Dec 01, 2010 Books Web Exclusive

This collection of Herb Wise's photographs from the '60s and '70s is filled with loose, affecting portraits that bring out the true worth of the music that's at the heart and soul of those pictured. More

Dec 01, 2010 Music Issue #33 - Fall 2010 - Interpol

Manchester, England's Working for a Nuclear Free City are no strangers to ambition. Their catalogue is an odd blend of electronics-drenched, spiky dance rock, imbedded with sensitive ambient atmospherics—which works more often than it doesn't. More

Nov 30, 2010 Music Web Exclusive

It's been a long time since Lansing-Dreiden's The Dividing Island, and those who hold it in high esteem have been waiting for this solid encore. Lansing-Dreiden turned some people off with their anonymous art-collective presentation/shtick, but those who did bother to listen got an earful of bold and all-embracing pop music.  More

Nov 29, 2010 Music Issue #33 - Fall 2010 - Interpol

Los Angeles duo Pepper Rabbit self-released a pair of digital-only EPs in 2009. Those recordings were enough to get some buzz working for Xander Singh and Luc Laurent, and some subsequent touring brought them to the attention of Kanine Records. Rather than waiting around for a new record, Kanine plugs the gap by releasing the EPs (augmented with two newer tracks) as their debut album Beauregard. More

Nov 24, 2010 Live Web Exclusive

If Robert Pollard is anything, he’s prolific. He’s released several discs of music each year for the past two decades under at least a dozen names, founded a handful of record labels, published one literary magazine, a book of collage work and a couple spoken word albums, and written more than a thousand songs during his career. More

Nov 23, 2010 Music

What's always differentiated Belle and Sebastian from legions of overly precious twee acts is the sheer emotional clarity with which Stuart Murdoch has written from a feminine perspective. More

Nov 23, 2010 DVDs

Edgar Wright's (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) film adaptation of Bryan Lee O'Malley's popular graphic novel series is an example of what can be done when a visionary director starts with great source material. More

Nov 22, 2010 Music

With their sly, earnest recordings for the Postcard label at the dawn of the 1980s, Orange Juice—for most intents and purposes—created the blueprint for indie pop that would prove massively influential over the next 30 years. More

Nov 22, 2010 DVDs

Terry Zwigoff's (Crumb, Bad Santa) debut film remains as relevant today as it was when it finally saw release in 1985. More