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Cillian Murphy vs. Nils Frahm

Jan 17, 2014 Nils Frahm

Irish-born, London-based actor Cillian Murphy has made a big-budget name for himself with roles in Inception, Tron: Legacy, and the Dark Knight Batman trilogy. Despite an ongoing flirtation with Hollywood, Murphy has also carved out a dual niche for himself, appearing in more independent films such as 28 Days Later (his breakout role), Breakfast on Pluto, and Sunshine, and performing in Enda Walsh’s one-man play, Misterman. Coming up are roles in Cry/Fly, Ron Howard’s In the Heart of the Sea, and opposite Johnny Depp and Morgan Freeman in Transcendence. And he also currently stars in the BBC TV drama Peaky Blinders. But for all his show business experience, he admits that the thought of speaking with Berlin-based pianist Nils Frahm makes him a bit starstruck. More

Snakadaktal

Jan 17, 2014 Snakadaktal

“We often play games like creating our alter-ego animals,” says Phoebe Cockburn, vocalist for Melbourne-based quintet Snakadaktal. “I’m a squirrel because I like nuts a lot…. Our drummer was a sea elephant. Like a seal type of thing.” More

Big Scary

Jan 14, 2014 Big Scary

The opening song on Big Scary‘s new album Not Art (on Barsuk) begins with a list of all the things Tom Iansek is not (a painter, a poet, a teacher, a preacher), but it is clear that the frontman of the Melbourne, Australia duo is selling himself short of his many talentsmusic and all. More

Mac DeMarco vs. Beach Fossils’ Dustin Payseur

Jan 13, 2014 Issue #48 - November/December 2013 - HAIM

The Brooklyn-based indie label Captured Tracks was founded in 2008 by Mike Sniper of Blank Dogs. Beginning with releases from Sniper’s band and the first ever EP from Dum Dum Girls, the label’s growth occurred organically. More

Painted Palms

Jan 10, 2014 Painted Palms

Google the name Chris Prudhomme and you might be surprised by what you find. Prudhomme, one half of Painted Palms, the electro-pop duo he fronts with his cousin Reese Donohue, dubiously shares a name with another more sinister character. More

Willis Earl Beal Bonus Q&A

Jan 09, 2014 Web Exclusive

Willis Earl Beal wants you to know that he considers himself a fortunate man, or, in his words, “more fortunate than unfortunate.” But from the outset of our hour-long interview, it’s clear that Beal is growing weary of his life as a musician. More

Willis Earl Beal

Jan 08, 2014 Willis Earl Beal

Willis Earl Beal never wanted to be famoushe wants to make that point clear. More

Thumpers

Jan 08, 2014 Issue #48 - November/December 2013 - HAIM

Euphoria and celebration feature heavily in the music of U.K. duo and recent Sub Pop signees THUMPERS, whose sound is anchored in two decades of friendship and endurance. More

Yamantaka / Sonic Titan

Jan 07, 2014 Issue #48 - November/December 2013 - HAIM

Any interview with Alaska B and Ruby Kato Attwood, the duo behind the Canadian art collective Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, is going to be educational. More