role models

Some of our favorite Talkhouse writers remember musicians who passed away in 2013.

Black Flag is my favorite band ever. In their sound, their work ethic, and their attitude towards the outside world they have embodied everything...

Before I get started, I should probably mention that reviewing a Nine Inch Nails/Godspeed You! Black Emperor show is a personal and slightly...

No matter how many years and trends have flown by and no matter how many drugs he's ingested, Al Jourgensen has been nothing if not consistent.

If you held a gun against my head and asked me who my favorite pop group is, I’d have to say Prefab Sprout. I’ve loved Prefab Sprout ever since I...

To start with the pertinent facts: the new concert documentary Sunshine Daydream (just out on DVD) is the early-'70s Grateful Dead as I love...

"My computer thinks I'm gay/I threw that piece of junk away" went the opening lines of "Too Many Friends," the first track to be released from the...

In 1990, I heard Mavis Staples' voice for the first time. That year, I moved to a new state, a new culture, and a new high school, and I found...

When I was in ninth grade, I had a pink lava lamp set up in my closet that illuminated the small walls with curvy color and atmosphere. The nearly...

I remember the spring I turned 18, when the universe seemed to be opening up to let me in, and, at the same time, making sure I knew I couldn’t go...

In the March of my 23rd year, I was laid up at my parents' house in southeast Texas, on a liquid diet consisting mostly of Vicodin. I couldn't...

My dad used to tell me he could use the sun to tell time. He'd grab a stick and jam it into the dirt and, while I wasn't looking, look at his watch...