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Meredith Graves (Perfect Pussy) Talks Why They Might Be Giants Are a Punk Rock Band

By Meredith Graves | December 31, 2014

Meredith Graves (Perfect Pussy) Talks Why They Might Be Giants Are a Punk Rock Band

I started having trouble on the bus when I was six years old. I was a little nerd who couldn’t keep my mouth shut. I would lip off to boys twice my...

Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko) Talks David Fincher’s Gone Girl (and Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut)

Film

By Richard Kelly | December 29, 2014

Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko) Talks David Fincher’s Gone Girl (and Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut)

Memories of early Fincher and the passing of another great director, and connecting the dots between two twisted, satirical thrillers about marriage.

Dave Hill Talks the Enduring, Healing Power of AC/DC

Music

By Dave Hill | December 13, 2014

Dave Hill Talks the Enduring, Healing Power of AC/DC

Love might not be forever, but AC/DC sure is.

Holly Miranda Talks Ani DiFranco’s Allergic to Water

Music

By Holly Miranda | November 25, 2014

Holly Miranda Talks Ani DiFranco’s Allergic to Water

Singer-songwriter Holly Miranda assesses the new album by the woman who first inspired her to write a song.

Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy) Talks Tori Amos’ Unrepentant Geraldines

Music

By Owen Pallett | May 13, 2014

Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy) Talks Tori Amos’ Unrepentant Geraldines

Being a teenage Tori Amos fan in the ‘90s was, of course, the greatest. A strong — the strongest ever! — run of albums with no fan consensus on a...

Liam Wilson (the Dillinger Escape Plan) Talks Winger’s Better Days Comin’

Music

By Liam Wilson | April 17, 2014

Liam Wilson (the Dillinger Escape Plan) Talks Winger’s Better Days Comin’

So, Winger has a new album.

Jon Langford (the Mekons, the Skull Orchard) Talks Meeting Your Heroes

Music

By Jon Langford | April 5, 2014

Jon Langford (the Mekons, the Skull Orchard) Talks Meeting Your Heroes

“Never meet your heroes” is a useful mantra. It keeps illusions intact and prevents precious chunks of your record collection from being rendered...

James Rickman (People Get Ready) Talks the Horrifically Happy Stirrings of GWAR’s Dave Brockie

Music

By James Rickman | March 29, 2014

James Rickman (People Get Ready) Talks the Horrifically Happy Stirrings of GWAR’s Dave Brockie

One freezing November afternoon in 2007, I was getting ready for a show in Williamsville, New York with a band I was in at the time when I learned...

Liam Wilson (the Dillinger Escape Plan) Talks Mike Gordon’s Overstep

Music

By Liam Wilson | February 26, 2014

Liam Wilson (the Dillinger Escape Plan) Talks Mike Gordon’s Overstep

Many moons ago, after I first picked up a bass, but likely before I experimented with any gateway drugs, my older sister was passing through a ...

Amy Klein (Leda, Hilly Eye, Titus Andronicus) Talks Discovering the Beatles In a Post-Beatles World

Music

By Amy Klein | February 15, 2014

Amy Klein (Leda, Hilly Eye, Titus Andronicus) Talks Discovering the Beatles In a Post-Beatles World

On February 7, 1964, the Beatles' plane arrived at the newly named John F. Kennedy International Airport, the beginning of a six-year run that...