proxy music — on the visual language of music

March 27, 2020April 6, 2020

The Music of America: The Residents’ One-Minute Movies have no time for pop’s form and format

January 24, 2020January 24, 2020

Fuck On The Opposition: The disruptive force behind The Return of the Durutti Column’s sandpaper sleeve

Siouxsie Sioux, 1979, photography by Sheila Rock.

October 23, 2019October 19, 2019

England’s Dreaming: Photographer Sheila Rock on the guts and glory of British punk

October 15, 2019October 17, 2019

Entertainment or Death: How Mötley Crüe’s “Home Sweet Home” lit the way for all power ballads to follow

August 8, 2019October 17, 2019

High Times: Onboard the ill-fated jet that was Silver Apples’ Contact

June 27, 2019June 27, 2019

Everyone’s Welcome: On a Blood Orange record sleeve, you may find yourself

March 19, 2019August 9, 2019

An Axe To Grind: An eulogy for all the guitars sacrificed to Pete Townshend’s auto-destruction

March 11, 2019February 6, 2020

What Did You Expect: On 20 Jazz Funk Greats, Throbbing Gristle promised to never ever give us what we want

February 1, 2019March 11, 2019

Only Human: John Lennon and Yoko Ono shared more than music on Two Virgins

David Bowie, with Klaus Nomi and Joey Arias, on Saturday Night Live, 1979.

January 4, 2019April 12, 2019

The Man in the Machine: How Oskar Schlemmer’s Triadic Ballet left its mark on David Bowie and New Order