New Order (Band)

Suzanne Vega & Duncan Sheik

The Grammys: Rock and Grohl

When past and future collide, does the present win?

Live: The Drums Bring A Dance Party To Both Sides Of The River

​The Drums Bowery Ballroom/Music Hall of Williamsburg November 2/3 Better than: Staying home wondering why 30 Rock isn't on but Whitney is. When I was a little kid, my parents used to have dinner parties that would always devolve into dancing by the second half of the evening. I'd sneak dow ... More >>

The Top Five Music Videos Directed By Oscar Winners

MTV turns 30 today. To celebrate, we're running a bunch of pieces on the channel, its legacy, and its future. ​Earlier today, we counted down the best music videos directed by people who took home (or, more likely, left at the podium) the Razzies' "Golden Raspberry" award for worst director. ... More >>

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MTV turns 30 today. To celebrate, we're running a bunch of pieces on the channel, its legacy, and its future. ​Earlier today, we counted down the best music videos directed by people who took home (or, more likely, left at the podium) the Razzies' "Golden Raspberry" award for worst director. ... More >>

'Turrbotax Presents Ford & Lopatin+Jacques Greene+Autre Ne Veut'

MTV turns 30 today. To celebrate, we're running a bunch of pieces on the channel, its legacy, and its future. ​Earlier today, we counted down the best music videos directed by people who took home (or, more likely, left at the podium) the Razzies' "Golden Raspberry" award for worst director. ... More >>

JOY FOR RENT

Peter Hook revisits the debut album of a decade

Download New Order's Set At Paradise Garage July 7, 1983

​Here, for your stultifying Friday-afternoon perusal, is an excellent ripped-straight-from-vinyl bootleg of New Order back in 1983, regaling the paste-eating American masses. (Seriously, soak in the anti-U.S.A. sentiment in this article about the tour, featuring lyrics changed to "How does it ... More >>

Week in Review: You Rejected the Youth

Goodbye to all that. Photo by Sam Horine.​In the week one of our team successfully transitioned into the "expert" phase of her juggalo fascination, the rest of us just kind of got silly. Hence: the top ten songs named "Fuck You" or the immediate equivalent; Jay-Z's ten most shameful rock and r ... More >>

Decades Collide in Micro-Indie Black Comedy Modern Love Is Automatic

Goodbye to all that. Photo by Sam Horine.​In the week one of our team successfully transitioned into the "expert" phase of her juggalo fascination, the rest of us just kind of got silly. Hence: the top ten songs named "Fuck You" or the immediate equivalent; Jay-Z's ten most shameful rock and r ... More >>

Happy Hour at The Magician: $2.50 Montepulciano?

If it were any cheaper, they'd be paying you.​There are drink specials and there are drink specials. For some, an $8 martini is a marvelous deal -- by New York cocktailing standards, anyway. For others, it's not happy hour unless you can pay your tip out in quarters. At The Magician, from Mond ... More >>

The 50 Worst Songs of the '00s, F2K No. 12: Disturbed, "Land of Confusion"

F2K is a countdown of the 50 worst songs of the decade. Track our progress here. OK, we all agree that Phil Collins is for wussies--but there's got to be some middle ground, right?

"Planet Rock" Producer Arthur Baker Breaks Down Production Techniques at the M for Montreal Festival, Announces Collabo with Cold Cave

Arthur Baker, sans crazy stomach flu​Producer and DJ Arthur Baker helped change the sound of New York in the early '80s, producing the pioneering Kraftwerk electro-twurk of Afrika Bambaataa's 1982 single "Planet Rock" and running early hip-hop label Streetwise. He was ready to spout about all ... More >>

Yes In My Backyard: Download Bear In Heaven's "Wholehearted Mess"

Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. ​Brooklyn's Bear In Heaven have evolved from a spaced-out, fuzzy psych mess to a spaced-out, fuzzy dance band. They've kept their soaring choruses and This Heat noise smackery intact, but now the wh ... More >>

Cold Cave Sign to Matador

Martin Myers​Friend of SOTC Max G. Morton and his band, Cold Cave, have signed to Matador records. Cold Cave, which has expanded from its early days as a Philadelphia-based domestic project for Morton and Heartworm proprietor Wes Eisold to something more dynamic and inclusive (the band now inc ... More >>

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Grow Up Like a Rock Star

LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy sheds his cool and unites the Guitar Hero III–addled masses

Bottomless Pit's Hammer of the Gods

Grieving Silkworm members regroup, balancing anger and acceptance

Matthew Dear's Asa Breed

Minimal techno expert also makes a convincing song-and-dance man

White Chicks on Sale

A V-Day roundup yields re-educated hipsters, angry guidos, trashy novels, and a very special discount

Battle of the Tatas

Announcing the first (and possibly last) edition of the Fly Life Nightlife Awards

Girl, You Know It's True

More high-art karaoke in Manhattan

Turning Gunk Into Fluff

Juicy dance veins and chic lobby minimalism from DFA

The Best Reason to Call in Sick

Juicy dance veins and chic lobby minimalism from DFA

Celebrity Spin

Rock Stars Are Not DJs—But DJs Are Rock Stars

Fast Lane

Fontana's is the new Fat Baby is the new Dark Room is the new Annex is the new Fontana's

Brooklyn Cotton Candy Carnies Cheap-Shrill the Wealthies

Fontana's is the new Fat Baby is the new Dark Room is the new Annex is the new Fontana's

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Fontana's is the new Fat Baby is the new Dark Room is the new Annex is the new Fontana's

And Fashion, For All

Björk's swan dress and free dress patterns from John Galliano on the web

Lightwave Darkwaver Sticks Mostly to the Monotone He Knows Best

Björk's swan dress and free dress patterns from John Galliano on the web

Maneuvers in the Dark

Minor major artist serves up his long-awaited two-CD complimentary hospitality suite

Morgan Geist Compiles and Remixes Eurodisco Wonders

Minor major artist serves up his long-awaited two-CD complimentary hospitality suite

Boys in the Well

Stipe and Co. regain propulsion, hooks, political purpose

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Stipe and Co. regain propulsion, hooks, political purpose

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Stipe and Co. regain propulsion, hooks, political purpose

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Stipe and Co. regain propulsion, hooks, political purpose

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Stipe and Co. regain propulsion, hooks, political purpose

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Stipe and Co. regain propulsion, hooks, political purpose

Techno Grows Up

Stipe and Co. regain propulsion, hooks, political purpose

Dreams Never End

Stipe and Co. regain propulsion, hooks, political purpose

Between Factory and Fiction

Making Myths with the Two Biggest Twats in Manchester

Dance This Mess Around

Making Myths with the Two Biggest Twats in Manchester

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Making Myths with the Two Biggest Twats in Manchester

Trans-Decade Express

NYC Rocks Down to Electro Avenue

Towers of Slog

NYC Rocks Down to Electro Avenue

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NYC Rocks Down to Electro Avenue

Hush Roar at Rush Hour

NYC Rocks Down to Electro Avenue

Punk Is Not Sexual

NYC Rocks Down to Electro Avenue

Expose yourself

NYC Rocks Down to Electro Avenue

Expose Yourself

NYC Rocks Down to Electro Avenue