In Profile: The Get Up Kids
"In the mid-90s, emo was still strictly adherent to its hardcore roots. The idea of any punk band flirting with a hook let alone accessibility…
Where I Am Now: Oliver Sim
"What Brian Molko meant to me as a teenager, Perfume Genius means to me as an adult." Interview by Emily Waller Photos by James…
5 Life Lessons From Interpol's 'Turn On The Bright Lights' Lyrics
Leading a resurgence of New York rock music, Interpol’s Turn on the Bright Lights, which celebrates its 20th year today, is a miracle of an…
In Profile: Keeping It In The Family
Alexa, play We Are Family by Sister Sledge... From star-crossed lovers to long-lasting happy families, close-knit siblings, identical twins and full-on bands of brothers, it is…
In Profile: 10 Essential R.E.M. Songs
“God, they're the greatest. They've dealt with their success like saints, and they keep delivering great music.” - Kurt Cobain to Rolling…
In Profile: Culture's Two Sevens Clash
Forty-five years since its initial release, time has been nothing but kind to Culture’s groundbreaking debut. Two Sevens Clash is one of roots reggae’s…
The Misreading of Lana Del Rey’s Born to Die’ Ten Years Later
Words by Gio Musso, Rough Trade NYC "Over the past decade, we have seen the paradigm of pop culture shift towards the embrace of realism.…
In Profile: Bill Fay
"The context around a song can poison it to sensitive ears. We each have different biases that we bring with us when engaging with music.…
In Profile: Fugees
"It’s artistic tensions like these that have always been at the core of the Fugees as they bounce between feelings of happiness and fear,…
In Profile: Grizzly Bear's 'Yellow House' at 15
"Yellow House isn’t Grizzly Bear’s most essential album, nor their most popular, but it is possibly the most important to the trajectory of…