Stuart BermanContributor

Thom Yorke imagined our current Trump-addled digital hellscape 20 years ago.

The Canadian duo talk about throwing out their own rulebook for new album Near to the Wild Heart of Life, which finds them opening up both musically and lyrically.

David Bowie was the ultimate cultural connector, envisioning pop not as a closed loop but rather an infinite network of intellectual curiosities that spanned underground music, avant-garde art, and left-field literature. By Stuart Berman.

For Fucked Up, the concept of legacy isn’t just about creating a body of work for future generations to discover—it’s also about nurturing artists and scenes in their native Toronto. By Stuart Berman.

With the '90s sketch-comedy cult classic "Mr. Show" celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, co-star David Cross retraces its most memorable musical parodies. By Stuart Berman.

For nearly 50 years, brothers Russell and Ron Mael have made a sport of crashing the zeitgeist, producing brilliantly skewed songs that both revel in and poke fun at pop convention. Stuart Berman details their career and offers a playlist of highlights.

With a vinyl rarities series on the way, Pavement's Stephen Malkmus and Scott “Spiral Stairs” Kannberg fondly reminisce about the band’s shambolic early days and consider the likelihood of a brand new Pavement album. By Stuart Berman.

This French artist’s work is marked by a livewire energy that's often on the verge of chaos. She talks to Stuart Berman about her dicey relationship with creative partner Ariel Pink and her nervy new album, which recalls ’80s outcasts like the Cure.

After spending much of the ‘80s and ‘90s gleefully blowing up rock orthodoxy, Faith No More are back with their first album in 18 years. Stuart Berman talks to them about going DIY for the new record and why they don't like being called a metal band.

Stuart Berman details how one era-defining classic—Elastica’s Britpop-bombing 1995 debut—spawned another: M.I.A.’s Arular, which turns 10 this year.

Molly Rankin, frontwoman for anthemic Toronto indie rockers Alvvays, talks to Stuart Berman about the supreme idiocy of brunch, how Noel Gallagher taught her to play guitar, her undying love of Celine Dion, and the most terrifying motel in Canada.

Jana Hunter, leader of brooding art rockers Lower Dens, talks to Stuart Berman about the more immediate and personal sounds of her band's third album: "We didn't want to try to write about being miserable while being miserable anymore."