Experimental
David Barker (Daylight) Talks Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye to Language
The contrarian of the Nouvelle Vague at age 83 has made a dense, mostly non-narrative film about communication and relationships. In 3D, obviously.
Alanna McArdle (Joanna Gruesome) Talks Grouper’s Ruins
Joanna Gruesome’s singer on the “happy-sad” world of Grouper and the overwhelming power of quiet.
Sean McGuinness (Pissed Jeans, Rat Fist) Talks Pharmakon’s Bestial Burden
The horror of Pharmakon’s new album makes Pissed Jeans’ drummer want a night light.
Craig Wedren (Shudder to Think) Talks Death Grips’ Niggas on the Moon
When I first took LSD, it felt like coming home.
Missy Mazzoli (Victoire) Talks Hauschka’s Abandoned City
Abandoned City, the newest album from German experimental musician Hauschka, is at once restless, exuberant, and wonderfully intimate.
Louise Burns (Gold & Youth, Lillix) Talks Current 93’s I Am the Last of All the Field That Fell: A Channel
Picture yourself in a world ruled hand-in-hand by Aleister Crowley and Jesus Christ. Every moment feels like you're on the edge of the apocalypse...
David Hartley (the War on Drugs) Talks Xiu Xiu’s Angel Guts: Red Classroom
I'm not your typical Xiu Xiu listener — my musical tastes skew towards artists that can temporarily quell my simmering anxiety rather than dredge...
Corey Taylor (Slipknot, Stone Sour) Talks Death Grips’ Government Plates
Most people don’t know this about me, but I like to listen to some pretty diverse shit when it comes to music. Being in two heavy bands, most fans...
Missy Mazzoli (Victoire) Talks Laurel Halo’s Chance of Rain
After listening to Laurel Halo’s new album Chance of Rain for the fourth time, I’m left with an impression that is more visual than aural...
Missy Mazzoli (Victoire) Talks Zola Jesus and J.G. Thirlwell feat. Mivos Quartet’s Versions
The most striking part of Versions, the new album from Nika Roza Danilova, aka Zola Jesus, isn’t the presence of a string quartet or the...
Aaron Hemphill (Liars) Talks the Legendary Pink Dots’ The Gethsemane Option
The Legendary Pink Dots' 2010 album Seconds Late for the Brighton Line was the first album I ever pre-ordered online. The package...
Tim Harrington (Les Savy Fav) Talks Whatever Brains’ Whatever Brains
There is a longstanding tradition in counterculture music of naming your band something so off-putting or so inane that it dares the world to dis...











