Kate Sullivan

Photo courtesy ofWarner Bros. ReocrdsI was super-stoked this week to hear the White Stripes covering Tegan and Sara’s shoulda-been-Top-40 “Walking With a Ghost.” (Thanks, Indie 103!) Now, see, that is why I love the Stripes, even when they’re going through their Moody, Uneven and Misunderstood phase. (Who knows? Maybe they’re......

Unlike so many rock subgeneres (say, synth punk), psychedelic rock & roll is not a sometimes food. It is a staple. And it needn’t always be innovative to do its job. Swaggering, melodically driven, drug-positive, optimistically depressive, possibly secretly Celtic — these are timeless values shared by Aussies the Lovetones......

According to bus-stop benches a couple months back, alt-pinups the Suicide Girls have a documentary DVD out; they will also be presenting their live burlesque show this week. So I recently checked out the SG Web site for the first time in about three years, to see if they were......

Is anyone else weirded out by the sheer quantity of old bands reuniting lately? Just asking. Time was, aging new wavers/metallers/punks graciously retired into alcoholism, film scoring, roots music, dentistry or coffins in the ground, and vacated spots on the arena and club stages of America for younger bands to......

It’s not that I love all of Kanye West’s music so much, and I don’t have a crush on him. It’s just that Kanye West, through his art and his actions, makes me feel like I’m not wasting my life caring about pop culture and music. He gets it. That......

What is your earliest memory? [laughter] Oh, come on! Does anyone remember that, Kate? Come on, give me an answer! Miles Davis said his first memory was looking at the flame on the stove. Sure, right! I can just imagine. That’s funny. How does it feel to be a giant?......

Photo by Mark LidellWhen did you realize you had a voice from God? I think I write about that in my [2003] book, Ordinary Girl. I heard God speak to me when I was 8. It happened while I was singing — I heard this voice say, “You’re going to......