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Mastodon (Band)

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Why I Gave Up On Record Store Day

    Last week a ton of stories about Record Store Day percolated through blogs—Feistodon! The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends! St. Vincent! Beach House! Holy crap, you gotta get on line at 8 a.m. to get the best picks! On Friday, when I got an email from a store that contained both a list of records ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    March 21, 2012

    Cursive+Cymabls Eat Guitars

    Last week a ton of stories about Record Store Day percolated through blogs—Feistodon! The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends! St. Vincent! Beach House! Holy crap, you gotta get on line at 8 a.m. to get the best picks! On Friday, when I got an email from a store that contained both a list of records ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Oddsmaking: Will The Grammys Declare Sum 41 To Be More Metal Than Megadeth And Mastodon?

    The 54th Grammy Awards mark the combination of the Best Hard Rock Performance and Best Metal Performance awards into the single category Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance, which is why Mastodon and Sum 41 are up for the same award. Historically, the metal category has been one of the most confounding ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Live: Lamb Of God Build Their Wall Of Death At Irving Plaza

    Lamb Of God Irving Plaza Tuesday, January 24 Better than: Pretty much everyone on Ozzfest 2003. Rap metal entered its death throes in the early 2000s, allowing harder bands that had actually competent musicians and aggression directed at someone other than their parents to come back into vogue. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Live: Caveman Heat Up The Bowery Ballroom

    Caveman Bowery Ballroom Friday, January 20 Better than: That Geico commercial sitcom spin-off. Caveman couldn't have felt more at home than they did at the cavernous echo chamber of the Bowery Ballroom, an ideal setting for the soft distortion and hazy reverb of what might be best described as tro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Record Store Day: How Shops, Labels, Fans, And Those Annoying Resellers Benefit

    If you can snag this, congratulations, you've won. ​Saturday marks the fifth annual Record Store Day, the celebration of all things indie, vinyl, and limited edition-slash-noble ploy to get customers through the doors of the music stores still standing in the spring of 2011. It's basically the ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    March 2, 2011

    Dysrhythmia

    If you can snag this, congratulations, you've won. ​Saturday marks the fifth annual Record Store Day, the celebration of all things indie, vinyl, and limited edition-slash-noble ploy to get customers through the doors of the music stores still standing in the spring of 2011. It's basically the ... More >>

  • Music

    September 1, 2010

    Fall Guide: Interpol Return With Their First Record in Three Years

    But don't look for that persona-grooming bassist

  • Voice Choices

    June 8, 2010

    Bison B.C.

    But don't look for that persona-grooming bassist

  • Voice Choices

    April 13, 2010

    Cable

    But don't look for that persona-grooming bassist

  • Music

    February 2, 2010

    The Long, Slow Death of Lil Wayne's Rebirth

    Dwayne Carter proves rappers can make lousy rock albums, too

  • Music

    January 19, 2010

    The Top 10

    Arguing about mellow indie rock, Lady Gaga, and the real grizzly bears

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    This Week's Voice: Rihanna, BlakRoc, Palin's Going Rogue, The Road, the Future of La MaMa, and More

    Blakroc. This picture just stays being funny. Photo by Jonah Schwartz​In this week's Village Voice, Rob Harvilla parses Rated R, the new album from "publicly wounded robo-r&b ice princess" Rihanna, Tom Hull returns with another edition of his Jazz Consumer Guide, Phillip Mlynar chats with the ... More >>

  • Music

    November 24, 2009

    Pelican's Sketchy Metal

    The Chicago band leads a pack of wayward, ambiguous, faux-intellectual faux-headbangers

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Interview: Heartless Bastards on Erika Wennerstrom's Huge Voice, Male Groupies, and Hookers in Flip-Flops

    Erika Wennerstrom: "I want to sound like Nico and Lou Reed." photo by Cambria HarkeyDave Colvin, Erika Wennerstrom, Jesse Ebaugh Heartless Bastards are having an incredible year: a spot on The Late Show with David Letterman, great reviews for their latest record The Mountain, and an appearance on ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 27, 2009

    Dysrhythmia

    Erika Wennerstrom: "I want to sound like Nico and Lou Reed." photo by Cambria HarkeyDave Colvin, Erika Wennerstrom, Jesse Ebaugh Heartless Bastards are having an incredible year: a spot on The Late Show with David Letterman, great reviews for their latest record The Mountain, and an appearance on ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 27, 2009

    Mastodon+Converge+High On Fire

    Erika Wennerstrom: "I want to sound like Nico and Lou Reed." photo by Cambria HarkeyDave Colvin, Erika Wennerstrom, Jesse Ebaugh Heartless Bastards are having an incredible year: a spot on The Late Show with David Letterman, great reviews for their latest record The Mountain, and an appearance on ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 29, 2009

    IN EXCESS

    Some of heavy metal's most extravagant enfants terribles think bigger

  • Voice Choices

    February 11, 2009

    Tombs

    Some of heavy metal's most extravagant enfants terribles think bigger

  • Voice Choices

    January 7, 2009

    Cursive

    Some of heavy metal's most extravagant enfants terribles think bigger

  • Music

    September 11, 2007

    The Weight

    High on Fire mix brain and brawn while shrewdly underplaying the Satan card

  • Music

    May 22, 2007

    1,440 Minutes

    An MTV takeover results in better bands, random absurdity, and . . . videos

  • pazzandjop

    January 30, 2007

    Reasons to Be Cheerful (Just Three)

    If 2006's musical slate seems bleak, just look to the occasionally goofy but still exhilarating extremes

  • NYC Life

    August 29, 2006

    Hip-Hop's New No Wave

    Downtown's odd relationship with rap bravado continues this fall—now with Muppet costumes

  • Music

    May 24, 2005

    One More Cup of CD for the Road

    Starbucks boldly markets its mild music blend

  • NYC Life

    April 26, 2005

    Rock

    Starbucks boldly markets its mild music blend

  • Music

    February 8, 2005

    Music

    Starbucks boldly markets its mild music blend

  • Music

    January 4, 2005

    Slow Burn

    Oakland power trio parts the pot haze with smoking metal

  • Music

    November 23, 2004

    Iron Claws

    Acclaimed metal bands keep living, searching, pushing on

  • NYC Life

    May 13, 2003

    Listings

    Acclaimed metal bands keep living, searching, pushing on

  • Music

    April 15, 2003

    Elephant Men Exhumed

    Not Imaginary Like a Snuffleupagus

  • Music

    April 15, 2003

    Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be

    Jack and Meg Find a Little Place to Fight 'Em Off

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