heartbreakers
What Can a Disco Record by a Dead Pornstar Teach Us About Life?
Dennis Parker's "Like an Eagle" is a strutting ode to the impermanence of pleasure.
The Eternal, Ballistic Brilliance of Mr Flagio’s “Take a Chance”
The finest Italo-disco record ever made.
Why Robin Gibb's "Like a Fool" Is the Saddest Record Ever Made
The rogue and sadly departed BeeGee once made a slice of rain-soaked Italo so sentimental it will suffocate you.
How Does Flo Rida's "Club Can't Handle Me" Make Going Out Sound Like the Saddest Thing Ever?
We've worked out three theories as to why this 2010 banger still turns grown men into weeping messes.
We Asked DJs to Pick Their Favorite Valentine's Day Tracks
In a special edition of our heartbreakers column, we asked selectors and writers to make us a loved-up playlist.
Pachanga Boys' "Time" is Proof We're the Saddest, Proudest Creatures in the Entire Universe
By the end of the song you've fully contemplated your whole life three to four times, possibly more depending on what drugs you've taken.
Talking 1970s New York, Boring Politicians, and Pussy Riot with Richard Hell
We caught up with the legendary punk rocker turned memoirist and art critic to talk about his new book, 'Massive Pissed Love.'
DFA's Larry Gus on the Italian Prog Oddity that Changed His Life
"Quit Your Job, Walk Straight into Uncertainty and Jump From the 64th Floor Without a Safety Net" -
Roger Sanchez on the Dance Record That Always Makes Him Cry: "I Felt Like I Was Floating"
How an original Chicago classic changed a New Yorker's life forever.
PPK's "ResuRection" Sounded Like the Soundtrack to Whatever Strange Science Fiction Was Playing Out in my Friendless Ginger Head
When I was ten years old I made best friends with a Russian trance anthem.