Email Author Ben Westhoff

Awards

• 2007 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards

  "Ace of Spaides"

• 2006 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published September 14, 2005

  "Rap vs. Rapture"

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2008 Stories by Ben Westhoff

• Rainer Maria Alums Plot a Brooklyn Takeover

  published August 19, 2008

  The Arcade Fire aren't the only quasi-religious utopians who can record in a church. Here in Carroll Gardens, Kyle Fischer recorded much of... More >>

• The Individuals' Sex-Crazed Rhythms

  published July 23, 2008

  Thankfully, the Individuals never figured out downtown cool. In fact, the two still-admired releases from these indie trailblazers who embraced... More >>

• Fat Joe vs. the Volcano

  published March 18, 2008

  It's Grammys weekend, and Fat Joe, the self-described "Susan Lucci of the Grammys," is boycotting the festivities. He's in L.A., but he's not... More >>