AltWeeklies Wire
Sasha Grey on Auto-Tune, Her Band aTelecine, and Her Favorite Sexytime Musicnew
Sasha Grey is one of the most famous porn stars of our generation. You probably know her by name, face, and maybe even vagina (no judgments), but did you know that she's also a music nerd?
The Village Voice |
Jamie Peck |
03-31-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sasha Grey
Music Critic of the Year: @Discographiesnew
A puckering wit and more than 20,000 followers - those are the only facts we know about the Twitter account @Discographies, where the author summarizes the entire catalogue of a renowned singer or band in 140 characters or fewer.
The Village Voice |
Rob Tannenbaum |
12-28-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Twitter, Discographies
Unearthing a Trove of Classic NYC Salsa and Latin Soulnew
West Side Latino Records' mid-'60s-and-beyond heyday, encompassing classic salsa, boogaloo, and hard Latin funk, is now obscure to all but the most devoted followers—meaning it's exactly the kind of music Brooklyn-based Wax Poetics was created to document.
The Village Voice |
Ezra Gale |
04-22-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Queens of Englandnew
Why the British love the Scissor Sisters more than we do.
The Village Voice |
Tricia Romano |
02-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Scissor Sisters
Harlem Globetrottersnew
Exuberant "world crossover" stars build us an awestruck bridge to Ethiopia.
The Village Voice |
Rob Harvilla |
01-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: David Schommer
Private Enemynew
Two New York rappers dreamed of stardom -- MF Doom got it, while MF Grimm didn't.
The Village Voice |
Ben Westhoff |
11-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: MF Doom
Pop Will Please Itselfnew
The Rapture can't quite afford Timbaland, but their bright, sharp pop triumphs anyway.
The Village Voice |
Tom Breihan |
09-27-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Rapture
Get Purely Physicalnew
Low-end theory becomes law as the Bronx's ESG enter their third decade of body-moving.
The Village Voice |
Andy Beta |
09-13-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: ESG
Living With Post-Warnew
What is M. Ward's recipe for political change?
The Village Voice |
Garrett Kamps |
09-06-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: M. Ward
Spaghetti Easternnew
The preeminent wiseguys of Brooklyn rap-rock crank the bass and wax Soprano.
The Village Voice |
Chuck Eddy |
08-23-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Lordz
Give the Chinese What They Wantnew
We examine the many moods, names, aspirations, and tourmates of Mr. Frank Black.
The Village Voice |
Rob Trucks |
08-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Frank Black
Sensualistic, Polytheisticnew
Miraculously, after 32 years, the New York Dolls do it again.
The Village Voice |
Robert Christgau |
08-02-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The New York Dolls
Cookie Monsters of 'Rock'new
TV on the Radio turn their frustrations into defiantly fascinating art.
The Village Voice |
Jon Caramanica |
06-28-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: TV on the Radio
Weird, What Is That?new
It's spacey rockers the Secret Machines, opening their new album cycle by making a movie.
The Village Voice |
D. Shawn Bosler |
04-12-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Secret Machines
Both Sides Nownew
From the underground to the chart tops, Just Blaze aims to save New York hip-hop.
The Village Voice |
Tom Breihan |
03-29-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Just Blaze
