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Q&A: White Out's Tom Surgal And Lin Culbertson On Their New Record, How The Sound In DIY Spaces Sucks, And The Secret To Being A Couple In A Band

White Out—along with Gotham lifers like Glenn Branca, Sonic Youth and Unsane—head a slate of disparately drawn iconoclasts who, despite downtown's colossal overhaul, still unequivocally bleed NYC guts and grit through their musical veins. Inseparable since being introduced by former SY d ... More >>

Rightbloggers on Atlas Shrugged: It's the Feel-Good, Piece-of-Crap Movie of the Year!

When best-selling books like The DaVinci Code or the Twilight series become movies, their fans take to the internet to share their excitement. They argue over the film's fidelity to their favorite characters and scenes, and revel in their love-object's moment in the cinematic sun. So too it has bee ... More >>

The Best 'Reward for Stolen Bike' Ad, Ever

​Losing something is frustrating, losing an expensive something is incredibly frustrating, and losing an expensive something especially when you know someone took it from you is the most frustrating thing of all. Which is why this copywriter's ad seeking his bike is so utterly refreshing:

Looking Back at Sonic Youth and Roxy Music

No dirt in these new bios, just work

Sailing the Seas of Ys

Joanna Newsom is nobody's pixie, sprite, bear, fairy, or folk freak

Art Sounds

Biennial crowds stumble onto noise around every corner

Single-Malt Scotch Anyone: Welcome to Aging Hipster Heaven

More Pearl Mystery

The former tenants vanished in 1997 and have never been found

Pearl Street Mystery

They used to live here. Then one afternoon, they simply disappeared.

With Strings Attached

Trumpet wunderkind's Xmas gifts need more wrapping

Trumpets No End

As the forces of evil descend on our embattled city, clear, bright notes in the N.Y. wilderness

Chemistry Class

Exploring the sounds of science experiments, on slabs suitable for turntables or framing

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All Around the Town

Uri Caine at the Turn of Another Century

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Mood Swings

Wired Like Me

Linking Minorities Online Is a Major Challenge