music commentary
Pallbearer’s Heartless Will Be the Album of the Year on Earth 2.0
Deafheaven’s Stephen Lee Clark on the heaviness of one of his favorite bands’ new record.
Joe Casey (Protomartyr) on Approaching Wolf Eyes from Three Locations
On Dread, art and pleated Dockers.
The Shins’ Heartworms is New Wave for the Digital Age
Chris Collingwood (Fountains of Wayne) on new wave and the Shins.
Jesse Leach Felt ‘So Wrong’ (in a Good Way) Listening to the Sleaford Mods’ New Record
English Tapas had the Killswitch Engage singer hungering for more.
M.C. Taylor (Hiss Golden Messenger) on Time, Death and Ryan Adams’ Newest Record
Taylor is interested in the long game that Ryan Adams is playing.
Freda Love Smith on the Danger of Blood and Chocolate — the Elvis Costello Album and the Drink
The musician/chef offers up a dark, spiky recipe for Valentine’s Day for those sick of glitter glue and doilies.
Exene Cervenka (X) Wants to Meet You on Big Wreck’s Grace Street
The punk icon loves the Canadian band’s haunted house of a record.
Vince Clarke (Erasure, Depeche Mode) Thinks Porcelain Raft’s Latest Is ‘a Really Nice Record’ — and so much more
The iconic musician and songwriter takes a trip to Mauro Remiddi’s Microclimate.
Ty Segall Went the Full T. Rex with His New Self-Titled Record
Luke Haines (the Auteurs, Black Box Recorder) thinks Ty had a little Marc in his heart.
Will Butler (Arcade Fire) Talks Radiohead’s A Moon Shaped Pool
He also drew some pictures to (literally) illustrate his thoughts on standout track, “True Love Waits.”
Beatle Bores Beware: Luke Haines Loved Yoko’s Yes, I’m a Witch Too
Luke Haines (the Auteurs, Black Box Recorder) may not be much for the Fab Four, but he’s certainly down with Yoko Ono.
On Jimmy Eat World and Finding Your Favorite Band at 37
Amy Fleisher Madden (Fiddler Records) reflects on age, obsession and fandom.
