Mark RichardsonContributor

A selection of the formative pieces from our first 25 years

The instrumental hip-hop innovator talks about the songs, albums, and artists that have meant the most to him—“The Message,” OK Computer, Public Enemy—five years at a time.

After years of escaping into music, writer Mark Richardson finds out what it feels like to hear no sound at all.

Love it or hate it, the indie-rock touchstone still makes a strong impression 20 years later.

The studio guru on the difference between satisfaction and perfection, the frustrations of analog tape, and how he hears things the rest of us do not.

The saxophone great, whose music exploded with free energy and nakedly emotional spirituality, had a tangled relationship with his adopted hometown.

Filled with music based on the sound of CD skips and errors, Oval’s 94diskont always seemed to be looking ahead to what the world would become—and now that world is here. By Mark Richardson.

On the same night Wilco surprise-released their new album, Star Wars, Jeff Tweedy sat down with Mark Richardson for a career-spanning interview at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art.

Mark Richardson runs down the 10 things he learned at this year's Nos Primavera Sound Festival in Porto, Portugal—featuring insights on Neutral Milk Hotel, Courtney Barnett, and more—plus photos by Maria Louceiro.

Mark Richardson talks about Aphex Twin's mysterious masterpiece Selected Ambient Works Volume II with Marc Weidenbaum, whose new 33 1/3 book details its gestation and impact.

Mark Richardson sits down with the 47-year-old journeyman singer-songwriter for a career-spanning interview about his personal history, his music, and the connection between the two.

The Roots drummer, master collaborator, and venerable pop historian talks to Mark Richardson about his new memoir, including amazing stories about Prince, Al Green, and more.