In part two of our discussion with culture sponge Craig Schuftan, Nietzsche throws lightning bolts, Rivers Cuomo writes poetry (just), Keats nurtures his depression and Kraftwerk make us laugh.

The world has told emos to cheer up since the nineteenth century. We talk to Craig Schuftan about his latest book Hey! Nietzsche! Leave Them Kids Alone! and why teens are ripe for Romanticism.

All of Rick Froberg's projects seem to break up exactly one year before they become cults. His new Brooklyn unit Obits might have brought their frantic garage rock to the party at just the right time.

The enigmatic Silence Wedge continue their legacy at Golden Plains this weekend, exploring the unknowable, the unnameable, the unnoticeable. For five hours. From dawn. It'll be epic.

The Drones are unimpeachable within the Australian music scene – until you see their music videos. So we ask singer and guitarist Gareth Liddiard why their clips don't quite work.

We ask Chapel Tattoo co-owner Jane Laver about new trends in tattooing, the old ones that won't go away, and why she doesn't want any of you cleanskins spoiling your epidermis.

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