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• Future

  Corban Goble; April 2, 2014

  The Auto-Tune auteur talks to Corban Goble about being a father, why working with big-name stars can be a pain in the ass, and his long-awaited second proper album Honest: "This record is for the people who thought I was some fly-by-night artist."

• Girl Talk

  Ian Cohen; March 25, 2014

  The sample-crazed producer talks with Ian Cohen about his collaborative EP with hip-hop vet Freeway, his role in the closing gap between rap and indie rock, and why the internet isn't as bad for new artists as David Byrne might have you believe.

• tUnE-yArDs

  Jayson Greene; March 19, 2014

  Bored with herself and depleted from touring, the unabashedly emphatic Merrill Garbus decided to scrap everything and start at square one for her forthcoming album—singing, drumming, and dancing lessons included. By Jayson Greene.

• Owen Pallett

  Ian Cohen; March 18, 2014

  The frequent Arcade Fire collaborator and art-pop auteur spars with Ian Cohen about the end of the world as we know it, the evils of capitalism, why he thinks so many people got Reflektor wrong, and his forthcoming solo album, In Conflict.

• Fatima Al Qadiri

  Carrie Battan; March 11, 2014

  This electronic artist makes music inspired by cultures from around the world while retaining a sharp, sensitive touch. She talks with Carrie Battan about her forthcoming debut album, which is based on her experiences of an "imagined China."

• Ramona Lisa

  Larry Fitzmaurice; March 6, 2014

  With her debut solo album as Ramona Lisa, Chairlift's Caroline Polachek creates a dreamlike universe for her most extreme self: "I'm often bored by what my real life is—it doesn't feel worthy of the subject of art." By Larry Fitzmaurice.

• Pharrell Williams

  Carrie Battan; February 28, 2014

  The ageless pop prophet talks to Carrie Battan about why he originally didn't want to make his new solo album G I R L, his take on the alleged sexism of "Blurred Lines", the prospect of a new Clipse album, and what makes him unhappy.

• EMA

  Lindsay Zoladz; February 25, 2014

  The disarmingly honest Erika M. Anderson talks with Lindsay Zoladz about how rejection helped her grow as an artist, breaking out of the closed-mindedness of the West Coast noise scene, and her paranoid new album, The Future's Void.

• Duck Sauce

  Larry Fitzmaurice; February 24, 2014

  After a few years of infectious singles, A-Trak and Armand Van Helden are readying their house-meets-hip-hop debut LP, Quack. Larry Fitzmaurice talks with them about rubber duckies, bringing back rap skits, and "making a career out of brain farts."

• Linda Perhacs

  Ian Cohen; February 20, 2014

  Championed by Devendra Banhart and Julia Holter, this 70-year-old singer/songwriter is getting ready to release her second album—44 years after her cult-classic 1970 debut. She talks with Ian Cohen about her improbable musical journey.

• Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks

  Larry Fitzmaurice; February 11, 2014

  Animal Collective's Avey Tare talks to Larry Fitzmaurice about his new horror-movie-themed project featuring former members of Dirty Projectors and Ponytail: "Music feels so serious these days—we're trying to put a little more fun into things."

• Slint

  Grayson Currin; January 30, 2014

  As they prepare to reissue Spiderland, the record that that slowly turned them into post-rock heroes, David Pajo and Brian McMahan talk to Grayson Currin about their humble beginnings as teenage potty mouths and poke holes in their mythology.

• Future Islands

  Ian Cohen; January 28, 2014

  The anthemic Baltimore indie rock trio talk to Ian Cohen about their ambitious new album Singles and why having a careerist mindset in the world of music isn't necessarily such a terrible thing.

• Angel Olsen

  Jayson Greene; January 24, 2014

  The singer/songwriter talks to Jayson Greene about the strange, invisible work of making music, being protective of her own art, and her starkly defiant forthcoming album, Burn Your Fire for No Witness.

• Actress

  Larry Fitzmaurice; January 22, 2014

  The electronic producer on why he's not worried about making music that people can dance to as well as his new LP: "I wanted it to sound brittle, as if you were an addict and feel like the world is crumbling around you." By Larry Fitzmaurice.