DESIRE
Michelle Zauner Is Japanese Breakfast—But at What Cost?
April 21, 2025
With a moody new album and motherhood on her mind, the indie rocker and author calls up designer Sandy Liang to talk perfectionism, self-preservation, and the eternal struggle of wanting it all.
GREEN ROOM
“A Vybz Kartel Concert Is a Party”: Backstage at Barclays With the King of Dancehall
April 18, 2025
“God was in the building, man,” the Jamaican Dancehall icon told us after his comeback shows in Brooklyn. “The lord was around us, and the vibe was amazing.”
XXX
Jordan Firstman’s Grindr Hookup Takes a Long, Hard Look at His Debut Album
April 16, 2025
After dropping his debut album, “Secrets,” the comedian and provocateur asked an anonymous hookup to review the songs (and the sex).
DROP
“My List of Enemies Grows Longer”: How Real Lies Doom-Scrolled Their Way to a New Album
April 14, 2025
“Our music inhabits more of a liminal place,” says Kev Kharas of the UK duo Real Lies. “It’s electronic music about what happens when you listen to electronic music often.”
PUNK
“Oh God, the Mess!”: Peter Wolf and Danny Fields Revisit the Backroom at Max’s Kansas City
April 11, 2025
To mark the release of his memoir, “Waiting on the Moon,” the artist joined superstar music manager Danny Fields and “Please Kill Me” author Gillian McCain to look back on the glory days of punk rock.
INTERDIMENSIONAL
“I’ve Cried to Your Songs”: Colin Self and Eartheater Commune With the Spirit World
April 10, 2025
After dropping their new album in March, the experimental musician called up their dear friend Eartheater to talk fear, frequencies, and creative fermentation.
PERFORMER
Tate McRae and Iris Apatow on Malls, Manifesting, and Moving to New York
April 8, 2025
“I’m manifesting a bit of a Sex and the City summer.”
SOUND ADVICE
“I’d Probably Be Naked”: Sausha Tells Us How She’s Ringing in the Apocalypse
April 8, 2025
In this week’s installment of Sound Advice, the elusive New York DJ made us a playlist and spilled on darkroom antics and doomsday fits.
BANDMATES
Momma on Breakups, Sisterhood, and the Indie Rock Renaissance
April 7, 2025
“At the risk of sounding like an asshole, I’m proud of the entire thing,” says Etta Friedman of the band’s fourth studio album, “Welcome to My Blue Sky.”
DEADSTOCK
“The Moog Fucks Me Up”: DJ Alex Gloor Takes Mel Ottenberg Into the Annals of Smylonylon
April 4, 2025
In October 1994, Mel Ottenberg stumbled on a New York City store called Smylonylon. 30 years later, DJ Alex Gloor takes him on a walk down memory lane.
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
“Chet Baker at Dawn, Sun Ra at Midnight”: DJ Koze Makes Us the Perfect Dinner Party Playlist
April 1, 2025
In this week’s Sound Advice, the German DJ and producer got us ready for his brand-new album with an exclusive playlist of jazzy throwbacks.
Tinnitus
Dan Bejar and Jessica Pratt on Chronic Angst, Precious Instruments, and Occupational Hazards
March 28, 2025
Before dropping his new album, “Dan’s Boogie,” Destroyer’s Dan Bejar joined Jessica Pratt to geek out about guitars, synthesizers, and The Rolling Stones.
COURTSIDE
“We’re Sweating Balls”: One Night in Miami With Model Francisco Lachowski
March 27, 2025
At On and Boiler Room’s Clubhouse Nights in Miami, the model and Tumblr dreamboat joined us to talk tennis, John Galliano, and getting hot in the 305.
GUT CHECK
“I’m Looking to Heighten the Stakes”: Kinlaw and Jae Matthews on Queer Sex and Southern Pride
March 24, 2025
Before dropping her new album, the Carolina-born performance artist caught up with Boy Harsher’s Jae Matthews about turning the indescribable into music.
POP
“Ideas Are Nice, But Music Is Stronger”: Oklou, in Conversation With A. G. Cook
March 19, 2025
After dropping her debut album, the musician called up A. G. Cook to talk French idealism, YouTube rabbit holes, and her biggest project to date: impending motherhood.
SOUND ADVICE
“Viva La Foca”: Eli Roth Makes Us a Playlist Inspired by Italian Sexploitation Cinema
March 17, 2025
Before releasing his new album of Italian disco bangers, the filmmaker joined us to storyboard his ideal evening in Capri and reveal the grooviest person he knows.
GREEN ROOM
“Demonic, Ethereal, Fun”: Seven Minutes Backstage With Sasami
March 13, 2025
Before her show at Rough Trade, we joined the classically trained musician to talk about her recent pivot to pop music: think Bruce Springsteen meets alien huntress.
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.