Interviews Rittz is Cautiously Optimistic About His ‘Life and Times’ The Atlanta rapper talks to Hive about living at home and trying to find a niche in the industry. 05.16.13Christina Lee
Rock Lit How a Wordless 1929 Novel Inspired Jim James’ Solo Album Hive talks to the musician about Haruki Murakami and writing a film score just in case someone made a film. 04.04.13Emily Zemler
Spitz Take Decoding Mamet’s ‘Phil Spector’ Through a Lil Wayne/Strokes Lens Eric Spitznagel tries a new ‘Dark Side’ meets ‘The Wizard of Oz’ experiment. 03.26.13Eric Spitznagel
Features, Interviews Marnie Stern Just Wants to Be Comfortable Jill Krasny talks to the guitarist about scraping by in Manhattan and why she refuses to compromise. 03.11.13Jill Krasny
Q&A Built to Spill’s Doug Martsch on the New Lineup, Scrapping a Whole Album and “(Don’t Fear) the Reaper” Hive checks in with Boise, Idaho’s finest about the new plan. 02.19.13Kory Grow
Features The Cheater’s Guide to R. Kelly Navigate the singer’s 14(!) albums with help from Mosi Reeves. 02.01.13Mosi Reeves
Date with the Night Angel Haze Might Be a Country Girl at Heart Lizzy Goodman talks to the young rapper, and finds out that her opening slot for Cat Power makes a lot of sense. 01.31.13Lizzy Goodman