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March 27, 2012
Live: Fiona Apple Can't Help It At The Bowery Ballroom
Fiona Apple Bowery Ballroom Monday, March 26 Better than: Holding it all in. Before Fiona Apple took the stage at the Bowery Ballroom last night, Little Richard's "The Girl Can't Help It" pumped out of the speakers, its flirtatiously skipping beat booming throughout the packed room. The tale of a ... More >>
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March 5, 2012
Live: The Secret Policeman's Ball Speaks Freely At Radio City Music Hall
The Secret Policeman's Ball: Coldplay, Mumford & Sons, Russell Brand, Eddie Izzard, and many others Radio City Music Hall Sunday, March 4 Better than: Watching the Lohan Saturday Night Live on DVR. Going to a live show that's actually meant to be broadcast on television can be a deadly propositio ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
The 11 Most Infuriating Songs Of 2011, No. 1: Jessie J Featuring B.o.B, "Price Tag"
Ahhhh!! The Song: Jessie J, "Price Tag" The Crimes: Using what might be the entirety of her label's marketing budget to convince the world that she actually functions on a higher, post-capitalistic level; "video hos"; "ch-chang-cha-chang"; "bla-bling-bla-bling." The year's most grueling pop ... More >>
Music
September 28, 2011
R.E.M.'s Reckoning
The band closes the book on their legacy
Blogs
September 24, 2011
100 & Single: The Increase In Hot 100 Rebounders, And The iTunes-Radio Tug Of War
The first week I remember ever hearing American Top 40 with Casey Kasem on the radio, back in the summer of 1981, the No. 1 spot was a real cliffhanger. As Kasem explained, the week before, Kim Carnes's synth-pop smash "Bette Davis Eyes" had ceded the top spot after about a month, to a song ... More >>
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September 21, 2011
You Are Old: Pearl Jam Twenty
The first week I remember ever hearing American Top 40 with Casey Kasem on the radio, back in the summer of 1981, the No. 1 spot was a real cliffhanger. As Kasem explained, the week before, Kim Carnes's synth-pop smash "Bette Davis Eyes" had ceded the top spot after about a month, to a song ... More >>
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September 13, 2011
Live: Das Racist Writes A New Punchline
Das Racist Bowery Ballroom Monday, September 12 Better than: Making .gifs of Novak Djokovic collapsing in joy after winning the U.S. Open. In the past year I've attended more than my fair share of Das Racist shows, and I would inevitably wind up disappointed that they weren't able to trans ... More >>
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September 7, 2011
Lil Wayne Just Misses the Milli Mark, but Sells a Boatload of Tha Carter IV
Yesterday there were rumblings that Lil Wayne's Tha Carter IV--the hyperactive MC's newest album, which dropped shortly after he closed out last month's Video Music Awards--had indeed sold more than a million copies in its first week out, the way that its predecessor in the Carter series did ... More >>
Blogs
August 19, 2011
Radio Hits One: Raising The Bar For "YouTube Platinum"
Justin Bieber and Ludacris: Congratulations. A lot of people watched your video.On August 28, MTV will throw the 2011 installment of its Video Music Awards, honoring achievements in the art form that used to make up the majority of its programming. While it's all too tempting to note the iron ... More >>
Voice Choices
August 10, 2011
Kreayshawn
Justin Bieber and Ludacris: Congratulations. A lot of people watched your video.On August 28, MTV will throw the 2011 installment of its Video Music Awards, honoring achievements in the art form that used to make up the majority of its programming. While it's all too tempting to note the iron ... More >>
Blogs
August 1, 2011
The Five "Best" Retired Categories At The Video Music Awards
MTV turns 30 today. To celebrate, we're running a bunch of pieces on the channel, its legacy, and its future. Would you look at all that postmodernism? For a multimillion-dollar event orchestrated with the dictatorial hand of all awards shows, there's always been a certain thrilling seat-of-the-pa ... More >>
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July 22, 2011
Will Bon Jovi Be The Band That Heals The Wounds Of 9/11 Once And For All?
