SOUND ADVICE
David Longstreth of Dirty Projectors Is Taking His Musical Talents to the Movies
May 1, 2025
In this week’s installment of Sound Advice, the Dirty Projectors frontman celebrated his recent pivot to film by making us the perfect genre-bending playlist.
BACKSTAGE
“Aren’t These Plays For Everyone?”: Behind the Scenes of BAM’s Macbeth in Stride
April 22, 2025
After opening night of “Macbeth in Stride” at BAM, director Whitney White and choreographer Raja Feather Kelly joined us to talk about bringing Shakespeare to Brooklyn.
SOUND ADVICE
“Don’t Face the DJ”: Pressure Point Gives Us a Lesson in Club Etiquette
April 3, 2025
In this week’s installment of Sound Advice, the Miami DJ and producer made us a playlist of songs that get him horny and teary-eyed.
TOUR DIARY
“The Lions Are Ravenous and They Eat Us Up”: On Tour With the Irishmen of Inhaler
April 2, 2025
In this weeks Tour Diary, the four members of the ascendant Irish rock band called us from the road to talk memes, fan cams, and Spring Break in Florida.
SOUND ADVICE
“I Haven’t Been to a Function Since Birth”: Pop Experimentalist Saya Gray Makes Us a Playlist
March 10, 2025
In this week’s Sound Advice, the Toronto singer revealed what sounds she hopes to hear at heaven’s gates and the drink she’s getting DoorDashed to the studio.
SOUND ADVICE
Jojo Orme of Heartworms Made Us a Playlist Fit for McQueen
March 3, 2025
The London-based musician and McQueen frontwoman made us the ultimate alt-couture playlist filled with everything from Chopin to Depeche Mode.
SMOKE BREAK
“I’m Just Ready to Fucking Dance”: Kicking Off the Mayhem Era With Nick Gaga
February 25, 2025
Over a pack of Capri Blues, we talked wigs, cigs, and “Mayhem” with Nick Gaga, the world’s premiere Mother Monster impersonator.
SOUND ADVICE
“Chapstick, Phone, Gummy Worms”: Soccer Mommy Made the Indie Playlist of Our Dreams
January 31, 2025
In this week’s installment of Sound Advice, the Nashville-based singer-songwriter tells us her dream musical coven and all-time favorite guitar riff.
SEARCH HISTORY
Latif Nasser of RadioLab Has One Burning Question for Elon Musk
January 14, 2025
In this week’s Search History, the host of the hit WNYC podcast joins us to talk about time travel, political beefs, and the miracle of Wikipedia.
SOUND ADVICE
Will August Park Made Us a Playlist to Boost Your Aura
December 26, 2024
“These are the tracks I listen to while sitting in traffic or waking up too early,” says the NYC-based producer. “Tracks that inspire me but don’t get me too jacked.”
SOUND ADVICE
“I Was a Tumblr Bitch”: DJ Avalon Made Us an Electroclash Playlist
December 19, 2024
“Extremely private profane thoughts and to-do lists.”
PARTY
“I Wanna See Everybody Turning Up”: Inside the CFDAs With GloRilla and Coach
October 30, 2024
After the CFDA awards, the Grammy-nominated rapper brought us inside the afters to talk lace fronts, pet peeves, and dealing with lames.
SOUNDCHECK
“The Internet Is Basically One Giant Cop”: Backstage at MSG With Jack Antonoff
October 9, 2024
We joined the Bleachers frontman backstage to find out what he’s learned playing alongside Taylor Swift and why he isn’t listening to “bots and shitheads” on the internet.
SOUND ADVICE
Rosalía Gave Us the Soundtrack to Fashion Week’s Best Party
September 26, 2024
On Wednesday night, insiders celebrated the Motomami with champagne, cigarette towers, and an exclusive playlist including “Omega,” her new collab with Ralphie Choo.
SOUND ADVICE
Boiler Room’s Amar Ediriwira Made Us a Kind Of Fashion Week Playlist
September 12, 2024
How does the Creative Director of Boiler Room prep for the party? “An antihistamine and two shots of tequila,” he told us. “Then I throw some ketamine over my shoulder.”
ELECTION
“Diva With the Fake Tan”: New Yorkers Sound Off on the Presidential Debate
September 11, 2024
As Kamala Harris took on Donald Trump in the Presidential Debate, we bar-hopped around Williamsburg to find out what matters most to New Yorkers: drama, inflation, and affordable housing.
PARTY
“That’s the Texas in Me”: Solange on Houston, Cowboy Lore, and Going Barefoot
September 21, 2023
“I walk with my shoes off pretty much everywhere.”
RORSCHACH TEST
Aparna Nancherla on Eric Adams, Chat GPT, and the Gentrification of Yoga
September 19, 2023
“Self-help, to me, cannot be made into a listicle.”
POP
Dixie D’Amelio on Heels, Haters, and Trauma-Dumping
September 13, 2023
The 22-year-old musician and social media icon speaks to our summer interns Apple and Ary about why it’s time to get real.
XXX
Luisa Opalesky on Age Gaps, Dick Watches, and Daddy’s Daydream
August 24, 2023
“I told him that there’s a photo of my boyfriend with his dick wrapped around his wrist.”