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    May 10, 2012

    Live: The Beach Boys Bring The (Mostly) Good Vibrations To The Beacon

    The Beach Boys Beacon Theater Wednesday, May 9 Better than: You were almost definitely expecting. Yes, John Stamos introduced them. And, yeah, they filed onstage, called out one by one by their bandleader in true showbiz style while the backing musicians—twice as many as original members&# ... More >>

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    February 27, 2012

    Kid Cudi Gets Emo On WZRD

    Last week, as projections of blinking eyeballs danced across the wall of Soho's W.i.P. during the album preview of WZRD (Wicked Awesome/HeadBanga Muzik/Universal Republic), one couldn't help but draw parallels between the distressed protagonist of Vladimir Nabokov's The Eye, Smurov, and Kid Cudi, wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    Bert Jansch, R.I.P.

    Influential British folk guitarist Bert Jansch, 67, passed away on Wednesday night in London from lung cancer. Having watched Jansch in performance when he opened for Neil Young just over five months ago, it's shocking to say the least: "while Jansch's singing voice at times came out murmured and in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Live: Titus Andronicus And The Black Angels Cap Off The 4Knots Fest

    Willie DavisThe Black Angels. ​ 4Knots Music Festival: Titus Andronicus, The Black Angels Saturday, June 16 South Street Seaport Better than: Your average punk band/psych band combo. Titus Andronicus didn't make headlining this festival any easier for Austin's The Black Angels. The Texas nat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Seventy On Seventy: The 70 Best Bob Dylan Songs, A To Z (Part Two Of Two)

    ​ (Part One is here.) So here we are on the once-unthinkable occasion of Dylan turning 70. When Dylan was starting out, old white men--I mean older than Pete and Woody--were mostly on the wrong side of the Civil Rights movement. Older black men, if they were survivors like Howlin' Wolf or S ... More >>

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    January 25, 2010

    Clip Job: Newfield Makes the Case for Bob Dylan

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. January 26, 1967, Vol. XII, No. 15 Brecht of the Juke Box, Poet of the Electric Guitar By Jack Newfield Norman Morrison burned himself to death to protest the Vietnam war, and when reporters visited his spare room they saw quotes fro ... More >>

  • Music

    October 13, 2009

    O Rasp, All Ye Faithful: Bob Dylan's Christmas Album

    Zimmerman's Christmas: mildly enjoyable, tremendously strange

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    August 28, 2009

    Clip Job: Newfield Surveys the Folk-Music Revolution!

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJanuary 14, 1965, Vol. X, No. 13Blowin' in the Wind: A Folk-Music RevoltBy Jack NewfieldOn the frontier of every art form guerilla bands of prophets and crackpots are nourishing the orthodoxies and fashions of tomorrow.A decade ago the frontie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2009

    Interview: The Tallest Man on Earth Is Kind of Short, Wants to Collaborate With Feist

    "Singing all about [yourself] isn't all that interesting--I don't want to just do that. It's not very fun, and it may be dishonest." Kristian Mattson The Tallest Man on Earth is about five-foot-nine. Maybe; wearing the right shoes. Narrowly built, spindly legged, and quietly spoken, the loftiest t ... More >>

  • News

    January 7, 2009

    Letters 1.07.09

    "Singing all about [yourself] isn't all that interesting--I don't want to just do that. It's not very fun, and it may be dishonest." Kristian Mattson The Tallest Man on Earth is about five-foot-nine. Maybe; wearing the right shoes. Narrowly built, spindly legged, and quietly spoken, the loftiest t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    Hugs and Kisses 73: ATP Australia

    This week's installment of Hugs and Kisses from Brisbane-based Everett True comes a few days early. Only nine more months until ATP NY [sigh]. Hugs and Kisses The Down Under Outbursts of Everett True This week: ATP Australia ATP Australia is nearly upon us--and man, it's nice to be feeling ... More >>

  • Books

    December 31, 2008

    Reviving Lead Belly

    A hefty collection of articles and photos plumps up the legacy of the blues great

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2008

    In This Week's Village Voice

    Everyone likes lists, and everyone likes movies, so every year we poll the nation's critics and give the old Pazz & Jop treatment to the films of the year. In our Ninth Annual Film Poll we have our first cartoon #1, and it ain't The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie. But really, e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2008

    Hugs and Kisses 70: Young Marble Giants, Television Personalities

    Everyone likes lists, and everyone likes movies, so every year we poll the nation's critics and give the old Pazz & Jop treatment to the films of the year. In our Ninth Annual Film Poll we have our first cartoon #1, and it ain't The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie. But really, e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2008

    Hugs and Kisses #37: Victor Pope

    Everyone likes lists, and everyone likes movies, so every year we poll the nation's critics and give the old Pazz & Jop treatment to the films of the year. In our Ninth Annual Film Poll we have our first cartoon #1, and it ain't The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie. But really, e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2008

    Hugs and Kisses #36: David Cronenberg's Wife, The Pack A.D., Navvy

    Everyone likes lists, and everyone likes movies, so every year we poll the nation's critics and give the old Pazz & Jop treatment to the films of the year. In our Ninth Annual Film Poll we have our first cartoon #1, and it ain't The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie. But really, e ... More >>

  • Music

    May 16, 2006

    Brooklyn Zoo

    Dan Zanes builds an interactive kid rock empire one starstruck toddler at a time

  • Film

    March 7, 2006

    Gordon Parks, 1912-2006

    The renowned photographer, filmmaker, and author was as self-made as self-made men get

  • Music

    November 30, 2004

    The Drowned Baby

    Lucky messy punks from Seattle peel down their Christmas stocking and show their context

  • Music

    August 31, 2004

    Music

    Lucky messy punks from Seattle peel down their Christmas stocking and show their context

  • Music

    January 6, 2004

    Music

    Lucky messy punks from Seattle peel down their Christmas stocking and show their context

  • Music

    August 5, 2003

    The Long Road Home

    The World’s Biggest Country Duo Risk Backlash With a Great Rock Album

  • Music

    February 18, 2003

    Music

    The World’s Biggest Country Duo Risk Backlash With a Great Rock Album

  • Music

    September 17, 2002

    Hung With Guitar String

    The World’s Biggest Country Duo Risk Backlash With a Great Rock Album

  • News

    April 23, 2002

    Anchored by Ballads

    Peggy Seeger, First Woman of Folk, Returns to New York

  • Music

    January 1, 2002

    Brutality and Revival

    The Best Jazz Records of 2001

  • Music

    April 24, 2001

    Haikus and Atmospheres

    The Best Jazz Records of 2001

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    August 15, 2000

    Getting Them Straight

    The Best Jazz Records of 2001

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    August 1, 2000

    The Ghost in the CD

    The Best Jazz Records of 2001

  • Music

    May 25, 1999

    Consumer Guide

    The Best Jazz Records of 2001

  • Music

    May 11, 1999

    Sewers of Budapest

    The Best Jazz Records of 2001

  • Music

    April 13, 1999

    Out of the Vinyl Deeps

    The Best Jazz Records of 2001

  • Music

    April 6, 1999

    Out of the Vinyl Deeps

    The Best Jazz Records of 2001

  • News

    March 2, 1999

    Risky Business

    It takes more than a dollar and a dream to develop a storefront— but the rewards can be priceless

  • Books

    December 1, 1998

    Follow the Leader

    It takes more than a dollar and a dream to develop a storefront— but the rewards can be priceless

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