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March 14, 2012
Stephen Colbert Is A Bit Miffed That His Pop Conference Paper Got Rejected
Next weekend, various stripes of music nerds (critics, academics, people who just like to think a lot) will descend on New York for the EMP Pop Conference, an annual mind-meld of pro and amateur musicologists that's taking place in our fair city for the first time. The conference, sponsored by the S ... More >>
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February 16, 2012
What Should James Murphy Call His New Store?
Sound Of The City associate Ryan Dombal has an interview with former (sigh) LCD Soundsystem mastermind James Murphy over at Pitchfork. It's a good read, filled with all kinds of intriguing hints for what we can expect from the multi-hyphenated Murphy in the future.
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February 14, 2011
The Fame Cookie: 2011 Grammy Awards Live Blog
It's the return of the most talked-about Grammy Awards live blog--a collection of quips, blips, and arguably insightful observations that dares to match the actual Grammy telecast in terms of pure spectacle and Justin Bieber mentions. Please join our hosts Tom Breihan and Ryan Dombal below, and keep ... More >>
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December 16, 2010
Was 2010 The Best Year For Music Ever? Bowling With Titus Andronicus and the Joy of the Work
Welcome to Sound of the City's year-in-review rock-critic roundtable, an amiable ongoing conversation between five prominent Voice critics: Rob Harvilla, Zach Baron, Sean Fennessey, Maura Johnston, and Rich Juzwiak. We'll be here all week! Please, this holiday season, spare a thought for these mill ... More >>
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October 7, 2010
Williamsburg's Newest, Most Unlikely Source of Strife: Katy Perry
Anyone who has ever walked down Bedford Avenue in the middle of a weekday knows that everyone in Williamsburg has no job. Further proof? A newly ongoing loudness war on North 5th, between one neighbor who just can't stop bumping Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream," and another who just can't drown i ... More >>
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September 29, 2010
2010: The Year of Indie Pets
Best Coast TumblrBobb, Bethany, and Snacks It's become increasingly impossible to mention Best Coast, the three-person vehicle for noise-pop Cali-queen Bethany Cosentino, without referencing her pet Snacks. That darn cat is on the cover of her debut full-length Crazy For You, nonchalantly poised am ... More >>
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September 17, 2010
A Brief Catalog of All the Other Musicians Marnie Stern Has Dissed
Marnie Stern will cut you. Photo by David Torch.Local guitar wizard Marnie Stern is making a wonderful bid right now to become the Kanye West of indie-rock--she's cocky but shy, confident but self-deprecating, and more musically savvy than she gets credit for, even as she constantly pays homa ... More >>
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September 17, 2010
Week in Review: Sit Down, Man
Behold the amazing talents of Ryan Dombal.In the week someone introduced us to the term "rap sabbatical," we got investigative, bringing news of the newfound hip-hop ban at Savalas (which sent DJ Ayres packing), HARD Fest's harsh words for M.I.A., Lil Wayne's prefe ... More >>
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September 15, 2010
This Week in the Voice: The Endless Bummer of Staten Island
All the way out on the south shore of Staten Island lies a quiet, tucked-away community called the Cedar Grove Beach Club, a "poor man's Bermuda" for the few Staten Islanders who knew about it and summered there. That's all over now, as the city's Parks Department plans to turn the 200-acre p ... More >>
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September 15, 2010
