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January 20, 2012
Pazz & Jop 2011: Brad Nelson On Why Lou Reed And Metallica's Lulu Was 2011's Best Album
To supplement this year's Pazz & Jop launch, Sound of the City asked a few critics to expand on the reasonings behind their voting. Here, Brad Nelson talks about the much-discussed collaboration between Lou Reed and Metallica, Lulu, which topped his ballot and came in at No. 94 on the albums poll. ... More >>
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December 5, 2011
Lou Reed And Metallica And Darren Aronofsky Make A Video
Last month lots of ink and pixels were spent on Lulu, the collaboration between downtown bard Lou Reed and thrash lifers Metallica—"worst album of the year or maybe ever" declarations; "you just don't understand what Lou is trying to do" cries from partisans/people suspicious of the unw ... More >>
Music
November 16, 2011
We Love to Hate Nickelback (and Lulu)
Two recent bad decisions—one in Detroit, one on an album—bring out the knives
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November 4, 2011
Lulu: Lou Reed, Metallica, And The Sound Of Comment Sections Howling In Protest
The ever-evolving microgenre of "trollgaze" isn't just limited to whippersnapper up-and-comers. Today we look at one of this week's most chattered-about albums, the Metallica/Lou Reed collaboration Lulu, to try and deduce one thing: Can a 90-minute double album based off German Expressionist ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
Live: The Big 4 Go To Bat For Metal At Yankee Stadium
River Avenue, 3:45 p.m. Most of the Anthrax shirt-wearers were inside by this point. The Big 4: Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax Yankee Stadium Wednesday, September 14 Better than: "Nationals beat the Mets, 2-0. WP: Brad Peacock (1-0), LP: Mike Pelfrey (7-12)" Truth be told, the crowd ... More >>
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March 16, 2011
Free Will Astrology: March 16-22, 2011
River Avenue, 3:45 p.m. Most of the Anthrax shirt-wearers were inside by this point. The Big 4: Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax Yankee Stadium Wednesday, September 14 Better than: "Nationals beat the Mets, 2-0. WP: Brad Peacock (1-0), LP: Mike Pelfrey (7-12)" Truth be told, the crowd ... More >>
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February 10, 2011
Top 10 Guitar Hero Tracks To Commemorate The Series' Untimely Death
No thanksAs announced yesterday, Activision is pulling the plug on their Guitar Hero franchise, signaling the end of the iconic plastic-guitar video-game series, which began in 2005 and has since offered six main games and countless expansions. To celebrate this weird, wonderful be-your-own-r ... More >>
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February 23, 2010
Q&A: Iraqi Metal Band Acrassicauda on Moving to Brooklyn, Their Ongoing Green Card Struggles, and Shredding on James Hetfield's Guitar
"I know there are a lot of metal bands that are trying to live like they were already living in war but what I'd say is: you guys have a better life than we did." In 2002, with an U.S.-led invasion looming, it seemed unlikely that four young Iraqis, reared on Metallica, Megadeth and Slipknot ... More >>
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November 2, 2009
Live: Even Lou Reed Gets Sentimental At Rock Hall MSG Blowout #2 (Featuring U2, The Boss, The Black Eyed Peas, And Some Dude Named Mick)
Ooooh plus "Iron Man" Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Celebration Madison Square Garden Friday, October 30 "When we were down, rock 'n' roll lifted us up," says Tom Hanks in his introductory remarks for the final night of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's benefit-concert extravaganza ... More >>
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March 21, 2009
SXSW 2009: METALLICA. YEAHHHHHHHHH.
