I’ve been waiting for this one. Fiona Apple made my favorite album of the year thus far, she’s a fascinating interview, and she has sneakily strong comedy-world connections, all of which make her a perfect subject for a Marc Maron interview. Maron had Apple as his guest on the great WTF podcast today, and their [...]

During the infamous 1999 Roseland show where Fiona Apple melted down onstage, her two opening acts were Jimmy Fallon and Jurassic 5, which is a weird thing to think about. And on last night’s episode of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Fallon and Apple shared a stage again for the first time since, with Apple [...]

Fiona Apple today releases her first album in seven years

Fiona Apple is 34 years old now. For 17 of those years, almost exactly half of her time on this planet, she’s been a public figure, one with the sort of devoted mass-cult following whose devotions can just cripple a creative brain. And she’s lived that entire spotlight time — or, at least, the parts [...]

Fionna Apple’s return has yielded some mesmerizing singles — “Werewolf,” “Every Single Night, and “Anything We Want” — as well as a new video and an impressive return to the stage. Her new record, The Idler Wheel…, isn’t out until next week, but i...