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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.

December 2, 2016

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.

November 9, 2016

“Fuck Donald Trump”: Obama, Music and Missing 2008

Claire Bizna$$ (Hand Job Academy) reflects on elections past and present — via music.

October 19, 2016

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...

April 15, 2016

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.

February 10, 2016

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.

January 20, 2016

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.

January 8, 2016

The 2015 Talkies: Talkhouse Music Contributors’ Top Albums of the Year

Kendrick Lamar, Sufjan Stevens, Alabama Shakes and more topped the 2015 Talkies.

January 7, 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

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.

November 13, 2015