Soundtracks of Television: ‘True Detective’
‘True Detective’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Nic Pizzolatto and Issa López’s HBO series.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Silver Linings Playbook’
‘Silver Linings Playbook’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in David O. Russell’s 2012 movie.
Soundtracks of Television: ‘The Curse’
‘The Curse’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie’s Showtime series.
Soundtracks of Television: ‘Black Cake’
‘Black Cake’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Marissa Jo Cerar’s Hulu series.
Vague Visages Writers’ Room: Favorite Bob Dylan Songs
In celebration of Bob Dylan’s May 24 birthday, Vague Visages writers list their favorite tracks.
Music for a Brutal, Contemporary Planet: A Selective Alice Cooper Retrospective
Mike Thorn on Alice Cooper’s ‘From the Inside, ‘Special Forces’ and ‘Brutal Planet’
Murray Lerner’s ‘Festival’: A Prototype for the Music Documentary
“‘Festival’ challenges our preconceptions about the past – in this case, that of folk music and of music documentaries themselves.”
Photo Essay: ‘Fargo-Moorhead St. Patrick’s Parade 2017’ by Q.V. Hough
“When I moved back to Fargo, I began thinking more about visual themes, which ultimately inspired Vague Visages.”
Album Review: Ryan Adams ‘Prisoner’
“The songs on ‘Prisoner’ seem shackled to the chains of (unrequited) love.”
‘Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood’: Some Thoughts from a Mark Kozelek Fan
“Kozelek is present, combative and always original. He forces you to listen to his music on its own terms.”
A Serious Investigation: A Fargoan on the Coen Brothers’ ‘Fargo’ (1996)
Leading up to the release of Hail, Caesar!, Vague Visages explores the work of Joel and Ethan Coen.