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Sun Ra

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    Q&A: Questlove On Artistic Freedom, "Shuffle Culture," And Spreading The Springsteen Gospel

    In 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 >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 14, 2011

    8 CRAZY NIGHTS

    Yo La Tengo light their menorah

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    Yo La Tengo's Eight Nights Of Hanukkah Will Again Take Place Over (Yes) The Eight Nights Of Hanukkah

    ​Which 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 >>

  • Voice Choices

    June 1, 2011

    NRBQ

    ​Which 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 >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 2, 2011

    'The Either/Orchestra 25th Anniversary'

    ​Which 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 >>

  • Voice Choices

    January 5, 2011

    Positive Catastrophe

    ​Which 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 >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 6, 2010

    Mike Reed's People, Places & Things

    ​Which 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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    Premiere: Download "Acres of Skin," the Glittering, Skronking New Single From Brooklyn's Zs

    Yes 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 >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 9, 2010

    Child Abuse

    Yes 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 >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 22, 2009

    GOD OF CRAZY

    Jazz’s ultimate outlier is celebrated by friends

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2009

    Catching Up with the Antenna Man

    ​"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, 2009

    Jazz Consumer Guide: Loosening (or Tightening) Up

    Or slicing, or muscling—anything but letting up, really

  • Voice Choices

    November 3, 2009

    The Chandler Travis Philharmonic

    Or slicing, or muscling—anything but letting up, really

  • Voice Choices

    July 22, 2009

    ASTRO-BOP

    One night to honor a lifetime of brilliant oddity

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2009

    Bones' Beat: Destroy All Monsters at Printed Matter

    Any even slightly exhibitionistic art student knows the ground rules to starting a band: do some serious hanging out, pick a name, make a noise, and bring that noise with supreme gusto to a group of people in a basement or a cafeteria. It's simple and satisfying. Perhaps one in five art school ban ... More >>

  • Music

    June 24, 2009

    Pleasantly Unsettling Surprises Abound at Vision Festival

    Any even slightly exhibitionistic art student knows the ground rules to starting a band: do some serious hanging out, pick a name, make a noise, and bring that noise with supreme gusto to a group of people in a basement or a cafeteria. It's simple and satisfying. Perhaps one in five art school ban ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Tonight! Gil, Elvis, and, If You Must, the Decemberists

    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, 2009

    'Marshall Allen: A Lifetime of Achievement'

    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, 2009

    The Dead Science+Bobby Conn+Monica Bou Bou

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    Sunn O))) Leaks Monoliths & Dimensions, For A Few Hours Anyway

    "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, 2009

    Jazz Consumer Guide: Little Innovations Run the World

    Echoes of Basie, Mingus, Tyner, etc., with chops and abstractions all their own

  • Voice Choices

    January 7, 2009

    KINDA BLUE

    Kicking the crap outta codification

  • Music

    September 17, 2008

    Jazz Consumer Guide: Festival Visions

    William Parker's New York festival pays dividends for record buyers everywhere

  • Music

    May 13, 2008

    Funk Fusion, Bebop Terrorism in New Jazz Records

    Talents old and new throw stuff against the wall and see what sticks

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2007

    Yo La Tengo's Hanukkah Shows: What's Happened So Far

    Talents old and new throw stuff against the wall and see what sticks

  • Music

    October 23, 2007

    A Composer Ascendant

    Maria Schneider keeps her orchestra on its toes with works both challenging and sublime

  • Music

    July 10, 2007

    King Britt Presents The Cosmic Lounge, Vol. 1

    A stellar compendium of interstellar jazz oddities

  • Music

    May 30, 2006

    The Sun Ra Guide

    Magic cities and other planes of there, all disguised as jazz

  • Music

    April 11, 2006

    The Songs, Not the Pianists

    Peter Madsen celebrates the compositional achievement of 10 eccentric improvisers

  • Music

    September 27, 2005

    Billy Bang Is in the House

    Little kid struggling to comprehend his past opens up new worlds for jazz fiddle

  • Music

    August 16, 2005

    Bush Medicine

    All sorts of big idea about how today's jazz fits into history and maybe into popular culture

  • Music

    May 24, 2005

    The New Apprenticeship

    Learning the real-world lessons of the jazz musician's life in a university setting

  • Music

    December 21, 2004

    Jazz Top Ten 2004: Sonic liberations and elements of style

    Learning the real-world lessons of the jazz musician's life in a university setting

  • Music

    June 29, 2004

    All True, More or Less

    A worldwide phenomenon and a transworld music, but usually not both at the same time

  • Music

    June 8, 2004

    Music

    A worldwide phenomenon and a transworld music, but usually not both at the same time

  • Music

    June 1, 2004

    Hello Goodbye

    The ultimate jazz outsider confab comes to praise the dead

  • Music

    January 27, 2004

    Demented Blur of Trombonist-Led Outfit Recovers From Info Overload

    The ultimate jazz outsider confab comes to praise the dead

  • Music

    November 18, 2003

    A Sixtysomething Synthesizer 0f Jazz and Reggae, Compiled

    The ultimate jazz outsider confab comes to praise the dead

  • Music

    November 18, 2003

    Music

    The ultimate jazz outsider confab comes to praise the dead

  • Music

    November 4, 2003

    Brooklyn-Via-Egypt-Via-the-World Post-Dub DJ Gets Coy-Tricky and True-Gritty

    The ultimate jazz outsider confab comes to praise the dead

  • Film

    November 4, 2003

    Film

    The ultimate jazz outsider confab comes to praise the dead

  • NYC Life

    May 13, 2003

    Listings

    The ultimate jazz outsider confab comes to praise the dead

  • Music

    October 29, 2002

    CMJ Musicfest 2002

    The ultimate jazz outsider confab comes to praise the dead

  • Music

    October 8, 2002

    Rocket Reducer No. 6200

    The ultimate jazz outsider confab comes to praise the dead

  • Music

    August 27, 2002

    Music

    The ultimate jazz outsider confab comes to praise the dead

  • Music

    October 10, 2000

    Sun Ra’s Saturnal Sorcery

    Long Live Serendipity

  • Music

    October 10, 2000

    The Imaginary City

    Long Live Serendipity

  • Music

    October 10, 2000

    Wooze and Spazz

    Twenty-One Reissues Prove Space Is Still Sun Ra's Place

  • Music

    May 23, 2000

    Music

    Twenty-One Reissues Prove Space Is Still Sun Ra's Place

  • Music

    June 30, 1998

    Radio 2.0

    Twenty-One Reissues Prove Space Is Still Sun Ra's Place

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