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Eddie Argos (Art Brut) Talks Man or Astro-man?’s Defcon 5… 4… 3… 2… 1

By Eddie Argos | May 24, 2013

The UK at the end of the '90s was an awful time for music. Brit-pop had died — some would argue the death was deserved — at some point during 1997...

By Stew | May 23, 2013

I’m on the B41 bus cruising north on Flatbush Avenue through Brooklyn towards my homestead. (Or am I really headed to Peppa’s Jerk Chicken?)

By Mish Way | May 22, 2013

By Aleksey Weintraub | May 21, 2013

"Ladies Love Cool James" was ill as hell when he popped out the couch in full couch camo in Toys, the movie that predicted drones like 20...

By Austin Brown | May 20, 2013

In the March of my 23rd year, I was laid up at my parents' house in southeast Texas, on a liquid diet consisting mostly of Vicodin. I couldn't...

By Dean Wareham | May 17, 2013

It’s four o’clock in the afternoon and I’ve just arrived home from Daft Punk's offices in the heart of Hollywood, on La Brea near Sunset, where I...

By Carey Mercer | May 16, 2013

‪Josephine Foster's Blood Rushing was recorded in the Colorado mountains, high up in the gold-green air — recorded as a band playing together...

By Bobby Matador | May 15, 2013

Rod Stewart is for everyone. I know this for sure; I read his book, I’ve listened to a ton of his music — which is as great a body of sound as...

By Matthew Friedberger | May 14, 2013

I won't mention the American Express UNSTAGED: Vampire Weekend with Steve Buscemi video comedy show. I typed "video comedy show" because it...

By Geoff Rickly | May 13, 2013

Being an outsider isn't as easy as it seems. Just ask the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, whose instant classic "Maps" sabotaged their outsider ArtStar cachet...