When DC Comics reset all of its titles to #1 last year as part of their "New 52 initiative," the reboot promised to make the company's sprawling 70-year history more accessible to new readers by modernizing DC’s superheroes and their origins. Superman wears jeans! Batgirl is no longer paralyzed! And, according…

Kanye West and Jay-Z's "Watch the Throne" was one of last year's most successful and deliriously fun albums. It stands as an example of what can happen when two insanely talented friends just start throwing things at the wall to see what sticks (“I’m planking on a million”) or throwing money…

As if we needed more proof that Twitter’s not just for complaining about how hungry you are on the bus, here comes Jennifer Egan with her latest project. Egan, author of “A Visit from the Goon Squad,” is releasing a story via tweets. For an hour each night for ten nights,…

  Why? Because looking at the twangy lineup will probably make you smile, not squint. Call me old-fashioned, call me country, call me whatever you want — but make sure you let me call shot-gun when you’re on your way to Winsted, Minn., for the Winstock Country Music Festival. I hate to…

There is a weird pride that comes with being the youngest person to attend an event. Or maybe it's not pride, exactly, but an automatic sense that, by default, you are the hippest person in the room. It is definitely an ill advised and inaccurate emotion, but even still, I…

Booming, anthemic-yet-melancholy electropop usually sounds like something to be heard in large, packed clubs. But the three artists who performed at the Entry last night - Vague-à-bonde, Plastic Believers, and Porcelain Raft - made a strong case for the opposite. At times the aesthetic was similar to the post-disco garage…