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Ed Schrader’s Personal Guide to Nightclub Daydreaming

On being their full self, in both art and life.

March 25, 2022

Introducing: Lonely Parade’s “Index Finger”

A new music video, plus an essay by Frankie Climenhage on how being in a “girl band” helped them realize they’re trans.

April 15, 2019

Existing in These In-Between Spaces

Meg Duffy (Hand Habits) and Kevin Morby talk queerness, the pressure of the proverbial “driver’s seat,” and their new albums.

April 5, 2019

Gig Economy: Nomi Ruiz

"I had no examples nor understanding of what I was going through, and I definitely never saw an R&B artist who embodied what I was to become."

September 7, 2018

Across the Aisle: The Family, Political Entertainment for the Age of Hillary

Jim Hemphill finds a dense, complex TV show, hidden in plain sight on network television, that digs deep into the current political moment.

May 9, 2016

Sworn Virgin and My Own Time Among the Sworn Virgins of Northern Albania

Watching Laura Bispuri's new film, documentarian Alix Lambert recalls her own experiences with women who choose to (or must) live a masculine life.

April 28, 2016

Jenny Hval Talks Björk’s Vulnicura

What makes Björk’s new album Vulnicura so devastating? The combination of the private and the ordinary.

December 24, 2015

Meredith Graves (Perfect Pussy) Talks Coheed and Cambria’s The Color Before the Sun

A defiant Coheed fan loves the band’s fantastical past, but their blatantly personal new album about the pressures of adulthood is a banger.

November 5, 2015

Jana Hunter (Lower Dens) Talks with Mike Hadreas (Perfume Genius) for The Talkhouse Music Podcast

Two of indie music's finest artists — and most outspoken thinkers — get together for laughs and some very candid exchanges.

Mish Way (White Lung) Talks Body Image and the Power of the Mirror

At the Fun Fun Festival, Mish Way struggles with self-objectification. Meeting Coco helps.

April 18, 2015

Jennifer Prediger (Apartment Troubles) Talks Alex Garland’s Ex Machina

The debut film from Alex Garland raises some interesting questions, including why exactly "female" robots are portrayed on screen as they are...

April 13, 2015