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Waxahatchee's Katie Crutchfield Is No Longer Languishing in Grief

Still salty, less wounded

Harmony Korine On James Franco's Artistic Fearlessness And Oral Skills

The Spring Breakers director explains it all

Harmony Korine On James Franco's Artistic Fearlessness And Oral Skills

If you think Oz The Great and Powerful is a scandal, wait till you see James Franco in Spring Breakers, in which he's Alien, a cornrowed, silver-toothed rapper/dealer who watches Scarface on heavy rotation, goes down on guns on command, and has a lovely artistic side to match his psychotic one. In ... More >>

Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers Are Girls Gone Godard

A thrilling corruption of the Disney-princess set

Harmony Korine Explains the "Beauty in Horror" of Spring Break

Spring Breakers’ provocative director on the darkness beneath college partiers’ booze, boobs, and bad decisions.

The Very Intentional Self-Destruction of Justin Bieber

Unlike many a male performer before him who created an epic legacy through their unique musical talents and tragic deaths (SHOUT OUT to Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Bob Marley, Freddie Mercury, Kurt Cobain, Tupac Shakur, and Hugo Chavez!), Justin Bieber has chosen a different path towards earning res ... More >>

How to Get Really Famous in 2013! A Handy Guide.

Here's how sausage gets made, you sausage you

In Hotel Transylvania, A Comic Dracula Still Kills

Everybody knows I'm a movie-favorite monster

James Franco Vanessa Hudgens Ashley Benson vs. Asia Argento Charlotte Gainsbourg François Cluzet : Threesomes at the Toronto Film Festival

This is a blog post about two movies that were screened for the press within the first 24 hours of the Toronto Film Festival, both of which feature three-way sex scenes. In Spring Breakers, characters played by James Franco, Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Benson "do it" in a swimming pool; in Do Not Dis ... More >>

Fan Landers: De-Schlubbing A Bandmate And Bringing A Dog On Tour

Are you a musician? Is your band having issues? Our new advice columnist, who we're going to call Fan Landers (a.k.a. Jessica Hopper), is ready to give you Real Talk about any problems your musical outfit might be having—whether professional, practical, or sartorial. Send your problems to sotc ... More >>

Carly Rae Jepsen: Crush Patrol

The singer infatuates the charts

A Brief Primer On Riff Raff, The (Really Good) Houston Rapper Who Will Be Portrayed On Screen By James Franco

If Noz and The Onion collaborated, they might come up with a scenario like this one: Gucci Mane and Selena Gomez star in a Harmony Korine-directed film alongside James Franco, whose character is loosely based on the little-known YouTube rapper Riff Raff. But, of course, this is the era of trollgaze, ... More >>

One Direction, Booster Club

The British boy band's shot in the arm for young women

53 More Great Songs From 2011

Earlier today, Maura offered a list of the 47 songs on her "2011 Awesomeness" Spotify playlist; to complement that, here are the 53 songs from my less cleverly named playlist, "2011." As is the usually the case with these mega-lists, I compiled mine a bit haphazardly, throwing together a substantial ... More >>

Underwhelmed and Overstimulated, Part Nine: Working For The Weeknd

Drake and the Weeknd... enjoying themselves?​​Sound of the City's year-end roundtable, with contributions from Tom Ewing, Eric Harvey, Maura Johnston, Nick Murray, and Katherine St. Asaph, continues. Follow along here. Fellow roundtablers, As we turn down the home stretch, I have to say th ... More >>

Underwhelmed And Overstimulated, Part IV: The Joys Of Nicola Roberts And The Problem With Odd Future

Nicola Roberts, having herself a lucky day with the Village Voice.​Sound of the City's year-end roundtable, with contributions from Tom Ewing, Eric Harvey, Maura Johnston, Nick Murray, and Katherine St. Asaph, continues. Follow along here. Hey all. Again, thanks to Maura for putting this ... More >>

Live: Taylor Swift Brings Selena Gomez And James Taylor To Madison Square Garden

Taylor Swift w/ NeedToBreathe, Danny Gokey Madison Square Garden Tuesday, November 22 Better than: Singing along alone in the office. Taylor Swift closed her Fearless tour before a sold-out football stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts, where she performed her encore under artificial rain and gave Ju ... More >>

Live-Blogging The 2011 American Music Awards: We Could Have Had It All (But Then Adele Had To Go Have A Vocal Cord Hemorrhage)

