Lou Reed on Kanye West's Yeezus: 'It brings tears to my eyes'
There are the obligatory blowjobs and menages-a-trois, the synth buzzsaws and jumpcuts, complains Lou Reed – so why is he so in awe of this 'inspiring, majestic' album?...
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Back when I were a lad, techno was techno. The good shit sounded like a barn door banging in a Force-10 gale with deep basslines and some wobbly 303 lines thrown on top for melody. But machine music is...
View ArticleNever Give Your Kid A Cold Shower: Advice From The Worst Dad On Earth
Excerpted from Someone Could Get Hurt: A Memoir of Twenty-First-Century Parenthood, which makes a great Father's Day gift for foul-mouthed dads everywhere. I was on the phone with my dad and he...
View ArticleBen Wheatley: master of the macabre
For its American release in May, the poster for Ben Wheatley's last film – the brutal caravan odyssey Sightseers – acquired a few extra elements. The UK version featured the Lake District's Bonnie and...
View ArticleFoo Fighters Dave Grohl: 'The fuck I'm going to become a drummer-for-hire'
The Foo Fighters interview takes place in the lobby of some swank hotel in Madrid. Outside, gun-toting cops keep the hookers at bay. Inside, a pianist plays tasteful versions of Frank Sinatra classics....
View ArticleWhat Playing Football Does To Your Body
The paperback version of Nate Jackson's Slow Getting Up: A Story of NFL Survival from the Bottom of the Pile is now on sale. It's got new material, and we'll have some of that on the site next week....
View ArticleBlack Keys’ Dan Auerbach on Dylan, Lana Del Rey, New Psych-Soul Project
In the past few years, whenever he hasn't been busy selling out arenas with Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney, Dan Auerbach has booked informal jam sessions with a loose group of friends including...
View ArticleTech N9ne: Rap's Indie Trailblazer on the Other Side of Fame
At 43 years old, Kansas City rapper Tech N9ne could be crowned the world's oldest XXL Freshman. His song "Hood Go Crazy" is cracking mainstream outlets like MTV, hip-hop radio and festivals like Los...
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View ArticlePagano to Co-Host Flavors of Gaslamp Friday Night (San Diego Chargers)
(Source: San Diego Chargers) Pagano to Co-Host Flavors of Gaslamp Friday Night Posted 1 hour ago Ricky Henne Managing Editor Chargers.com Defensive Coordinator John Pagano is co-hosting Flavors of the...
View ArticleWhat It's Like Inside A Plane Crash And How To Survive One
Last night's insane crash in Taipei got me wondering what it'd be like to experience such an event. So I talked legendary adventurer Robert Young Pelton, who survived a very similar experience. Here's...
View ArticleThe Best Los Angeles Metal Shows to See in June
Monday, June 3 Abigail The Joint Japanese outfit Abilgail is one of the more unabashedly sleazy bands in metal. Their blackened thrash attack is a raw celebration of sex and violence. Tracks such as...
View ArticleThe Seventh Circle of Hell
If you have some free time and want to feel like doing a swan dive off a skyscraper later -- go to Toys 'R' Us. I prance into the gargantuan store alongside a young woman carrying an adorably plump...
View ArticleThe man who made Justin Bieber isn’t apologizing
DETAILS: As a 25-year-old newbie manager, you discovered a 12-year-old Justin Bieber on YouTube, persuaded him and his mom to move to Atlanta, and, despite constant rejection, got him a record deal....
View ArticleBen Wheatley: 'I don't think I'll ever be a Hollywood guy'
The far out British director is following Sightseers with a micro-budget psychedelic civil war-era head trip. But don't rule him out of having a crack at Spider-Man one day...
View ArticleQ&A: El-P and Killer Mike Talk Their 'Celebration of Dope' in New Duo Run the...
El-P and Killer Mike have spent the past couple of years making albums together and touring, releasing two of 2012's most lauded hip-hop records. El-P's Cancer 4 Cure was an intense, aggravated album...
View ArticleLou Reed on Kanye West's Yeezus: 'It brings tears to my eyes'
There are the obligatory blowjobs and menages-a-trois, the synth buzzsaws and jumpcuts, complains Lou Reed – so why is he so in awe of this 'inspiring, majestic' album?...
View ArticleHolden
Back when I were a lad, techno was techno. The good shit sounded like a barn door banging in a Force-10 gale with deep basslines and some wobbly 303 lines thrown on top for melody. But machine music is...
View ArticleThe man who made Justin Bieber isn’t apologizing
DETAILS: As a 25-year-old newbie manager, you discovered a 12-year-old Justin Bieber on YouTube, persuaded him and his mom to move to Atlanta, and, despite constant rejection, got him a record deal....
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