Interviews
Daft Punk Pull Back the Curtain on ‘Tron: Legacy’ Soundtrack
I recently met up with the Grammy Award-winning musicians at Henson Studios in Hollywood to discuss their first venture into film scoring, philosophies on the future and what happened behind the scenes on the set of Tron: Legacy.
Solidarity of Sorrow
Nicole Kidman reveals how her performance in “Rabbit Hole” affected her mind, body, and dreams
Spaceland Is the Place
The influential mecca of the “Silver Lake scene” turns 15
Greenberg: A conversation With Writer-Director Noah Baumbach
In Greenberg, Director Noah Baumbach deftly switches between melodrama and humor like a tennis pro switches from forehand to backhand.
The Stranglers’ Hugh Cornwell Gets a Grip
Getting a Grip: The Stranglers’ Hugh Cornwell on the Clash, the golden era of London punk and giving albums away.”
Mumford & Sons
The London quartet Mumford & Sons, however, realigns folk’s paradigm with soaring harmonies, banjo, upright bass and a single kick drum.
Images for the Post-Video Age
Director Keith Schofield makes videos for the viral video age, including Charlotte Gainsbourg, Justice, Fat Boy Slim, and more.
Talulah Riley: Life on Mars?
“Elon asked me to go to Mars. I’m thinking about it.”
Best Coast Forward
Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino talks lo-fi, boys and her love of LA
Motion City Soundtrack: ‘Nerds at Heart”
A deal with Columbia hasn’t cost the band their geekdom
Charlotte Gainsbourg’s Skull Sessions
A French chanteuse/actor’s method of coping with near death: enlist Beck to delve inside her head
UNDER PRESSURE: Going the distance with jump-cut electro rockers Jogger
Going the distance with jump-cut electro rockers Jogger.
The Alchemy of Fool’s Gold
With influence gleaned from West Africa and lyrics in Hebrew, Fool’s Gold is a highly danceable ployglot band, whose sound and vision fully represent the diversity and eclecticism of Los Angeles.
Iceland’s múm Talks Music Making During Economic Collapse
Mum’s principal member and multi-instrumentalist, Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason, speaks about the album, language, and what the world needs to learn from Iceland.
Seasoned Eyes: Sara Lov
Sara Lov survived a childhood kidnapping. Having to re-release her solo debut is easy by comparison
The making of ‘Inglourious Basterds’
Quentin Tarantino, Christoph Waltz, Diane Kruger, B.J. Novak, and Eli Roth talk rewriting history in Inglourious Basterds
DIPLO + SWITCH = MAJOR LAZER
The DJ genuflects at the altar of spinning vinyl, his shoulder presses headphones to his ear, his left hand spins a black disc, his right hand occupied with a laptop. It’s a Wednesday night, this
is Hollywood’s Bar Marmont, and the DJ is Diplo…
Frohawk Two Feathers
Frohawk Two Feathers is a man at the nexus of many truths. He’s an alchemist of visual art who turns dull history into golden narratives rich with beautiful subversion and he’s a performance artist who experiments with music, poetry and alter egos. Then there’s Umar Rashid, the mastermind behind it all.
Rob Dydrek
For multitalented entrepreneur and skateboarder Rob Dyrdek, writing, producing and starring in his first feature film Street Dreams was simply another obstacle to conquer.
Christian Bale / McG Talk Terminator: Salvation
Where would the world be without The Terminator? Without the catchphrases “I’ll be back” and “Hasta la vista, baby,” we’d be just empty shells of existence
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