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Nels Cline

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Q&A: Mike Watt On Snapping Pics In San Pedro For on and off bass, The fIREHOSE Reunion, And Playing Stooges Covers

    For the past three decades, the flannel-flyin' and econo-jamming godhead Mike Watt has staunchly adhered to his and late, great best friend and fellow Minuteman D Boon's credo "punk is whatever we made it to be while projecting an air of sincerity that is just plain righteous. And in all of Watt's p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Q&A: Melvins' Buzz Osborne On Freak Puke, Digging Fox News' Greg Gutfeld And Not Trusting People Who Don't Like The Beatles

    Iconic avant-metal-punk royalty Melvins are fast approaching their third decade of meting out its uber-prolific anthemic maelstrom of sonic heaviosity with uncompromising, valiant experimentalism, and things aren't slowing down for these influential and ageless Cali riff kings. Despite the onslaught ... More >>

  • Music

    March 14, 2012
  • Music

    March 7, 2012

    Jenny Scheinman's String Theories

    The violinist takes a singularly dualistic approach to music

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Q&A: White Out's Tom Surgal And Lin Culbertson On Their New Record, How The Sound In DIY Spaces Sucks, And The Secret To Being A Couple In A Band

    White Out—along with Gotham lifers like Glenn Branca, Sonic Youth and Unsane—head a slate of disparately drawn iconoclasts who, despite downtown's colossal overhaul, still unequivocally bleed NYC guts and grit through their musical veins. Inseparable since being introduced by former SY d ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 15, 2012

    Jenny Scheinman's Mischief and Mayhem

    White Out—along with Gotham lifers like Glenn Branca, Sonic Youth and Unsane—head a slate of disparately drawn iconoclasts who, despite downtown's colossal overhaul, still unequivocally bleed NYC guts and grit through their musical veins. Inseparable since being introduced by former SY d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    Q&A: Orthrelm And Krallice's Mick Barr On Free Improv & Jazz, Working With "Klassikill" Music Sage Nondor Nevai, And Not Being In Hella

    ​For starters, Mick Barr is not in Hella. Never was. Sure, the diminutive, scraggly-haired, baseball-capped experi-metal guitarist overlord has collabbed with the San Franisco spazz-proggers' drummer, Zach Hill, on a slew of intense and brain-scorching shredders. But those were just one-offs. ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 16, 2011

    moe.

    ​For starters, Mick Barr is not in Hella. Never was. Sure, the diminutive, scraggly-haired, baseball-capped experi-metal guitarist overlord has collabbed with the San Franisco spazz-proggers' drummer, Zach Hill, on a slew of intense and brain-scorching shredders. But those were just one-offs. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Live: Wilco Braves The Elements In Central Park

    Wilco w/Nick Lowe Central Park SummerStage Friday, September 23 Better than: Standing in one place for two hours in the rain in Central Park without Wilco. The dudes from NYCTaper peer up at the steady falling rain and the umbrella perched over their microphones, worried that the drops' patter ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 7, 2011

    Wilco

    Wilco w/Nick Lowe Central Park SummerStage Friday, September 23 Better than: Standing in one place for two hours in the rain in Central Park without Wilco. The dudes from NYCTaper peer up at the steady falling rain and the umbrella perched over their microphones, worried that the drops' patter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    Download: The Churning "The Mite," By Jenny Scheinman's Mischief And Mayhem

    Michael Wilson​ Already renowned as arranger to the stars and New York's go-to violinist, Jenny Scheinman is building a new reputation as a formidable bandleader as well; her emotive scrapes and dramatic whines now dance around the propulsive jazz-rock of a newish quartet. The band—bassi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    Q&A: Mike Watt on Napping, Beards, the Neutral Milk Guy, and D Boon

    Mike Watt (center) and his Missingmen To dig up some remotely negative bluster thrown at flannel-flyin,' bass-pluckin' Minutemen/fIREHOSE/Stooges punk-rock guru and super-nice dude Mike Watt is no small feat. Enter Watt's ol' SST Records pal Henry Rollins for lighthearted jabs at Watt, found in Rol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2011

    Live: Yoko Ono And Son Bust Out The Rolodex (Lou Reed! Patti Smith! Antony!) For Japan

