Arthur Russell

Exit Interview: Charlie Looker on the Life and Death of Extra Life

After its Saturday night performance at 285 Kent, Extra Life will be no more. On November 13, the band shared news of the "amicable" breakup on its blog: "While it's somewhat difficult to articulate exactly why, let's just say that the inner creative momentum driving the band has stalled." In short, ... More >>

One Night Only: The Velvet Underground Pay Tribute to Nico and Allen Ginsberg

Tonight, fans of the Velvet Underground will get to see their idols pay tribute to two of their most revered friends and collaborators--just not on the same stage. At Housing Works, Lou Reed will be celebrating the vinyl and digital re-issue of Allen Ginsberg's FIRST BLUES. Across the East River, Jo ... More >>

FEMME FATALE

John Cale pays tribute to Nico

The Vis-A-Vis Project Invites You To Come Along For The DIY Ride

What's the next step for do-it-yourself culture? The Vis-à-Vis Project, this weekend's dance/music/film/discussion festival in Bushwick, will try to answer that question. "Somebody told me, 'Nobody wants to go to shows any more,'" festival organizer and fresh-faced art school grad Rachael Pazdan ... More >>

Destroyer+Sandro Perri

SOTC's March Madness: The Quintessential New York Musician Tournament

Sound of the City's monthlong tournament to determine the quintessential New York City musician (since 1955, the year of the Village Voice's founding) is taking over our site all March. The full schedule and results (as of March 23) below; you can also follow along with our bracket.

Sonic Youth (5) And Arthur Russell (12) Close Out Round One Of SOTC's March Madness

​The Round of 64 for Sound of the City's own version of March Madness—in which you, the Sound of the City voting public, help determine the quintessential New York musician—finishes this weekend, with the Round of 32 kicking off Monday. (The schedule and results so far are here; the fu ... More >>

Download: Francis Harris's Swooning, Atmospheric "Pharoah In The Morning"

​Francis Harris is the given name of the Brooklynite who usually records as Adultnapper, the minimal techno icon who's punker upbringing leaves him never too afraid to get funky, cantankerous, mischievous or just plain noisy. His first full-length under his birthname (due February 7 via Scisso ... More >>

Fall Arts: Music Picks

TIME MACHINE

Go back to when Soho was cool

A Clip Of Young Vin Diesel Rapping (Or Trying To) Over Arthur Russell's Beats Has Surfaced

Back in the '80s, New York's downtown brought together lots of people, and, well, let's just let the official description of the file take over here: "Fragments of an aborted recording session at Battery Sound NYC in 1986 which brought together fledgling rapper Mark Sinclair--today better known as ... More >>

Download: Marques Toliver's Dreamy, Minimalist "White Sails"

Amelia Shivani Faldo​Gifted 24-year-old songsmith Marques Toliver is a heartstring-plucking amalgam of music-school-trained violin shred, the Williamsburg avant-boho vibe of pals like Grizzly Bear and TV On The Radio, and a deep-seated love of contemporary R&B--though, as he tells i-D, "If I h ... More >>

Live: Alexander Robotnick And Thugfucker Celebrate The Dog & Pony Show's Birthday At Hotel Rivington

Mr. Robotnick, not the retiring type. Pics by Chris, more below.​The Dog & Pony Show One-Year Anniversary Starring Alexander Robotnick, Thugfucker, and CCC Thor at the Rivington Hotel Sunday, February 27 Better Than: The ASPCA's Happy Hardcore Party at the Hotel Carter. Pulling in at the tai ... More >>

Week In Review: Bob Dylan Is Waiting In A Van Outside Your House

Photo via Fred W. McDarrah, there from the start.​Yes, it was Dylan Week here at SOTC, a veritable orgy of Greenwich Village-scouring videos (with installments covering Cafe Wha?, Jones Street, the Gaslight, and Washington Square Hotel, or just enjoy the whole thing in one shot here), along wi ... More >>

Live: Arthur's Landing Recreates Arthur Russell's Dance-Floor Grandeur At Nublu

Mustafa Ahmed, leading the charge. Pics by Puja.​Better Than: That band your dad is in. Arthur Russell was a man of many friends and even more musical endeavors. In the late '70s, the experimental composer and disco savant was something of an underground idol, collaborating with everyone from ... More >>

The Week In Nightlife, Starring GHE20 G0TH1K, Optimo, And The Go Go Gangster Cumbia Party

​It's the first week of the new year! This also means it's the first week to break your resolutions to drink less and sleep more. Enablers that we are, behold your week in nightlife, featuring the return of our favorite Lower East Side fete, a music festival, a lot of disco, and so much more.

