Jul 28, 2015 By Austin Trunick Web Exclusive

In First Day of Camp—set several weeks before the events of 2001’s Wet Hot American Summer—Michael Ian Black reprises his role as teenage camp counselor McKinley Dozen. We talked to him about making the original film and its new prequel series, filming sex scenes, working with his colleagues from The State, and the focus of his upcoming memoir. More

Jul 27, 2015 By Austin Trunick Lake Bell

Following years of working with him on the Adult Swim series Childrens Hospital, Bell was invited by director David Wain to join the cast of Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp. In the eight-part prequel series to the 2001 cult film, Bell plays a new teenage counselor named Donna. More

Jul 27, 2015 By Austin Trunick Web Exclusive

Nearly 15 years after making the original cult classic, David Wain and Michael Showalter have re-teamed for a follow-up—a prequel, actually—titled Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp. More

Jul 22, 2015 By Matt Fink Father John Misty

It’s only three shows into his tour, and Josh Tillman is struggling. The songs from I Love You, Honeybear-his critically-acclaimed second release as Father John Misty-are proving to be “inhospitable environments,” and he can’t find the right way to inhabit them on stage every night. More

Jul 21, 2015 By Matt Fink Father John Misty

No one wants to hear this shit from me.” That’s what Josh Tillman says the more uncharitable voices in his head were telling him as he was working on I Love You, Honeybear, his second release as Father John Misty. More

Jul 15, 2015 By John Everhart Issue #53 - April/May 2015 - Tame Impala

“We get really caught up in the details. It’s kind of a sickness,” laughs Mew frontman Jonas Bjerre when the protracted break between 2009’s No More Stories… and their new album +- is broached. “I mean, we were doing other things, like touring,” he says, sounding a tad defensive. More

Jul 10, 2015 By Frank Valish Natalie Prass

Natalie Prass has always been fascinated by rock ‘n’ roll iconography. Given that she grew up the daughter of a Motown enthusiast and amateur singer/songwriter father and the fact that her current debut album invokes Stax soul, Dusty Springfield, and big horn-and-string arranged R&B, it is ironic that Prass’ favorite garment is a Kiss T-shirt she says she wears almost every day. More

Jul 09, 2015 By Kyle Mullin Web Exclusive

Execution. Murder. Rape. Revenge. Infidelity. There seems to be no end to the transgressions that tempt and haunt the characters on SundanceTV’s acclaimed drama Rectify (which begins its third season tonight). More

Jul 03, 2015 By Matt Fink Issue #53 - April/May 2015 - Tame Impala

Kevin Parker can’t take a compliment. He has just offered me his creative philosophy, explaining how artists are at their best when they move away from the parts of their craft that they’ve already mastered and move toward the parts that remain just beyond their reach. More