Email Author Nick Murray

2013 Stories by Nick Murray

• ASHES TO ASHES

  published May 8, 2013

  How long until Phoenix can play a show without fans wondering if Paris peers Daft Punk will make a surprise appearance? Since the latter duo... More >>

• COUNTRY STRONG

  published May 8, 2013

  If you’re looking for Hayes Carll, the singer-songwriter who was Americana before Americana was selling out the Garden and the Barclays,... More >>

• ODD PRESENT

  published May 8, 2013

  Earl Sweatshirt wasn’t the first rapper to blow minds before being able to cast a ballot—nearly 30 years ago LL Cool J was rocking... More >>

• GOOD GIRL GONE POP

  published May 1, 2013

  Seventeen when she released “Pon de Replay,” 19 for “Umbrella,” Rihanna accomplished more in her first two decades than... More >>

• $HORT AND SWEET

  published May 1, 2013

  When Too $hort, the Oakland legend who started hustling tapes way back in 1983, first performed in New York City, he was almost booed off the... More >>

• LET'S DUET

  published April 24, 2013

  Unexpected cross-genre collaborations can result in both head-banging brilliance (take Skrillex and A$AP Rocky’s “Wild for the... More >>

• NEW MOON

  published April 24, 2013

  “You know what I hate?” Vampire Weekend composer and producer Rostam Batmanglij asked The Fader early this year. “When you go... More >>

• WHERE BROOKLYN AT?

  published April 24, 2013

  The more things change, the more people’s facial hair stays the same—such is the legacy of Walt Whitman, the bearded Brooklyn poet... More >>

• FASTEST GIRL IN TOWN

  published April 17, 2013

  Though she and Blake Shelton form country music’s most beloved couple since Faith and Tim, Miranda Lambert’s best tunes are often... More >>

• VINYL FEVER

  published April 17, 2013

  So far, the month of April hasn’t been kind to the indie record store. Bleecker Bob’s closed its doors last weekend, and now, on... More >>

• ON THE RISE

  published April 17, 2013

  Maya Jane Coles’s rise has been slow and steady: In 2008 and ’09 she released 12-inches on U.K.’s Dogmatik, then came her... More >>

• STAY GOLDEN

  published April 17, 2013

  Last June, Brooklyn’s 18-year-old rapper Joey Bada$$ had listeners pinching themselves when his 1999 mixtape celebrated—and gloriously... More >>

• Let Them Eat Cake

  published April 10, 2013

  The perks of being a DJ on New York City hip-hop radio: DJ Prostyle does drive time on Power 105—the perpetual 
runner-up to ratings... More >>

• DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'

  published April 10, 2013

  “Jerry, just remember,” George Costanza once said to his comedian BFF, “It’s not a lie if you believe it.” Somewhere... More >>

• TAPPED OUT

  published April 10, 2013

  At this point, Marnie Stern is only competing with herself: If her debut, In Advance of the Broken Arm, was good, then follow-up This Is It was... More >>

• CROSSOVER KING

  published April 3, 2013

  Since catching mainstream ears as the skinny Providence transplant behind the Diplomats’s reunion track, “Salute,” AraabMuzik... More >>

• BLITZKRIEG BOP

  published April 3, 2013

  Once a group of New York City punks unafraid to mess with a little rhythm, 2009 It’s Blitz! singles “Zero” and “Heads Will... More >>

• GIRL ON FIRE

  published April 3, 2013

  However you feel about Alicia Keys—whether you love her voice and piano chops or find those same qualities boring and bland—you know... More >>

• MOMI Makes a Spectacle of YouTube and MTV's Best

  published April 10, 2013

  There may be a moment, perhaps on the subway as it enters Queens, when you may wonder, "What's the point?" Why bother filling up a museum with... More >>

• TWIN SHADOW

  published March 27, 2013

  In P.S. Eliot, Alabama identical twins Allison and Katie Crutchfield had one of the best indie pop bands in recent memory, releasing two LPs and a... More >>

• THE FUTURE

  published March 27, 2013

  Four out of five hip-hop publications agree: After a half-decade of neo-traditionalists and neo-neo-traditionalists, New York is back, baby, and... More >>

• ORCHID FLOWER BOMB

  published March 27, 2013

  Over the past few years, the New York Botanical Garden’s annual Orchid Show has been an occasion to commission new work from French designer... More >>

• BUILT THIS CITY

  published March 13, 2013

  If the Diplomats—for tonight’s purposes that’s Harlem rappers Cam’ron, Juelz Santana, Jim Jones, and Freekey... More >>

• ONE LAST KISS

  published March 13, 2013

  Few could have predicted that 16 years 
after first arriving on our TRLs, Z100s, and Top 40s, this missundaztood pop star would be not only... More >>

• LEADERS OF THE OLD SCHOOL

  published February 20, 2013

  In an era of automated radio playlists and MCs rapping over mp3s, the great hip-hop DJs from years past still stand tall, and for your dancing... More >>