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    January 18, 2012

    Pazz & Jop 2011: Seth Colter Walls On Craig Taborn, Matana Roberts, And Voting From The Fringe

    To supplement this year's Pazz & Jop launch, Sound of the City asked a few critics to expand on the reasonings behind their voting. We'll start off the series with Seth Colter Walls of New York City, who has a constant itch to do the deep dive and find the single-voter albums out there. Find his bal ... More >>

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    December 8, 2011

    Q&A: Best Music Writing Series Editor Daphne Carr On Becoming A 21st-Century Publisher, What "Best" Means, And Bringing Pop And Classical Closer Together

    Michal Nanoru​This month marks the publication of Best Music Writing 2011, the annual anthology of top-notch scribing about music—2010 pieces by the likes of Nitsuh Abebe, Ann Powers, and Jessica Hopper are collected in the book, which this year was edited by New Yorker classical-music c ... More >>

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    May 14, 2009

    Wilco's Album-Leak Damage Control: "Everyone Was Talking About Us!"

    I have tremendous sympathy for bands whose new records leak months prior to their release dates, perhaps borne of a vivid, unpleasant memory of a 2006 Shins CMJ gig wherein all the stage banter was them moaning, in an unconvincingly jocular manner, about the recent inadvertent Internet unveiling of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2009

    James Franco Recommends Carl Wilson's A Journey to the End of Taste at the Oscars

    Zoilus is oddly (modestly?) quiet today, but Carl Wilson had his 33 1/3 book Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste recommended by James Franco on the Oscars red carpet last night. Since these books are labors of love in a bizarre, almost impossibly quixotic sense, it's good to see W ... More >>

  • Music

    April 19, 2005

    Show Me the Money

    Seattle's EMP proves that great popular music conferences cannot live by inclusive intentions alone

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    March 1, 2005

    Letters

    Seattle's EMP proves that great popular music conferences cannot live by inclusive intentions alone

  • Books

    May 18, 2004

    Deep Geeking

    The passion of the Christgau, or the lessons of Seattle

  • Specials

    May 4, 2004

    Letters

    The passion of the Christgau, or the lessons of Seattle

  • News

    April 13, 2004

    Indecent Exposure

    Really F-word-deleted brilliant: If anyone gets annoyed by anything, it's profane!

  • Music

    March 30, 2004

    East Via Shortwave

    Sun City Girls tune their static into freaky Asian frequencies, keep changing the channel

  • Music

    March 30, 2004

    Midnight at the Oasis of Haphazardly Looped Hallucinations

    Sun City Girls tune their static into freaky Asian frequencies, keep changing the channel

  • Home

    February 3, 2004

    100 Hottest Hotties

    Sex Drive Outpaces Death Drive as the Biz Goes Down the Toilet

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    February 3, 2004

    Pebbles at the Palace

    Volunteer Now in Civilization's Battle Against George the Boy King

  • Specials

    January 13, 2004

    Letters

    Volunteer Now in Civilization's Battle Against George the Boy King

  • Music

    October 7, 2003

    Music

    Volunteer Now in Civilization's Battle Against George the Boy King

  • Music

    July 1, 2003

    Maserati Does 185

    Lost My Apartment, Now I Can't Spell

  • News

    August 20, 2002

    The Real Curriculum

    Lost My Apartment, Now I Can't Spell

  • Specials

    April 9, 2002

    Letters

    Lost My Apartment, Now I Can't Spell

  • Specials

    October 10, 2000

    Letters

    Lost My Apartment, Now I Can't Spell

  • News

    August 22, 2000

    Features

    Lost My Apartment, Now I Can't Spell

  • Home

    February 15, 2000

    Rev That Azz Up

    Nervous Rhythms, Chopped-Up Language, Thumping Slapstick Pop

  • Home

    February 15, 2000

    Thirdhand News

    Consumers Complain, Party, Riot, Look for Answers, and Crack Wise

  • Specials

    June 1, 1999

    Letters

    Consumers Complain, Party, Riot, Look for Answers, and Crack Wise

  • Music

    April 6, 1999

    Trunk Show

    Consumers Complain, Party, Riot, Look for Answers, and Crack Wise

  • Music

    March 30, 1999

    Out of Time

    Consumers Complain, Party, Riot, Look for Answers, and Crack Wise

  • Music

    March 2, 1999

    Too Sweet To Die

    Consumers Complain, Party, Riot, Look for Answers, and Crack Wise

  • Music

    January 26, 1999

    Who's There?

    Consumers Complain, Party, Riot, Look for Answers, and Crack Wise

  • Music

    January 12, 1999

    Cabaret Lawlessness

    Consumers Complain, Party, Riot, Look for Answers, and Crack Wise

  • Specials

    January 12, 1999

    Letters

    Consumers Complain, Party, Riot, Look for Answers, and Crack Wise

  • Specials

    December 15, 1998

    Letters

    Consumers Complain, Party, Riot, Look for Answers, and Crack Wise

  • Specials

    November 24, 1998

    Letters

    Consumers Complain, Party, Riot, Look for Answers, and Crack Wise

  • Music

    November 17, 1998

    Built To Spill Over

    Consumers Complain, Party, Riot, Look for Answers, and Crack Wise

  • Specials

    November 3, 1998

    Letters

    Consumers Complain, Party, Riot, Look for Answers, and Crack Wise

  • Music

    October 27, 1998

    The Other Lode

    Consumers Complain, Party, Riot, Look for Answers, and Crack Wise

  • Music

    October 13, 1998

    Your Right To Party

    Consumers Complain, Party, Riot, Look for Answers, and Crack Wise

  • Music

    October 6, 1998

    Boombox Babies

    Consumers Complain, Party, Riot, Look for Answers, and Crack Wise

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