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May 10, 2012
The Top Seven Broadsides Against The PMRC
The PMRC is one of those faint memories that music fans that grew up in the '80s try to brush away. The Parents Music Resource Center was launched in 1985 by a group of Washington power wives—the most visible face being the wife of then-senator Al Gore, Tipper—who saw rock and rap as, in ... More >>
Voice Choices
January 25, 2012
Mike Keneally Band
The PMRC is one of those faint memories that music fans that grew up in the '80s try to brush away. The Parents Music Resource Center was launched in 1985 by a group of Washington power wives—the most visible face being the wife of then-senator Al Gore, Tipper—who saw rock and rap as, in ... More >>
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October 3, 2011
Live: Portishead And Jeff Mangum Come Out Of The Shadows In Asbury Park
All Tomorrow's Parties: I'll Be Your Mirror Asbury Park, NJ September 30-October 2 Better than: Your favorite worn-out band tee. Timelessness isn't a foresight. Most experiences can't predict their own longevity, and as much as any creator strives to avoid miring his or her work in a dated exterio ... More >>
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May 4, 2011
SISTER ACT
The Shaggs inspire a new play
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April 21, 2011
The 5 Best (Free!) Shows at River to River Festival 2011
This year's River to River Festival, which runs from June 19 to July 17, marks the 10th time that its mix of free shows takes over Lower Manhattan for the summer. The 2011 bill has a decidedly New York-centric bent, with Patti Smith, Laurie Anderson, Rufus Wainwright, and the New York City Op ... More >>
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March 15, 2011
Welcome to the Era of the Carefully Curated Restaurant Playlist
Foodie tunes.Sounds like Nate Smith, the ex-Spotted Pig chef who left Dean Street in Brooklyn shortly after opening, may have had it right: you can't just let diners pick their dinner-accompanying music all willy-nilly. The Post talks to chefs and restaurateurs from trendy restaurants around ... More >>
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October 13, 2010
Saint Clint's Hereafter Meets Timothy Carey's Greatest Sinner
Foodie tunes.Sounds like Nate Smith, the ex-Spotted Pig chef who left Dean Street in Brooklyn shortly after opening, may have had it right: you can't just let diners pick their dinner-accompanying music all willy-nilly. The Post talks to chefs and restaurateurs from trendy restaurants around ... More >>
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October 8, 2010
Mungo Jerry Arrives to Save Rock 'n' Roll
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. August 6, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 32 Riffs By Andrew Lycett LONDON -- The Beatles are dead, the Stones are playing bad, repetitive music. In fact, the English music scene has been in a state of unhappy hiatus for the last year or so. Gone a ... More >>
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August 6, 2010
Week in Review: This Means Something
Hey, Marty. Photo by Rebecca Smeyne.In the week a former member of the Fugees declared his intention to run an entire country, despite his gross lack of qualifications for said job, we started a campaign against him. Sorry 'Clef, but this is ridiculous.
Voice Choices
August 4, 2010
SEX, DRUGS & FILM
Rock 'n' roll legends caught on camera
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August 3, 2010
Download Asphalt Orchestra's Cover of Frank Zappa's "Zomby Woof"
Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing new and emerging MP3s from local talent. New York's various punk-inflected marching bands and steampunk street crews have brought out the inner band geek in tons of local flute-tooters and glock-rockers. But the profoundly manic Asphalt Or ... More >>
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June 10, 2010
Q&A: Dâm-Funk on Modern Funk and Back Alley Keytar Deals
"I was tired of seeing the bell-bottomed guy with the rainbow Afro on compilation covers. It made a mockery of what funk is." Matthew ScottDâm-Funk The last time New York was privy to the backlit neon glow of Los Angeles' Damon Riddick a/k/a Dâm-Funk, he was on a (motherfucking) boat. It was jus ... More >>
Voice Choices
May 4, 2010
Mike Keneally Band+the Bryan Beller Band
"I was tired of seeing the bell-bottomed guy with the rainbow Afro on compilation covers. It made a mockery of what funk is." Matthew ScottDâm-Funk The last time New York was privy to the backlit neon glow of Los Angeles' Damon Riddick a/k/a Dâm-Funk, he was on a (motherfucking) boat. It was jus ... More >>
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April 5, 2010
Frank Zappa and the Mothers Play Ugly
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. January 11, 1968, Vol. XIII, No. 13 Zappa & the Mothers: Ugly Can Be Beautiful by Sally Kempton It is 1 a.m. on a Friday night and the Mothers of Invention are recording part of the soundtrack for their forthcoming movie. Ian is playin ... More >>
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February 2, 2010
The Residents
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. January 11, 1968, Vol. XIII, No. 13 Zappa & the Mothers: Ugly Can Be Beautiful by Sally Kempton It is 1 a.m. on a Friday night and the Mothers of Invention are recording part of the soundtrack for their forthcoming movie. Ian is playin ... More >>
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January 26, 2010
Pat Metheny Welcomes Your Jazz Robot Overlords
The guitar vet rages with the machine on Orchestrion
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January 13, 2010
Clip Job: Goldstein Absorbs the Mothers of Invention
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. December 1, 1966, Vol. XII, No. 7 The Pop Bag By Richard Goldstein The Balloon Farm became much more than a discotheque last weekend, and the resident combo became much more than a pop-music ensemble. The occasion was the first New ... More >>
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January 9, 2010