Probably not, but: "New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is in secret negotiations with HBO to produce a historic Bon Jovi concert in Central Park the night before the 10th anniversary of 9/11." That's from The Daily's gossip page today. So, you know, this show—which will reportedly be ... More >>
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July 21, 2011
The Video Music Awards' Nominations Play To The Internet (Again)
Last night MTV announced the nominees for this year's installment of their annual pseudo-event extravaganza, the 2011 Video Music Awards, and once again, the nominees for Video Of The Year have three pop picks ("Rolling In The Deep," "Firework," "Grenade"), one sop to the olds in the crowd wh ... More >>
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March 23, 2011
The Five Best Pop Songs To Lip-Sync To
Let's keep this gender-unspecific ---i.e., this isn't just about drag queens, but about anyone who loves mouthing along to a song. (And who doesn't, especially if you're unemployed?) Let's also stay within the relatively modern era. I'm not including "Don't Rain On My Parade," OK? And so, t ... More >>
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December 22, 2010
Zach Baron's Top 10 Singles of 2010
Rich aliens, rich alienation. Still via connect.in.comWith sincere apologies to Chuck Eddy, my two favorite records of the year also produced my two favorite singles: funny how that happens. And though ten songs increasingly feels like about forty too few, especially when Dr. Luke is working, ... More >>
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December 16, 2010
Was 2010 The Best Year For Music Ever? LCD Soundsystem and Nostalgia's Creeping Scourge
Welcome to Sound of the City's year-in-review rock-critic roundtable, an amiable ongoing conversation between five prominent Voice critics: Rob Harvilla, Zach Baron, Sean Fennessey, Maura Johnston, and Rich Juzwiak. We'll be here all week! James Murphy, pulling no punches.Dear fellow illumin ... More >>
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December 16, 2010
Was 2010 The Best Year For Music Ever? Bowling With Titus Andronicus and the Joy of the Work
Welcome to Sound of the City's year-in-review rock-critic roundtable, an amiable ongoing conversation between five prominent Voice critics: Rob Harvilla, Zach Baron, Sean Fennessey, Maura Johnston, and Rich Juzwiak. We'll be here all week! Please, this holiday season, spare a thought for these mill ... More >>
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September 25, 2010
Free Lindsay Lohan: Someone Pulls Some Strings, Actress Goes Free on Bail
Lindsay Lohan is free once again. But to rewind: In the last few weeks, Lindsay Lohan failed two court-ordered drug tests, showing either an amazing amount of gall or demonstrating the intensity of a horrible disease. Probably both. As punishment, on Friday morning a judge ordered her directl ... More >>
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September 17, 2010
Lady Gaga, Lobbyist
Apparently, Lady Gaga doesn't just have the power to get major legislation moved onto the floor of the U.S. Senate, but she's got U.S. senators clamoring to reach her on Twitter. After turning up to the VMAs on Sunday with four service members discharged because of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and calli ... More >>
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September 17, 2010
Week in Review: Sit Down, Man
Behold the amazing talents of Ryan Dombal.In the week someone introduced us to the term "rap sabbatical," we got investigative, bringing news of the newfound hip-hop ban at Savalas (which sent DJ Ayres packing), HARD Fest's harsh words for M.I.A., Lil Wayne's prefe ... More >>
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September 15, 2010
Stream Deadmau5's Set At Provocateur Last Night
Fresh off his stint DJing the MTV Video Music Awards (netting him invaluable 10-second bursts of airtime!), electro-house misfit Deadmau5 dropped by swank West Side club Provocateur last night ("It is rumored that entry will be like getting into Fort Knox") and apparently UStreamed his entire ... More >>
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September 14, 2010
Live: Jay-Z And Eminem Bring Out Dr. Dre, Kanye West, Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, Drake, Swizz Beatz, And Chris Martin (??!!) At Yankee Stadium
This actually happened Jay-Z/Eminem Yankee Stadium Monday, September 13 Better than: The shows in Detroit, I have to think. Sorry, Detroit. So let's start somewhere in the middle: Chris Martin! The dude from Coldplay! Seriously! Out he shuffles roughly halfway through Jay-Z's n ... More >>
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September 14, 2010
Lady Gaga Wears Meat to MTV Awards; Corn Syrup Hoping to Change Name & Image
Michelle Obama addressed the NRA recently -- the National Restaurant Association, that is -- calling for increased efforts to fight childhood obesity. [Nation's Restaurant News] U.S. Foodservice Inc., a food distribution company, agreed to pay $30 million to settle civil fraud charges that i ... More >>
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September 13, 2010
MTV's Video Music Awards Had Me Gaga
