Ezra Furman: ‘I was like, this record has to be a weapon of war’
Caring for her infant son changed Furman’s concept of community. It’s a force she believes can save us from hopelessness, as she explores on her rousing new album
August 2019
Ezra Furman: Twelve Nudes review – an electrifying roar of hopelessness and rage
Ezra Furman on Lou Reed's genius: 'Queerness is defined by continual transformation'
In an extract from his book on Lou Reed’s classic album Transformer, musician Ezra Furman explores how Reed built up different versions of himself – and violently tore them down
February 2018
Ezra Furman: Transangelic Exodus review – an adrenaline-jolted allegory
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January 2018
Vampire Weekend, St Vincent and Feist to headline End of the Road festival
Julia Holter to play her only UK festival date alongside acts including Velvet Underground founder John Cale and Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy
July 2017
Playlists for the summer: musicians and DJs choose their favourite tunes
We asked Rag’n’Bone Man, Kesha, Charli XCX, Ezra Furman and others for their playlists of the sunny season
April 2017
Coachella 2017: Sunday acts Skepta, New Order, Lorde and more reviewed
As Coachella’s first weekend draws to a close, our writers review Sunday’s sets, from Skepta’s grime takeover to an in-form New Order and Lorde’s stellar return
September 2016
End of the Road review – the sweetest festival of the season
Sunshine is about the only thing missing in a weekend of stellar performances from Animal Collective, Broken Social Scene and Ezra Furman
May 2016
On my radar
On my radar: Ezra Furman’s cultural highlights
The musician and songwriter on Maggie Nelson’s Argonauts, the Atlanta band Slang, Louis CK’s boldness, and his love of rapturous music writing
December 2015
Music blog
2015: when music destroyed mental health stigma
Laura Barton
Candid talk about psychological illness, from Brian Harvey’s industry takedown to the Amy Winehouse documentary, dismantled stereotypes about depression in a year of refreshing openness
Music blog
Gender fluidity went pop in 2015 – and it's not just a phase
Alex Macpherson
In the first of a three-part series on the musical talking points of 2015, a look at how pop stars from Miley Cyrus to Angel Haze are refusing to be pinned down
Music blog
The best albums of 2015 – so far
Collating the best albums released in 2015, updated monthly
October 2015
Ezra Furman review – life-affirming outsider pop from a studious musician
Furman veers between disarming, heartfelt performance and plaintive, spine-tingling vocals – and it’s impossible not to love him
July 2015
Listen up
Five albums to try this week: Ezra Furman, Four Tet and more
Ezra Furman: Perpetual Motion People review – an outsider who’s not just lovable but hummable
Pretty punk rock: how Ezra Furman found freedom in gender fluidity
Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Ezra Furman: Perpetual Motion People review – oddball rock from a genuine original
May 2015
Music blog
Why Ezra Furman is the most compelling live act you can see right now
The Chicagoan singer is the kind of performer who makes you feel like a teenager all over again
March 2015
The playlist
The playlist: indie – Ezra Furman, Woman's Hour, the Japanese House
From the ambient washes of the Japanese House to the bouncy despair of Ezra Furman, here are five indie tracks to hear this week
