Deerhoof

How not to be overwhelmed by music when you're inundated with sound.

Deerhoof's brilliant live album turned our writer into a shit-grinning, foul-mouthed hard-rock fan before the first chorus of the record even started.

We have to break the habit of not paying for art. Because there's something important at stake: supporting the kind of world you want to live in.

An article for the people who keep hearing that the costs of accomplishing anything are so high that they should be reluctant to try.

Tune-Yards' leader finds you can get to some amazing places with the new Deerhoof album — even if you're listening while on a treadmill.

How the septuagenarian rock legend finds new music — and one of his discoveries.

The new album by The Artist Formerly Known as Cat Stevens is, wonderfully enough, of a piece with his earliest work.

The author of How Music Works explains how Barry Manilow's new album is emblematic of the way we live now.

Dirty Beaches’ literally timeless music makes Mr. Drozd want to be under the influence of some things he used to love to be under the influence of.

When we first meet our hero, his maracas are too loud and his guitar is a rectangle. His journey is already complete and his balls are pre-expanded...