The Daft Punk duo spins songs that inspired their latest album Random Access Memories at All Songs Considered . Biographile recommends Shakespeare biographies. LA Music Blog recommends indie running music. The Guardian Architecture and Design blog reviews a show of artwork inspired by Hari Kunzru's novella Memory Palace [...]
Hometown Pasadena profiles the Los Angeles reading series, the Whisky & Poetry Salon. Every two months, Salon attendees bring a poem, original or not, and read it in a candlelit loft surrounded by 30-40 whisky and poetry aficionados. In return, they get a flight of fine whiskies with tasting notes and history. NPR Music is streaming the new Jeff Tweedy-produced Mavis Staples album, One True Vine . [...]
Neil Gaiman takes a tour of weird London on the Guardian Books podcast . The Beastles mashes up the Beatles and the Beastie Boys on the Ill Submarine album. Time Out London lists its 20 best albums of the year so far. The Guardian profiles author NoViolet Bulawayo. "Let no one be fooled by [...]
Weekend Edition interviews Neil Gaiman about his new short story collection The Ocean at the End of the Lane . Read an excerpt from the book. John Vanderslice talks to The Record about the inspiration behind his new album, Dagger Beach . The Los Angeles Review of Books interviews Colum McCann about his new novel, TransAtlantic . [...]
Flavorwire stereotypes you by your favorite music festival. The Wall Street Journal talks to proponents of Chicago's proposed American Writers Museum. The Denver Post profiles the band Parquet Courts. The New York-by-way-of-Texas quartet deals in talky, jokey, sonically compelling songs that never devolve into parody. Like some punked-up mix of Jonathan Richman and Pavement, it's goofy dude music that actually rocks. [...]
Stereogum shortlists this year's songs of the summer. Michael Chabon talks about children's books with Haaretz . Bookworm interviews Marisa Silver about her novel, Mary Coin . The A.V. Club suggests entry points into Superman comics. All Things Considered interviews Matt Berninger of the [...]
Flavorwire lists 10 of the greatest debut science fiction and fantasy novels. John Vanderslice talks to SF Weekly about his new album, Dagger Beach . The June edition of Words Without Borders is its fourth annual queer issue. Biographile lists nine memoirs "that won't make you miss adolescence." [...]
The Millions interviews Benjamin Percy about his new novel, Red Moon . The Millions: Red Moon, like the werewolves at the heart of its story, is a shapeshifting hybrid — a literary horror novel. In what tradition do you place this book? Benjamin Percy: If people want to call it a literary horror novel, that's fine. I know it makes them feel better in a neat-freaky sort of way. Like balling their socks and organizing them in a drawer according to color. And I know it's a talking point, a [...]
The Guardian excerpts from Neil Gaiman's new novel The Ocean at the End of the Lane . NPR is streaming the new Primal Scream album, More Light . The Observer interviews author Benjamin Anastas. You give a vivid impression of how hard it is to make a living as a writer. If your son came to you and said he wanted to [...]
T-Bone Burnett, John Mellencamp and Stephen King talk to All Things Considered about their new musical Ghosts of Darkland County . NME and Stereogum revisit Radiohead's Hail to the Thief album 10 years after its release. Judy Blume talks to All Things Considered about adapting her book Tiger Eyes for the big screen. [...]
The Guardian examines the gender balance of UK literary culture. MTV Hive interviews singer-songwriter Jason Isbell and streams his new album, Southeastern (out June 11th). The San Francisco Chronicle has launched a new book blog, Bookmarks . The Independent lists the best live albums. The [...]
The Guardian examines the gender balance of UK literary culture. MTV Hive interviews singer-songwriter Jason Isbell and streams his new album, Southeastern (out June 11th). The San Francisco Chronicle has launched a new book blog, Bookmarks . The Independent lists the best live albums. The [...]
The New Yorker features a new short story by Jhumpa Lahiri. Rocks Off lists the 10 least subtle song titles of all time. Kevin Barry has won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award with his novel City of Bohane . Post City interviews Arts and Crafts Records co-founder Jeffrey Remedios about the label's 10 year history. [...]
James Franco reconsiders American Psycho , both the Bret Easton Ellis novel and its film adaptation, at Vice . Stream a new song by David Lynch and Lykke Li. Bookworm interviews poet Alice Fulton. Frontman Matt Berninger of the National talks to the Washington Examiner about the band's new album Trouble Will Find Me . [...]
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: CFCF : "Camera" [mp3] from Music for Objects EP (out July 9th) Charlotte Church : free and legal Two EP [mp3] Fialta [...]
The Guardian compares noir fiction's effects on the publishing to that of punk rock's on the music industry. Maybe the time has come to jettison the whole literary fiction cadre and seek another way. In 1976 punk did its best to kill the bloated dinosaurs of progressive rock – and although that revolution was largely a failure, for a few years it did tilt the centre of gravity away from soulless upper-class music made by the likes of Genesis, towards energetic working-class bands like Joy Division, the Sex Pistols, the Undertones and the [...]
The Atlantic examines the enduring fascination with both the life and work of Sylvia Plath. Dylan by Duluth is raising funds to put a Bob Dylan statue in the singer-songwriter's birthplace, Duluth, Minnesota. PopMatters profiles Sam Fogarino of Interpol, who talks about his new side project EmpyMansion. "There are two sides of the coin when you're writing songs on tour with a band," he affirms. "You're not being [...]
Salon interviews Stephin Merritt about the new Future Bible Heroes album, Partygoing . TED speakers offer summer reading suggestions. The Daily Beast interviews Nick Clegg of Mother Falcon about the band as a music collective. Do you have to turn people away who want to join at this point? As of now we've sort of capped our roster. It started [...]
The New York Times profiles singer-songwriter Jason Isbell. Isbell is a slow, careful writer. He worries the little things. "What keeps me up at night is stuff like the consistency of pronouns," he says. He's a grammarian. "My dad, as much as I love him, has one of those signs — 'The Isbell's' — on his front door, and he's got the damn apostrophe in there. I haven't strangled him yet.” Time shares an excerpt from Amy [...]
Paste ranks summer songs by their sadness quotient. Biographile shares a literary companion to the life of author and editor George Plimpton. PopMatters previews June's music releases. NPR Books recommends six memoirs. Flavorwire recommends 10 musicians you should be following on Tumblr. [...]
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