Talkhouse

22/10/2025

Thank you, . Fela Kuti: Fear No Man out now!

22/10/2025

Xander Duell (Pegg) on how Van D**e Parks's Song Cycle broke his 15 year old brain

Xander Duell (Pegg) on how the record broke his 15 year old brain.

22/10/2025

: Joviale on how Paris Is Burning, Fargo, and James Baldwin inspired their new record

The multidisciplinary artist on how Paris Is Burning, Fargo, and James Baldwin inspired their new record.

22/10/2025

"A week later, at six in the morning, my roommate screamed across the apartment: 'There’s an angry German man on the phone for you!' It was Werner Herzog." -- Josh Frank

Filmmaker and writer Josh Frank, creator of the innovative Silents Synced series, on the heroes and mentors who have helped him on his path.

21/10/2025

Shahzad Ismaily and Erika Dohi talk about how the Yoga Sutras of Patañjali, Hikaru Utada, and being a resident at Figure 8 studios influenced Erika's new record

The artists talk how yoga, Hikaru Utada karaoke, and a Figure 8 residency influenced Myth of Tomorrow.

21/10/2025

"As a cinematographer, I was inspired by Chantal Akerman’s iconic film Jeanne Dielman and its use of time and stillness. As one watches potatoes being peeled and beds being made in real time, Akerman’s devotion to duration transforms the mundane into something spiritual. In filming Mistress Dispeller, I drew from that ethic: allowing time to pool inside long, fixed takes, letting silences hang until they acquired weight." -- Elizabeth Lo

Director Elizabeth Lo shares the backstory to her remarkable new doc, an intimate portrait of the disentangling of a real-life love triangle.

20/10/2025

: Jane Inc talks Julie Mehretu, Daft Punk, Brian De Palma, and more of the inspirations behind her new record—out now on Telephone Explosion

Carlyn Bezic on how painter Julie Mehretu, Daft Punk, Carrie, and more inspired her new record.

18/10/2025

"I'm about to do the press conference when I get a call that my father – who was already not doing well before I came to Berlin – is in decline. Up until that moment, he’s an 88-year-old man whose body is failing but has an extremely sharp mind. Now, all of a sudden, he’s lost it. We do a video call and I tell him the press conference is being live streamed, so he'll be able to watch it. Look, Dad, this whole filmmaking thing, it’s real and working out. But he’s no longer there. I can tell he’s not getting it. He’s about to die." -- Ido Fluk

Ido Fluk on the bittersweet way in which his new film Köln 75, in theaters today, had its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival.

18/10/2025

: Emily Yacina is feeling grounded by cross stitching as she prepares for her latest record release. Subscribe now to read all about it in Monday’s newsletter! https://mailchi.mp/thetalkhouse/signup

16/10/2025

Lea Bertucci and Lawrence English talk sound magicians, live performance vs. recording, the toxicity of human exceptionalism, and more

The artists talk recording versus live performance, “sound magicians,” nature, and The Oracle.

15/10/2025

"Ken was a true artist and, like all true artists, he was one of a kind. There has never been anyone like him before and there will never be anyone like him again. I feel blessed to have known him, however intermittently, and to have also gotten to know Flo and Az**el. Ken’s artistic integrity and single-minded faith in the importance of what he was doing - in the face of near-constant marginalization and neglect - has been a source of unending inspiration to me personally." -- Caveh Zahedi

Caveh Zahedi pays tribute to the iconic New York experimental filmmaker, who passed away last week at the age of 92.

15/10/2025

: Pansy's "Walk Dangerous (Chasers)," plus a few words about the inspiration by Vivian McCall

A new track from the Seattle band, plus a few words on the inspiration behind it by Vivian McCall.