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2011 Stories by Johnny Loftus

• Matt & Kim

  published December 21, 2011

  Matt & Kim, the Voice's New Year's Eve Guide cover stars, didn't reveal their resolutions in the following interview. But if they were to... More >>

• Dar Williams

  published December 14, 2011

  In 2010, Dar Williams put out Many Great Companions, a two-disc career survey that offered greatest hits alongside rekindled versions of... More >>

• Parts and Labor+Pterodactyl

  published December 7, 2011

  In the same way Oneida can lock into a single groove and take it places you never imagined, Parts & Labor's (considerable) volume and... More >>

• Woods

  published December 7, 2011

  Like the fading light of a pleasant summer afternoon, the vague sense of melancholy in Woods' Sun & Shade has become the record's lasting... More >>

• Nite Jewel

  published October 26, 2011

  It's the sound coming out a clock radio with really cool clothes, or maybe the danceable afterimage of a middle school dance party. You were there... More >>

• Nite Jewel

  published October 19, 2011

  It's the sound coming out a clock radio with really cool clothes, or maybe the danceable afterimage of a middle school dance party. You were there... More >>

• Woman+K-Holes

  published September 28, 2011

  Like a hungry nail driven through the business end of a stiff wooden club, Woman is just looking for a head to split open. The Brooklyn quartet... More >>

• Atari Teenage Riot

  published September 21, 2011

  Is This Hyperreal?, Atari Teenage Riot's return to raging after a decade-long disappearing act, rallies Alec Empire's digital hardcore... More >>

• Laura Marling

  published September 14, 2011

  Laura Marling's first two records were celebrated, Mercury Prize nominated pieces that carved new runes into the English folk lingua Franca.... More >>

• Incubus

  published August 31, 2011

  Heavy and charmingly heady even in the midst of their rap-rock rise to fame, Incubus inspired a legion of insipid followers (see: Hoobastank).... More >>

• Wolves in the Throne Room

  published August 31, 2011

  When NPR hosts your band's new music, it's a safe bet your organic, inky loam take on black metal spiritualism has fought its way into a whole new... More >>

• Sightings+Shearing Pinx

  published August 10, 2011

  What is that inky, weird shadow draped over America? Oh right, it's Shearing Pinx touring the entire country in one whirlwind month. The... More >>

• Iceage

  published August 10, 2011

  Iceage make their return to New York City under no less hype than when they debuted here in June. But what's wrong with that? New Brigade,... More >>

• Amen Dunes

  published August 10, 2011

  After the claustrophobic fuzz of 2009's DIA, Amen Dunes has returned with the fantastically-titled Through Donkey Jaw (Sacred... More >>

• Jesse Malin+Juliana Hatfield

  published August 10, 2011

  Released in April 2010, Love It to Life is another broken bottle thrown against Jesse Malin's wall, with rock 'n' roll ramble, a gang of... More >>

• 'Moongadget Label Showcase'

  published August 10, 2011

  It's gonna be a real high-art hootenanny over at Glasslands for this nine-act strong showcase, presented by the (mostly) Brooklyn-based electronic... More >>

• SBTRKT

  published June 29, 2011

  Maybe masks are the new faces. Or maybe we all have phones in front of our mugs, anyway, so what's the difference? UK producer SBTRKT is yet... More >>

• Nobunny

  published June 22, 2011

  New York can't handle the Nobunny. Ah, fuck it, of course it can, but it's fun to present a dude who rocks a rabbit mask and dollar-store lingerie... More >>

• The Strange Boys

  published June 15, 2011

  They've shaken the gunk off their Texas boots and felt their way toward something like maturity with a second album that locates depth inside the... More >>

• The Sights

  published June 15, 2011

  Hey, stop encouraging Eddie Baranek. Oh wait, no one ever did. The epic-throated frontman of the Sights is a rock 'n' roll lifer because it's his... More >>

• The Men

  published June 8, 2011

  Now ensconced in the Sacred Bones fold with the just-released Leave Home, Brooklyn cranks the Men have their six feet firmly planted at the... More >>

• The Handsome Family

  published June 8, 2011

  After two decades as marrieds and almost as long as a band, the Handsome Family are as much either of those things as they are a cottage industry... More >>

• 'Northside Festival: Woods'

  published June 8, 2011

  Grab your galactic mason jar and fill it to the tip-top with smeary folk hokum, 'cause this Northside Fest party is also a celebration for Sun... More >>

• Ghost

  published May 25, 2011

  This Ghost is Swedish, heavy, and tasked with slicing your soul to bits--or at least your ears. The sextet brings black metal tenets to bear on... More >>

• Sun Araw

  published May 25, 2011

  Hark, Ancient Romans is on the horizon. When that Drag City-distro'd fifth full-length from Sun Araw hits later this summer, it'll join a... More >>