Becoming Chris: Queerness, Performance, and Héloïse Letissier
Neha Sharma on queerness, performance, identity and the strange case of Héloïse Letissier, leader of Christine and the Queens.
Music
"I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds." — Dizzy Gillespie
A History of the Houston Rap Tapes: Lance Scott Walker and Jacques Morel in Conversation
Jacques Morel interviews Lance Scott Walker, who makes the case for Houston rap as a critical part of black history and of American music history.
Patti Smith and Male Bias in Music Criticism
David Masciotra makes the case for a major critical reappraisal of Patti Smith.
Making It by Faking It
A new memoir about a youthful career as a fake classical violinist.
The Last Psychedelic Band
Peter Coviello on Pavement's 1994 record "Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain" and what it means today.
Dancing Between Worlds: An Interview with Saul Williams
On Saul Williams’s blended family; his love for Ntozake Shange; and his latest project, Neptune Frost, the graphic novel and its musical.
Egyptian Beats for the Global Apocalypse
Peter Holslin glosses the Arab avant-garde electro shaabi music.
All the Poets (Musicians on Writing): Brett Anderson
The lead singer of Suede on his new memoir and the poetry in songwriting.
Excerpt from Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest
Return of the Unrepressed
Tim Riley on how the Beatles and John Lennon puncture nostalgia.
Flamenco’s Afro-Andalusian Roots: The Music of Raúl Rodríguez
A great flamenco artist explores the Afro-Caribbean roots of his art.
Magic Carpet Rides: Rock Music and the Fantastic
The long and complex relationship between fantastic fiction and rock music.
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