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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
At the New Museum, a time capsule from the garbagey, abstract, political New York art scene of 1993
While the year 1993 may be historically arbitrary, what this art world cross-section offers instead is a turning point. “It’s a moment in which you can see the 80s coming to an end and a new era, for better or for worse,” said curator Massimiliano Gioni. More
Streets of Your Town: This week's live music with Lee Fields, Mavis Staples, Freddie Jackson, Dave Grohl and more
Lee Fields' 2002 album Problems is full of tense, twitching funk, capturing the same clammy anxiety as Sly & the Family Stone's There's a Riot Goin' On, and last year's Faithful Man gave a similarly panicked treatment to tales of troubled romance. Songs like this are what Fields' voice is built for; raw and ragged, it barrels forward from within the smoky horn charts and grainy guitars, a bleeding heart in search of some relief. More
Streets of Your Town: This week's concerts, with Lindi Ortega, Cat Power, ESG and more
After veering a bit too close to AM-radio soft rock on 2006's The Greatest, Cat Power returned to more dangerous sonic terrain with last year's stunning Sun, which spoke of both hurt and hope in equal measure. 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
(1)Brooklyn label Norton Records, back from the brink after Sandy
Norton remains a primarily regional, and a primarily in-person label, and they rely on the annual WFMU Record Fair (normally held in November) for a huge portion of their annual sales. “I think we’ll get seven or eight albums ready, books, a lot of repressings. So we were ready to go in with the guns blazing.” Instead Sandy not only wiped out a good deal of the label’s stock but also ended up canceling this year’s Record Fair, a double blow to the label. Norton had lost 175,000 records right off the bat, including a brand-new series of Rolling Stones cover singles that were supposed to have been their Record Fair feature. The 25,000 more records that weren’t a total loss were going to require serious measures to make saleable. Norton Records faced an aficionado's nightmare on an apocalyptic level. More
Streets of Your Town: this week's concerts, with Shelby Lynne, John Cale, Jessie Ware, and more
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
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
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