    Better Than: Getting harassed by Lou Reed's manager. There's many perfectly valid reasons to find Sean Lennon deeply dubious. The main knock on the guy is that he uses the obscene wealth and ridiculous connections to date models, to hang around in feathered fedoras, and to release solo albums per ... More >>

  • Music

    December 29, 2010

    The 2010 Voice Jazz Critics' Poll: The Results

    Better Than: Getting harassed by Lou Reed's manager. There's many perfectly valid reasons to find Sean Lennon deeply dubious. The main knock on the guy is that he uses the obscene wealth and ridiculous connections to date models, to hang around in feathered fedoras, and to release solo albums per ... More >>

  • Music

    December 22, 2010

    Jazz Consumer Guide: Low-End Theories

    Bassists shine, even amid the dark age of conservatism

  • Art

    December 15, 2010

    2010's Best Comics and Graphic Novels

    An assassin for Christmas, or maybe some witchcraft and depraved subordia?

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    Live: The National Open, But Yo La Tengo Dominate During Their Final Hanukkah Night At Maxwell's

    Georgia, Ira, and the Clean's Hamish Kilgour, leading a drummer summit. Pics by Liz Clayton, more below.​Yo La Tengo/The National Maxwell's Wednesday, December 8 Better than: The other seven nights, kinda. Nels Cline sitting in Tuesday was pretty sweet. Ditto Jeff Tweedy a few nights earl ... More >>

  • Music

    December 1, 2010

    In Praise of Bill Frisell, Nels Cline, and the Graceful Despair of Marc Ribot

    Georgia, Ira, and the Clean's Hamish Kilgour, leading a drummer summit. Pics by Liz Clayton, more below.​Yo La Tengo/The National Maxwell's Wednesday, December 8 Better than: The other seven nights, kinda. Nels Cline sitting in Tuesday was pretty sweet. Ditto Jeff Tweedy a few nights earl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    This Week's Voice: AraabMuzik, My Chemical Romance, Orange Juice, Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot, and More

    My Chemical Romance go . . . Styx. Photo by Neil Krug.​In this week's Village Voice, Brandon Soderberg profiles the 21-year-old rap producer AraabMuzik, Christopher R. Weingarten is not impressed with the new record from My Chemical Romance, Francis Davis praises new efforts from Bill Frisell, ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    July 13, 2010

    Jenny Scheinman's Mischief & Mayhem

    My Chemical Romance go . . . Styx. Photo by Neil Krug.​In this week's Village Voice, Brandon Soderberg profiles the 21-year-old rap producer AraabMuzik, Christopher R. Weingarten is not impressed with the new record from My Chemical Romance, Francis Davis praises new efforts from Bill Frisell, ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    January 19, 2010

    moe.

    My Chemical Romance go . . . Styx. Photo by Neil Krug.​In this week's Village Voice, Brandon Soderberg profiles the 21-year-old rap producer AraabMuzik, Christopher R. Weingarten is not impressed with the new record from My Chemical Romance, Francis Davis praises new efforts from Bill Frisell, ... More >>

  • Music

    November 24, 2009

    Jazz Consumer Guide: Loosening (or Tightening) Up

    Or slicing, or muscling—anything but letting up, really

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    Live: M. Ward Ends His Tour at Central Park Summerstage

    Winnie KwokM. Ward​ M. Ward should have been the commencement speaker at my college graduation instead of the blindingly sequined, paperback-writing, thriller novelist swami who dispensed the sole pearlescent aphorism of "Give 'em hell!" before talking mostly about shoes, and not even as a me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2009

    Mike Watt Serenades the Time Out New York Offices: We Are Totally Jealous

    Fresh off his Double Nickels on the Dime celebration last week, Mike Watt's new deal, Floored by Four (the other three are Nels Cline, Yuka Honda, and Dougie Bowne), hits Central Park SummerStage tomorrow opening for M. Ward. In a fit of promo pique, Mike apparently dropped by TONY's bizarrely fur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2009

    Free All Points West Alternatives Galore

    ​ Big gigantic music festivals featuring people with names that even those living deep in the Amazon forests or on the wild, wild plains of New Zealand have heard of tend to suck up most of the cultural airspace when they come to town--All Points West being no exception here. But this is an ex ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    July 28, 2009