This Week's Voice: Jamey Johnson, Superchunk, Brandon Flowers, the Walkmen, and More
Jamey Johnson: Bon Iver, only good! Photo by James Minchin.In this week's Village Voice, Chuck Eddy on the charms of schizophrenic stoner country guy Jamey Johnson, Jessica Hopper reviews Superchunk's excellent new Majesty Shredding, Ryan Dombal talks with Killers frontman Brandon Flowers, an ... More >>
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September 12, 2010
The Bieber Bowl: The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards Live Blog
Just how awkward will the awkwardly staged moment between Kanye West and Taylor Swift be? Will Eminem deign to smile? Which uncomfortable pop star will B.o.B choose to bring up on stage with him? And how will your hosts, Pitchfork's Ryan Dombal and eMusic's Sean Fennessey, make it to midnight withou ... More >>
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August 25, 2010
Watch Katy Perry Perform "Teenage Dream" on Letterman
Posted mostly for the purpose of sending you in the direction of Ryan Dombal's stellar review of Teenage Dream in this week's Voice. "Perry herself is the dream," writes Dombal, about this particular song. (Topics also covered: Perry's secret fetish-message-board agenda, what happens when you summ ... More >>
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August 25, 2010
This Week's Voice: Jim Jarmusch and All Tomorrow's Parties, Katy Perry, !!!, and More
Tom Waits wants to glue this man's hair to the wall. Illustration by Diego Tripodi.In this week's Village Voice, Christopher R. Weingarten sits down with director Jim Jarmusch to talk ATP and the time Tom Waits tried to kill him, Ryan Dombal scales Fame Mountain with Katy Perry, and Andy Beta ... More >>
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June 18, 2010
How Last Night's Pitchfork Office Party with Beach Fossils Really Went Down
No photos because they searched us for photographic devices on the way in. So Pitchfork had a party in their Greenpoint office last night. The young exuberant fellas of Beach Fossils played. Pitchfork.tv taped it. There was a keg and some awesome vodka made by a neighborhood guy named Tito. Some pe ... More >>
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June 15, 2010
Why You Hate Drake, and Why You're Wrong About Hating Drake
By now it's clear that Drake's Thank Me Later, which comes out today, is pretty much the most polarizing record in rap since Kanye West's 808s & Heartbreaks--more so, even, since Kanye was a well-established and loved artist making his fourth record, where Drake, at 23, is a relative newcomer ... More >>
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May 5, 2010
Proof That Anna Wintour Actually Danced During Diddy and Pharrell's Performance at the Met Gala After Party?
Second from the left, no? Credit: BBCIt's not quite Katie Couric busting the world's most unseemly move, but the above photo would seem to be evidence of Vogue editrix Anna Wintour's ability to clap her hands in a somewhat demonstrative and possibly even rhythmic way. Or is it just a lookalik ... More >>
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April 7, 2010
Why M.I.A. Thinks Lady Gaga Is Biting Her Style
Because of a Wale song called "Chillin." Listen to it (above) and realize--as Ryan Dombal pointed out more than a year ago--that M.I.A. has a pretty solid case here. The context? An interview the singer just gave to NME--which, given the fact that it's been typed out of a magazine and onto ONTD, ... More >>
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February 11, 2010
Good Morning, Nicki Minaj, In The Midst Of Shooting The Video For Ludacris' "My Chick Bad" And Looking Somewhat Terrifying
From her Twitter"Not sure whose fantasy this is," notes friend-of-SOTC Ryan Dombal on his indispensable, visually arresting Twitter feed. Our obsession with this fine lady only grows. Let this also serve as notice that Oscar the pink monkey has been safely recovered.
