Sound of the City tag:blogs.villagevoice.com,2009:/music//109 2009-11-06T22:41:18Z All the music that's fit to hear, see, download, dis, or jump around to Movable Type Enterprise 4.21-en Week in Review: And All the While, My Peers Dance and Snort Cheap Coke and Photograph Each Other for the Hundreth Time tag:blogs.villagevoice.com,2009:/music//109.260142 2009-11-06 18:00:01 2009-11-06T22:41:18Z This is why this man gets work with FOX News. Fucked Up photo by Rebecca Smeyne.​In the week everybody dressed like some version of themselves from 15 years ago--or just said fuck it and went all in and pretended to... Zach Baron In the week everybody dressed like some version of themselves from 15 years ago--or just said fuck it and went all in and pretended to be a giant bag of cocaine--we killed worthless punk nostalgi...

Continue reading "Week in Review: And All the While, My Peers Dance and Snort Cheap Coke and Photograph Each Other for the Hundreth Time" > ]]> Would You Eat At a Restaurant/Piano Bar Run by the Glasslands Team? tag:blogs.villagevoice.com,2009:/music//109.260113 2009-11-06 17:00:57 2009-11-06T21:58:52Z Photo of the Glasslands "Painting Room" via jasoneppink's photostream​As in, would you eat a "Braised Pork Belly & Kimchi Pressed Sandwich" served to you by the same hands that painstakingly hung filthy streamers from a dust-covered rafter down on Kent... Zach Baron As in, would you eat a "Braised Pork Belly & Kimchi Pressed Sandwich" served to you by the same hands that painstakingly hung filthy streamers from a dust-covered rafter down on Kent Street? Eate...

Continue reading "Would You Eat At a Restaurant/Piano Bar Run by the Glasslands Team?" > ]]> The Top 10 Records Sold Last Week at Record Runner tag:blogs.villagevoice.com,2009:/music//109.259929 2009-11-06 15:00:35 2009-11-06T20:45:36Z In 2009, the traditional practice of exchanging physical copies of records for money is a trade that might best be called quixotic. But New Yorkers are stubborn people, and the record store is not dead. Below, the top ten records... Patrick Doyle In 2009, the traditional practice of exchanging physical copies of records for money is a trade that might best be called quixotic. But New Yorkers are stubborn people, and the record store is not...

Continue reading "The Top 10 Records Sold Last Week at Record Runner" > ]]> Details on the Suzanne Fiol Memorial tag:blogs.villagevoice.com,2009:/music//109.259995 2009-11-06 14:00:34 2009-11-06T20:22:28Z ​It's been just over a month since the loss of Issue Project Room's Suzanne Fiol, who died of cancer on October 5th, at the age of 49. Next weekend, she'll receive a proper farewell. St. Ann's will host a memorial... Zach Baron It's been just over a month since the loss of Issue Project Room's Suzanne Fiol, who died of cancer on October 5th, at the age of 49. Next weekend, she'll receive a proper farewell. St. Ann's will...

Continue reading "Details on the Suzanne Fiol Memorial" > ]]> Jay-Z, Get Off the $#%&ing Yankee Parade Float tag:blogs.villagevoice.com,2009:/music//109.259941 2009-11-06 12:40:51 2009-11-06T17:55:16Z He's in Berlin, the Canyon of Heroes, and at this point, probably your apartment, drinking the alcohol you were really looking forward to downing when you got home from a long day of seeing Jay-Z everywhere you fucking looked.... Zach Baron He's in Berlin, the Canyon of Heroes, and at this point, probably your apartment, drinking the alcohol you were really looking forward to downing when you got home from a long day of seeing Jay-...

Continue reading "Jay-Z, Get Off the $#%&ing Yankee Parade Float" > ]]> Diplo on the New M.I.A. Record: "It's Like Gucci Mane Meets Animal Collective" tag:blogs.villagevoice.com,2009:/music//109.259895 2009-11-06 12:00:56 2009-11-06T16:49:15Z ​With the caveat that humans are perfectly capable of misdescribing things and/or are prone to making wild statements that can promise far, far, more than they can deliver, here is Diplo on M.I.A.'s theoretical new record, which he is producing:... Zach Baron With the caveat that humans are perfectly capable of misdescribing things and/or are prone to making wild statements that can promise far, far, more than they can deliver, here is Diplo on M.I.A.'...

Continue reading "Diplo on the New M.I.A. Record: "It's Like Gucci Mane Meets Animal Collective"" > ]]> Photos: Fucked Up at the Masonic Temple, with Andrew WK on Keyboards tag:blogs.villagevoice.com,2009:/music//109.259898 2009-11-06 11:44:00 2009-11-06T16:58:05Z Andrew WK on keys. Pink Eyes, where is your loyalty? Fucked Up's New York shows always seem to coincide with historic American days: Inauguration Day 2008, the only time in recorded history when Ezra Koenig publicly covered the Descendents, and... Camille Dodero Fucked Up's New York shows always seem to coincide with historic American days: Inauguration Day 2008, the only time in recorded history when Ezra Koenig publicly covered the Descendents, and n...

Continue reading "Photos: Fucked Up at the Masonic Temple, with Andrew WK on Keyboards" > ]]> Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall, So That U2 and Jay-Z Can Play "Sunday Bloody Sunday" in Front of It tag:blogs.villagevoice.com,2009:/music//109.259852 2009-11-06 10:30:09 2009-11-06T15:33:51Z Ah, jeez--an awards show, the MTV EMAs, but also a celebration of freedom, see, because Reagan/Gorbachev/the power of music tore down the Berlin Wall twenty years ago so that Bono could branch out into rap, and New York Mayor... Zach Baron Ah, jeez--an awards show, the MTV EMAs, but also a celebration of freedom, see, because Reagan/Gorbachev/the power of music tore down the Berlin Wall twenty years ago so that Bono could branch o...

Continue reading "Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall, So That U2 and Jay-Z Can Play "Sunday Bloody Sunday" in Front of It" > ]]> This Weekend! Monsters of Folk, Girls, Basement Jaxx, And Wolfmother If You're Nasty tag:blogs.villagevoice.com,2009:/music//109.259758 2009-11-06 08:00:12 2009-11-06T03:36:56Z Here be monsters​It seems that even people you'd think would hate that Monsters of Folk record warmed to it -- more monster, less folk, I guess. The M. Ward/Conor Oberst/Jim James/less famous dude partnership hits United Palace Theatre tonight and... Rob Harvilla It seems that even people you'd think would hate that Monsters of Folk record warmed to it -- more monster, less folk, I guess. The M. Ward/Conor Oberst/Jim James/less famous dude partnership hit...

Continue reading "This Weekend! Monsters of Folk, Girls, Basement Jaxx, And Wolfmother If You're Nasty" > ]]> Live: Buraka Som Sistema Wild Out at Le Poisson Rouge tag:blogs.villagevoice.com,2009:/music//109.259654 2009-11-05 17:25:21 2009-11-05T22:21:50Z Buraka Som Sistema, from their last time at LPR​Buraka Som Sistema Le Poisson Rouge Wednesday, November 5 Last night, Buraka Som Sistema proved that no one gives a shit about what you're saying if you do it with a smile... Puja Patel Buraka Som Sistema Le Poisson Rouge Wednesday, November 5 Last night, Buraka Som Sistema proved that no one gives a shit about what you're saying if you do it with a smile on your face and a sa...

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