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Britt Daniel

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Billy Joel (6) And Neil Diamond (3) Turn SOTC's March Madness Into A Songwriter's Battlefield

    ​Sound of the City's search for the quintessential New York City musician enters Round Two this week, with battles in the Round of 32 daily. Keep up with all the action here. Things get a bit more melodic (no offense, guys) as two of American pop's most prominent songwriters and members of the Lo ... More >>

  • Music

    July 13, 2011

    Eleanor Friedberger As Solo Artist

    Last Summer gets her back to being excited about music

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    Q&A: Neko Case On The Charity Drawing For Her 1967 Mercury Cougar, Her Poor Twitter Etiquette, And The Beastmaster

    "My hugest goal was to get a Retweet from Questlove, because he has all these followers and he's so great. And he totally gave me one! I was like, 'This is a Twitter victory!'" Act now and all this (well, the car at least) could be yours​The cover of Neko Case's 2009 album, Middle Cyclone, fe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    Rob Harvilla's Top 10 Singles of 2010

    ​Not every great song this year was released by Katy Perry. From a snarling avant-electro NPR lecture to a haunted-house posse cut to a ludicrously profane viral sensation, here are 10 examples. "Teenage Dream" might still be better than all of these, though. Better get this started before I c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Was 2010 The Best Year For Music Ever? Defending Taylor Swift And Hailing The-Dream

    Welcome to Sound of the City's year-in-review rock-critic roundtable, an amiable ongoing conversation between five prominent Voice critics: Rob Harvilla, Zach Baron, Sean Fennessey, Maura Johnston, and Rich Juzwiak. We'll be here all week! Happier times for us all​My friends, It's the confl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    Bootleg Roundup: Download Spoon At Madison Square Garden, And Darcy James Argue's Secret Society At the Newport Jazz Festival

    All hail Spoon, arena-rockers at last. Pic by Ben Jay.​A couple splendid bootlegs to start your week, starting with Spoon's triumphant, 15-song (!) opening set for Arcade Fire at MSG last Wednesday, as captured by the indomitable NYC Taper. Britt Daniel and co. fill the place just as capably a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    Live: The Arcade Fire Basically Own Madison Square Garden Now

    Régine, basking. Pic by Ben Jay, more below.​Arcade Fire/Spoon Madison Square Garden Wednesday, August 4 Gold medal, stage banter, 2010: "I have to say my favorite part of Madison Square Garden is this area right over here," announces Win Butler, gesturing toward a spot to his right maybe h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2010

    Photos: Siren Festival Highlights, 2001-2009

    Dustin PittmanSpoon's Britt Daniel, back in '05​Ten years ago, the Village Voice staged its first-ever Siren Music Festival. On Saturday, we're celebrating the anniversary by welcoming back some SOTC favorites like Matt & Kim and Ted Leo to the shadow of the Cyclone at Coney Island. As we gear ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2010

    Live: Spoon Feign Maturity At Radio City Music Hall

    Spoon Radio City Music Hall Friday, March 26 "This place is all right," declares Britt Daniel, understating as always. "I think we are the band that played the most times at Brownies and then played Radio City Music Hall." Calling out their long-shuttered-East-Village-rock-club roots is a slightl ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    March 24, 2010

    NOT TURNING OFF

    Spoon rock Radio City Music Hall

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    Live: St. Vincent and Bon Iver Sing Your (Dad's) Favorites at BrooklynVegan's Haiti Benefit

    St. Vincent, Britt Daniel, Bon Iver, Zach Galifianakis, Janeane Garofalo, and more Haiti Benefit @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg Saturday, January 23 BrooklynVegan might best be known for having the most obnoxious commenters in the entire music blogosphere (which, in fairness, is certainly no small ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    Video: Spoon Doing "Written In Reverse," Sounding As Gleefully Angry As Conan Feels

    Whatever you think of Spoon's beyond-skeletal Transference, this titanically hostile piano-banger is the jam, particular when Britt Daniel screams it with such abandon. A fine guest and sentiment for this trying time in Conan's life. Spoon of course is playing tomorrow night at Mercury Lounge, but ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    January 19, 2010

    White Rabbits

    Whatever you think of Spoon's beyond-skeletal Transference, this titanically hostile piano-banger is the jam, particular when Britt Daniel screams it with such abandon. A fine guest and sentiment for this trying time in Conan's life. Spoon of course is playing tomorrow night at Mercury Lounge, but ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    January 19, 2010

    NOT TURNING OFF

    Line up now for Britt Daniel

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2009

    Week in Review: "I Am the Best Filmmaker in the World."

