Robert Forster: Venus by Television is the most perfect song of all time | Music

Black and white shot of the band on stage with Verlaine singing

How could the perfect song be anything else? I was 19 years old, living in suburban Brisbane, writing my first half-decent songs, when Television released their debut album, Marquee Moon. I had been following the […]

‘White Noise’ on Netflix: End credits dance scene, explained

With certain films, you’re not at all surprised to see the characters break into a joyous dance at the end: Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies. Bollywood musicals. Animated films like “Shrek” or “Despicable Me.” […]

Neko Case Albums Ranked From Worst to Best: See the List

Neko Case Albums Ranked From Worst to Best: See the List

This article was originally published in 2015 and has been updated. Welcome to Dissected, where we disassemble a band’s catalog, a director’s filmography, or some other critical pop-culture collection in the abstract. It’s exact science […]

Morrissey ‘Dissociates’ with Capitol Records as Miley Cyrus Asks for Removal from Postponed Album

Morrissey Capitol Records

Photo Credit: Raph_PH / CC by 2.0 Morrissey announces he’s “dissociated” with Capitol Records as Miley Cyrus asks to be removed from his finished but postponed album. In a pair of messages posted to Morrissey’s […]

David Adjaye and Kwame Kwei-Armah Talk Basquiat and the “Black Gaze”

David Adjaye and Kwame Kwei-Armah Talk Basquiat and the "Black Gaze"

Photo courtesy of The Manhattan Theater Club The stage at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, where Kwame Kwei-Armah’s production of The Collaboration opened last week after a run earlier this year at London’s Young Vic […]

Turnstile’s Brendan Yates on Blink-182, Rosalía and his mom

A rock band sits on a sofa.

Turnstile frontman Brendan Yates says he secured his date to February’s Grammy Awards ceremony many years ago. “When I was younger, it was always a thing that my mom joked about. ‘All right, stop drumming, […]

A rapper and visual artist makes his mark in Leimert Park

A man wearing a black shirt stands against a wall covered in posters.

In early October, the Los Angeles Metro finally unveiled the polarizing Crenshaw/LAX line, bringing communities from Leimert Park to Westchester into the city’s transit system while simultaneously stoking fears of gentrification and new development in […]

Watch a Team of Firefighters Dance to Daft Punk to Benefit Local Education Center – EDM.com

Watch a Team of Firefighters Dance to Daft Punk to Benefit Local Education Center - EDM.com

Dublin is feeling the cheer of the local firehouse’s “Daft Funk Brigade” paying a visit this holiday season. Following a recent visit to St. Joseph’s Primary School for Children with Visual Impairment in Dublin, the community’s Dublin […]