Random Rules

  • Random Rules Chris Thile and Noam Pikelny of Punch Brothers

    What inspires the men on the cutting edge of bluegrass?

    May 26, 2008 | 8:44pm -

  • Random Rules Peter MorĂ©n

    The "Peter" from Peter Bjorn And John talks about the mysteries of found iPods.

    May 19, 2008 | 11:01pm -

  • Random Rules David Monks of Tokyo Police Club

    This iPod lacks music from Tokyo or by The Police.

    May 12, 2008 | 11:01pm -

  • Random Rules Jimmy Eat World

    Philip Glass meets Nickelback, at last.

    May 8, 2008 | 11:03pm -

  • Random Rules Cadence Weapon

    Meet a musician united by Madlib and Bob Dylan.

    May 5, 2008 | 11:01pm -

  • Random Rules Dave Pajo of Dead Child

    A rock vet eventually takes a break from slamming Billy Corgan to examine what's on his iPod.

    April 28, 2008 | 11:01pm -

  • Random Rules Keith Strickland of The B-52s

    Before the B-52s, what songs made Keith Strickland dance?

    April 21, 2008 | 11:01pm -

  • Random Rules Nick Urata of DeVotchKa

    What's your favorite Flaming Lips Christmas song?

    April 15, 2008 | 11:41am -

  • Random Rules Eric Edman of Shout Out Louds

    The drummer for the Swedish indie-rock band is not a fan of Exile On Main St.

    April 9, 2008 | 11:02pm -

  • Random Rules Dave Willis

    This man loves Everclear.

    March 31, 2008 | 11:08pm -

  • Random Rules Torquil Campbell of Stars

    Who's the greatest, most unfairly overlooked songwriter of recent years? Torquil Campbell has an opinion.

    March 26, 2008 | 11:03pm -

  • Random Rules Bob Mould

    Bob Mould's MP3 collection is kind of what you'd expect.

    March 24, 2008 | 11:05pm -

  • Random Rules Alex Ross

    The New Yorker music critic and author of The Rest Is Noise has a surprising soft spot for The Band.

    March 17, 2008 | 11:02pm -

  • Random Rules Brian Aubert of Silversun Pickups

    MP3s and Sparklehorse dreams.

    March 5, 2008 | 11:04pm -

  • Random Rules Human Giant

    What are the odds of these guys not making fun of each other's musical taste?

    March 4, 2008 | 1:16pm -

  • Random Rules Ira Elliot of Nada Surf

    Warning: Do not insult Ringo Starr around this man.

    February 17, 2008 | 11:03pm -

  • Random Rules Ed Droste of Grizzly Bear

    What artist is like eating a random sandwich? Ask Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste.

    February 6, 2008 | 10:59pm -

  • Random Rules Chris Walla

    The solo artist, producer, and Death Cab For Cutie member shares some miscellaneous tracks that inspire his work.

    February 5, 2008 | 1:45am -

  • Random Rules Dean Wareham

    Why does the guy from Galaxie 500, Luna, and Dean & Britta love Nino Rota so much?

    January 28, 2008 | 11:10pm -

  • Random Rules Joshua Glenn

    A writer who wants to bring academic thought out of the classroom applies the theory to Biz Markie and The Freeze.

    January 22, 2008 | 10:10pm -

  • Random Rules Johnathan Rice

    The young songwriter discusses the merits of super-early Rolling Stones, and connects Bob Dylan to Lil Wayne.

    January 15, 2008 | 12:00am -

  • Random Rules Dave Attell

    What does a hard-working stand-up comic listen to to unwind?

    January 2, 2008 | 11:01pm -

  • Random Rules Ingrid Michaelson

    The unsigned soundtrack favorite flips through the contents of her iPod.

    December 11, 2007 | 12:11am -

  • Random Rules Cory Murchy of Minus The Bear

    Is Nelly Furtado the secret inspiration behind a Seattle band?

    November 27, 2007 | 12:17pm -

  • Random Rules Steven Hall

    The author of The Raw Shark Texts weighs in on why he no longer hates everything popular.

    November 6, 2007 | 12:01am -

  • Jason Schwartzman

    Random Rules Jason Schwartzman

    The actor (and sometime musician) offers up his iPod for inspection.

    October 25, 2007 | 12:01am -

  • Random Rules Randall Poster

    What's a soundtrack maestro's personal soundtrack like? We investigate.

    October 23, 2007 | 12:01am -

  • Random Rules Animal Collective's Panda Bear

    Of course this iPod has Phil Collins on it.

    October 16, 2007 | 12:01am -

  • Random Rules Amanda Palmer

    Half of the Dresden Dolls explains her iPod.

    September 11, 2007 | 12:01am -

  • Random Rules Tim Kasher

    The frontman of Cursive and The Good Life calls himself a fair-weather Beatles fan.

    September 4, 2007 | 11:11am -