on the road
Syd's New EP Is a Perfect Crystallisation of Her Smooth Sound
'Always Never Home' is more silky genius in the vein of her album 'Fin.'
I Revisited My Favourite Books From High School and They're Still Sick
"Scar Tissue" by Anthony Kiedis is as powerful as ever.
DIANA Shows Us The Unsexy Realities of Tour Life in "What You Get" Video
One thing for certain is: they are big fans of hummus.
On the Road with Moxie Raia
We join the rising LA-based singer as she takes on the biggest opportunity of her career so far: opening for Justin Bieber for five months on his 'Purpose' tour.
The Legendary Letter that Inspired Kerouac to Write 'On the Road' Is Going Up for Auction
The 40,000-word letter by Neal Cassady is said to have inspired Kerouac to adopt his electric, spontaneous style was believed to have been lost forever.
Dissecting Parquet Courts' Surreal Stress Dreams About Endless Subways
Sean Yeaton is a brilliant bizarro and also the bassist of Parquet Courts. Whenever the band goes on tour, he has this recurring dream about a labyrinthine subway system and a vague destination he never reaches. We had an analyst interpret the...
Some Book Nerds Made an Interactive Map of the Most Famous Road Trips in American Literature
It plots out the trips of everyone from Kerouac to Steinbeck to Cheryl Strayed.
'Five Easy Pieces' Was the Film That Taught Me Misanthropy Was Hopeless
Jack Nicholson's performance as Bobby Dupea makes for a convincingly churlish asshole, and one I could recognize myself in.
I Spent 24 Hours with a Female Truck Driver
"That's one thing about this job," says Kerry, her long blue nails resting on the steering wheel. "You get amazing sunsets."
I Thought Becoming Jack Kerouac Would Cure My Depression
There are moments in On the Road when the author seems cured of his own mental health issues, so I figured that a freewheeling, weed-smoking experience might have the same effect on me.
The Thing About Fat White Family and How Fucked Up Everything Is Right Now
Fat White Family are a reminder that rock music can mean something beyond an NME cover, a pull-quote, and a few tracks recorded with Jim Abbiss.