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Martin Moran Investigates His Inner Gentleness; Fiorello! Explores La Guardia's Showy Side

Told without anger

Bloomberg's Flock of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Are Probably Coming to Eat Us

Over the weekend, Mayor Bloomberg quite generously donated $350 million to Johns Hopkins University, bringing his total contributions to his alma mater to a whopping $1.1 billion. The Times has the exclusive story of Bloomberg's philanthropic track record, including fun mayoral trivia (he's 70! he c ... More >>

Why EDM Is Thriving While Other Genres Are Sinking

DJs are the new rock stars? Maybe. (Although chefs are already the new rock stars.) Still, the big name DJs do seem to be living pretty large, what with the constant travel to exotic locations, goofily-clad fans, eager women, drugs and parties. Just swap MacBooks for guitars and it doesn't look so d ... More >>

The Ten Best Concerts in New York This Weekend, 1/11/13

These are the 10 best concerts to check out around the city this weekend, in no particular order.

BEEZ IN THE TRAP

2012’s hottest dance trend keeps going

Harry Fraud's Top Five Procers This Year: "Alchemist, Alchemist, Alchemist, Alchemist, and Alchemist"

Harry Fraud has quickly risen as New York rap's go-to producer since helming French Montana's anthemic "New York Minute" featuring Jadakiss (and later, Nicki Minaj and ostensibly every rapper in the Tri-State Area) and "Shot Caller." He's also produced tracks for everyone from Action Bronson and Ric ... More >>

A Bite With The Band: Earthquake Party! Munch On Ground-Moving Tacos At Los Hermanos

It's true: fuzzy pop trio Earthquake Party! doesn't have the flashiest origin story. Yes, they are yet another one of those bands that started in a living room as an excuse to dick around and have fun. Yes, for the past three years, they've been hopping from basement show to local venue to basement ... More >>

Live: The Cops Shut Down Fool's Gold Day Off; DJ A-Trak Throws Out More T-Shirts

Check out our slideshow from the party. Fool's Gold Day Off: French Montana, Danny Brown, Brothers Macklovitch, Just Blaze, Flosstradamus, Flatbush Zombies, Nick Catchdubs, Ricky Blaze, Party Supplies, #BEEN #TRILL, Telephoned, and more City Winery Monday, September 3 Better than: Rain. Last yea ... More >>

Millennial Music: A Look at How DIY Technology is Changing the Game Forever

Open. Click. Send. In a matter of seconds, Max Schieble's pre-recorded vocal track from America appears in the e-mail inbox of his bandmate Danny Lentz, who is currently abroad in Paris. Lentz receives the file, pulls out a violin and plays his part from memory. The file is sent back over to Schiebl ... More >>

Long Island City's Tech Takeover

The Hozziner has his eyes set on the tech industry, repeating over and over that he wants New York City to become the new Palo Alto, the new Mountain View and the new Copertino - all hubs of some of the past decade's greatest innovations. Progress is rapidly being made to make that dream a reality: ... More >>

Big Apple's Unemployment Rate Hits 10% Again

We hate the phrase 'double-dip,' especially when it becomes an unfortunate reality.In September of 2009, as President Obama's stimulus package was beginning to leak into the economy, New York City's unemployment rate hit its peak of 10.1% and stayed there for six months. Since then, the job num ... More >>

Jonathan Toubin, Comeback Kid

Getting back to the business of making people dance

Protestors Descend on Grand Central Apple Store; Reporters Attack Them

There were more reporters than protestors at a rally today at the new Apple store in Grand Central. A lot more reporters. But it's an important cause, especially for you iPhone-iPad-MacBook-Apple-loving folks, so listen up! SumOfUs and Change.org, two groups speaking out against labor practices i ... More >>

Grand Central Apple Store Opens, Is Gigantic

​Thousands of people crammed into the Apple store in Grand Central for its opening today, and we decided to pop in and check it out. For a 23,000 square-foot flagship store, the new Apple store occupying the east balcony of Grand Central Terminal is pretty invisible. In fact, the most striking ... More >>

Lana Del Rey Hides in Plain Sight

This is my confession

Q&A: Benoit & Sergio On Hooking Up With DFA, The DC Dance Scene, And Disco-Cheese Love

​A dance act is on fire when they release a handful of stellar records not only one after the other, but on different labels. Only two years into their joint recording career, D.C.-based house duo Benoit & Sergio are coming up not only with good records, but records that turn into anthems. It ... More >>

Live: J. Cole Outlines His Game Plan For Cole World

​J. Cole (album preview) Roc The Mic Studios Wednesday, August 17 Better than: Waiting until September 27. Despite the stringent security measures implemented at the splashy preview of Jay-Z and Kanye West's Watch The Throne earlier this month, a middling blogger managed to leak snippets of ... More >>

