SOUND ADVICE
“Commit to Your Bit, Babe”: A Playlist Courtesy of True Blue
November 25, 2025
Fresh off the October release of her full-length debut, “Star Witness,” the former bassist for Porches and Caroline Polachek joined us for this week’s installment of Sound Advice.
PHILHARMONIC
With Last Days, Matt Copson Is Here to Revive the Opera
February 15, 2024
“The big lie of modernism was to take the narrative and theatrics out of art,” says the artist, whose new one-act opera is loosely based on the 2005 Gus Van Sant film of the same name.
GAY
Cody Rigsby Wants You to Have Regular, Fulfilling Orgasms
September 19, 2023
“Stay crusty, bitch.”
PARIS FASHION WEEK
Jonny Johansson Delivers Naughty, Nature-Inspired Looks at Acne Studios FW23
March 2, 2023
“Everything is naked. After a while you get intoxicated by it.”
VOICE
Caroline Polachek and OPN on AI, Code-Switching, and “Failure Pop”
February 17, 2023
To mark the release of her new album “Desire, I Want to Turn Into You,” the singer connected with her fellow musician to nerd out over the intricacies and inspirations of making music.
Hayden Dunham and Caroline Polachek on the Transformative Power of Pop
December 15, 2021
“Pop music was this extremely emotionally rich landscape where I could feel things beyond what was accessible to me at the time.”
talk hole
Talk Hole: American Hole
September 17, 2021
Red, white, and hole.
“Well, This Is Awkward”: Christine and the Queens and Troye Sivan Make Post-Pandemic Plans
May 28, 2020
The dance-pop phenoms pledge to one day reunite, even if that means swimming across the Pacific.
Amber Bain of The Japanese House is Listening to Caroline Polachek, ABBA, and the BBC News Theme Song
November 20, 2019
We sat down with the English dreamy-indie-pop artist The Japanese House to discuss her favorite music—the sad, the happy, the dinner party-y, the songs they want played at their funeral.
Caroline Polachek is Listening to Katy Perry, Enya, and Third Eye Blind
October 25, 2019
Her playlist is so hot, it’s hurting our feelings.
Futuristic pop star Charli XCX shares a photo diary of her wild year
December 20, 2017
Dive into the pop star’s crazy but wonderful year of nonstop touring and recording.