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Leonard Cohen

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Five Cover Songs To Take You Into Your Weekend

    Antony's heartwrenching take on "Crazy In Love" last night capped off a week where cover songs were seemingly dropping into my lap on a daily basis. Why not take time out of your schedule to enjoy them now?

  • Music

    January 25, 2012

    Sing Another Song, Leonard Cohen

    Returning with Old Ideas

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    Cash In Now, Honey: The 11 Best Uses Of Music In Commercials This Year

    We are adidas' friends. You'll never be shoeless again. ​Right now in a record store (probably in Seattle or maybe in Austin), two people are flipping through used vinyl and talking about music. Inevitably, one of them will turn to the other, pick up a record and accuse that musician or band o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2011

    Meshell Ndegeocello Gets Crafty On "Weather"

    ​"Weather" isn't the first Meshell Ndegeocello single to fall into the category of "freak folk," but the album of the same name (Naive) is her first that can be comfortably filed under that genre. Classical and country elements have often enhanced Ndegeocello's melding of jazz, rock, global fu ... More >>

  • Columns

    August 31, 2011

    Free Will Astrology: August 31 - September 6, 2011

    ​"Weather" isn't the first Meshell Ndegeocello single to fall into the category of "freak folk," but the album of the same name (Naive) is her first that can be comfortably filed under that genre. Classical and country elements have often enhanced Ndegeocello's melding of jazz, rock, global fu ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    August 24, 2011

    Galeet Dardashti

    ​"Weather" isn't the first Meshell Ndegeocello single to fall into the category of "freak folk," but the album of the same name (Naive) is her first that can be comfortably filed under that genre. Classical and country elements have often enhanced Ndegeocello's melding of jazz, rock, global fu ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    June 8, 2011

    The Low Anthem

    ​"Weather" isn't the first Meshell Ndegeocello single to fall into the category of "freak folk," but the album of the same name (Naive) is her first that can be comfortably filed under that genre. Classical and country elements have often enhanced Ndegeocello's melding of jazz, rock, global fu ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 23, 2011

    DO THE TWIST

    The impossible feats of Circa

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    The 20 Worst Songs of 2010, #15: Susan Boyle, "Hallelujah"

    F2K10 is a countdown of the 20 worst songs of 2010. Track our progress here. ​Leonard Cohen's ode to sex and music theory "Hallelujah" reached a certain saturation point this year--there was a moment when it seemed like there would be one overwrought cover of the track appearing on TV per mon ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    June 22, 2010

    Susanna & the Magical Orchestra

    F2K10 is a countdown of the 20 worst songs of 2010. Track our progress here. ​Leonard Cohen's ode to sex and music theory "Hallelujah" reached a certain saturation point this year--there was a moment when it seemed like there would be one overwrought cover of the track appearing on TV per mon ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 16, 2010

    Daniel Lanois' Black Dub

    F2K10 is a countdown of the 20 worst songs of 2010. Track our progress here. ​Leonard Cohen's ode to sex and music theory "Hallelujah" reached a certain saturation point this year--there was a moment when it seemed like there would be one overwrought cover of the track appearing on TV per mon ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 20, 2009

    A BEAUTIFUL MIND

    Leonard Cohen graces Madison Square Garden

  • Voice Choices

    August 25, 2009

    DARK HOPE

    Local folksters have stories for days

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    News Roundup: Leonard Cohen, The Decemberists, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Guitar Hero

    ​--Tickets for Leonard Cohen's October 23rd gig at Madison Square Garden are now available via Fan Club Pre-Sale: the password is CENTRALPARK. Regular seats for the Garden show go on sale August 10th at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster for all the general public schmucks. The 74-year-old legend re ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    July 22, 2009

    Torche+Harvey Milk+Pollution

    ​--Tickets for Leonard Cohen's October 23rd gig at Madison Square Garden are now available via Fan Club Pre-Sale: the password is CENTRALPARK. Regular seats for the Garden show go on sale August 10th at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster for all the general public schmucks. The 74-year-old legend re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2009

    News Roundup: Kyp Malone, Wavves, Leonard Cohen

    --TV on the Radio's Kyp Malone has released a song from his solo project, Rain Machine. The track "Give Blood," has Malone going as nuts as he would on any TVOTR track. The self-titled, 11-track disc comes out September 22nd on Anti. Check out the Malone-designed pornographic cover art here.--Follow ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    June 3, 2009

    LESS IS MORE

    But by any name, Bill Callahan's got plenty to offer

  • Voice Choices

    May 13, 2009

    'Oscillations'

    But by any name, Bill Callahan's got plenty to offer

  • Music

    May 6, 2009

    Rise of the Anachronauts

    On Dan Hicks, Leonard Cohen, Etta James, and other fearless time travelers

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2009

    This Week's Voice: Ciara and Chrisette Michelle, Bob Dylan, Outrage, Ben Greenman's Please Step Back, Stephin Merritt's Coraline, and More

