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February 13, 2013Voice Choices
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December 19, 2012Voice Choices
July 11, 2012Put the needle on the record
at the Bell House
Blogs
June 1, 2012Modern life as we know it is nearly impossible to picture without electricity and the things it powers. What if the plug was suddenly and irrevocably yanked? What manner of sonic amuse bouches might stand-in for sweaty basement power-electronic sets and hermetic minimalist noise listening sessions? ... More >>
Blogs
May 31, 2012If an endeavor involves music in some way, Colleen "Cosmo" Murphy probably does it; she's mastered so many different musical endeavors, she's like a musical Danny DeVito. From DJing at her college radio station to spinning with David Mancuso at his fabled loft parties to remixing top-tier bands (und ... More >>
Blogs
April 5, 2012Kid Koala's Space Cadet Headphone Experience
Irondale Center
Wednesday, April 4
(Not) better than: Standing up.
Outer space is just like sitting uncomfortably on a concrete floor while gazing up at a disbanded church's raggedy ceiling that also happens to be peppered with holes poking through to t ... More >>
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March 21, 2012Voice Choices
March 7, 2012Music
November 16, 2011Face off at the Japan Society
Music
September 28, 2011The member of Portishead excavates his band's hip-hop roots
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August 17, 2011Voice Choices
June 29, 2011Voice Choices
June 22, 2011Blogs
May 16, 2011Kool Herc plays the genesis figure in hip-hop's fable; the first party the Jamaican-born, Bronx-raised DJ threw in the recreation room of his building at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in 1973 is credited with formalizing the genre. From behind two turntables Herc spun the short, percussive sections of ... More >>
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January 12, 2011Best DJ-booth setup of all time. Pics by Puja, more below.The Flavor Battle
Arena
Tuesday, January 11
Better Than: A Chik-fil-A DJ battle.
We're secretly reveling in the recent emergence of DJs as hip purveyors all that is "cool." So when we heard that McDonalds and Complex were throwing a ... More >>
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December 15, 2010Voice Choices
October 20, 2010Blogs
July 7, 2010You read here about how the HK bar Bull Moose Saloon decided to cater to a gay crowd, until the owner had a change of heart and banished them from the premises.
Well, Jake Levy, who was involved in the boite's reimagining, just gave me the inside scoop, as it involved a friend of his who he' ... More >>
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June 10, 2010Above, the scene at Ella; below, the nefarious Corona-based secret door at Stay. Pics by Puja. New York City's downtown party scene adheres to a finely tuned set of rules. It's one of those things that everyone understands and no one talks about--a delicate balance of power that's main ... More >>
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May 19, 2010The Dirty Projectors last summer, apparently pissing someone off royally. Pic by Abbey Braden.Folks on Fifth Avenue apparently complained, so this summer, when Pavement finally arrives to play those shows you bought tickets for a half-year ago, a new quarter-million-dollar soundsystem will en ... More >>
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May 11, 2010Blogs
April 23, 2010Tonight Hot Chip performs at Terminal 5 alongside Gang Gang Dance... but you knew that already. Tickets have been sold out for weeks; so go nuts on Craigslist, stand outside an hour before the doors, or just go to the afterparty, which goes down at Webster Hall with the Hot Chip fellas on the ... More >>
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February 23, 2010Blogs
February 19, 2010all photos by Nate "Igor" SmithThat illustrious Wet T-shirt contest
Dre Day--the holiday, not the song--was first celebrated in 2003. Life Sucks Die magazine's Andrew Broder had recently released a song called "What a Day Day" (under the pseudonym Fog), soliciting a slew of puns from his coworkers: ... More >>
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December 7, 2009The New York Times says vinyl is hot again. Not only old-fashioned record sales but also turntables sales are up. (The 35 percent lift in LP sales still doesn't put vinyl above 1 percent of the music market, but it's exciting nonetheless.)
They talk to J&R Music, which normally sells CDs, an ... More >>
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November 3, 2009Blogs
October 23, 2009
DJ Scratch, doing the classics, to robust crowd approval. Pics by Puja Patel, more below.
Roc Raida Tribute
B.B. King's
Thurday, October 22
The line outside B.B. King's last night for the Roc Raida tribute--celebrating the beloved turntable king who died September 19--took up half an ... More >>
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August 25, 2009Music
July 28, 2009Step one: Move to Kingston or Brooklyn, and try not to get killed
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May 6, 2009Reggae returns to Santos'
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March 11, 2009Blogs
February 17, 2009
Daptone flagship crew Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. CREDIT.
From Brooklyn Vegan comes the dismaying news that retro-soul titans Daptone Records suffered a traumatic break-in over the weekend at their Bushwick headquarters, leading to a tremendously heartbreaking list of lost (and uninsured) equi ... More >>
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February 17, 2009Daptone Records, the Bushwick analog recording mecca used by Amy Winehouse and the Dap-Kings, got robbed last night, reports Brooklyn Vegan. The haul is impressive: Fender amps, computers, turntables, phone and modem equipment, mics, turntables -- even their Baldwin organ was "tossed and is probably ... More >>
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February 4, 2009Voice Choices
December 24, 2008Music
May 8, 2007Linkin Park's Minutes to Midnight
Music
October 3, 2006Kenny and Louie's joyous retro reboots dominate clubs and living rooms alike
Music
February 7, 2006Rock Stars Are Not DJs—But DJs Are Rock Stars
Music
December 27, 2005Brooklyn outsider performs surgery on Jamaica's formula
News
May 25, 2004David Mancuso's Disco Wonderland
Music
March 23, 2004The cats are really cooking on CIMP out in Redwood, and so is the label owner's wife
NYC Life
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September 19, 2000Toasters Catch Fire, Burn Down Wall
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