inspirations

Allie X on Ian Curtis, Christiane F., Kate Bush, and Other Inspirations Behind Her New Album ‘Girl With No Face’

Real Estate’s Alex Bleeker on ‘The Adventures of Pete & Pete’, R.E.M., Kacey Musgraves, and Other Inspirations Behind Their New Album ‘Daniel’

Grandaddy on How Patti Page, Long Bike Rides, Pedal Steel, and More Inspired His New Album ‘Blu Wav’

Ducks Ltd. on Country Music, the Occult, Chicago, and Other Inspirations Behind Their New Album ‘Harm’s Way’

Beirut’s Zach Condon on How the Blue Hour, Arctic Hurricanes, the Trayser Pump Organ, and More Inspired His New Album ‘Hadsel’

Will Butler on Emily Dickinson, Andrei Tarkovsky, Björk, and Other Inspirations Behind His Self-Titled Album With Sister Squares

Slaughter Beach, Dog on How Bob Dylan, the Delaware Water Gap, Joe Pera, and More Inspired Their New Album ‘Crying, Laughing, Waving, Smiling’

The Clientele on Motorway Towns, Hypnosis, Alan Garner, and Other Inspirations Behind Their New Album ‘I Am Not There Anymore’