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Will Toledo (Car Seat Headrest) on Kanye’s Most Repulsive (and Amazing) Album
A human being is a repulsive creature, too, when broken down into parts. It is only upon glimpsing the whole that beauty can be found.
DJ Premier Talks with Prince Paul for the Talkhouse Music Podcast
The duo chat once a year, and, this time, they let Talkhouse listen in.
That Time Clara Bizna$$ (Hand Job Academy) Wished She Was Insane
The rapper shares some pages from her teen journal.
“Fuck Donald Trump”: Obama, Music and Missing 2008
Claire Bizna$$ (Hand Job Academy) reflects on elections past and present — via music.
RZA (Wu-Tang Clan) Talks with Paul Banks (Interpol) for the Talkhouse Music Podcast
This may be the Talkhouse Podcast's most freewheeling conversation to date.
Saul Williams Waxes Poetic on PJ Harvey’s The Hope Six Demolition Project
PJ Harvey sings a community of hope in a world filled with countless transgressions against love, against thought, against beauty...
The Debut of ‘re: dress,’ Meredith Graves’ Talkhouse Column on Fashion in Music — and Vice Versa
The outspoken Perfect Pussy frontperson talks Kanye's new line, Beyoncé's boob tape and Lady Gaga's Hillary Clinton cosplay outfit.
Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers) Talks a Playlist of Songs from His Favorite Albums of 2015
Hood's playlist will make you laugh, cry and... cry some more.
The 2015 Talkies: Complete Listing of Talkhouse Writers’ Year-End Top Tens
Year-end top ten lists from Laura Jane Grace (Against Me!), Dave Depper (Death Cab for Cutie), Merrill Garbus (Tune-Yards), Spencer Tweedy and more.
The 2015 Talkies: Talkhouse Music Contributors’ Top Albums of the Year
Kendrick Lamar, Sufjan Stevens, Alabama Shakes and more topped the 2015 Talkies.
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.
Rollie Pemberton (Cadence Weapon) Talks Ty Dolla $ign’s Free TC
With great skill and exceptional attention to detail, Ty Dolla $ign has made the transition from mixtape fixture to major label artist.











