2.12.2013

“The band’s always been in this bipolar state,” says Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis, “of wanting to have its cake and eat it. We’re making what we feel is pop music, but on our own terms—we want it...

Ryan Patch sits in his Brooklyn apartment in front of his computer. The walls enclosing his workspace crawl with handwritten lyrics to songs not his own, personalized sketches and index cards...

He may not like it, but Winston Yellen’s haunting debut album, Country Sleep, was born from the romantic (and cliched) ideal of the musical nomad: In 2011, the 23-year-old Colorado Springs native...

An old issue of NME has laid across a tall stack of books and magazines on the nightstand by my bed for months and months now. On its cover is a close-up, solo photograph of Foals lead singer Yannis...

In the time since the release of Beach Fossils’ 2010 self-titled debut LP, Dustin Payseur saw his solo project evolve into a live band of increasing fanfare, translating reflective material into...

With Antidotes, their 2008 debut, Oxford quintet Foals announced that yes, here they were, another one of those distinctively British indie bands, the kind that specialize in high-energy, thick...

At 76, Kris Kristofferson is one of Americana’s true icons. A witness to old-school hillbilly music, rock’s excess, punk’s rebellion and modern country, the Rhodes Scholar with an emphasis on William...

There’s a powerful moment on “Breathe You in My Dreams,” a standout on Fourth Corner, Trixie Whitley’s solo debut, when the verse gives way to what promises to be a dramatic chorus. Rather than going...

Holly Williams has wrassled all kinds of mainstream Nashville fringe: hippie country, postmodern country, even “kinda sorta” country. But all those records from the Nordic blonde seemed somehow...

The fascinating and visually stunning new WWII-era film, Lore, features a protagonist whose perspective is one not usually heard from in the genre. The movie, an Australian-German coproduction...

In the tradition of The Ice Storm, The Playroom revisits 1970s suburbia, when the chilly civility between husband and Stepford wife bumps up against the sexual revolution. Over the course of one...

The TV version of The Walking Dead has always shown its willingness to stray from Robert Kirkman’s source comic book to keep the suspense high even for those who’d read ahead, and the introduction of...

Desire can make people do some funny things. In the world of The Cave, the new graphic adventure from Double Fine Productions, seven characters are driven to violent extremes in order to acquire the...

Time moves slowly. Not in real life, where 1995 might as well be two weeks ago, but in the game Proteus. Proteus is about time, about change, about the cycle of nature and its supreme indifference...

My hands are tired from all this running. The mobile market is saturated with endless runners, an ever expanding litter of Canabalt children that dominates this side of the business as thoroughly as...

The other day, I spent a few hours walking around Seattle’s University District. Not much had changed since I went to school there in the early ‘00s. The same cheap restaurants, dingy dives and...

Platform: iPhonePrice: FreeDeveloper: Orchestra When it comes to looking at Twitter, browsing the web or performing any other content consuming activity, we often think of design, efficiency and...

Reigning from Orlando, Fla., the five-piece(often six-piece) band Day Joy has released the video for the single “Go To Sleep, Mess,” which shares the title with the band’s debut LP out today. Listed...

The Milk Carton Kids are gearing up for the March release of forthcoming album The Ash & Clay with an extensive tour, spreading their exquisite harmonies to venues across the country. The Milk Carton...