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The Gorgeous Ain't Them Bodies Saints Goes Deep in the Heart of Texans

Which NFL Playoff City Has the Best Musical History: Boston, SF, Baltimore or Atlanta?

The Ten Best Country Albums of 2012

This list of the year's best country albums is assembled with two important premises in mind: First: If the people who record and listen to these records consider them country, than they're damn well country. Purists who argue that country should still sound like '68, '76, '84 or whenever are in the ... More >>

BEST OF NYC™
Best Bartender: Mary Jo CamellToe

Meet Mary Jo CamellToe, New York's Best Bartender

In this week's "Best of NYC" issue, I zoom in on a lady who not only serves fierce drinks (at Williamsburg hostpots Sugarland and Metropolitan), but makes that libationary practice into an art form. Mary Jo is primarily a performance artist, so she doesn't just stand behind the bar in drab duds and ... More >>

20 Questions Brought Up By The Grammy Nominations

Last night's Grammy nominations show was full of pomp, eyeliner, and people on Twitter becoming very confused. Here's the complete list of nominees; below, 20 questions that we're still wrestling with some 14 hours after the broadcast signed off. 1. "Super Bass": Robbed or totally robbed? 2. Now t ... More >>

The Band Perry, Taylor Swift Win Big At Last Night's Country Music Awards

Last night, country music's biggest stars (not to mention welcome outsiders like Lionel Richie and Kenny Loggins, who joined Male Vocalist of the Year Blake Shelton for a performance of "Footloose") convened in Nashville for the CMA's annual awards show. By the time hosts Brad Paisley and Carrie Un ... More >>

Get To Know Door Personality/Performer Thorgy Thor

​The self-made creation known as Thorgy Thor is up for a whole batch of Glammy Awards for nightlife excellence, prompting this golden little chat of ours. Hi, Thorgy. Which Glammy award would you most like to win? "I was nominated for six awards, if you include Best Nightlife Weekly Event ( ... More >>

WEEKEND WARRIORS

Working hard and playing harder

American Idol Sets Up A Pretty Boring Finale

​So we lost Haley Reinhart this week. Fuck you, America. That's all I really have to say about that. I don't know why twangy teenagers are bulldozing everyone else this year, but it's going to make for a truly boring one-note final show. Has American Idol ever had a less interesting final two ... More >>

The Voice: Blake Shelton Is Unimpressed, Xtina Likes To "Woo"

​A week into The Voice, and some problems are starting to materialize. During backstage interviews, Carson Daly doesn't just stand there; he hovers. I can't imagine ever feeling comfortable around that guy. Christina Aguilera's mentoring style, right now, seems to be limited to raising both he ... More >>

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 >>

American Idol Season 10, Elimination Recap: Casey Abrams Speaks In Tongues, Hulk Hogan Speaks With His Fists

Casey Abrams, in the jaws of a shark. Photo by Michael Becker / FOX. ​A pretty goddamn dramatic results show! First off, a few dozen comments-section psychopaths must have lost their minds when Thia Megia turned up in the bottom three. But Thia didn't lose, which is good for me, since whipping ... More >>

WILD STYLE

Santiago Felipe has an eye for crazy

Live From The Bizarre But Much-Improved Paper Magazine Nightlife Awards

Mia Moretti, co-winner, Best DJ (seriously). Pics by Puja, more below.​"There's nothing that says 'party' and 'class' like a bomb-shelter basement in Midtown," joked drag comedian Murray Hill last night. "This is bullshit!" It was one of the many loving jabs taken at the sixth-annual Paper Mag ... More >>

The 1000TimesYes Top 100: The Top 100 2009 Records Of A Guy Who Listened To More Records Than You

You know, we actually have other shots of Chris, he just won't let us use them. Photo by Rebecca Smeyne.​As a guy who plausibly could claim he listened to more music than anyone in the last year short of Robert Christgau, 1000TimesYes's Christopher R. Weingarten seemed like the ideal guy to as ... More >>

Yes In My Backyard: The Video Premiere of Talk Normal's "In A Strangeland"

Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. Now that Brooklyn loft-rock is leaning towards toward beach-y, garage-y, tape-damaged nostalgiasmush, we should thank the stars that Talk Normal have arrived to keep it ugly. The best thing to lurch out ... More >>

Grammys Fawn over Coldplay and Plant/Krauss, Set Race Relations Back 20 Years

Good for you. As any self-respecting Grammy live blog will have told you by now, the highlight of last night's occasionally lively fiasco was undoubtedly the "Rap Pack" black-and-white "Swagga Like Us" blowout, ostensibly starring Jay-Z/Kanye/Wayne/T.I. but dominated by a stupendously pregnant M ... More >>

Bye, Bye, D List Radio

Country-Rap: A Secret History

The Academy of Country Music Awards: A Running Diary

Who Truly Feels It All?

Feist overshadows the subversive sirens blaring down South

The American Music Awards: A Running Diary

The Wholesome Thrills of Small-Town Porn

Sugarland's tales of red-state grandeur resonate even if you've never made a casserole

The CMAs: A Running Diary

Queer Eye for the Straight Dive

Live: Kenny Chesney vs. Jack White

Academy of Country Music Awards: A Running Diary

The CMA Awards: A Running Diary

The CMT Music Awards: A Running Diary

The Grammy Awards: A Preview

The Grammy Awards: A Running Diary

To the Live Burros

Cowboy outfits, market saturation, multiple cover versions, small boys on small donkeys, polkas galore make Mexican duranguense go batshit

Country Superstar Brad Paisley Gives New York Another Try

The Class Menagerie

The People Speak! Thirty-Four NYC Theater Types Pick Their Favorite Shows of the 2000–2001 Off-Broadway Season.