Category: FEATURES

The High Strung: Quick Studies

When it comes to choosing band names, Josh Malerman couldn’t have settled on a better one than the High Strung.

May 14, 2007 / FEATURES

There’s brotherly love, and then there comes a point when you have to let go. Curt Kirkwood hit the second

May 7, 2007 / FEATURES

As a young punk rocker in early-’90s Boston, Joan Wasser had what she calls a “tough-card problem.” Playing violin for

May 3, 2007 / FEATURES

Wide awake in the city that never sleeps, hip-hop visionary El-P endured restless nights and panic attacks to emerge with

April 30, 2007 / FEATURES

A private, precocious songwriter who’s grown up in public, Conor Oberst has shouldered expectations and weathered the hype. But Bright

April 15, 2007 / FEATURES

The Seminal Band Reunion is becoming so commonplace that it’s refreshing when one is done right, as they’re so often

April 10, 2007 / FEATURES

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania

On the surface, you should be able to draw a straight artistic line from the dark, Leonard Cohen-like moodiness of

April 6, 2007 / FEATURES