North Carolina indie titan Merge is having a good week. Two days ago, the long-awaited third Arcade Fire record, The Suburbs, came out to tremendous acclaim, some consternation, and one hell of a... Continue reading "Merge Takes a Few Hours Off From the Arcade Fire Extravaganza to Sign the Mountain Goats " >
Throwaway Tweet? Teasing jab at This Is Happening devotees? Yes on probably one and possibly both counts, and yet, and yet. If we do get another LCD album, you know who to thank. ... Continue reading "Are LCD Soundsystem Reconsidering The Whole Retirement Thing?" >
Terribly sorry to break out the 'ol 'SOTC TMZ' tag, but there is just something really endearing about a 25-year-old pop star holding up the Sun front page announcing her pregnancy while grinning ... Continue reading "Lily Allen Is Pregnant" >
Terribly sorry to break out the 'ol 'SOTC TMZ' tag, but there is just something really endearing about a 25-year-old pop star holding up the Sun front page announcing her pregnancy while grinning ... Continue reading "Lily Allen Is Pregnant" >
So it's official: Wyclef Jean is running for the Haitian presidency. The former Fugee confirmed the news to the New York Times last night; later today, he's expected to go on Larry King Live and ... Continue reading "Vote No On Wyclef Jean: Why the Former Fugee's Run For the Haitian Presidency Is Totally Misguided" >
Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing new and emerging MP3s from local talent. Brooklyn noise-punk duo Sisters spray sunny rays into those long, lonely voids when Lightning Bolt o... Continue reading "Download Sisters' Dissonant, '90s-Checking "Highway Scratch"" >
One of the distinguishing characteristics of Screaming Females' front-belter Melissa Pasternoster is her array of boxy, vividly colored housecoats. She wears them onstage habitually, if not re... Continue reading "Screaming Females' Melissa Paternoster Explains the Genesis of Her Onstage Uniform. (It Began in Junior High.)" >
I'm not even 100 percent sure what's happening here, but it's pretty incredible. Alas, apparently Sam himself couldn't hear it, which is a shame, but given all the bleeps I guess unless you were... Continue reading "The Roots Gave Samuel L. Jackson The Best Talk-Show Walk-On Music Ever" >
Arcade Fire/Spoon Madison Square Garden Wednesday, August 4 Gold medal, stage banter, 2010: "I have to say my favorite part of Madison Square Garden is this area right over here," announces Wi... Continue reading "Live: The Arcade Fire Basically Own Madison Square Garden Now" >
Lost in the shuffle of a certain mega-celebrity joining the increasingly indispensable social networking site that is Twitter was the fact that Wayne Coyne, weirdo crown prince of the Flaming Lip... Continue reading "The Best Tweets of Wayne Coyne's First Two Days on Twitter" >
Finally, the take-a-cruise-with-a-rock-band phenomenon trickles down to the Jelly Pool Party set: Mark your calendars for February 25-28, 2011, whereupon a "Bruise Cruise" sets sail from Florida t... Continue reading "Take A "Bruise Cruise" To The Bahamas With The Vivian Girls " >
"I call Drake at least once a week," Lil Wayne told Hot 97's Funkmaster Flex last night, phoning in from Rikers. "I actually call three or four times a week, but he only picks up for me once a wee... Continue reading "Drake Is Not Exactly Answering Lil Wayne's Prison Phone Calls" >
Jack White plays drums in the Dead Weather, but that didn't stop the White Stripes frontman from making his way to the microphone at some point during his band's set in Prospect Park last night a... Continue reading "Last Night: The Dead Weather Diss Brooklyn Vegan, Invite Prospect Park to Kill a Cow With Them" >
In this week's Village Voice, Rob Harvilla takes on the grandiose, unintentional comedy of the Arcade Fire's The Suburbs, Maura Johnston wanders around the revitalized Lilith Fair, and David Cotn... Continue reading "This Week's Voice: The Arcade Fire, Lilith Fair, Neu!, and More" >
Hip-hop is the world's most brazenly capitalist genre of music. If Jay-Z's not talking about playing Monopoly with real cash, then Kanye West's tweeting about the cherub-motifed Persian rugs and ... Continue reading "New York Rappers Talk Their Worst Summer Jobs" >
Not sure what it says about our level of expectation here that we were actually disappointed by the rendition, but there you go. Those who enjoy John Mayer making jokes about how much he hates g... Continue reading "Perhaps You'd Like To Watch John Mayer Cover Katy Perry's "California Gurls"?" >
So #indiefantasyfootballteams caught fire last night on Twitter, rousing the usual rogue's gallery of (mostly) amateur humorists. Anyone who's spent hours agonizing over the perfect pun (my own le... Continue reading "The Best Of The #indiefantasyfootballteams Twitter Tag" >
This posting is real, incidentally: we just got off the phone with the group's Andre Weston, who confirmed that he'd upped the advertisement yesterday. Since then, about 50 people have contacted t... Continue reading "Legendary Rap Group Das EFX Are Looking For A New Manager on Craigslist" >
Kanye West joined Twitter last week. Elaborate Web Shenanigans ensued. Here are our favorites. ... Continue reading "Kanye West Will Spend Your Annual Income In A Week And Terrorize Your Child Via Twitter" >
One detail that didn't emerge during our long conversation with Brooklyn chiptune composers Anamanaguchi, regarding their wish-fulfilling project of scoring the Scott Pilgrim videogame, was whet... Continue reading "Anamanaguchi Post Das Racist Remix, Promise To Release the Scott Pilgrim Video Game Soundtrack Somehow" >
The Village Voice: Sound of the City
Marlon Hoffstadt - Skin And Bone (feat. HRRSN)
Euro Chart 25 maggio 2013: primi i Daft Punk con Get Lucky
R.F.T.W.E. pt.2
Louis La Roche – Say I’m Your No. 1
Stream: Meek Mill – “Levels” (Prod. Cardo)
