Music

'There's Some Kind of Evil Behind Every Great Work of Art': An Interview with Alex Ross

Talking to the author of Wagnerism about uncovering counter-narratives, keeping a healthy skepticism of your relationship with art, and totalitarian intolerance of eccentric creativity.

Towards a New Horizon

During quarantine, I've been trying to remind myself that I've always been able to find inspiration for a better life.

A Voice of Bells

What ever happened to Ofra Haza?

'You Can Sing an Alternate Reality': An Interview with Sasha Geffen

Talking to the author of Glitter Up the Dark about Savage Garden as entry-point to fandom, missing shitty clubs in the midst of a pandemic, and Britney Spears's communist reblogs.

I Press Execute

Kate Bush invented the internet?

'My Number One Rule is to Never Try to Write': An Interview with Dan Bejar

Talking to the Destroyer singer-songwriter about his new album, Have We Met, writing as an act of inspiration, and being a musician in middle age.

'I Thought the World Needed to See Prince's Pages': An Interview with Dan Piepenbring

The co-author of The Beautiful Ones on writing after Prince's death, searching through his archives, and meeting your heroes. 

Death in the Delta

When the Gaias were murdered, Mississippi lost one of the finest guitarists in a generation and a well-loved daughter, sister and friend. Decades later, the slayings still haunt the Delta.

Making Peace with New Age

After years of being one of those people who used the term as a derogatory catch-all, I realized that music that falls under the label can, and often does, help me in unexpected ways.

'Sci-Fi Music Felt Like a Vast, Interconnected Mythology': An Interview with Jason Heller

Talking about the Seventies, the inside-baseball debate over sci-fi vs. SF, and who's carrying the torch of sci-fi music today with the author of Strange Stars.