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MUSIC ARCHIVES

MUSIC ARCHIVES

1976 Pazz & Jop: Critics Cheer Debut Albums

a/k/a The Third (or Fourth) Annual Pazz & Jop Critics Poll

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MUSIC ARCHIVES

Keith Richards Refuses to Die for Our Sins

It's the Human Riff's 75th birthday — who saw that coming?

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He Died Two Decades Ago, but Ol’ Blue Eyes Still Resonates

December 12 is Frank Sinatra’s birthday. Celebrate with a Village Voice special tribute from 1995.

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Happy Birthday to the Acid Queen

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From The Archives

The Raw Power of Bob Dylan’s Pain

In 1975 we called Blood on the Tracks "the excruciating cry of a man who is tormented by his own freedom."

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From The Archives

New York’s Finest: Paying Tribute to the Beastie Boys in the Pages of the Voice

‘Even at the beginning there was more than beer spray and gun smoke, metal riffs and hip-hop beats’

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JOCKBEAT ARCHIVES

Bob Dylan, Tangled Up in Baseball

Exploring the Bard of the North Country’s deep connection to the national pastime

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From The Archives

Thunderbolts and Lightning! The Voice Takes on Freddie Mercury and Queen

In 1977, Lester Bangs called Queen live ‘Fantasia for dodos and 14-year-olds.’ He also wrote that Freddie Mercury could become ‘the next Liza Minnelli.’

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Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails— Beyond Teenybop Death Disco

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From The Archives

Kanye West Turns the Page

From 2006, a reminder of why we care so much about Kanye West, no matter how hard he makes it for us

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