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January 6, 2010
This Week's Voice: Vampire Weekend, Ke$ha, MC Paul Barman, Rosanne Cash, and More
The cast of Survivor: Upper West Side. Photo by Soren Solkaer StarbirdIn this week's Village Voice, Rob Harvilla wrestles with Vampire Weekend's vastly ambitious, vastly improved Contra, Ben Westhoff hangs out in MOMA's outdoor sculpture garden with MC Paul Barman, Ryan Dombal chronicles the ... More >>
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October 7, 2009
This Week's Voice: Paramore, Mountain Goats, Mariah Carey, Jemina Pearl
Ryan Russell"WE SOLD OUT WEMBLEY ARENA IN ONE DAY!!! WHAAATTT?!?!!" In this week's Village Voice, Ryan Dombal watches Paramore, led by emo femme fatale Hayley Williams, bust up the Lonely Tears Boys Club. Zach Baron thumbs through chapter and verse trying to understand the Mountain Goats' The Life ... More >>
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October 7, 2009
Huh? Barbra Streisand Is #1
Streisand, who sold 180,000 copies of Love Is the Answer this past week, solidifies her lead as the female act with the most #1s all time, according to Billboard. But the truly satisfying news belongs to Paramore: the band's third record, Brand New Eyes, sold 175,000 copies to claim the secon ... More >>
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September 13, 2009
The Ecstasy, the Agony: Live Blogging the MTV VMAs
In honor of 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, we've invited SOTC buddies and pop savants Sean Fennessey and Ryan Dombal to lend a certain wisdom and perspective to these sure-to-be completely dignified proceedings. Gentleman? John Shearer 9:00pm Sean: We're coming to you live from one or two or ... More >>
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June 15, 2009
Wow, That Ridiculous J. Mascis Skateboarding Trick Was Actually Performed by J. Mascis
SOTC buddy Ryan Dombal gets to the bottom of Dinosaur Jr.'s video for "I'm Over It," in which the band's three aging members do obviously stunt-doubled tricks on one skateboard and two BMX bikes. Except some of it--and not just the part where J. Mascis awkwardly cruises into the frame, and then si ... More >>
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April 30, 2009
Self-Loathing Update #2: Behind the Scenes of Matt & Kim's Nude Video Shoot/"Mayonnaise Commercial"
Next on the list of topics we here at SOTC are gracing with exhaustive coverage to the point where we feel a bit creeped out: Pitchfork scribe/friend-of-SOTC Ryan Dombal chats with Matt & Kim about that one video we may have mentioned. It may shock you to learn that it's a really cute interview. " ... More >>
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January 26, 2009
Kid Sister's Dream Date: The New Chinese Democracy?
Now that the Chinese Democracy release-date pools are through, we've been left with only two things to wager: 1) When is Gregg Gillis gonna get the track-suit pants sued off him? (Those "I am a PC" ads must pay; I say this May.) ; 2) What will the next unicorn will be? Chicagoist thinks Kid Sister ... More >>
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November 4, 2008
LL Cool J: "Me and you, let's go the truck stop salad bar"
Now that the Chinese Democracy release-date pools are through, we've been left with only two things to wager: 1) When is Gregg Gillis gonna get the track-suit pants sued off him? (Those "I am a PC" ads must pay; I say this May.) ; 2) What will the next unicorn will be? Chicagoist thinks Kid Sister ... More >>
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July 1, 2008
G-Unit featuring 50 Cent, Tonight at the Nokia Theatre
Now that the Chinese Democracy release-date pools are through, we've been left with only two things to wager: 1) When is Gregg Gillis gonna get the track-suit pants sued off him? (Those "I am a PC" ads must pay; I say this May.) ; 2) What will the next unicorn will be? Chicagoist thinks Kid Sister ... More >>
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June 6, 2008
Holy Fuck at the Music Hall of Williamsburg Tonight
Now that the Chinese Democracy release-date pools are through, we've been left with only two things to wager: 1) When is Gregg Gillis gonna get the track-suit pants sued off him? (Those "I am a PC" ads must pay; I say this May.) ; 2) What will the next unicorn will be? Chicagoist thinks Kid Sister ... More >>
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June 5, 2008
Updated: Black Lips Tonight at the Market Hotel
Now that the Chinese Democracy release-date pools are through, we've been left with only two things to wager: 1) When is Gregg Gillis gonna get the track-suit pants sued off him? (Those "I am a PC" ads must pay; I say this May.) ; 2) What will the next unicorn will be? Chicagoist thinks Kid Sister ... More >>
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May 7, 2008
El Perro Del Mar and Lykke Li Tonight and Tomorrow
Now that the Chinese Democracy release-date pools are through, we've been left with only two things to wager: 1) When is Gregg Gillis gonna get the track-suit pants sued off him? (Those "I am a PC" ads must pay; I say this May.) ; 2) What will the next unicorn will be? Chicagoist thinks Kid Sister ... More >>
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April 10, 2008
MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN XXXL MAN
Now that the Chinese Democracy release-date pools are through, we've been left with only two things to wager: 1) When is Gregg Gillis gonna get the track-suit pants sued off him? (Those "I am a PC" ads must pay; I say this May.) ; 2) What will the next unicorn will be? Chicagoist thinks Kid Sister ... More >>

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