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Andy Gill (Gang of Four) Talks Sleater-Kinney’s No Cities to Love

The guitarist of iconic post-punks Gang of Four finds Sleater-Kinney flouting staid ideas about what women should do with voices and guitars.

January 1, 2016

Clara Bizna$$ (Hand Job Academy) Talks Freddie Gibbs’ Shadow of a Doubt

The drug kingpin trope is as embedded in the rap canon as cocaine residue in the ridges of an addict’s key, but Gibbs delivers a nuanced perspective.

November 23, 2015

Catherine Hardwicke (Miss You Already) Talks Broadening Out from the Pale Male Gaze

One of the most financially successful female directors ever addresses the gender bias and double standards that women in Hollywood must overcome.

November 7, 2015

Sadie Dupuis Talks Finding Hope Through Nicki Minaj’s Pinkprint Tour

At a recent arena show, Nicki Minaj performed with flawless sweat, exorcised her sensitive side and offered her audience something precious: hope.

September 5, 2015

David Garland Talks Deradoorian’s The Expanding Flower Planet

Questing and questioning, reevaluating form and proportion, and rethinking the drums, Deradoorian's debut album is the sound of going forward — fast.

August 26, 2015

Bruce LaBruce (Gerontophilia) Talks Jason Banker’s Felt

Can a film about young woman's violent and self-destructive acting out against the patriarchy make the best of its difficult material?

June 30, 2015

Elizabeth Morris (Allo Darlin’) Talks Female Erasure and Reclaiming Alanis Morissette

The earnest singer-songwriters of the '90s might be deeply uncool now, but they were also massively important.

May 30, 2015

JD Samson (Le Tigre, MEN) Talks the Go! Team’s The Scene Between

JD Samson loves the new Go! Team album, but she has some issues with its press campaign.

April 8, 2015

Janet Weiss (Quasi, Sleater-Kinney) Talks with Meredith Graves (Perfect Pussy) for The Talkhouse Music Podcast (Part 1)

In today’s episode of The Talkhouse Music Podcast, Janet Weiss and Meredith Graves discuss agency and the emotional cost of making music.

Leah Shore (Old Man) Talks Mike Mitchell and Paul Tibbitt’s The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

The NYC-based animator and director paints a vivid picture of the new big screen outing for a TV toon favorite.

February 10, 2015

Andy Gill (Gang of Four) Talks Sleater-Kinney’s No Cities to Love

The guitarist of iconic post-punks Gang of Four finds Sleater-Kinney flouting staid ideas about what women should do with voices and guitars.

January 29, 2015

Zohra Atash (Azar Swan) Talks the Anxiety of Influence and the Double Standard of Female Fandom

Azar Swan’s singer talks about the feeling of having the music you love held against you.

December 30, 2014