Style Archives — proxy music

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

March 19, 2019August 9, 2019

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

November 1, 2018October 17, 2019

King of the Wild Frontier: All the ways Adam Ant lived up to the part of pop pirate

October 24, 2018November 1, 2018

Girl and Guitar: Good luck separating Joan Jett from her choice of instrument

September 5, 2018October 24, 2018

Blonde Ambition: Sia’s wigs hide nothing and reveal everything

"Orgasm Addict" by Buzzcocks, 1977, art by Linder Sterling, design by Martin Garrett.

August 4, 2018October 24, 2018

A Woman With a Scalpel: Linder Sterling assembles and disassembles “Orgasm Addict,” a meat dress, herself

July 15, 2018October 24, 2018

Extraordinary Machines: How The Knife’s weird and wonderful custom instruments shook up the habitual

July 13, 2018October 24, 2018

Sequins Are Great: The long-lasting flash and pizzazz of the Nudie suit

July 12, 2018August 8, 2019

The Art of Artifice: Antony Price and Roxy Music set up camp in eight records

July 8, 2018October 24, 2018

Unhuman Nature: James Merry and Björk’s super-natural collaboration on Utopia