Jessica Hopper on Kill My Blues, the latest from the Corin Tucker Band.

Emma Straub reveals her week in culture to Vulture.

Interesting discussions afoot between indie-comics pioneer (with an admittedly terrifying take on gender relations) Dave Sim and the publisher Fantagraphics.

Simon Kuper talked soccer (and his new book, about European soccer during World War II) with The Classical.

Jonathan Lethem is a Rebecca Gates fan.

The L Magazine on what Why?’s current favorite things are.

The excellent Florida punk label No Idea opened a record store.

Next month, Nerd Jeopardy is coming back.

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