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Christopher Cross

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    Fiona Apple, The-Dream, And More At SXSW Day One (With Video Of Two New Fiona Apple Songs)

    If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in this planet's many happenings, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. To break down the chaos, a few of Village ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    The Grammys' 53 Record Of The Year Winners, In Order

    53. Phil Collins, "Another Day in Paradise" [1991] 52. The 5th Dimension, "Up, Up and Away" [1968] 51. Olivia Newton-John, "I Honestly Love You" [1975] 50. Celine Dion, "My Heart Will Go On" [1999] 49. Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, "A Taste of Honey" [1966] 48. Bobby McFerrin, "Don't ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Oddsmaking: Will Adele Go "Rolling" Over Her Song Of The Year Competition?

    The Grammys have a determinedly behind-the-times history, and Song of the Year is one of the ceremony's most reliably old-fashioned categories. It's given to the songwriter—even though what constitutes a "song" today is a lot different than when the Grammys began in 1959, back when sheet music ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    100 & Single: The Dawning Of The MTV Era And How It Rocket-Fueled The Hot 100

    ​What was the first rock and roll song? Ask music historians and you'll get a range of '40s and early '50 candidates, from "Good Rockin' Tonight" to "Rocket 88." Ah, but when did the Rock Era begin? That's easier. Everybody knows that Bill Haley and His Comets' rendition of "Rock Around the C ... More >>

  • Film

    April 6, 2011

    Dumb Arthur Rethink Makes Us Miss Dudley and Liza

    ​What was the first rock and roll song? Ask music historians and you'll get a range of '40s and early '50 candidates, from "Good Rockin' Tonight" to "Rocket 88." Ah, but when did the Rock Era begin? That's easier. Everybody knows that Bill Haley and His Comets' rendition of "Rock Around the C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Tomorrow's 'Supermoon' Will Be Super, Moon

    via davedehetre​Watch your head tomorrow (Saturday) night: our moon will be closer to Earth than it has been in 18 years. It has been dubbed a "supermoon," and will only be 221,565 miles (roughly 1,871,781,120 VHS copies of Teen Wolf) from us. Due to the timing of its perigee -- space talk for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    Q&A: Colin Langenus On Country-Rock Minimalism And Life After The USA Is A Monster

    "That's exactly what I'm going for: psychedelic yacht-rock." ​There's no keeping-up with Colin Langenus these days. Ever since the USA Is a Monster, America's premiere prog-noise outfit for most of the last decade, called it a day in 2009, the burly singer-songwriter and guitarist has been hu ... More >>

  • Music

    January 19, 2011

    Pazz & Jop Voter Comments: The Personals

    "That's exactly what I'm going for: psychedelic yacht-rock." ​There's no keeping-up with Colin Langenus these days. Ever since the USA Is a Monster, America's premiere prog-noise outfit for most of the last decade, called it a day in 2009, the burly singer-songwriter and guitarist has been hu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    In Defense of Chillwave

    ​"Glo-fi" or "chil-wave", that sub-sub-sub genre of electronic indie pop, was kind of a big deal at SXSW this year. Well, as big of a deal as something solely focused on trying to sound like Christopher Cross on muscle relaxers can be in 2010 at a constantly internet-streaming, forever re-twee ... More >>

  • Music

    July 29, 2008

    Soulfly Cranks Up the Thrash and Triggers a Debacle

    ​"Glo-fi" or "chil-wave", that sub-sub-sub genre of electronic indie pop, was kind of a big deal at SXSW this year. Well, as big of a deal as something solely focused on trying to sound like Christopher Cross on muscle relaxers can be in 2010 at a constantly internet-streaming, forever re-twee ... More >>

  • Unknown

    January 15, 2008

    Grow Up Like a Rock Star

    LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy sheds his cool and unites the Guitar Hero III–addled masses

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2007

    Status Ain't Hood Interviews LCD Soundsystem

    LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy sheds his cool and unites the Guitar Hero III–addled masses

  • Music

    March 13, 2007

    Get in the Ring

    Someone should've kicked dance-punk DJ-producer-bandleader James Murphy's ass by now. No one can.

  • Music

    October 12, 2004

    Do-Gooders Do Good

    The most commendable political compilation of a watershed year for official liberalism

  • Columns

    March 4, 2003

    NY Mirror

    The most commendable political compilation of a watershed year for official liberalism

  • Theater

    April 2, 2002

    Theater

    The most commendable political compilation of a watershed year for official liberalism

  • Music

    August 21, 2001

    Metal Gets Sentimental

    The Belated Return of Loud Mushy Rock

  • Home

    February 13, 2001

    Top 10 Plus

    City Kids and Voodoo Stank You Can’t Leave Behind

  • Music

    April 4, 2000

    The Pompitouses of Love

    City Kids and Voodoo Stank You Can’t Leave Behind

  • Music

    August 31, 1999

    The Gatsby of Gats

    City Kids and Voodoo Stank You Can’t Leave Behind

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