Interview: Peanut Butter Wolf

Founder of LA's iconic Stones Throw records discusses creativity, artistic freedom and working with music legends

In 1996, Chris Manak—aka Peanut Butter Wolf—self-released “My Wold Premier,” a collaborative effort between him and his partner and close friend Charizma, who died three years previous in a carjacking. The release was deeply personal and marked the first record to be released under the Stones Throw moniker. Fast-forward 18 years and the independent, LA-based label is counted among the most influential forces in modern …

Woman’s Hour: Her Ghost

Petit Fantome's interactive music video, Superhumanoids' i-D mix, our Valentine's theme song and more in the music we tweeted this week

The British quartet Woman’s Hour isn’t easy to sum up, but any band whose website contains a manifesto-like literary component and whose album art and videos are created by the politically-minded, provocative photographers Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin, would likely move to a different beat. The foursome—which consists of brother and sister Fiona Jane and Will Burgess, bassist Nick Graves and drummer Josh Hunnisett—pander to …

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Petit Fantome's interactive music video, Superhumanoids' i-D mix, our Valentine's theme song and more in the music we tweeted this week

Woman’s Hour: Her Ghost The British quartet Woman’s Hour isn’t easy to sum up, but any band whose website contains a manifesto-like literary component and whose album art and videos are created by the politically-minded, provocative photographers Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin, would likely move to a different beat. The foursome—which consists of brother and sister Fiona Jane and Will Burgess, bassist Nick Graves and …