From an obsessive mother in Mildred Pierce to a child's sexual ambiguity in Kathleen Winters' Annabel, the stories that influenced the songs on Tales of Us, the new album from beloved British electro-pop duo Goldfrapp, are anything but predictable—but anyone who's followed the music of Alison Goldfrapp and ... More

It’s 7 A.M. on Columbus Day, and the block-square gray mass of city hall on LaSalle Street is battened down for the holiday. “City Hall is Closed” reads a sign hanging on the main doors. Inside, deep in the marble gloaming, a pair of Chicago police officers is chatting and ... More

Joel Kinnaman was 10 years old the day he soured on fame. He was the goalkeeper on his youth soccer team in Sweden and had just allowed the opposing team to score. “I was so pissed at myself,” he recalls. The whole stadium started chanting a name, but it ... More