Too Old To Be New, Too New To Be Classic is a new short film from Red Bull Music Academy, one that charts the entire existence of the great New York label DFA. Max Joseph directed the film, which…   Read Story »

Eels frontman and sole constant member Mark Oliver Everett, better known as E, has had a pretty interesting life: Teenage juvenile-delinquent status, a short run as a mid-'90s post-Beck one-hit…   Read Story »

The Postal Service has never exactly been a wellspring of comedy, but they did have the good sense to recruit Tom Scharpling, who is extremely good at this sort of thing, to make them a pretty…   Read Story »

Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle might be the single greatest talker in all of indie rock; as much as I love Mountain Goats songs, I've found myself at live shows, wishing they would end so…   Read Story »

Aimee Mann has long embraced the humorous side of indie. She teamed with emerging comedic talents like Patton Oswalt and David Cross on an Acoustic Vaudeville tour back in 2000, and her Christmas…   Read Story »

Even if you've never enjoyed more than a handful of Foo Fighters songs, you have to concede that Dave Grohl has had a pretty incredible and unprecedented career, and that he'd be a fun person to hang…   Read Story »

Dinosaur Jr. guitar-mauler J Mascis is, infamously, probably the single worst interview in all of high-profile indie rock; he's diffident, taciturn, and quiet, and he always gives off an air of vague…   Read Story »

I've been waiting for this one. Fiona Apple made my favorite album of the year thus far, she's a fascinating interview, and she has sneakily strong comedy-world connections, all of which make her a…   Read Story »

For most of the time he's been doing his great WTF podcast, the stand-up comic Marc Maron has devoted his energies to interviewing stand-up peers and comic actors, but lately he's been branching out…   Read Story »

Yesterday, Marc Maron's über-popular WTF podcast ventured to Oklahoma City to hang out with Wayne Coyne. They chatted some about flying, drugs and their personal relationships with creativity. The…   Read Story »