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Jon Wurster

  • Voice Choices

    March 23, 2011

    GOOD FOLK

    The Mountain Goats continue their uphill climb

  • Music

    March 16, 2011

    The Dual Citizenship of Jon Wurster

    From Superchunk to WFMU, his forays into both music and comedy inspire us all

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    This Week in the Voice: Geisha for a Month

    ​This week in the Voice, Victoria Bekiempis writes of her month-long experience as a geisha in Midtown. Infiltrating this world of sake and karaoke, she discovers more about the men who visit the club than the persona she becomes. "It takes about three weeks for the customers to warm up to you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    Merge Takes a Few Hours Off From the Arcade Fire Extravaganza to Sign the Mountain Goats

    Farewell, 4AD logo​North Carolina indie titan Merge is having a good week. Two days ago, the long-awaited third Arcade Fire record, The Suburbs, came out to tremendous acclaim, some consternation, and one hell of a New York show last night at MSG. And today, the label announced two new signing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2010

    Q&A: Ted Leo On Middle-Class Indie-Rock Life, His Dissatisfaction With Your Karaoke Preparation, and Five-Dollar Words

    Matias Corral Ted Leo and The Pharmacists have had a tough couple of years. Their previous two record labels, legendary indies Lookout and Touch & Go, both famously (and surprisingly) went out of business without warning, and his personal and creative lives haven't run much smoother. His wife had h ... More >>

  • Music

    October 6, 2009

    The Mountain Goats Get Biblical

    More epic trauma from John Darnielle and some other, very unhappy people

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2009

    Interview: WFMU's Tom Scharpling on His Twitter Novel, the New Scharpling and Wurster Album, and His Antipathy Towards Sleep.

    "Fuel Dump is going to be like Magnolia. Or Crash. It's going to be like Magnolia meets Crash." Obligatory caption: "What I Do On The Weekends For Disposable Income." What Tom Scharpling, host of The Best Show On WFMU with Tom Scharpling, might lack in modesty, he makes up for with his impressive ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2009

    The Mountain Goats Announce Tour Dates, Hit NYC in December

    ​A week after the Mountain Goats revealed the name (The Life of the World to Come), release date (10/06/09), and theme (biblical) of the follow-up to last year's excellent Heretic Pride, the band has posted a slew of tour dates. John Darnielle, Peter Hughes, and Jon Wurster come to New York on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2008

    Live: All Eight Nights of Hanukkah with Yo La Tengo

    photo by Liz Clayton Dawn Sutter Madell, via the Yo La Tengo diary Eight shows, eight-and-a-half comedians, eight charities, eight mix CDs, 24 sit-ins, and three Velvet Underground covers later, Yo La Tengo brought another Hanukkah at Maxwell's to a close. But, as befits a band named in reference ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2008

    Mountain Goats in Philadelphia November 7: Setlist

    photo by Liz Clayton Dawn Sutter Madell, via the Yo La Tengo diary Eight shows, eight-and-a-half comedians, eight charities, eight mix CDs, 24 sit-ins, and three Velvet Underground covers later, Yo La Tengo brought another Hanukkah at Maxwell's to a close. But, as befits a band named in reference ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2008

    Live: The Mountain Goats at Webster Hall

    photo by Liz Clayton Dawn Sutter Madell, via the Yo La Tengo diary Eight shows, eight-and-a-half comedians, eight charities, eight mix CDs, 24 sit-ins, and three Velvet Underground covers later, Yo La Tengo brought another Hanukkah at Maxwell's to a close. But, as befits a band named in reference ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2008

    Seven Questions For John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats

    photo by Liz Clayton Dawn Sutter Madell, via the Yo La Tengo diary Eight shows, eight-and-a-half comedians, eight charities, eight mix CDs, 24 sit-ins, and three Velvet Underground covers later, Yo La Tengo brought another Hanukkah at Maxwell's to a close. But, as befits a band named in reference ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2007

    Yo La Tengo Hanukkah Shows: Final 2!

    photo by Liz Clayton Dawn Sutter Madell, via the Yo La Tengo diary Eight shows, eight-and-a-half comedians, eight charities, eight mix CDs, 24 sit-ins, and three Velvet Underground covers later, Yo La Tengo brought another Hanukkah at Maxwell's to a close. But, as befits a band named in reference ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2007

    Yo La Tengo's Hanukkah Shows: What's Happened So Far

    photo by Liz Clayton Dawn Sutter Madell, via the Yo La Tengo diary Eight shows, eight-and-a-half comedians, eight charities, eight mix CDs, 24 sit-ins, and three Velvet Underground covers later, Yo La Tengo brought another Hanukkah at Maxwell's to a close. But, as befits a band named in reference ... More >>

  • Music

    August 31, 1999

    The Write Stuff

    photo by Liz Clayton Dawn Sutter Madell, via the Yo La Tengo diary Eight shows, eight-and-a-half comedians, eight charities, eight mix CDs, 24 sit-ins, and three Velvet Underground covers later, Yo La Tengo brought another Hanukkah at Maxwell's to a close. But, as befits a band named in reference ... More >>

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