Irrfan Khan Talks About His In Treatment Patient, and Why He Walked Out on a Real Therapist After his one actual appointment, “I said ‘No, this kind of talking I can do for myself.’ I never felt the need to go back.”
Dean Wareham on Revisiting His Old Galaxie 500 Songs “Being in an indie band back then, you weren’t allowed to have dreams of being huge.”
Dexter Recap: Shattered“Instincts are all I’ve ever had.”
Dexter Recap: Complicated Reasons“I know how she feels, it’s not so different from me.”
Dexter Recap: Sidekicked“And in one second everything changed. Lumen happened.”
the vulture transcript
Oct. 27, 2010
Antony Hegarty on His New Book, Album, and Plan for Mandatory Estrogen Treatments for World Leaders Hegarty: “I really feel that men should be forced to take estrogen treatments before they make any real decisions around governance and war.”
Dexter Recap: Help UnwantedWould Dexter rather be good or be understood?
Dexter Recap: A Good Cause“I’m wondering what can end this.”
Dexter Recap: WitnessImprovisation is good for sketch comics, jazz musicians, and ‘MacGyver,’ but not so much for serial killers.
Nowhere Boy ’s Aaron Johnson on Delving Into John Lennon’s Bad Side“But it’s not just like, ‘Oh well now I’ve lost the love of my life and I’m going to get smashed and fuck as much as possible.’ Though that is what he did … “
Oct. 7, 2010
171 Minutes With Evan Dando and Juliana Hatfield The nineties boho duo, now playing music together and joking about living in Leaving Las Vegas.
Dexter Recap: Full Custody“The better killer I am, the better father I am.”
overnights
Sept. 27, 2010
Dexter Premiere Recap: Under Suspicion“If the wife is dead, 90 percent of the time the husband did it.”
Dexter ’s Ten Greatest MurdersIn anticipation of the show’s return tonight, here are the ten greatest kills in ‘Dexter’ history.
Sept. 2, 2010
And Then There Were Three Interpol returns after three years, minus one.
Aug. 20, 2010
Divide and Conquer Kevin Barnes, the titillating heterosexual behind Of Montreal, finds true happiness as a soul-singing tranny.
T.I. No Fan of Jail “Two thumbs down. Two big toes, down!”
July 8, 2010
Hard Acts to Follow M.I.A. throws a party on Governors Island.
June 16, 2010
Nicki Minaj, the Rapper With a Crush on Meryl Streep The crazy-eyed 25-year-old Lil Wayne protégée (signed to his label, Young Money-Cash Money Records) has a star-studded résumé: Nicki Minaj has m […]
Apr. 1, 2010
Devil in a Mermaid The curious influences of Florence + the Machine.
The Scene at SXSW: Hot Band, Random Celebs Who we’re betting gets signed, which bands are forming their own sound, and Verne Troyer.
Mar. 3, 2010
Outsider Artist Shilpa Ray turns alienation into lusty, bluesy rock.
vulture lists
Mar. 1, 2010
25 Classic New York Songs As Jay-Z’s March 2 MSG show approaches, we pick the classic companion songs to “Empire State of Mind.”
we solicited recommendations from critics and musicians and then threw them in a blender to come up with a playlist of the most New York songs written since 1965
Dec. 2, 2009
The Stick List New York’s critics pick the television programs, books, movies, art, architecture, plays, and pop albums that we’ll still be talking ab […]
Nov. 13, 2009
Top Bunny: Ian McCulloch The Echo & the Bunnymen front man is famous for his eviscerating wit, showcased on his band’s eleventh album, ‘The Fountain.’
Nov. 6, 2009
MGMT’s Homecoming After conquering the globe, the band returns to a Brooklyn it never really knew.
Nov. 6, 2009
Brooklyn Top 40 A highly subjective ranking of the songs that define the sound of right now.
Nov. 5, 2009
A Sonic Thrillseeker’s Guide to the Greater Williamsburg Area Along the rough trails of American pop mythology, there remain a few eternally clear paths: If you want to become a movie star, you go to Hollyw […]
Sept. 24, 2009
Such Sweet Sorrow How Britney Spears in a strip club helped pave the way for the broody, witty pop collective Miike Snow.
Aug. 21, 2009
Where the Wild Girls Are Amanda Blank, La Roux, and Jemina Pearl put their own fresh spins on the female pop-star paradigm.
Aug. 13, 2009
The Muse Scarlett Johansson plays Brigitte Bardot to Pete Yorn’s Serge Gainsbourg on a new CD.
July 9, 2009
Simple Pleasures The kids in the Pains of Being Pure at Heart are an exuberant, unpretentious tonic for hard times.
July 1, 2009
Picture-Perfect Playlists Cool summer sounds from four hot bands for up on the roof.
Apr. 30, 2009
Grizzly Men How four unassuming guys from NYU became everybody’s favorite New York band.
Apr. 3, 2009
Smokin’ The red-hot joint of downtown cool has been passed to Lissy Trullie.
Mar. 12, 2009
Little Boots Call The latest British MySpace phenom is proving that pop and personality are not antithetical.
Feb. 13, 2009
Lighting the Fuse Brooklyn’s Right on Dynamite is the party for now.