 24, 2014
Bob Stanley’s musical history Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! loves the social, material world where music is made and heard.
Joshua Joy KamenskyOct 23, 2014
Interview with The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle on his debut novel, Wolf in White Van.
Jerry GorinOct 22, 2014
If Paul McCartney wasn’t a Beatle, then who was he? What was he?
Lary WallaceOct 17, 2014
These records, like the collectors who chase after them, enjoy transient existences and sharing them gives that ephemerality some meaning and purpose.
Oliver WangOct 15, 2014
Rappers like Rick Ross, Jay-Z, and Kanye West use fantasy to challenge the duty to represent lack within black life.
Ismail MuhammadOct 14, 2014
"Rock ’n’ roll acts as a language rather than a genre — one whose health is measured not by chart positions or album sales, but by artists and...
Stephen DeusnerOct 6, 2014
As white pop stars like Taylor Swift continue their excursions into the fantasy of racial drag, the backlash fails to recognize the deeper structural...
En Liang KhongSep 9, 2014
Jack White’s Third Man Records launches its publishing wing with Language Lessons: Volume 1, a monument to White’s stalwart analog sensibility in the...
Lauren O’NealSep 3, 2014
JIMI HENDRIX lived nearly three years longer — that’s the kind of premature we’re talking about when we talk about the premature death of Duane...
Lary WallaceAug 8, 2014
We don’t choose our obsessions; our obsessions choose us. Nowhere is this truer than in the obsessive following Bob Dylan has amassed since his rise...
Lary WallaceAug 6, 2014