Every year, MTV pretends it's still a music channel and gives awards to the videos it shows in the middle of the night between NyQuil commercials. Fortunately, the VMAs are riveting nonetheless, the entire community assembling to lip-synch a song and screech out an acceptance speech. Rather ... More >>
Blogs
September 10, 2010
Week in Review: Welcome to the Ultimate Vacation
Last one of these, we swear. Photo by Nate "Igor" SmithIn the week we got real cozy with some our subjects, Camille Dodero spent four days at the Gathering of the Juggalos and came back best friends with Tom Green, Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope (who say it's happening again next year), the worl ... More >>
Blogs
July 22, 2010
Lady Gaga's Hypnotic Appeal
Even when Lady Gaga comes out with a song that doesn't initially seem up to her standard, it ends up ingratiating itself into my system and proving to be a wowser. I didn't think much of "Paparazzi" when I first heard it, but ever since the woman performed it on the VMAs, it drilled into my ... More >>
Music
January 19, 2010
Bad Girls Gone Worse: Rihanna, Mariah Carey, and Lady Gaga
While they seethe and snarl, Taylor Swift emasculates with a smile
Blogs
January 14, 2010
Drag Queens Need To Update Their Acts
I love drag queens more than life itself, and I appreciate the timeless appeal of their Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, and Eartha Kitt impressions. It's important to keep those amazing legends alive! But if these impersonators don't mix it up and start updating their acts a little, they're goi ... More >>
Columns
December 22, 2009
Free Will Astrology: December 23 through 29, 2009
I love drag queens more than life itself, and I appreciate the timeless appeal of their Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, and Eartha Kitt impressions. It's important to keep those amazing legends alive! But if these impersonators don't mix it up and start updating their acts a little, they're goi ... More >>
Blogs
November 9, 2009
Local Man Disrupts MTV Awards Show 10 Years Ago
All in all, you've got to admire the restraint shown by Gothamist editor John Del Signore, who waited 10 years and--more impressively, though one supposes this wasn't exactly ever going to accord with Gothamist's VMA coverage plan-- nearly two months after the whole Kanye/Taylor Swift melodrama to ... More >>
Voice Choices
September 29, 2009
SHE COMES OUT SWINGIN’
Pop insurgent Pink brings the circus to town
Blogs
September 18, 2009
In Praise Of The Whitney Houston Oprah-Interview Soundboard
Rich Juzwiak's FourFour blog is required reading for any number of reasons: his absolute command of subjects ranging from horror movies, The-Dream, or America's Next Top Model chief among them. But mostly it's the animated GIFs. Nobody on earth is doing better work in this regard. We have already ... More >>
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September 15, 2009
Jay Leno Scolds Kanye West, Plays The "What Would Your Dead Mom Think" Card; An Appalled Nation Flocks To Letterman En Masse
Now look here. It was a dick move by Kanye, no question -- the farcical situation and meaninglessness of the award itself notwithstanding, the look on Taylor Swift's face as he bratted out for the 15,000th time seemed to be legitimately heartbreaking. (Leno: "When did you know you were wrong?" Kan ... More >>
Blogs
September 8, 2009
One Last Live Shot at Phoenix, Whose Central Park Shows Are Both Sold Out
Both of Phoenix's shows in Central Park later this month are sold out, which would be tough luck for those who haven't seen the band this year--the Phoenix live experience these days being titanic and note-perfect but also kind of moving, all at once--except that Pepsi and VMAs and the AIDS c ... More >>
Music
November 19, 2008
Taylor Swift's Teenage Country-Star Tales, Spiked With Actual Wisdom
Both of Phoenix's shows in Central Park later this month are sold out, which would be tough luck for those who haven't seen the band this year--the Phoenix live experience these days being titanic and note-perfect but also kind of moving, all at once--except that Pepsi and VMAs and the AIDS c ... More >>
NYC Life
August 29, 2006
Fergie Is a Man
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August 29, 2006
NY Mirror
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October 18, 2005
1984
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October 18, 2005
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August 31, 2004
NY Mirror
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August 24, 2004
VMT&A's
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September 10, 2002
'Motherfuckers!'
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September 10, 2002
NY Mirror
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September 3, 2002
Celebs Take Manhattan
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September 11, 2001
NY Mirror
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September 19, 2000
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September 12, 2000
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September 14, 1999
MTV: Behind the Music
VJs, Video Awards, and Li'l Kim's Boob
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November 10, 1998
NY Mirror
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October 20, 1998
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