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March 6, 2013Blogs
February 8, 2013Whoa boy, what a week, right? Beyonce! Justin Timberlake! Fall Out Boy! Destiny's Child! My Bloody Valentine! Over the last few days our ears have been blessed with new releases and reunions from some buzzworthy artists who couldn't keep loyal and patient fans waiting much longer. From full-albums t ... More >>
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February 1, 2013Hey, man! What are YOU doing Saturday night? Wanna go to Radio City Music Hall with me and watch motherfucking fun.? Wait, where are you going? Dude, why'd you just unfriend me on Facebook? I just tried to email you and it bounced. I thought we were best friends, and now you're acting like you barel ... More >>
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January 16, 2013True art lives where no one is paying attention. Or probably not.
Blogs
August 9, 2012The rock subgenre known as "emo"—or at least a watered-down version of it—got kind of big in the early 2000s. But before then, a slew of bands were crafting post-hardcore with twisting time signatures, dynamic shifts in tempo and loudness, and alternatingly sung/screamed vocals. Braid wa ... More >>
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January 25, 2012Music
December 21, 2011The best stuff we saw on stage this year, from thrash to Kpop
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October 10, 2011VH1 spent last week counting down what the channel, and its panel of celebrities and "experts," consider The 100 Greatest Songs of The '00s. They certainly haven't been the first to assemble such a list—Rolling Stone and Pitchfork and every blog under the sun had their say about two years ago, ... More >>
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September 28, 2011Voice Choices
September 28, 2011Blogs
August 17, 2011
Hoodie Allen
Webster Hall
Tuesday, August 16
Better than: Waiting in line outside of the frathouse bathroom.
When I was in college, people would party to music by Lil' Jon. (Yes, I'm old.) They said his catchphrases, as learned through Dave Chappelle DVDs. (Like I said: old.) They danced to his s ... More >>
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February 9, 2011Blogs
December 22, 2010Uh, nevermind...It wasn't exactly surprising when, over the weekend, Paramore announced that two members--founding guitarist and drummer Josh and Zac Farro--would be leaving the band; if any act seemed vulnerable to a No Doubt-type split and subsequent frontlady solo career, it was Paramore. ... More >>
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November 3, 2010Blogs
July 27, 2010Ah, but take heartYes, Sunday's frightful weather conspired to scotch the free Cap'n Jazz show at Williamsburg Waterfront, hastily relocating the trailblazing Chicago crew to Brooklyn Bowl and shutting out plenty of die-hard fans in the process. Much appropriately emo Twitter action did resul ... More >>
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July 27, 2010Voice Choices
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June 22, 2010Music
May 25, 2010With her new album Flesh Tone, the "Milkshake" singer tries on some club-pop
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October 6, 2009Music
September 22, 2009The godfathers of emo return to enthrall and possibly embarrass you
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September 15, 2009Voice Choices
August 18, 2009Blogs
June 29, 2009
No Doubt/Paramore
Jones Beach Theater
Saturday, June 27
"I always thought I'd be a mom" is not the most obvious applause line at a rock concert. But when Gwen Stefani cooed just that in the middle of the conflicted 2000 power ballad "Simple Kind of Life," the thousands of girls-- teens with teens ... More >>
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December 31, 2008Music
May 22, 2007An ambitious step forward that coulda been, but ain't
Music
February 13, 2007Turn off your Boris or whatever and let's get retarded
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January 30, 2007The Internet may eventually kill "the album" as a concept, but 2006 kept the concept album alive
Music
November 14, 2006Music
October 17, 2006MCR's valedictorian sonic bombast soothes detention sufferers nationwide
Music
April 5, 2005Music
March 8, 2005Osaka trio bangs heads, makes four-eyed baldies smile
Music
January 11, 2005Music
November 2, 2004The lifestyles and deathstyles of the rich and shameless
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July 6, 2004Music
January 20, 2004Therapy bands deliver public service announcements when suicide might be more lively
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September 30, 2003Music
September 2, 2003Emo-Folk for the Millions: A Man, a Plan, a Canal, Panama
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