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Give Robyn Her Knock Back
Why does Robyn rap so much? That question may be obligatory: The Swedish pop star's actions seem calculated to confuse, to keep this critic's (and, supposedly, discerning listeners') darling unknowable.… More >>
Fall Guide: Interpol Return With Their First Record in Three Years
A number of things have changed in Camp Interpol since we last heard from these local gloom-rock dudes: In May, the band posted a note on its website announcing that… More >>
Matthew Dear and Shed Talk About Their Feelings
For dance music, tradition is both a flag and a curse: DJs, producers, and clubland cognoscenti are forever either wrapping themselves in it or casting off its chains. The best… More >>
A Brief History of Vijay Iyer
The past year has certainly been eventful for Vijay Iyer, but one recent instance in particular encapsulates the 39-year-old pianist/composer's special confluence of achievement, intellect, and globetrotting cool. A month… More >>
Fall Guide: Karen O's Style Guru Takes Us Shopping
The moment that designer Christiane Joy Hultquist (a/k/a Christian Joy) opens the door of the Williamsburg vintage store Amarcord, we know why she calls it one of her favorite shops… More >>
Jim Jarmusch's Showtunes
No director embodies the relationship between cinema and song like off-center hypnosis merchant Jim Jarmusch. For 30 years, his musical obsessions have inspired meditative, idiosyncratic, devoutly independent films—his recurring themes… More >>
Katy Perry, Human Being
Remember when Madonna's cone bra was the vanguard of non-silicone breast augmentation? Things were so simple then. Now, Lady Gaga is on the cover of Rolling Stone with two machine… More >>
!!! Do Berlin
"Jack London said, 'You can't wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club,'" says !!! frontman Nic Offer, relaxing in a South Brooklyn café. "And I… More >>
Camu Tao Gets His Due
On a spring evening in 2005, Camu Tao stood in a nook across from the Max Fish bar in the Lower East Side, supping from a stash of PBR cans… More >>
Piano Continues Here: On Spectacular New Works From Keith Jarrett and Cecil Taylor
Only those who've followed jazz a good long while—longer than Chick Corea has been a Scientologist, say, or than Vijay Iyer and Jason Moran have been alive—might remember when the… More >>