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Streets of Your Town: This week's live shows in New York, featuring Kendrick Lamar, Thurston Moore, Ravi Coltrane and more
Kendrick Lamar's good kid, a densely-layered, conceptually ambitious album, tells a story of redemption that grows deeper and more nuanced with each listen. He plays Roseland on Tues., Feb. 26. More
Streets of Your Town: This week's concerts, with Iceage, Big Freedia, Loudon Wainwright III, and more
Streets of Your Town: This week's best concerts, from rock to jazz to rap to everything else, including Iceage, Big Freedia, Loudon Wainwright III, and more. More
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Streets of Your Town: This week's best concerts, from rock to jazz to rap to everything else, including Shelby Lynne, John Cale, Jessie Ware, and more. More
Streets of Your Town: this week’s concerts, with Shuggie Otis, Sky Ferreira, Wale, and more
Streets of Your Town: This week's best concerts, from rock to jazz to rap to everything else, including Shuggie Otis, Sky Ferreira, Wale, and more. More
Streets of Your Town: this week’s concerts, with Coldplay & Jay-Z, Amanda Palmer, Mighty Sparrow, and more
Streets of Your Town: This week's best concerts, from rock to jazz to rap to everything else, including Coldplay & Jay-Z, Amanda Palmer, Mighty Sparrow, and more. More
Streets of Your Town: this week's concerts, with Nicki Minaj, Wynton Marsalis, Phish, and more
Streets of Your Town: This week's best concerts, from rock to jazz to rap to everything else, including Nicki Minaj, Wynton Marsalis, Phish, and more. More
South By South Bronx is Rebel Diaz's rollicking, political answer to Austin
“We as musicians were at the South by Southwest music festival, and just playing around with words, we thought it would be dope to do a South by South Bronx but do it our way: without corporate sponsors and free for the community.” On Friday and Saturday, that community was out in full force. A crowd of mostly local residents, ranging from young kids to older women and men (some adorned in Black Spade or Zulu Nation jackets) browsed a number of booths outside the main auditorium, at which artists sold shirts, C.D.s, and DVDs. Alongside them activists handed out leaflets opposing the Fresh Direct or speaking out against stop-and-frisk. More
Streets of Your Town: this week's concerts, with Leonard Cohen, Sufjan Stevens, T.I., and more
Streets of Your Town: This week's best concerts, from rock to jazz to rap to everything else, including Leonard Cohen, Sufjan Stevens, T.I., and more. More
Streets of Your Town: this week's concerts, with Solange, Rick Ross, the Rolling Stones, and more
Streets of Your Town: This week's best concerts, from rock to jazz to rap to everything else, including Solange, Rick Ross, the Rolling Stones, and more More
Streets of Your Town: this week's concerts, with Yo La Tengo's Hanukkah, Cannibal Ox, Miguel, and more
Streets of Your Town: This week's best concerts, from rock to jazz to rap to everything else, including Yo La Tengo's Hanukkah, Cannibal Ox, Miguel, and more More
Streets of Your Town: this week's concerts, with X, B.B. King, Public Enemy, and more
Streets of Your Town: This week's best concerts, from rock to jazz to rap to everything else, including X, B.B. King, Public Enemy, and more. More
Rihanna's dark, detached 'Unapologetic' offers little of the brashness its title suggests
Most critics have noted Unapologetic’s bleakness. It’s “a pretty depressing experience,” writes Alexis Petridis for the Guardian; it’s “soooooo sad,” says Matthew Perpetua at Buzzfeed. It’s difficult toargue. The most upbeat track is “Nobody’s Business,” an airy Chris Brown duet that quotes blues standard “Ain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness If I Do”—two facts that should speak for themselves. Even the Brown-free tracks seem like they could plausibly be about him, concerning themselves as they do with painful tangles of relationships. More
Streets of Your Town: This week's concerts, with R. Kelly, Aerosmith, Tegan and Sara, and more
Streets of Your Town: This week's best concerts, from rock to jazz to rap to everything else, featuring R. Kelly, Aerosmith, Tegan and Sara, and more. More
Streets of Your Town: This week's concerts, with Madonna, Matthew Dear, Soundgarden, and more
Streets of Your Town: This week's best concerts, from rock to jazz to rap to everything else, featuring Madonna, Matthew Dear, Soundgarden, and more More
Streets of Your Town: this week's concerts, with Gilberto Gil, Blue Öyster Cult, Carly Rae Jepsen, and more
Streets of Your Town: This week's best concerts, from rock to jazz to rap to everything else, including Gilberto Gil, Blue Öyster Cult, Carly Rae Jepsen, and more. More
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