A literate, anthem-prone punk band from New Jersey, Titus Andronicus put out their fantastic second album, The Monitor, in 2010. Shortly after its release, multi-instrumentalist Amy Klein joined the group to play guitar and violin; she also brought along a fierce and charismatic personality that plays a big role in making Titus' live shows some of the most riveting in contemporary music.

Between shows for another project of hers, Hilly Eye, I sat down with Klein at Cafe Lafayette in Brooklyn to discuss climbing on top of speakers, Patti Smith, Joanna Newsom, why everyone should read Rat Girl, and Girls Rock Camp, where she volunteers as a counselor.

Kristin Hersh's Rat Girl gets an extremely appreciative review in the Times today. You can enjoy it too!

This very, very hilarious interview with Kristin Hersh discusses the recent recording sessions for a new Throwing Muses record—the first in almost ten years. "It’s EPIC," said Hersh: "It’s the record that’s going to kill us." In this brave new transitional era, since Hersh has gone to a fan-based model, there's no more artificial structure placed on the making and release of music: "There’s no one to tell us what to do anymore, so release schedules have nothing to do with anything except for the right time for the listeners and the right time for the band…. I like that everything blew up, even though we had [...]

For those of us who believe the first Throwing Muses album is one of the Top Five Most Important First Albums of All Time (and probably also believe that "The Fat Skier" is one of the Top Five Most Important First EPs of All Time), Kristin Hersh's new memoir is A+ essential reading. The best part is it's only about a year-when she was 18, becoming an indie rock star and getting pregnant-so there can be like 25 other memoirs!

You totally have to go buy tickets to Kristin Hersh's night next week at the 92Y Tribeca before it sells out! That is soon! She's going to be like chatting and reading and singing songs!

Pretty much every day I decide I want to nuke Twitter from my life. But the secret is in being careful with what you consume on the Twitter. Twitter's greatest user is longtime indie musician Kristin Hersh, of Throwing Muses fame-and now I realize that her husband Billy O'Connell has his own account too. If you only follow the two of them, you get this hilarious double open-faced sandwich of child-rearing and band-touring and adult debauchery. Related true story: I walked up behind a friend the other day, and he was watching the Twitter tutorial video on their website. Me: "What are you doing!?" Him: "THIS DOESN'T EVEN [...]