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Lauren Mayberry and Iain Cook (Chvrches), Scott Devendorf (the National), Meshell Ndegeocello, Spencer Tweedy and more vote in the 2014 Talkies.

Maybe Aphex Twin is a sphinx without a riddle. Maybe pop can't really sound new again. Maybe Syro is best heard with the volume down low.

After a disastrous set at the Pitchfork Festival, a punk rocker learns to respect her instrument.

As you watch a movie, your mind registers a million different thoughts. Here's how one filmmaker processed this year's big Sundance-winning film.

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

One of the most shocking and controversial movies of the year inspires not an enraged critical attack — but a cartoon.