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April 24, 2013Bask in the light of Shabazz Palaces
Voice Choices
July 18, 2012Blogs
June 27, 2012Through a series of maybe not-so-unfortunate events, I was a teenage jam band scenester, which, when properly italicized and luridly capitalized, sounds like a sordid music-crit version of a '50s exploitation paperback. But the truth is, I wasn't seduced by drugs, sex, or anything else until college ... More >>
Blogs
April 18, 2012In a recent tweet responding to a follower's assertion that he was a celebrity, the drummer and head Root Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson demurred, claiming he was merely "a personality." The follower had a point, though; according to a website devoted to Quest's blogs about meeting famous people, for in ... More >>
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December 14, 2011Yo La Tengo light their menorah
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October 27, 2011Which is a sort of snarky way of saying that tickets for this year's Eight Nights of Hannukah celebration go on sale tomorrow at noon. For those unfamiliar with the tradition, every year Yo La Tengo brings together a bunch of friends whose identities "will not be divulged until the last possi ... More >>
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October 6, 2010Blogs
April 27, 2010Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent.
Brooklyn's Zs have always walked a jagged line between 21st Century composers and bratty art-punks; their voluminous, decade-strong output evokes everything from Schoenberg's jagged beep-boops to Gl ... More >>
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February 9, 2010Voice Choices
December 22, 2009Jazz’s ultimate outlier is celebrated by friends
Blogs
December 4, 2009"Hello, people of Earth! I have come to your world..."
Wait a minute, we thought -- is that Antenna Man? Turns out it was. We hadn't seen him on the L train for years. He was slightly less eccentrically costumed -- the shades were less ornate, and he had lost the deely boppers that signaled ... More >>
Music
November 24, 2009Or slicing, or muscling—anything but letting up, really
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November 3, 2009Voice Choices
July 22, 2009One night to honor a lifetime of brilliant oddity
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June 24, 2009Blogs
June 10, 2009
The poetry of Gil Scott-Heron spoke for the wretched of the earth-- his concocted third-world revolution was fearsome enough to stand in for the real thing. Since denying the addictive properties of cocaine in 2001, the spoken-word artist has been in and out of prison on drug-related charges, resu ... More >>
Voice Choices
June 3, 2009Blogs
April 6, 2009"Let's challenge ourselves to not create a track that is not 25 amplifiers and cabinets turned up to 10. Let's create something that breathes, that has space and silences."
The advance listening sessions for Monoliths & Dimensions, the new Sunn O))) album (and 7th in ten years), couldn't have fal ... More >>
Music
February 11, 2009Echoes of Basie, Mingus, Tyner, etc., with chops and abstractions all their own
Voice Choices
January 7, 2009Kicking the crap outta codification
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September 17, 2008William Parker's New York festival pays dividends for record buyers everywhere
Music
May 13, 2008Talents old and new throw stuff against the wall and see what sticks
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December 10, 2007Music
October 23, 2007Maria Schneider keeps her orchestra on its toes with works both challenging and sublime
Music
July 10, 2007A stellar compendium of interstellar jazz oddities
Music
May 30, 2006Magic cities and other planes of there, all disguised as jazz
Music
April 11, 2006Peter Madsen celebrates the compositional achievement of 10 eccentric improvisers
Music
September 27, 2005Little kid struggling to comprehend his past opens up new worlds for jazz fiddle
Music
August 16, 2005All sorts of big idea about how today's jazz fits into history and maybe into popular culture
Music
May 24, 2005Learning the real-world lessons of the jazz musician's life in a university setting
Music
December 21, 2004Music
June 29, 2004A worldwide phenomenon and a transworld music, but usually not both at the same time
Music
June 1, 2004The ultimate jazz outsider confab comes to praise the dead
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January 27, 2004Music
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November 4, 2003Film
November 4, 2003NYC Life
May 13, 2003Music
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October 10, 2000Twenty-One Reissues Prove Space Is Still Sun Ra's Place
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