    In this week's Village Voice Music Section, Rob Harvilla takes a trip to the r&b salt mines with Ciara and Chrisette Michelle. Edd Hurt on Bob Dylan's Together Through Life, during most of which Dylan apparently carries a gun. Justin Farrar laments the end of USA Is a Monster. Brad Cohan anticipa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2009

    This Week in the Voice

    Is it Trekalicious? Or Trek Jerky? Robert Wilonsky weighs in on the Star Trek movie, in which Spock is a "tormented youth in revolt." Ward Sutton does the funny cartoon version. We're accustomed to think of William Thompson as Mr. Clean. But he's a friend of William Howell, and as city comptrol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2009

    Coachella 2009, By The Numbers

    David AtlasLeonard Cohen: hymnal, transcendant Clubs editor Stacey Anderson sojourned in Indio, California this past weekend for Coachella. She already covered the frantic play-by-play over at our Twitter, so we asked her to wrap-up the festival with a by-the-numbers guide to her three days in the ... More >>

  • Music

    February 25, 2009

    Leonard Cohen Comes Back Around

    Welcoming once more a prophet of doom and a bringer of light

  • Voice Choices

    February 18, 2009

    He's Your Man

    Leonard Cohen at the Beacon

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2009

    Coachella: Paul McCartney's Coming to the Desert

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  • Blogs

    January 23, 2009

    Interview: "Alien Vs. Predator" Poet Michael Robbins

    After the New Yorker, a real press photo, maybe. The poet Michael Robbins lives in Chicago, quotes both Lil Wayne and Paul Muldoon fluently, and studs his criticism with punchlines like "This sort of thing is why punk rock had to be invented." His January 12 debut in the New Yorker, "Alien Vs. Pre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2008

    Hugs and Kisses 66: Q&A With Herman Dune's David-Ivar

    After the New Yorker, a real press photo, maybe. The poet Michael Robbins lives in Chicago, quotes both Lil Wayne and Paul Muldoon fluently, and studs his criticism with punchlines like "This sort of thing is why punk rock had to be invented." His January 12 debut in the New Yorker, "Alien Vs. Pre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2008

    Live from POP Montreal: A Music Festival in a Pervert's Paradise

    After the New Yorker, a real press photo, maybe. The poet Michael Robbins lives in Chicago, quotes both Lil Wayne and Paul Muldoon fluently, and studs his criticism with punchlines like "This sort of thing is why punk rock had to be invented." His January 12 debut in the New Yorker, "Alien Vs. Pre ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    May 6, 2008

    GHOSTS OF NEW YORK

    The Chelsea Hotel celebrates its 125th anniversary

  • Music

    April 15, 2008

    James McMurtry's Just Us Kids

    Politics and cautious optimism from an avowed Texastentialist

  • Voice Choices

    March 18, 2008

    Battle of the Bands

    Paying tribute to Leonard Cohen and the BeeGees

  • Voice Choices

    February 19, 2008

    HOMETOWN ADVANTAGE

    Brooklyn indie rockers get BAMmed

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2007
  • Music

    July 31, 2007

    Jennifer Warnes's Famous Blue Raincoat: 20th Anniversary Edition

    An earnest homage to Brother Grim hasn't aged well at all

  • Music

    April 24, 2007

    Songs of Free Love and Hate

    Glorious moping, whether over Altamont or poor album sales

  • Columns

    March 6, 2007

    Horoscope

    Glorious moping, whether over Altamont or poor album sales

  • Columns

    October 3, 2006

    Horoscope

    Glorious moping, whether over Altamont or poor album sales

  • Film

    June 13, 2006

    The Partisans

    Performances mostly killer, interviews filler, in Leonard Cohen doc

  • Music

    April 11, 2006

    The Songs, Not the Pianists

    Peter Madsen celebrates the compositional achievement of 10 eccentric improvisers

  • Columns

    November 22, 2005

    Horoscope

    Peter Madsen celebrates the compositional achievement of 10 eccentric improvisers

  • Film

    July 26, 2005

    'Saint Ralph'

    Peter Madsen celebrates the compositional achievement of 10 eccentric improvisers

  • Music

    November 2, 2004

    Sonic Refuges

    Rock and roll could never hip hop like this and vice-versa et cetera, part 400something

  • Music

    July 13, 2004

    Friends in Smart Places

    It's a steady job but they want to hire a paperback writer

  • Music

    September 2, 2003

    Dada Salamanders in the Beer Hall, Pissing the Night Away

    It's a steady job but they want to hire a paperback writer

  • Music

    May 20, 2003

    Another Turn

    Lounge-Cabaret Hugs for a Sad War

  • Music

    December 17, 2002

    Re-make/Re-model

    Lounge-Cabaret Hugs for a Sad War

  • Music

    October 30, 2001

    Towers of Slog

    Lounge-Cabaret Hugs for a Sad War

  • Music

    October 9, 2001

    Unpatriotic?! Moi?

    Lounge-Cabaret Hugs for a Sad War

  • Columns

    July 3, 2001

    Horoscope

    Lounge-Cabaret Hugs for a Sad War

  • Music

    March 9, 1999

    Eunuch Hauteur

    Lounge-Cabaret Hugs for a Sad War

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