    Nate "Igor" SmithFun times at Roxy Cottontail's party. This is what Zach's birthday dinner looked like too. In the week that both Zach and Roxy Cottontail celebrated their birthdays, Rob posted a great moment in Wu-based subway-ad vandalism that became a whole shitload of peoples' Facebook profile ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2009

    White Rabbits on Recording With Spoon's Britt Daniel, Opening for the Pogues, and Playing Basketball With the Walkmen

    "I just like seeing our press releases verbatim on blogs. That's just my favorite." Think they'll play inside this rig tonight at the Bowery Ballroom? Brooklyn's White Rabbits were known for two things when they first emerged in 2007: the ska/soul affectations of their sure-footed debut, Fort Nigh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2008

    Live: All Eight Nights of Hanukkah with Yo La Tengo

    photo by Liz Clayton Dawn Sutter Madell, via the Yo La Tengo diary Eight shows, eight-and-a-half comedians, eight charities, eight mix CDs, 24 sit-ins, and three Velvet Underground covers later, Yo La Tengo brought another Hanukkah at Maxwell's to a close. But, as befits a band named in reference ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2008

    Live: Yo La Tengo (With Stephin Merritt, Britt Daniels, and Ira's Mom) at Maxwell's

    photo by Liz Clayton Dawn Sutter Madell, via the Yo La Tengo diary Eight shows, eight-and-a-half comedians, eight charities, eight mix CDs, 24 sit-ins, and three Velvet Underground covers later, Yo La Tengo brought another Hanukkah at Maxwell's to a close. But, as befits a band named in reference ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2007

    Live: Spoon and the Ponys at the Roseland

    photo by Liz Clayton Dawn Sutter Madell, via the Yo La Tengo diary Eight shows, eight-and-a-half comedians, eight charities, eight mix CDs, 24 sit-ins, and three Velvet Underground covers later, Yo La Tengo brought another Hanukkah at Maxwell's to a close. But, as befits a band named in reference ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2007

    No Context: Revenge of the Book Eaters, 08.26.07

    photo by Liz Clayton Dawn Sutter Madell, via the Yo La Tengo diary Eight shows, eight-and-a-half comedians, eight charities, eight mix CDs, 24 sit-ins, and three Velvet Underground covers later, Yo La Tengo brought another Hanukkah at Maxwell's to a close. But, as befits a band named in reference ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2007

    Live: Spoon Blows the Fuck Up

    photo by Liz Clayton Dawn Sutter Madell, via the Yo La Tengo diary Eight shows, eight-and-a-half comedians, eight charities, eight mix CDs, 24 sit-ins, and three Velvet Underground covers later, Yo La Tengo brought another Hanukkah at Maxwell's to a close. But, as befits a band named in reference ... More >>

  • Music

    July 3, 2007

    Fitter, Happier

    Spoon throw in a horn or two but still trim the Anglophilic fat

  • Music

    May 29, 2007

    Marathon Men

    Eno's Music for Airports at a 26-hour fete; Bright Eyes triumphantly caps a seven-night run

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2006

    Live: The Walkmen Spaz the Fuck Out

    Eno's Music for Airports at a 26-hour fete; Bright Eyes triumphantly caps a seven-night run

  • pazzandjop

    January 24, 2006

    Try Isn't Do

    Musical drugs and shared secret codes abort the utopic mission

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2005

    Spoon Makes It Look Easy

    Musical drugs and shared secret codes abort the utopic mission

  • Music

    July 12, 2005

    Be Your Own Potter

    Reassured scenesters navigate two make-believe worlds

  • NYC Life

    July 5, 2005

    Surf'n' Turf: Rock on the Beach!

    A rundown of everybody's favorite summer festival, Coney Island's mecca of hot 'n' cool

  • Music

    May 3, 2005

    Impeding the Stampede

    Britt Daniel's Austin indie heroes resort to adoration-averse post-hoopla ambivalence

  • News

    January 20, 2004

    Corrections

    Britt Daniel's Austin indie heroes resort to adoration-averse post-hoopla ambivalence

  • Music

    December 30, 2003

    MLK Fever

    Bill O'Reilly, we salute you, now please give us all our frankincense and myrrh back

  • Specials

    May 20, 2003

    Letters

    Bill O'Reilly, we salute you, now please give us all our frankincense and myrrh back

  • NYC Life

    May 13, 2003

    Outdoor Concerts & Music Festivals

    Bill O'Reilly, we salute you, now please give us all our frankincense and myrrh back

  • Music

    April 22, 2003

    Auto-Erotic Fixation

    Here in Her Car, It's the Only Way to Live

  • Music

    October 29, 2002

    CMJ Musicfest 2002

    Here in Her Car, It's the Only Way to Live

  • Music

    September 24, 2002

    Music

    Here in Her Car, It's the Only Way to Live

  • Music

    September 3, 2002

    A Very Good Year

    Here in Her Car, It's the Only Way to Live

  • Music

    March 5, 2002

    2001 Gets Better

    Here in Her Car, It's the Only Way to Live

  • Music

    May 8, 2001

    Music

    Here in Her Car, It's the Only Way to Live

  • Specials

    February 15, 2000

    Letters

    Here in Her Car, It's the Only Way to Live

  • Specials

    February 8, 2000

    Letters

    Here in Her Car, It's the Only Way to Live

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