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The Pretenders (Band)

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    May 22, 2012

    Butch Vig On Nevermind, Siamese Dream, Garbage, And His History Of Shaping Alternative Rock As We Know It

    If you don't think Butch Vig's almost singlehandedly invented two decades of alternative rock as we know it, just look at his resumé: Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, Green Day, Jimmy Eat World, Foo Fighters, AFI. That's without mentioning his membership in the still-cool Garbage or the fact he prod ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Radio Hits One: Beyoncé's Unlikely Pazz & Jop Coup

    If the triumph of tUnE-yArDs in this year's Pazz & Jop albums poll was one of the biggest upsets in the poll's history, then the companion singles poll offered one of its most predictable winners to date: Adele's "Rolling In The Deep." Smart money had been on that song taking the prize since it bega ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    The Voice Battles Over Reality-Show Staples

    The Voice is now a month or so in. It's a massive hit. It's the show NBC's putting on after the Super Bowl. It's out of American Idol's shadow. And it's a week away from becoming a live show and really launching into its season. It has arrived. So someone should really say something about Christina ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 16, 2010

    Evangelista

    The Voice is now a month or so in. It's a massive hit. It's the show NBC's putting on after the Super Bowl. It's out of American Idol's shadow. And it's a week away from becoming a live show and really launching into its season. It has arrived. So someone should really say something about Christina ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 6, 2009

    LABOUR PARTY

    Rock's modest man Nick Lowe enjoys new perks

  • Music

    September 29, 2009

    Karen O, Uptown Girl

    Yeah  Yeah  Yeahs (and ESG) make Radio City Music Hall (slightly) rowdier

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2009

    Yes In My Backyard: Download MadLove's (ex-Fantomas/Mr. Bungle) "Absence & Noise"

    Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. Keith Price​Careening art-rock/new-wave mutant MadLove is a Brooklyn assemblage cobbled together by out-jazz gadfly and out-metal cult hero Trevor Dunn. While Dunn is primarily known for his deconst ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    August 4, 2009

    ANTI-DIVAS LIVE

    Rock queens convene

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    From the Voice Archives: Robert Christgau on the Mass Culture Spectacle of Michael Jackson in 1984

    In honor of Michael Jackson, we're raiding our archives. Here's Robert Christgau's titanic 1984 piece on arena rock, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson and the complicated place where all three meet. Working the Crowd By Robert Christgau August 21,1984 If you'd told me five years ago that I'd will ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    January 21, 2009

    The Pretenders

    In honor of Michael Jackson, we're raiding our archives. Here's Robert Christgau's titanic 1984 piece on arena rock, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson and the complicated place where all three meet. Working the Crowd By Robert Christgau August 21,1984 If you'd told me five years ago that I'd will ... More >>

  • Music

    June 19, 2007

    Beauty in the Beast

    The mellow and wonderful travails of Nick Lowe, the eternally heartbroken heartbreaker

  • Music

    May 22, 2007

    The Main Event

    On the cracked pop genius of Brooklyn's (possibly) resurgent Babe the Blue Ox

  • Music

    May 1, 2007

    There, There

    In which glamorous pop stars deign to comfort you

  • Music

    April 17, 2007

    Axes of Fire

    Guitar Hero fans attempt to look sexy while playing video games. Results are inconclusive.

  • Music

    March 13, 2007

    Heaven Knows They're as Miserable Now as Ever

    Guitar Hero fans attempt to look sexy while playing video games. Results are inconclusive.

  • NYC Life

    November 15, 2005

    . . . And to All Some Good Nights

    Festive fun that's both naughty and nice

  • Music

    September 6, 2005

    CMJ Music Marathon

    Festive fun that's both naughty and nice

  • Home

    February 3, 2004

    Top Ten Plus

    Hey Get Ya Mom a Crazy Milkshake in Da Club

  • Music

    May 13, 2003

    Music

    Hey Get Ya Mom a Crazy Milkshake in Da Club

  • Music

    April 29, 2003

    Electric Lady Land

    Innocence Executed by Ohm

  • Music

    September 3, 2002

    Music

    Innocence Executed by Ohm

  • NYC Life

    June 18, 2002

    The Young, the Hot, and the Horny

    Innocence Executed by Ohm

  • Music

    July 3, 2001

    It’s Their Factory

    Innocence Executed by Ohm

  • Books

    June 6, 2000

    The Village People

    Innocence Executed by Ohm

  • Music

    August 10, 1999

    Girls Interrupted

    Innocence Executed by Ohm

  • Music

    June 22, 1999

    Call the Doctor

    Innocence Executed by Ohm

  • Specials

    March 30, 1999

    Letters

    Innocence Executed by Ohm

  • Music

    May 19, 1998

    Dynamo Hum

    Innocence Executed by Ohm

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