Live: Black Rob Gets Back To Basics At The Apple Store

​ Black Rob Apple Store (SoHo) Wednesday, July 27 Better than: Waiting around the Genius Bar while a new trackpad gets installed in your MacBook. "Things are different now. There are computers. Dudes are going in with the computers", Black Rob proclaimed with a grin. Despite the obvious iro ... More >>

Live: Julianna Barwick And Ikue Mori Keep It Minimal At White Columns

Jenn Pelly​ Julianna Barwick & Ikue Mori White Columns Gallery Thursday, July 14 Better than: Spending twelve hours in a tiny car driving to Chicago to watch Julianna Barwick play this weekend at Pitchfork Festival. (Oh wait...) The not-for-profit White Columns Gallery describes itself as " ... More >>

This Guy Has My MacBook? Tracking Programs Get Viral Love in Stolen Laptop Stories

Laptop thief?​Throughout 2011 so far, we've had our eyes on some great viral marketing, like the so-called Times Square video screen takeover and the naked gaming parties that are actually a bunch of actors. Then, in the month of May, there were two stolen laptop sagas, and at the center of ea ... More >>

Donald Glover Is More Talented Than You

The comedian/writer/rapper is on a collision course with stardom

Spring Arts Guide: The Feelies Get Perpetually Nervous All Over Again

Plus CSS, Adele, and other spring music picks

The 20 Worst Songs of 2010, #1: Train, "Hey, Soul Sister"

F2K10 has been a countdown of the 20 worst songs of 2010. Relieve the journey here. The future of rock music, right here.​Here are some important things to know about Train's "Hey, Soul Sister."

The Girl Whose Story We Cannot Follow in Hornet's Nest

Chatting With Hurricane Bells, the Bedroom Recording Project Turned Twilight: New Moon Soundtrack Contributors

Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. Hurricane Bells. Photo by Mayumi Nashida.​Hurricane Bells is the bedroom recording project of Longwave frontman Steve Schiltz. Far more claustrophobic, sensitive, and homey than Longwave's romantic, ... More >>

Bloomberg's NYC-TV Boss to Pay $5K Fine

City conflict of interest officials yesterday rendered their verdict on the misdeeds of the former top executive at the city's own television station. The penalty for ex-NYC TV general manager Arick Wierson who copped to using city workers for his many personal computer needs and heavily co-minglin ... More >>

Freaks Of The Industry II: Wednesday's CMJ Panels, Cynically Summarized

It still holds up. Yesterday's installment was apparently helpful, so: CMJ has a ton of afternoon music-industry panels. Here's Wednesday's lineup. Join us now as we distill them to their respective essences.

Vinyl Life, Furthering the Death of AutoTune

NYC threesome makes electro-jams the old-fashioned way

On Charles Hamilton, Joe Budden, Asher Roth, and the Perils of Internet Oversharing

Welcome to rap's online overdose

Inside the Mayor's Studio: NYC-TV's Secrets of New York

The many scams of Bloomberg's hip TV execs

The Improbable Rap Career of Laura Nyro's Son

Harlem rapper Gil-T seeks glory by communing with his mother

Raimi's Drag Me to Hell Romps Back to Evil Dead Territory

Sex and The City Sequel: Some Suggestions

It was inevitable. The first Sex and the City movie made over $400 million, so there had to be a sequel, and auteur Michael Patrick King has confirmed it. Filming starts this summer, with release expected in summer 2010. That means a year of splashy features, and another summer of young women from ... More >>

Lars Ulrich in a Cowboy Hat, FTW: The Best Three Microsoft Songsmith Remixes

In the annals of inadvertent viral humiliation, the Microsoft Songsmith ad falls squarely between Tay Zonday and the Numa Numa Guy--cringeworthy, but not permanently ruinous. In case you've missed this particular case of public humiliation, Songsmith is Microsoft's new music-making software, a Gar ... More >>

Real World Brooklyn, Episode 2: Ryan Makes Out With a Drag Queen, Washes His Mouth Out with Soap

We already met the Real World Brooklyn cast members (twice, [cough] three times). Last week, Sharon Steel watched this season's first episode, so you didn't have to. We made her do it again. Ryan, ewwwww! This week's episode of the Real World was entitled "The Ins and Outs of Brooklyn." We suppos ... More >>

Hey Willpower at Death by Audio

'Learning 2.0' Brings Schools into the Digital Age

TONIGHT! SPIDERFANG AND GEORGE POSITIVE! DON'T SLEEP!

Two Hours of Inspired Weirdness With Erykah Badu

Undoing

Live: Tunng at Union Hall, 10.23.07

Yuppie Scum Seeks Ravishing Refugee

Jude Law gets his urban renewal on in Anthony Minghella's dramatic dud