Interview

Crocodiles may sound like a pair of goth badasses ready to pick fights on California beaches, but they are really just a couple of guys trying to make as much noise as possible.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 07/07/09

Ben Esser has the biggest quiff in British music since Morrissey. His electro-pop career is getting pretty big too.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 06/08/09

Jarvis Cocker, preeminent rock-star showman and bard of the English common life, on the making of his new album, the joys of Wikipedia, the perils of young lust, and the crises of middle age.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 06/08/09

Florence and the Machine is fronted by a lady who sings the blues—but this Londoner is art-schooled, so her blues likely have shades of azure, cerulean, sapphire, and ultramarine.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 06/08/09

After releasing six albums, appearing in a handful of films, and single-handedly resurrecting the songbook of Judy Garland, Rufus Wainwright took the next logical step: He spent three years writing a two-hour opera. But Prima Donna, which will premiere this July at the Manchester International Festival in England, isn’t the only bizarre career move Wainwright has taken lately.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 06/03/09

Cyndi Lauper skyrocketed to fame in 1984 on the strength of her four-octave vocal range, zany persona, ragtag wardrobe, and multicolored hair. In the intervening decades her seemingly do-it-yourself image and iconoclastic career have attracted a legion of fans in the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities, which have always embraced her as a sort of kindred spirit. Lauper has always reciprocated their affection, but this month she's got a special surprise in store: the launch of a three-week, 15-city True Colors tour to benefit the Human Rights Campaign, during which she'll share the stage with a roster of topflight talents. The tour kicks off in Las Vegas on June 8.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 06/01/09

Archival photos of Bjork.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 06/01/09

Björk doesn’t just make art—she lives it. Her creative world is a multifaceted operation, filled with records, films, books, clothes, and experimental multimedia concert shows. She even lives with an artist—the ultimate commitment.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 06/01/09

They said it couldn't be done, a massive hit that's intelligent, visionary, conceptual, and spiritual. Then along came Moby.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 05/27/09

Pharrell is more interested in breaking down walls. Brian Grazer talks to music's most wanted man.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 05/27/09