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The Top Ten Awesomely Absurd and Absurdly Awesome Clutch Lyrics

Throughout two decades and ten albums, D.C. rock outfit Clutch has evolved into one of the mightiest blues-rock bands around. One of the tangibles that make Clutch stand out is vocalist Neil Fallon, whose lyrical output and delivery at times borders on the edge of both awesomely absurd and absurdly ... More >>

Wild, Obsessive, Lustful Love: Inside Tegan and Sara's New Heartthrob

"I recognize that this album is different, even a 'departure,' as some journalists are calling it, but I think we've done it without compromising or undermining our integrity and quirkiness," says Sara Quin. "I want to believe that it's still Tegan and Sara while being something completely unexpecte ... More >>

Nine Poppy Picks From ?uestlove's Non-Rap Productions

?uestlove's stock is at an all-time high. His stint as house band-leader on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon was recently complimented by a profile in The New Yorker; you might even peep his face on subway billboards around the city as he clocks up his Sonos endorsement money. Tonight he'll be spinning ... More >>

The 15 Most Ridiculous Band Promo Photos

By Daniel Hill Here at SOTC Music HQ we see literally one shitload of press photos every week. Many of them stick to a template: Gather all band members together, shoulder to shoulder. Make sure no one smiles, ever. Have the artists try to look thoughtful, but also like they are not trying to look ... More >>

MTV's Video Music Awards Enters The Post-Music-Video Era

Q&A: Eric Haze On Going From A Graffiti Background To Designing Iconic Hip-Hop Logos

Sometimes cultural icons are known for their contributions to a culture, but the individual behind the talent gets lost in the sauce. Having designed a lot of rap groups' early logos, Eric Haze is one of these individuals whose work you see daily, but whose face and name you may not be familiar wit ... More >>

Valentine's Day Special: Nine Songs That Call Themselves Love Songs, In Order

Vintage ad for WPIX-FM, back when it played "nothin' but love songs." Anyone know who did the jingle? 9. 311, "Love Song"

The Voice Feels The Pressure Before Its Big Finish

via Rickey​ Already, The Voice is just about over. Tomorrow, the field of four contestants gets wiped away and we get a winner. This show could've kept going for another three months or so if it followed a less fucked-up elimination schedule, but maybe NBC didn't realize they had an actual hit ... More >>

The Voice Gets Ready To Rummmmbllllleeeeeee

Lewis Jacobs/NBCMichael Buffer might have sold that a little better, dude. ​ A couple of weeks in, The Voice is already turning out pretty great. The singers, at least thus far, can all actually sing, the coaches all have sharp and productive things to say, and the show's setup provokes more a ... More >>

Poly Styrene, Lost & Found

Like many of her peers, she discovered the sound of being a grown woman

Top Five Train-Wreck Rappers

​The Berkley-based rapper Lil B plays the Highline Ballroom on Thursday; for curious New York gawkers, it's a chance to see the world's foremost proponent of a new movement you could kindly term train-wreck rappers -- those artists whose every youthful indiscretion, ill-advised comment, physic ... More >>

Was 2010 The Best Year For Music Ever? Five SOTC Critics Discuss.

Great song, at least​Welcome to Sound of the City's year-in-review rock-critic roundtable, an amiable ongoing conversation between five prominent Voice critics: myself, Zach Baron, Sean Fennessey, Maura Johnston, and Rich Juzwiak. Let us acknowledge at the onset that we are ripping this off fr ... More >>

Kanye West and Nicki Minaj Just Sold A Bunch Of Records

Last Tuesday night, Kanye West stood on a Bowery Ballroom stage and did the numbers: "To do an album right after the year that I had, and after all the 'Your career is over!' and 'Die, nigger, die!' and 'You'll never make music again!' And to come back and to do 100,000 the first day, digital alon ... More >>

This Week's Voice: Winter Arts Guide, Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday, Iron & Wine, the Dipset Reunion, and More

Nicki Minaj, the O. Henry of rap. Photo by Howard Huang.​In this week's Village Voice, we present our Winter Arts Guide, featuring Mikael Wood on Iron & Wine's new record, Aaron Hillis in conversation with British actress Lesley Manville, James Hannaham's winter books picks, Ben Davis on artis ... More >>

Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday Has Leaked

​It exists. You have spent months (years?) worrying about Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday, fearing that the pleasingly psychotic Queens rapper's debut full-length wouldn't be pleasingly psychotic enough. Time to find out. It's out Monday officially but floated into the Internet ether late last night ... More >>

Week In Review: We Also Accept Your Future Apology In Advance

Everybody just stop yelling, OK? Photo by Daniel Snyder.​In the week we talked about Odd Future, kidnapping and murder, and why we sometimes like the things that repel us, we also saw the group live--alongside every other music critic in the city. They struck a weird balance to the other big r ... More >>

Hear a Seven-Minute Sampler of Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday

Although one of the year's most highly anticipated rap records leaked two weeks early, there's another notable 2010 hip-hop record that's still a veritable mystery. Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday is out November 22, and though some have questions about its ultimate quality, its overall sound has been ha ... More >>

Kanye West And Nicki Minaj Are Putting Out New Records In The Same Week, For Some Reason

​​And so it came to pass that the two most anticipated hip-hop albums of the fall will be released 24 hours apart, if their respective voluminous Twitter accounts are to be believed, and given the airtight rapper/Twitter double helix these days, why wouldn't you believe them. From an inc ... More >>

The Retro Rebellion of She & Him

Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward offer more sweet optimism—and why not?

American Idol Season 9, Billboard #1s Week: Siobhan Magnus Unveils a Pompadour-Mullet; Didi Benami Butchers "You're No Good"

Siobhan Magnus: hair for days. Photo by Michael Becker / FOX. ​Wow. Oh boy. Whoof. OK. This was definitely the worst episode of American Idol in recent memory and probably one of the worst of all time, Taylor Hicks season included. Everything was just wrong. The theme, Billboard #1s, was hopel ... More >>

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 >>

So Who Should Cover What at This John Hughes Tribute at the Cake Shop on Saturday?

This, of course, could be really good, or really bad. "An original," in particular, sounds ominous. But it did get us thinking about our dream version of this show. What kind of New York talent is available to do covers of songs from John Hughes soundtracks?

The Not Even Remotely Cruel Summer Jams of French Pop Sensations Phoenix

Vivian Girls+Times New Viking+Stupid Party

Everyone's Gone to the Dentist

Downtown kids chill out, kick back, discover yacht rock, soak in the good life

Noise From The Front: The Pyrotechnical Special

For the week of July 4-10, 2007

Mediocre Girl Gone Good

Rihanna's triumphant, only occasionally cringeworthy pop-star coronation

How Did NY Nightlife Get So Oppressive? Search Me.

Plus: Getting a message or two from Rufus and a ride-along with Andrew

Fight Club

Allison Smith's project inspires protest

Borish)))

Two trendy metal tastes that flame out spectacularly together

Fergie Is a Man

And other shocking revelations from this year's Video Music Awards

Pretty Hate Machines

The sick, sublime joy of celeb-bashing blogs

A Business, Man

Coffeehouse song-and-dance star and his lady friend beat back boredom

All This Useless Beauty

Absence of presence: Arty Last Days misses out on Cobain's populist passion

Bye Hot Topic

R-E-S-P-E-C-T via Berlin synths, serious shit, Linda Perry

Don't Mess With Her, Boyfriend; On Second Thought, Go Right Ahead

Undermine Your Own Business

EMI cleans house, Elektra merges, Arista folds, what's left?

How Too Late It Is

Snarltooth seether heads beyond the valley of the handlers, but good luck hearing her do it

NY Mirror

God Bless the Child

Cabaret wunderkind waves jock-hipster kryptonite at all of NPR's left-leaning quirksters

Best and Worst of 2003

So Many Lives

The Bourgeoisie and the Rebel

Music

Music

NY Mirror

Outdoor Concerts & Music Festivals

Sunday Corny Sunday

Beard Like Us

The Corrections

NY Mirror

Rock: One-Offs

Disappearing Acts