Oh why not. Metallica (Stubb's) SXSW Friday Night, March 20 "Surprise!" says James Hetfield, acknowledging the lack of same. Given Metallica fans' historically rational and peaceful responses to disappointment, it would've been way more entertaining perhaps if they'd not shown up, given the ram ... More >>
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March 21, 2009
SXSW 2009: Meet Tinted Windows, the Taylor Hanson, James Iha, Cheap Trick, Fountains of Wayne "Super"-Group
CamilleTaylor, Adam, Bun, James Right now, Tinted Windows are sitting on the couch across from me at the Driskoll Hotel lobby. Tinted Windows?!? Yes, Tinted Windows: the mind-boggling "super"-group of Taylor Hanson, James Iha, Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schleslinger, and Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. ... More >>
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February 2, 2009
Live: Metallica at the Newark Prudential Center, With Set-List Bonus
photos of Metallica, a few nights earlier at the Nassau Coliseum, by David Atlas Metallica Newark Prudential Center Saturday, January 31 Metallica's Death Magnetic was supposed to be the band's return to its thrash glory days; it turned out to be much better than that, to my ear, a fusion of the ... More >>
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January 30, 2009
Lars Ulrich in a Cowboy Hat, FTW: The Best Three Microsoft Songsmith Remixes
In the annals of inadvertent viral humiliation, the Microsoft Songsmith ad falls squarely between Tay Zonday and the Numa Numa Guy--cringeworthy, but not permanently ruinous. In case you've missed this particular case of public humiliation, Songsmith is Microsoft's new music-making software, a Gar ... More >>
Blogs
July 9, 2007
NBC's Live Earth Special: A Running Diary
In the annals of inadvertent viral humiliation, the Microsoft Songsmith ad falls squarely between Tay Zonday and the Numa Numa Guy--cringeworthy, but not permanently ruinous. In case you've missed this particular case of public humiliation, Songsmith is Microsoft's new music-making software, a Gar ... More >>
Blogs
November 28, 2006
Axl Rose: Still Crazy
In the annals of inadvertent viral humiliation, the Microsoft Songsmith ad falls squarely between Tay Zonday and the Numa Numa Guy--cringeworthy, but not permanently ruinous. In case you've missed this particular case of public humiliation, Songsmith is Microsoft's new music-making software, a Gar ... More >>
Blogs
October 11, 2006
Live: Trivium, the Jackson 5 of Underground Metal
In the annals of inadvertent viral humiliation, the Microsoft Songsmith ad falls squarely between Tay Zonday and the Numa Numa Guy--cringeworthy, but not permanently ruinous. In case you've missed this particular case of public humiliation, Songsmith is Microsoft's new music-making software, a Gar ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2006
Metallica Finally Gives In to the iTunes Empire
In the annals of inadvertent viral humiliation, the Microsoft Songsmith ad falls squarely between Tay Zonday and the Numa Numa Guy--cringeworthy, but not permanently ruinous. In case you've missed this particular case of public humiliation, Songsmith is Microsoft's new music-making software, a Gar ... More >>
Blogs
May 22, 2006
Noise-Rock is Neither Noise nor Rock: Discuss
In the annals of inadvertent viral humiliation, the Microsoft Songsmith ad falls squarely between Tay Zonday and the Numa Numa Guy--cringeworthy, but not permanently ruinous. In case you've missed this particular case of public humiliation, Songsmith is Microsoft's new music-making software, a Gar ... More >>
Blogs
December 5, 2005
Is Hipster-Metal the Enemy?
In the annals of inadvertent viral humiliation, the Microsoft Songsmith ad falls squarely between Tay Zonday and the Numa Numa Guy--cringeworthy, but not permanently ruinous. In case you've missed this particular case of public humiliation, Songsmith is Microsoft's new music-making software, a Gar ... More >>
Columns
July 6, 2004
NY Mirror
In the annals of inadvertent viral humiliation, the Microsoft Songsmith ad falls squarely between Tay Zonday and the Numa Numa Guy--cringeworthy, but not permanently ruinous. In case you've missed this particular case of public humiliation, Songsmith is Microsoft's new music-making software, a Gar ... More >>
Film
June 29, 2004
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Seminal speedmetal thrashers, despised by their own fans, seek and find psychiatric help
Film
June 29, 2004
A Band Apart
Stressing value of therapy, directors issue anti-laughter edict
Music
January 6, 2004
Although They Really Don't Mind It, They Are the Lord of Your Flies
Stressing value of therapy, directors issue anti-laughter edict
NYC Life
July 1, 2003
Listings
Stressing value of therapy, directors issue anti-laughter edict
Music
October 9, 2001
Timing Is Everything
Stressing value of therapy, directors issue anti-laughter edict
Music
November 30, 1999
The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Stank of the Crowd
Stressing value of therapy, directors issue anti-laughter edict
Music
May 11, 1999
Double Shot
Stressing value of therapy, directors issue anti-laughter edict
Music
November 25, 1997
Statue of Limitations
Stressing value of therapy, directors issue anti-laughter edict

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