role models
Role Models: Nina Nastasia Took More From Her Father Than She Realized
How Jim Nastasia made her the artist she is today.
Role Models: Nels Cline is Anthony Pirog’s Guitar Hero
The guitarist talks meeting — and now collaborating with — his idol.
Role Models: Dan Auerbach Reminds iogi Not to Overthink Things
The singer-songwriter loves The Arcs and his production work.
The Prettiness in the Noise of Cormac McCarthy
A tribute to the fun of failure, the compulsion to make art, and the late writer.
Role Models: Fiona Apple Made Evangeline See, and Feel Seen
The singer-songwriter on how Apple inspired her own work.
Role Models: Vince Guaraldi Introduced Harrison to Jazz
The producer gets into how the pianist — and Peanuts composer — shaped him as an artist.
Role Models: Alexandra Stréliski Is Inspired by Jean-Marc Vallée’s Intuition
The pianist and composer remembers the filmmaker, her late friend and collaborator.
Role Models: Kenneth Anger Taught Constant Smiles What It Means To Be an Artist
Ben Jones talks the experimental filmmaker.
The Downward Spiral: an Exploration of Violent Expressionism
Ryan Lee West (Rival Consoles) reflects on how NIN shaped his understanding of songwriting.
Role Models: THICK is a Team, Just Like the Spice Girls
The Brooklyn band talk female friendship and their evolving concept of “girl power.”
Role Models: Jonas Colstrup Remembers His Late Collaborator, Jóhann Jóhannsson
“I was a fan before I knew who he was.”
