Interview Magazine - Most Recent Music Items

Reeve Carney

By Marisa Meltzer Photography Gregory Harris — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Reeve Carney already signs and acts. Soon he'll be swinging across the stage as Spider-Man, too.

Pixie Lott

By Matt Diehl Photography Solve Sundsbo — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

According to 19-year-old Pixie Lott, her journey to “overnight” success has been a long, arduous slog. “I’ve been trying to get into the music business since I was 13,” says the British-born singer, a stockbrocker’s daughter from Essex.

Dark Star

By T. Cole Rachel Photography Sebastian Kim — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Why singer-songwriter karin dreijer andersson, purveyor of 21st-century vampire-youth rock, is at the center of a musical doom boom.

We Have Band

By Matt Diehl Photography Jacob Sutton — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Brit-pop trio We Have Band gets their geek revenge.

Sky Ferreira

By T. Cole Rachel Photography Jason Kibbler — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Teenage pop refugee Sky Ferreira on boys, school, and other things she simply has no time for.

The Dø

By Marisa Meltzer Photography Grant Delin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

The eclectic, estatic jingle-jangle pop of Parisian duo The Dø

Jay-Z

By ELVIS MITCHELL Photography Craig Mcdean — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

The story of Jay-Z’s rise from Brooklyn street hustler to the pinnacle of the music industry is one as old as America itself. But what the artist formerly known as Shawn Carter has done since he’s reached the top has been more about making history than living it down

Drake

By Dimitri Ehrlich Photography Robbie Fimmano — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:45:48 +0100

On the eve of his first album, Drake just doesn’t have time to hear all the hype.

50 Cent

By Dimitri Ehrlich Photography Robbie Fimmano — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

50 Cent on his new album, the art of the hustler, the magic of Bette Midler, and why rappers don’t cry.

The xx

By Matt Diehl Photography Sebastian Kim — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:10:58 +0100

The xx’s debut album, xx (Young Turks/XL Recordings), has been hailed as the sound of young London, and for good reason: The band started making music four years ago, when its members were all between the ages of 16 and 19.

VV Brown

By Matt Diehl Photography Tom Brown — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:10:15 +0100

VV Brown makes pop music from another planet-a world that resembles ours but is a lot more fun and unpredictable. "I'm a messenger from the future, but I'm getting love and memories from the past," the 25-year-old British chanteuse explains.

Lady Gaga

By Interview Photography Matthew Williams — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

More Twisted Sister than Princess of Pop, Lady Gaga is a walking, talking, singing, fire-from-the-breast-shooting, fashion-freaking, all-out spectacle, and she's spent the past year elevating every concert, music video, and paparazzi photo op to the level of performance art. Photography Matthew Williams

Mike Bones

By T. Cole Rachel Photography Andreas Laszlo Konrath — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:32:36 +0100

Judging from his music—plus the fact that he lists “beautiful women and existential despair” as his main influences—it’s reasonable to assume that Mike Bones is a miserable guy. Turns out he isn’t.

Michael Jackson

By Pharrell Williams, Andy Warhol, Bob Colacello — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100

In August of 1982, Interview’s executive editor, Bob Colacello, interviewed Michael Jackson, then 23, at the condominium in the San Fernando Valley that the singer was renting with his family while their house nearby was being redecorated.

The New New York Noise

By T. Cole Rachel Photography Stephen Rose — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:49:24 +0100

The next great wave of New York rock acts is upon us. And while they all may have different styles, what connects them is a love of noise, an artistry for live performance, and above all, a devotion
to the spectacularly weird.

Jamie Bochert

By Kim Gordon Photography Daniel Jackson — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:06:34 +0100

Jamie Bochert has been a dancer, a model, and a muse to fashion designer Marc Jacobs. But her true ambition is to rock ’n’ roll.

The Hugs

By Paige Powell Photography Gus Van Sant — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:00:29 +0100

The Hugs are a rock band that’s vying to restore the Pacific Northwest to its grungy glory.

Dave Gahan

By Chloë Sevigny Photography Willy Vanderperre — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Dave Gahan and his black-anthem band Depeche Mode have produced music for three generations of beautiful outcasts. But as the group embarks on its biggest tour in years, the question arises: Can you really be an outsider if the whole world loves you?

Brit Pop Girls

By Alex Needham Photography David Bailey — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

From the coastal town of Blackpool to the streets of South London and beyond, a new kind of musical alchemy is occurring, as a wave of young, individualistic women have holed up in their bedrooms experimenting with synthesizers and computers, and emerged as outsize pop stars.

Amanda Blank

By T Cole Rachel Photography Beau Grealy — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:36:46 +0100

Amanda Blank is contending for the title of breakout female pop rapper of 2009. Only her message isn't about the mean streets. It's all about love.