Pitchfork Review's Senior Editor Jessica Hopper with guest host Brian Cook (Russian Circles, Botch) discusses her new book The First Collection Of Criticism By A Living Female Rock Critic and her influential fanzine Hit It Or Quit.

Coliseum frontman talks about his musical career from The Enkindels to Black Cross to Coliseum, and how he's been able to live off his art as a graphic artist when he isn't on the road.

Apollo Sunshine guitarist Sam Cohen talks about what it's like to play guitar for Norah Jones and Shakira, scary experiences playing in the New York Subway and what it was like touring the country in a school bus that ran on vegetable oil.

Matt Pond and guest host Benny Horowitz (Gaslight Anthem) talk about leaving Brooklyn to move upstate, his violent experiences in New Hampshire and Philly and why he ran away from home in tights as an eight year old because his parents wanted him to take ballet lessons.

Jason Black (Hot Water Music), Arty Shepherd (Errortype: Eleven, Primitive Weapons) and vocalist Neltie talk about their new band, UnWed. Topics include conspiracy theories, what it's like balancing a band with a day job/family and the downfall of music journalism.

The lead singer for 90’s superstars, Spin Doctors, talks about songwriting, coming up thru the 90’s NYC music scene, and lead singer disorder.

Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness' namesake talks about battling cancer with fellow survivor and guest host, Vanessa Bayer, of Saturday Night Live.

The R&B crooner discusses his two-decade long musical evolution, sharing the stage with everyone from Incubus to the Strokes, throwing a fake wedding to get the gifts, and getting bullshit brotherly advice from Fred Armissen.

Jenny Lewis talks about her transition from child actress to Rilo Kiley frontwoman. She confesses to how seeing a dead fish in a koi pond inspired her to tell her boyfriend that she loved him for the first time and that the happiest time of her life was living in the basement of a flophouse, next to the boiler.

The filmmaker and director talks about what it was like to be at the center of the grunge hurricane in the 90’s, his experiences working with the Jackass crew, and how he met his wife (Sleater-Kinney frontwoman Corin Tucker).