The Score
Yoko Kanno and The Seatbelts' 'Cowboy Bebop' Score Is Still the Coolest Anime Soundtrack Ever
Yoko Kanno and The Seatbelts gave 'Cowboy Bebop' the key ingredient to make it one of the best anime series of all time.
Mapping the Music and Style of 'Tank Girl'
Gwen Stefani based her whole look off Tank Girl, plus there's cameos from Iggy Pop, Ice-T, and a soundtrack curated by Courtney Love—this post-apocalyptic flick is due some dissection.
Ana Lily Amirpour Explores the Importance of Music in Her Iranian Vampire Flick 'A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night'
Plus if you're at SXSW make sure to stop into the AGWHAAN-party for the soundtrack's release. (Free beer!)
The Importance of Music in 'Gilmore Girls'
Bowie, Björk, The Shins, Sonic Youth and many others all have a part to play in this seminal TV series, which also features Korn and some tulips, weirdly.
The Score: Mapping the Music, Style, and Everything Else of "Jem and the Holograms"
She was a prehistoric Beyoncé.
The Score: Mapping the Music and Style of 'Save the Last Dance'
The movie that gave us one of the best soundtracks of the early aughts—and one of the worst protagonists.
The Score: Mapping the Lite-Grunge Music and Normcore Style of 'Chasing Amy'
So much normcore. So much average guitar music.
The Score: Mapping the Music, Style, and Girl Power of 'Spice World'
Spice World is fun, frivolous, clever (really!) and ageless. It's also evidence of a simpler, much more naive time when people wore platform shoes unironically.
Mapping the Music, Style, and Gateway Feminism of '10 Things I Hate About You'
Kat Stratford was post-riot grrrl beacon of hope to teens everywhere.