- Steve Vai literally bled for his music on ‘Passion and Warfare’
- Canadian DJ duo MSTRKRFT let their gear make the music on ‘Operator’
- Deerhoof break bad and cook up a batch of audio endorphins on ‘The Magic’
- Darius Rucker would rather rock live than count pennies from Spotify plays
- She can write a pop hit for anybody, but on ‘Death Valley,’ LP wrote for LP