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Matt Drenik (Battleme) on what a European tour taught him about American politics.

How Ernest Greene works, from late shifts at a Georgia gas station to his newest album, Mister Mellow.

Carne takes on David Brent: Life on the Road.

Musicians don’t care about your kegs of beer. What they’d like is a good meal.

After five weeks on tour, our hero wonders two things: how to re-enter civilian life and how to get the smell of koala bear out of his jean jacket.

On the soul-crushing grind and occasional rewards (mostly the former) of touring in “the dead weight of this screaming United Kingdom.”

A veteran road dog offers advice to touring musicians about how to keep the home fires burning.

The War on Drugs’ bassist explains how the Bob Dylan of prank calls leads musicians out of the emotional quagmire of the touring life.

On the sensation of giving your all to absolutely no one.

Hard-touring songwriter Kevin Devine finds a kindred spirit on David Bazan’s latest release.

Speedy Ortiz's frontperson finds that consistency isn't foolish when it's the hobgoblin of minds as big as Naomi Punk's.

There’s a stretch of Texas where it’s always night, as far as I know. It’s somewhere between Ozona and Van Horn, along I-10, and since we’re always...