All-star benefit for proto-Fug Tuli Kupferberg in Brooklyn
On January 22, St. Ann's Warehouse will be hosting a benefit concert to help pay medical expenses for Tuli Kupferberg, the anti-war poet and all around wiseass who co-founded local heroes the Fugs. Whether because of their political activism (Kupferberg was arrested trying to levitate the P ... More >>
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January 5, 2010
Project/Object
On January 22, St. Ann's Warehouse will be hosting a benefit concert to help pay medical expenses for Tuli Kupferberg, the anti-war poet and all around wiseass who co-founded local heroes the Fugs. Whether because of their political activism (Kupferberg was arrested trying to levitate the P ... More >>
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October 14, 2009
Q&A: Francine Spiegel, "Goop and Gore" Artist at Deitch
Goop, mother, goop! All images by Francine Spiegel. Artist Francine Spiegel likes goop and gore. She needs about 10 pounds of grits, five jugs of pancake syrup, 20 cans of whipped cream, Fruit Loops, fake arms, and some blood, just to get started. That's the material she used for "Mud & ... More >>
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August 4, 2009
Asphalt Orchestra
Goop, mother, goop! All images by Francine Spiegel. Artist Francine Spiegel likes goop and gore. She needs about 10 pounds of grits, five jugs of pancake syrup, 20 cans of whipped cream, Fruit Loops, fake arms, and some blood, just to get started. That's the material she used for "Mud & ... More >>
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July 16, 2009
Tonight! Kronos, Man Man, Lovvers
The Kronos Quartet's latest effort, the Middle Eastern-themed Floodplain, was "inspired by the idea that areas prone to devastating flooding will experience creative rebirth after a catastrophe," which is great news for New Orleans residents with exclusive access to an ark. The famed "new music" e ... More >>
Voice Choices
July 8, 2009
Man Man
The Kronos Quartet's latest effort, the Middle Eastern-themed Floodplain, was "inspired by the idea that areas prone to devastating flooding will experience creative rebirth after a catastrophe," which is great news for New Orleans residents with exclusive access to an ark. The famed "new music" e ... More >>
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June 8, 2009
Tonight! Amadou & Mariam, Busdriver, and the Beginning of the Week-Long Hold Steady Onslaught
Amadou & Mariam are superstars everywhere else on the planet -- in 2006, the blind Malian couple co-wrote the official World Cup anthem. But transplant the pair to Manhattan and they can't even fill up Webster Hall... yet. Let's make it happen. The Hold Steady, however, have already sold out ever ... More >>
Music
October 1, 2008
John Lennon's Imagine Demands Truth, But Provides Little Of Its Own
Amadou & Mariam are superstars everywhere else on the planet -- in 2006, the blind Malian couple co-wrote the official World Cup anthem. But transplant the pair to Manhattan and they can't even fill up Webster Hall... yet. Let's make it happen. The Hold Steady, however, have already sold out ever ... More >>
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July 16, 2008
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’
A rock revolution that went hippie chic
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May 13, 2008
Our Favorite Writers Pick Their Favorite Obscure Books
A rock revolution that went hippie chic
Voice Choices
April 8, 2008
WHO’S THE MAN MAN?
Indie band wages war on form and decorum
Voice Choices
April 8, 2008
Friday
Indie band wages war on form and decorum
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December 4, 2007
Visions of Grandeur
Standish Lawder opens more doors of perception
Theater
August 15, 2006
Pardon Our Fringe
Fringe Fest roundup: Featuring Poe, the Olsens, and the disembodied head of Sam Walton
Music
June 20, 2006
Spazzed-Out Nuttiness Made (Briefly) Tolerable
Fringe Fest roundup: Featuring Poe, the Olsens, and the disembodied head of Sam Walton
Music
December 13, 2005
Hostile & Nasty
Angry brutes and tattoo artists whip you with the grease chain
Film
October 25, 2005
'Derailroaded'
Angry brutes and tattoo artists whip you with the grease chain
Music
May 24, 2005
Jazz Summer 2005
Angry brutes and tattoo artists whip you with the grease chain
Film
May 24, 2005
'Rock School'
Angry brutes and tattoo artists whip you with the grease chain
Music
March 23, 2004
Weirdo Beardcore
All Music Guide genre entry, just in case they ever need one
Film
July 29, 2003
It's All Over Now
Legends of the Fall
Music
July 22, 2003
I Started a Joke
Shockingly, No 50 Cent Parody Yet
Music
February 19, 2002
Teach Yourself Fugging
The Lower East Side’s First Underground Band Refuses to Burn Out
Music
February 5, 2002
Get My Fill I'm Chilly Chill
TV Commercials, Old Ravers, and Australian Weirdos Surrender to Chillout's Narcoleptic Bliss
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January 29, 2002
Horoscope
TV Commercials, Old Ravers, and Australian Weirdos Surrender to Chillout's Narcoleptic Bliss
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March 6, 2001
Boy Toys
TV Commercials, Old Ravers, and Australian Weirdos Surrender to Chillout's Narcoleptic Bliss
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December 26, 2000
Da Da Da
TV Commercials, Old Ravers, and Australian Weirdos Surrender to Chillout's Narcoleptic Bliss
Music
December 19, 2000
Give the Gift of UniMoth
TV Commercials, Old Ravers, and Australian Weirdos Surrender to Chillout's Narcoleptic Bliss
Music
November 21, 2000
Pretty Snide (For Some Orange Guys)
TV Commercials, Old Ravers, and Australian Weirdos Surrender to Chillout's Narcoleptic Bliss
News
February 29, 2000
The Most Dangerous Writer In America
Coming to Terms With the Art of Dennis Cooper
Music
October 26, 1999
A to the B
Coming to Terms With the Art of Dennis Cooper
Music
July 13, 1999
Hungry and Weird
Coming to Terms With the Art of Dennis Cooper
Music
March 30, 1999
Y Not 2K?
As the millennium ends, Modernist Music is making a comeback. Why are we suddenly nostalgic for the formerly new?
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