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Get Away From Himnew
The pop tart sauces up a bit too luridly, Timbaland jams aside.
The Village Voice |
Nick Catucci |
07-05-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Nelly Furtado, Loose
Air to the Thronenew

At the 2006 air guitar nationals, the thrill is real, though the axes are not.
The Village Voice |
Rob Harvilla |
06-28-2006 |
Music
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
My Irie Lungnew
A Radiohead reggae tribute bewilders, while the real thing just beguiles.
The Village Voice |
Rob Harvilla |
06-21-2006 |
Music
Rather Exhilaratingnew
The best band in the universe do their Brecht thing with hooks.
The Village Voice |
Robert Christgau |
06-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Sonic Youth, Rather Ripped
Bored in the U.S.A.new
Axl Rose's refusal to release a new record is a powerful work of art all its own.
The Village Voice |
Neil Shah |
05-10-2006 |
Music
Tags: Chinese Democracy, guns 'n' roses
Perpetual Summer Crueltynew

A London web phenom's walk in the park is no walk in the park.
The Village Voice |
Frank Kogan |
05-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: LDN, Lily Allen
Cortex-Cutting Cobrasnew
Black Angels gives us more desperate gutter psych-rock from Texas.
The Village Voice |
Eric Davidson |
05-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Passover, Black Angels
Somewhere Elsenew
Producer Bill Laswell proves that Matthew Miller has a lot going on.
The Village Voice |
James Hunter |
04-19-2006 |
Reviews
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
Standing in the Shadow of iTunesnew

Three upstart online music stores aim for their own niche markets.
The Village Voice |
Dan Martino |
04-05-2006 |
Music
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
Theory Into Practicenew
South by Southwest dissolves genre distinctions with an illusion of the totality of popular music, and a similar dissolution of class distinctions is supposed to follow -- does it?
The Village Voice |
Kevin John |
03-22-2006 |
Music
Ray Barretto, 1929–2006new

Latin music's most intellectual cat made sure we listened.
The Village Voice |
Pablo Guzman |
03-01-2006 |
Music
Celebrity Spinnew

Rock stars are not DJs -- but DJs are rock stars.
The Village Voice |
Tricia Romano |
02-15-2006 |
Music