    M. Ward+Mike Watt & Nels Cline

    ​ Big gigantic music festivals featuring people with names that even those living deep in the Amazon forests or on the wild, wild plains of New Zealand have heard of tend to suck up most of the cultural airspace when they come to town--All Points West being no exception here. But this is an ex ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    July 28, 2009

    The BBC

    ​ Big gigantic music festivals featuring people with names that even those living deep in the Amazon forests or on the wild, wild plains of New Zealand have heard of tend to suck up most of the cultural airspace when they come to town--All Points West being no exception here. But this is an ex ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    July 28, 2009

    Jenny Scheinman's Mischief & Mayhem

    ​ Big gigantic music festivals featuring people with names that even those living deep in the Amazon forests or on the wild, wild plains of New Zealand have heard of tend to suck up most of the cultural airspace when they come to town--All Points West being no exception here. But this is an ex ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    Wilco at Keyspan Park (The Live Review)

    photo by Harry Shuldman Wilco/Yo La Tengo 13 July 2009 KeySpan Park Brooklyn, NY Things Wilco are not (the American Radiohead; uncute). Things Wilco are (strummable; a great band to sing along to on a breezy eve on Coney Island, where they played last night in centerfield of KeySpan Park). Steeple ... More >>

  • Music

    July 1, 2009

    Wilco: The Review

    Music for white people to relax to, and what's wrong with that?

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    The Top 10 Records Sold Last Week at Downtown Music Gallery in Chinatown

    In 2009, the traditional practice of exchanging physical copies of records for money is a trade that might best be called quixotic. But New Yorkers are stubborn people, and the record store is not dead. Below, the top ten records that sold in the last week at a store near you. Scott FriedlanderMich ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2009

    Interview: Nels Cline on Masturbation, Thurston Moore, and Wilco's New Record

    "I'm a really big fan of Sonic Youth, and I kind of don't make any bones about it." Jeff Tweedy pulled a rabbit out of his beard when he landed Nels Cline in Wilco following Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Screwing with that album's winning formula by introducing an off-the-wall competing guitarist on its ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2009

    Week in Review: Swine Flu False Alarm Total Panic Edition

    In the week that we thought maybe we had swine flu, ran frightened from our offices, wandered the East Village for hours looking for wireless or a good doctor, and eventually received an email with the subject line "It's NOT Swine Flu," we sheepishly came back to our desks, only to find an army of c ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 29, 2009

    Nels Cline

    In the week that we thought maybe we had swine flu, ran frightened from our offices, wandered the East Village for hours looking for wireless or a good doctor, and eventually received an email with the subject line "It's NOT Swine Flu," we sheepishly came back to our desks, only to find an army of c ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 3, 2008

    GUITAR HEROES

    Big names in rock celebrate the beloved Jazzmaster

  • Music

    December 25, 2007

    The Year of the Woman

    With all the ballots counted, our decidedly un-macho Jazz Poll finally finds its headline

  • Music

    April 24, 2007

    Andrew Hill

    1931–2007

  • Music

    December 19, 2006

    Harmolodic Convergence

    Ornette Coleman's triumphant return dominates the humble debut of the 'Voice' jazz critics' poll

  • Music

    December 19, 2006

    'Voice' Jazz Poll Critics' Ballots

    Ornette Coleman's triumphant return dominates the humble debut of the 'Voice' jazz critics' poll

  • Music

    December 19, 2006

    First Annual Jazz Poll Sampler

    Tracks from this year's winners

  • Music

    December 19, 2006

    First Annual Jazz Poll Winners

    From Ornette Coleman to Esperanza Spalding, it's the music you need to hear

  • Music

    October 10, 2006

    Dissonant Odes to a Jazz Piano Great Push the Edges but Preserve the Melodies

    From Ornette Coleman to Esperanza Spalding, it's the music you need to hear

  • News

    September 7, 2004

    Music for the Masses

    Fist-raising rockers tune out the majors and band with independent record labels instead

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    July 8, 2003

    Music

    Fist-raising rockers tune out the majors and band with independent record labels instead

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    August 7, 2001

    Listings

    Fist-raising rockers tune out the majors and band with independent record labels instead

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