Welcome to Sound of the City's liveblog of the 2011 American Music Awards, the annual salute to the most popular popular music that exists in the American wild this year. While Lady Gaga and Adele and Beyoncé are absent, this year's show apparently has one performance that will cost $500,000 to pul ... More >>

Celebs Who Are Only Children: Here's The List

I always assumed I was the only Italian-American only child in creation -- those people tend to procreate a lot -- but it turns out Al Pacino is one, too! I'm not alone! And I did a little research (and glanced at Us magazine) and found some other famous folk who have gone through life without sib ... More >>

Pop Chat: Our Critics Discuss Demi Lovato's Unbroken And The Uneasy Transition Away From Radio Disney

Demi Lovato, not pleased with her advance copy of our thoughts on her new record.​ In the span of months, Disney star Demi Lovato, only 19, has gone from ugly tabloid stories—many probably false, but still—about cocaine, eating disorders and regrettable parties to releasing her third ... More >>

Live: Demi Lovato Keeps It Real At The Hammerstein Ballroom

Demi Lovato Hammerstein Ballroom Saturday, September 17 Better than: The majority of the Disney lineup. Demi Lovato might have packed the Hammerstein Ballroom with cameraphone-waving teen and tween girls on Saturday night, but her stage seemed ready for Madison Square Garden. During her hour-long ... More >>

Please Welcome Nick Murray, The Village Voice's New Clubs And Music Listings Editor

Some exciting changes around the office: Starting now (well, Friday really, but we wanted to give him a day to settle in), Nick Murray—former Voice music intern, Bronx block-party attendee, Razzie enthusiast, and Bieber-flick sleuth, among other things—is taking over as Clubs and Music L ... More >>

Help! Blandness Has Taken Over Our Culture!

... and the bland plays on

Gossip! Gossip! Gossip! With Names!

Valiant Sandra Bernhard, curious Mickey Rourke, and simply Divine

This Week in the Voice: 4Knots Music Festival Preview

​This week in the Voice: It's the preview issue for our 4Knots Music Festival, set to take place July 16 at South Street Seaport! Maura Johnston previews the lineup, which includes the Black Angels, Titus Andronicus, Oberhofer, Eleanor Friedberger, Mr. Dream, and Davila 666. She also muses on ... More >>

Gossip! Gossip! Gossip! With Names!

​It's been a while since I rammed some tidbits of gossip down your throats and then made foie gras out of it. So the time is nigh! Click here for my new column, in which I dish on everyone from Ben Affleck to Sandra Bernhard--and yes, those are two different people. Plus Selena Gomez, Micke ... More >>

5 Reasons to Get Excited About the Royal Wedding in Monaco

WikipediaYou can call him Al. ​OMGEEZE ANOTHER ROYAL WEDDING. Okay, so this one isn't quite as engrossing as the Kate and Wills hoopla in April, but there are reasons to get excited about the upcoming nuptials of Prince Albert II and South African former Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock. The ... More >>

Summer Movie Guide 2011

Superheroes, sequels, and TWO Conans! Summer has arrived.

Coming To The Local Sheds This Summer: Lots Of "Heritage Acts" And Country Stars (And Yeasayer)

Yeasayer. Here's hoping things are a bit warmer than this for their shows this summer. ​Today Live Nation announced a slew of shows at Long Island's Nikon at Jones Beach Theater and New Jersey's PNC Bank Arts Center, and in addition to the many classic rock acts (with "classic rock" now being ... More >>

Live: Justin Bieber Provokes Squeals, Enrique Iglesias Asks a 16-Year-Old On A Date, And Katy Perry Rules All at Z100's Jingle Ball

Z100's Jingle Ball, featuring Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Paramore, Kim Kardashian, and More Madison Square Garden Friday, December 10 Better than: That GIF of sparks coming out of Katy Perry's chest from the "Firework" video. Yes, Katy Perry looked like a human nutcracker at this year's Z100 Jin ... More >>

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 >>

Ramona and Beezus Is Less Disney Than Hallmark Channel

Usher Is #1, But It's Still Justin Bieber Who Is Saving the Record Industry

​Usher's Raymond Vs. Raymond took the top spot on the albums chart this week, selling 329,000 copies in the wake of its March 30 release. But once again, this week's chart-related headlines belong to the impeccably blow-dried Canadian singer Justin Bieber. The Usher protégé and native Ontari ... More >>