Since 1996, when his band Belle & Sebastian released its debut album, Stuart Murdoch has been telling stories. The Glasgow-based musician has won a legion of fans thanks to his brainy songs, many of which paint vivid pictures of lovelorn outsiders dreaming of finding their place in the world. That ... More

DJ Ruckus gets around. The guy who was once called “the most sought-after DJ in the world” plays about 200 shows a year—clients have included Jennifer Lopez, Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey—and seems to always be on the road. “My travel schedule is absolutely crazy; all my friends ask me how I do it,” ... More

When pop singer Kimbra started working on her sophomore album, the just-released stunner The Golden Echo, she knew she needed to try something different. “I really was craving some stillness after the madness of being on the road for so long and the whirlwind of my first record coming ... More

Brighton-based trio The Wytches haven’t yet released their first album—that record, Annabel Dream Reader, comes out August 26—but the psych-tinged rock band already has quite a following, having been heralded by the British press as the Next Big Thing. Earlier in the summer, the group made their way across the U.S. ... More

It’s quite a summer for Nelsan Ellis. The 35-year-old actor is not only wrapping up his seventh season on HBO’s vampire series True Blood—quite a feat considering how many characters have met an untimely bite or stake over the years—he’s also starring in Get On Up, director Tate Taylor’s highly anticipated James ... More

Toronto-based rock band Alvvays will release their debut, self-titled album—nine rollicking songs of fuzzy power pop ideal to score your next pool party—this week, but thanks to the copious amount of time the five-piece has already spent on the road, they feel like old hands at rock stardom already. As far ... More

The Voyager is an apt title for Jenny Lewis's latest album. The record, out July 29, certainly involved a journey. Lewis worked on the songs for years, all the while wading through a series of harrowing happenings, including chronic insomnia and the death of her father. Here, DuJour talks to the ... More

While jetting from Brooklyn to New Orleans might be something of a long haul just to spend a night on the town, when it came to filming the video for “11 o’clock Friday Night,” a track off his forthcoming solo debut Black Hours, Hamilton Leithauser knew there was no ... More

He may not pitch like a pro ball player but Curtis Jackson (AKA hip-hop star 50 Cent) showed off his other strengths Monday night at the New York premiere of Power, the new crime series he produces alongside The Good Wife’s Courtney Kemp Agboh. "When I first met him, I didn't know what ... More

To offer a stranger the Audemars Piaguet right off your wrist in a bet is a bold move, but that’s exactly how confident nightlife exec Michael Greco felt that a handsome British import would woo Vegas. Matt Goss, after all, had won over millions before. The singer has 11 Top ... More