The Making and Unmaking of Iggy Azalea
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Walk On In Darkness: Tom G Warrior's 13 Favourite LPs
Tom G Warrior of Celtic Frost, Triptykon and Hellhammer speaks to Jimmy Martin about the elements that fed his nightmare kaleidoscope, from Quincy Jones to Venom, Roxy Music to the 'Sisters and 'Sabbath
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'Girl Crush,' 'Cool for the Summer,' 'Come to My Window' & More: 30 Lesbian Love Songs
Kick back with some excellent tunes that explore lesbian relationships and the women who light up each other’s lives.
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Bob Dylan's New Bootleg Series Will Spotlight Gospel Period
Bob Dylan's ongoing Bootleg Series will turn its attention to the Gospel Years in a package coming out on November 3rd.
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How Mutemath Survived a Near-Breakup and Made a Fresh Start
Mutemath's Paul Meany discusses how the departure of a core band member ties into the heavy themes of the band's intense new LP, 'Play Dead.'
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How Cops, Pills and Parties Inspired the Grateful Dead’s ‘Truckin’ ’
Bob Weir recalls how a punishing tour schedule—and R. Crumb’s comics—led to ‘Truckin,’ a 70s counterculture anthem
St. Vincent Is Telling You Everything
A profile of the artist at the time of her fifth solo record.
Ain't It Always Stephen Stills
An ode to the guitarist.
The Life and Death of Jaco Pastorius
“What can I say about Jaco? When I first met him he was extremely present tense and, I would have to say for lack of a better term, extremely sage.”
In Conversation: Trent Reznor
The ’90s icon and Nine Inch Nails frontman talks about listening to music, his own and others, in 2017.
Playboy Interview: Snoop Dogg
"If I had been a straight-A student my whole life and had rapped about Jesus coming back to save us all, I wouldn’t get no media. The motherfuckers wouldn’t give a fuck about me. But since I’m telling the truth, and been through what I’m stressing and know what I’m talking about, I’m a threat."
R. Kelly Is Holding Women Against Their Will In An Abusive “Cult,” Parents Told Police
“You have to ask for food. You have to ask to go use the bathroom. … [Kelly] is a master at mind control. … He is a puppet master.”
Eternal Sunshine
A profile of Lil Yachty.
Pearls Before Breakfast
Can one of the nation’s great musicians cut through the fog of a D.C. rush hour?
The Ethereal Genius of Craig Taborn
How a jazz pianist disappeared into his music.
Gregg Turkington on What He Learned From Punk Rock
The performer behind the anti-comedian Neil Hamburger on being comfortable getting booed.
Marvin Gaye's Abiding Unrest
Marvin Gaye at the beginning and at the end.
The Allman Brothers Story
A 16-year-old journalist goes on tour with a band on top. The article that inspired Almost Famous.
Billie Holiday
Watching the jazz singer in New York.
Her Eyes Were Watching the Stars
A profile of Missy Elliott.
The Love and Terror of Nick Cave
A profile of the grieving musician, who lost his teenage son 18 months ago.
This Lawsuit Goes to 11
The creators of This is Spinal Tap, the most influential mockumentary ever made, have been paid almost nothing. Now they are suing for $400 million.
The Mastermind Behind Coachella
How Paul Tollett gets the world’s biggest acts to perform in the California desert.
New York Is Killing Me
A profile of Gil-Scott Heron.
Bob Dylan: Q&A
An interview with Dylan, 75, on the power of recording standards.
The Unbelievable Story of the Most Expensive Record Ever Sold on Discogs
Was the biggest record sale in the history of Discogs actually someone selling the record to themself? Was a serial hoaxer who had posed as Jimi Hendrix’s son in blackface actually behind both the 1989 album and its 2017 sale?
Meet the Shaggs
From 1968-1973, the three teenage Wiggin sisters, guided by a domineering father, played their strange music at New Hampshire ballrooms and recorded a single album. The Philosophy of the World LP goes for over $500 today, but the intervening decades have not been kind to the Wiggins.
Chuck Berry Goddamn!
The artist at 85.
Jason Molina's Long Dark Blues
On the seminal songwriter, who died four years ago today, in his final days before succumbing to dipsomania.
Death Is Real
A day in the life of Mount Eerie’s Phil Elverum, in the wake of the sudden death of his wife when their daughter was four months old.
