Partisan turkey, a viral gold watch, and Republican trolls in New England 130 years ago
WHEEL OF TUNES: YO LA TENGO
For our interview series, the mellow indie rock favorites talk their band t-shirts, Charlottesville, and why they can’t stand ukuleles.
WHEEL OF TUNES: SERPENTWITHFEET
The experimental gospel artist talks horror tropes, Toni Morrison, and must-haves in heaven.
INTERVIEW: JOSH AND BENNY SAFDIE
“I wanted to do a movie that takes place in this milieu—about the American criminal, about the prison ethos in America, about what’s going on in America in 2017. And the only other person I want to be in it is Buddy Duress.”
SPIN GOOD COMPANY
Our editor picks up the hot new toy habit, predicts the fidget spinner’s here to stay
COVERING DESTRUCTION: A BOSTON WRITER REFLECTS ON FATEFUL ASSIGNMENT 15 YEARS LATER
I made it into the Bronx, dumped my car in a fenced-in pay lot around 200th street, grabbed a couple notebooks and pens, my keys and the clothes on my back and started walking toward the war zone.
SKIPPING STONES: MUTUAL BENEFIT TALKS SOPHOMORE STRESSORS AND BROOKLYN BUSTLE
The ex-Jamaica Plain project talks New York City apartments, moments of clarity, and how to maintain folk’s intimacies.
BOSTON BREAKOUTS: QUILT RETURN HOME TO SET BREEZY GROOVES FREE AT MFA
Boston’s favorite four-piece talks homesickness, orchestral arrangements, and the absurd beauty of plazas before their return.
INK BIG: MOLLY CRABAPPLE DRAWS BLOOD, WRITES PAIN IN NEW MEMOIR
“It’s always the same thing—people who are making their careers claiming they are speaking for people who they say are supposedly voiceless but who are actually shouting to be heard and are still being marginalized.”
SILENT NIGHT, FIRE PLIGHT: NYC VENUE SILENT BARN GETS HELP FROM BOSTON’S BENEFIT SHOW
Yes, even Boston loves New York. After a fire left the venue too damaged to function, Silent Barn gets a benefit show from local bands in our city.