LOVE THEM BACK

Avant-garde auteur keeps the band together

Do Yourself a Favor: Dirty Projectors' Bassist Nat Baldwin Tonight For Free at Zebulon

Nat Baldwin's most visible credit at the moment may be his longstanding affiliation with Dirty Projectors. But the classically trained bassist has been sawing away at bull-fiddle tummies for far longer than Dave Longstreth's been serenading whales. Over the years, the New Hampshire native has appe ... More >>

Matthew Dear and Shed Talk About Their Feelings

Darker emotional arcs from two of techno's leading lights

GET DOWN

P.S.1 hosts an avant-garde dance party

Q&A: Pantha du Prince On Signing to Rough Trade and Why Collaborating With Panda Bear Doesn't Mean He's Gone Pop

​Having already released two of the 21st century's most sublime minimal electronic albums--2004's Diamond Daze and 2007's This Bliss--on the esteemed German label Dial, it seemed like Pantha du Prince (a/k/a Hendrik Weber) had found a comfortable home. Then it was announced that the artist's t ... More >>

Presenting The Ultimate Record Store Day Guide: See Some Music, Buy Some Music, Or Make Your Own

​It's that special time of the year again: Record Store Day, which is like Teacher Appreciation Day for independent record stores. Saturday, to celebrate their tenacity, among other things, record stores around the city are holding performances, releasing exclusives, and offering once-in-a-blu ... More >>

I Don't Go Clubbing, I Go Dancing: The Weekend In Nightlife

​The Arms Around Haiti event at Public Assembly kicks off our Friday evening with a reminder that just because there haven't been any telethons lately doesn't mean the situation isn't just as awful as it ever was. The event spans over both rooms of the venue and boasts a lineup of over ten dis ... More >>

'Arms Around Haiti'

Bob Blank's Gold Standard

The NYC producer ruled even those dance floors he never ventured onto himself

The Best Books of 2009

Vikings, asses, and LSD—Voice writers pick their favorite books of the year

News Roundup: R.I.P. Brendan Mullen, Kia Motors Hearts Girl Talk, Daniel Johnston, Chris Taylor

​--R.I.P. Brendan Mullen, who was one of the first DIY promoters of punk and independent rock and the first regular booker of punk bands in Los Angeles. The Masque, a venue that became home base for all that is first-wave L.A. punk--including the Germs and the Weirdos--was in essence his baby ... More >>

News Roundup: The Sonic Youth Gossip Girl Single, Clipse Manager Pleads Guilty, Arthur Russell at NYU

​--That Sonic Youth Gossip Girl cameo is approaching, and since SY evidently take this responsibility very seriously, they're releasing a single of their performance on the show--an acoustic version of EVOL's "Star Power" is the word--on Tuesday, October 13, the day after the show airs. It wil ... More >>

WILD ONE

P.S.1's Warm-Up honors avant-garde legend Arthur Russell

Henrik Schwarz

The Top 20 (and Far Beyond)

Big year for metal, hip-hop, and Paul Simon/pigfucker reconciliation

This Week's Voice: Ice-T and Richard Hell on the Election, They Might Be Giants, Craig Finn, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, and More

Allegedly 'Country' and 'Pop' Offerings From Arthur Russell

Arthur Russell/Wild Combination Party at Santos Party House

Anthology Film Archives Revives the Public Mischief of Robert Downey Sr.

Arthur Russell's Next Last Composition

Arthur Russell's Out of Context Tribute

A belated and mesmerizing celebration of the mysterious downtown music icon

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BITTERSWEET SYMPHONY

A three-day tribute to a downtown maverick

Sensitive-Whiteboy Robo-Soul Will Own 2008

Hugs and Kisses #18: The Final Episode in Everett True's Desktop Trilogy

Hugs and Kisses, the Outbursts of Everett True: Antifolk, Part II

This Year's Model

Fickle artists reinvent the remix, and themselves

Sublimely nonchalant electro-pop majesty

Tracey Thorn's Out of the Woods

Seven Local Girls and Boys Make Sure You Taste Their Honey

Familiar Dance Tracks Get Clarified to Reveal Koans Beneath

Living With Imperfection

Eavesdropping on a late, maddening, fragile art-disco genius whose work was never done

Disco Still Not Disco

New York Rockers Remember How to Dance

Disco Double Take

New York Parties Like It’s 1975

Words Belied by Music

Songs of Dargel and Reich Offer a Deceptive Simplicity